2 Installation

This chapter describes how to install the _sat-nms_ DEICE-Controller. You find a guide how to connect, configure and mechanically mount the DEICE-Controller below.

Before you start, please first read the Safety Instructions chapter below. It contains some important recommendations to prevent damage from the DEICE-Controller.

Then, we strongly recommend to do a first setup of the DEICE-Controller on a lab desk before installing it at its final location. This is mainly for one reason:

• To setup the processor's IP parameters, the PC used for configuring and the DEICE-Controller must either be connected to the same Ethernet hub or must be connected directly with a crossover cable. The initialization program does not work through routers intelligent network switches.

Hence, the typical sequence of tasks when putting a sat-nms DEICE-Controller into operation is as follows:

1. Read the chapter Safety Instructions
2. Set the device's IP address
3. Mechanically mount the device.
4. Connect the DEICE-Controller at its destination environment.