Making VSAT Stronger

Proactively and securely manage maritime VSAT

In additon to a reseller partnership that allows Sea Tel to bring Uplogix into their customers' networks, Cobham SATCOM and Uplogix share a technical relationship that has tightly integrated Sea Tel antennas and controllers with Uplogix appliances. The partnership enables increased uptime and reduced support costs—a new level of service quality for VSAT deployments.

One example of Sea Tel / Uplogix integration

One example of the product integration is the ability Uplogix provides for operators to interact with the Sea Tel Digital Antenna Controller (DAC) via command line through the Uplogix appliance and the patented Uplogix Remote Management Operating System (RMOS). Uplogix collects and stores key variables from the antenna including heading, azimuth, elevation, antenna gain control, latitude, longitude and more for monitoring and alarming. 

By storing and acting locally, Uplogix not only translates two byte words into readable format and but also decodes error status for easier use and faster resolution. In the event of a network outage, the appliance connects to the network operations center via an out-of-band connection over low earth orbit satellite (i.e. Iridium), to run the DACRemP program for management control and recovery of the DAC. In the past, DACRemP was only available by connecting directly to the controller, with Uplogix, detailed information and control is available from anywhere in the world.

About Cobham SATCOM

Cobham SATCOM is a leader in mobile satellite communications technology and interoperability solutions for commercial and governmental mobile broadband satellite communications. The core expertise of the business is in automated satellite acquisition and tracking equipment, in all bands across the frequency spectrum. The antennas and communications services are used for military and governmental agencies such as homeland security and law enforcement to provide secure, reliable and efficient communications.

Cobham’s Sea Tel marine products are known around the world for providing the best in stabilised antennas for commercial shipping, oil and gas platforms, cruise ships and super yachts. There are more than 20,000 antennas in the field.