CHAPTER 3
h. Running & Connecting Cables - Inside
The trick to running cables inside a vehicle is to keep them hidden.
Spend some time looking for several ways to keep the cables hidden.
Obviously,
fasteners are very helpful
in securing cables to the wall.
Run cables behind framing.
Run cables down refridgerator venting
from roof to the inside of the rig.
Run cables inside of cabinets.
Run cables along side or inside of venting ducts.
Run cables behind walls.
Be creative.
You
have 3 cables to be concerned with. The 2 coax cables, and the control
cable for the DataStorm Controller.
Before you cut the excess length off of all cables, make sure that you give
yourself a bit of slack in case you need to move the equipment to work
on it later. Nothing is worse than cutting cables too short.
As was discussed in the last chapter, crimp the coax connectors to the
coax cable ends taking great care to do it correctly.
As for the DataStorm main controller, here are the steps to placing the
connector on this cable.
DATASTORM MAIN CONTROLLER CONNECTOR
Locate the connector that shipped
with your DataStorm.
Remove about 2 inches of the sleeve
from the 9 colored wires inside the
control cable.
Strip
approximately 3/8 inch of the wire jacket from the ends of the wire.
Fold the wire over, as shown... the technique
makes a stronger connection inside of the
connector because the sleeve is also secured inside the
connector and is used as a strain relief (as seen below).
Locate
your small bladed screwdirver.
All
of the wires are color coded. Carefully secure each colored wire into the slot
provided
on the connector.
Improper wiring can cause damage
to the DataStorm electronics, both
in the mount and in the controller.
Please be careful.
WARNING
CONTROLLER
POWER SUPPLY
The DataStorm is shipped with apower supply
that you will connect directly to any AC outlet and it will supply the proper
12-15 volts DC.
Note that the 3 pin green connector that connects directly to
the DataStorm controller is polarized and requires proper wiring.
MANUALLY MOVING THE DISH
First...
remove the DataStorm 9 pin connector from the back of the controller.
Also, remove the power supply cable from the back of the same controller and
use the
power coming from the 12 volt power supply instead of a 9 volt battery to perform
this procedure. You will need to remove the red and orange wires
from the connector.
When you connect the power to the cables in the combinations below, you will
achieve these results:
ORANGE & RED wires, will raise or lower the dish (Elevation)
BROWN & BLACK wires, rotate the dish (Azimuth)
BROWN & RED wires, tilt the dish face (Skew)
(Reversing the direction of the power wires reverses the direction of the motor
and movement of the dish.)
WARNING - Make sure that you do not put power into any wires when the control
cable is plugged into the controller, or you will fry (kill) the electronics.
CONNECTING THE CONTROLLER
Connect
the power supply and control cable to the controller in this manner.
The ethernet cable that attaches to the DataStorm controller will connect to the customers
router or switch.
A router or switch can be purchased
Remember earlier when you used a 12 volt battery or cordless drill battery pack
to move the elevation of the dish from the packing crate?
You can do this at any time with all three axis of
the DataStorm. This can be useful if your customer
has a catastrophic failure of their computer, or the
DataStorm itself. This will allow for direct movement of the dish beyond computer
control. See wire below for color combinations for each axis.
Below is a complete wireing diagram for a basic switch setup.
The
controller looks at the modems Receive signal as it searches the sky by "SNIFFING"
for satellite signals. The DirecWay modems use its connection to the satellite
to receive the satellite signal, and decodes it for the receive side of Internet
traffic.
On the next page you will learn how to connect the modems, and the computer.
Use
the short lengths of coax cable provided to make the short runs from the
IRU and the Controller.
