SATELLITE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL INSTALLATION

摘要

A satellite communication terminal may comprise an outdoor part and an indoor part. Either the indoor part or the outdoor part may comprise a modem configured for communicating with a hub of a satellite communication system via a satellite and the outdoor part of the terminal. Methods are presented for sending indications from the outdoor part of the terminal to the modem, for example, to provide a person that may be installing the terminal with some control over the flow of the installation process while remaining outside (e.g., in the vicinity of the outdoor part of the terminal). In some embodiments, such indications may be used for triggering cross-polarization measurements and/or providing more elaborate information to the person installing the terminal without the need to leave the outdoor part of the terminal.

主权项

1. A method for interacting with a modem of a satellite communication terminal, wherein the terminal comprises at least an outdoor part and an indoor part that are interconnected, the method comprising:
intentionally obstructing, at the outdoor part and in accordance with one or more predefined patterns, reception of a signal that the modem is configured to receive from a satellite via the outdoor part; detecting, at the modem, a loss of the signal; and responsive to a determination that the loss of the signal is in accordance with the one or more predefined patterns, performing, at the modem, one or more actions in accordance with at least one of the one or more predefined patterns or a state of the modem.