Iridium Direct Internet 3 User Manual for Mac
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1. cccccseecccceceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeceeesaeeeceeessaeseeeeeesaaeeeeesaaaseeeessaaees 21 EMAILING MP S t c M 22 6 1 zl RN ROTER RE 22 6 2 Disconnect After Sending or Receiving New 22 js B S9 0 9 co E 23 7 1 Direct Internet Dial Up 23 7 1 1 gt Network Connection Error Message sessiiiissssssseea eese nnn nare nnns nhanh aaa nnns sanas aaa 23 7 2 Web mI r 24 4 ACCEA DaD Sere E net gee es eee ae M 24 7 2 2 Cannot Access the Original IMAGC cccccccccccsseeeeeecccesensseeseeeeccessssssnseseeeessssasuaeeseeceesssssaaees 24 7 2 3 Some Web Pages Are Slower To Load Than Others 25 Iridium Communications Inc July 201 1 1 Overview The Iridium Direct Internet Data Service allows you to use your Iridium satellite phone as modem to connect to the Internet via the Iridium Gateway Direct Internet 3 has dedicated servers at the Iridium gateway that provide direct connectivity to the Internet Although special client software is not required to use Data Services the Direct Internet 3 acceleration software allows you to take full advantage of new dat2. Email Acceleration MI FTP Acceleration 1 Check the checkbox next to Macromedia Flash Acceleration to enable the feature or uncheck the check box to disable the feature 2 Press Apply to save the settings The changes will take effect the next time that Direct Internet 3 Web Accelerator and your web browser are restarted Iridium Communications Inc 14 July 2011 4 5 4 FTP ACCELERATION Direct Internet 3 Web Accelerator provides FTP acceleration If this feature is enabled both download and upload FTP traffic will be accelerated FTP acceleration works with any FTP client that supports passive mode including Internet Explorer Cute FTP WS FTP and Smart FTP Please make sure that the FTP transfer is in passive mode This can be set in your FTP application The FTP Acceleration Feature is found in the Features tab of the Settings dialog box ar Iridium Direct Internet 3 Web Accelerator Images Connection Features Update Block in page advertisements Macromedia Flash Acceleration M Email Acceleration FTP Acceleration 1 Check the checkbox next to FTP Acceleration to enable the feature or uncheck the check box to disable the feature 2 Press Apply to save the settings The changes will take effect the next time that Direct Internet 3 Web Accelerator and your web browser are restarted Iridium Communications Inc 15 July 2011 4 5 5 EMAIL ACCELERATION Direct Internet 3 Web Accelerator can reduce the am
3. 3 4 Fi425PM About DI3 Accelerator Start DI4 Accelera Stop DI3 Accelerator 36 5 Settings Statistics T Diagnostics a D Quit Iridium Direct Internet 3 Web Accelerator The following Settings dialog box should appear Iridium Direct Internet 3 Web Accelerator Images Connection Features Update Choose a lower image quality setting for faster web page downloads At the highest setting the original image will be retrieved 7 c s C i Faster Slower Apply Revert What follows is a description of all the settings that can be adjusted through the Settings dialog box Iridium Communications Inc 11 July 201 1 4 5 1 IMAGE QUALITY The Image Quality setting is the first tab in the Settings dialog box The Image Quality setting changes the quality of images that appear in the Direct Internet 3 Web Accelerator The higher the quality you select the longer it will take for the image to load For best results with the Iridium Data Service it is recommended that you lower your image quality This slider can be adjusted anytime while browsing iridium Direct Internet 3 Web Accelerator Images Connection Features Update Choose a lower image quality setting for faster web page downloads At the highest setting the original image will be retrieved Faster Slower You can easily obtain
4. EN No System Preferences TextEdit Time Machine Utilities VMware Fusion Wireshark Open in Finder Iridium Communications Inc 6 July 201 1 4 2 The User Interface Menu The User Interface Menu provides options for e Learning About the Direct Internet 3 software version e Starting or Stopping Acceleration Adjust Accelerator Settings Viewing Accelerator Statistics Accessing Accelerator Diagnostics Quitting Iridium Direct Internet 3 Web Accelerator To access the Web Accelerator User Interface Menu click on the Iridium Direct Internet 3 Web Accelerator icon from the top bar BA 9 Fri347PM About DI3 Accelerator Start DI3 Accelerator 36 5 Settings Statistics T Diagnostics a D Quit Iridium Direct Internet 3 Web Accelerator Iridium Communications Inc 7 July 201 1 4 3 Start and Stop The Direct Internet 3 Web Accelerator has three states Sue Desin Mo _ Although you may still have an Internet connection the Disabled web accelerator is NOT compressing or optimizing your Internet connection Comec The accelerator is establishing a connection with the Direct 5 Internet 3 Web Accelerator server to begin accelerating The accelerator has established a connection with the Direct Internet 3 Web Accelerator server The accelerator Enabled cM is actively compressing data and optimizing your Internet connection The User Interface Menu will either highlight or grey ou
5. full image quality for a particular image so don t be overly conservative about lowering your image quality setting Iridium Communications Inc 12 July 201 1 4 5 2 AD BLOCKING The Direct Internet 3 Web Accelerator can block many graphical advertisements that appear on various web pages 1 ad banners Enabling this feature will prevent these ads from being downloaded and displayed in your web browser Thus the Ad Blocking feature will reduce the time that it takes to download web pages The Ad Blocking Feature is found in the Features tab of the Settings dialog box iridium Direct Internet 3 Web Accelerator Images Connection Features Update Block in page advertisements Macromedia Flash Acceleration Email Acceleration FTP Acceleration 1 Check the checkbox next to Block in page advertisements to enable the feature or uncheck the check box to disable the feature 2 Press Apply to save the settings Iridium Communications Inc 13 July 2011 4 5 3 MACROMEDIA FLASH ACCELERATION Direct Internet 3 Web Accelerator can accelerate Macromedia Flash files now known as Adobe Flash The degree of compression is based on the Image Quality setting The Macromedia Flash Feature is found in the Features tab of the Settings dialog box Iridium Direct Internet 3 Web Accelerator Images Connection Features Update Block in page advertisements Macromedia Flash Acceleration
6. the User Interface Menu EN GO 35 Fi425PM Q About DI3 Accelerator Stop DI3 Accelerator 36 5 Settings Statistics T Diagnostics D Quit Iridium Direct Internet 3 Web Accelerator The Direct Internet 3 Web Accelerator will automatically launch again whenever the computer is rebooted is important to note that closing the Web Accelerator will NOT disconnect the call Iridium Communications Inc 19 July 201 1 5 Web Browsing 5 1 Mobile Websites Whenever possible use the mobile version of a website Mobile websites are optimized for viewing on mobile devices Viewing mobile websites while connected to Direct Internet 3 will significantly reduce web loading time as compared to the original website For a list of popular mobile websites visit the Iridium Mobile Websites page at http www iridium com mobile Te Iridium Tools Mobile Websites AD em an f b g http www iridium com mobile mobilewebsites html DE Google ze iridium Everywhere Iridium Mobile Websites Welcome to Iridium s online portal for satellite data service users Iridium subscribers in remote areas may use this site to stay current find information and get connected Below are categories of mobile optimized websites that render significantly faster due to reduced file sizing This site is intended to be accessed from a laptop connected to an Iridium satellite phone wi
7. DIRECT INTERNET 3 User Manual for the OS Operating System Iridium Commun ications Inc July 2011 Table of Contents 1 2 3 OVERVIEW Beene nae ere eee 1 WORK rae specs 1 THE DIAL UP CONNEC HON dnce eects 2 3 1 Sogno 2 3 2 DIECON DIRECT INTERNET WEB 6 4 1 Eigen RR E 6 4 2 The User Interface Menuets nina aA EEEE EEEE 7 4 3 SEEL E E E O E 8 4 4 E E OE AE A EE 9 4 5 SETS MNS A E O 11 12 Tm 13 4 5 3 gt Macromedia Flash Acceleration eee 14 RE PAC CCI O RPM 15 LE MEME xu c Nimes 16 4 6 ICING SUC S MP 17 4 7 Dis P PH 17 4 8 MEW DA CCE ON ETE DIRE U CORRIDOR 19 WEB RID ICM LA 20 5 1 WW 20 5 2 Disconnect After Loading Web Page
8. a compression and network optimization technology that improves effective data throughput As a result executing file transfers browsing the Internet and exchanging emails in done more efficiently and quickly with the Direct Internet 3 as compared to previous versions of Direct Internet or no acceleration 2 How Works m iJ 4 3 Switch Server By initiating a connection through the pre configured dial up connection your Iridium phone will dial and initiate a connection with the Iridium gateway through the lridium satellite constellation The Iridium gateway switch will then route the call to the Direct Internet 3 server Once connected to the Direct Internet 3 server and a session has been established the Direct Internet 3 accelerator if installed on your computer will automatically detect the connection and enhance your Internet connectivity experience Iridium Communications Inc 1 July 201 1 3 The Dial Up Connection 3 1 Connect 1 Connect the computer and Iridium satellite phone or transceiver The Iridium Extreme satellite phone requires a USB to mini USB cable Iridium Part Number USBCO901 The Iridium 9555 satellite phone requires a USB to mini USB cable Iridium Part Number USBC0801 The Iridium 9505A satellite phone requires a standard RS 232 cable and RS 232 Data Adapter Iridium Part Number RDA0401 The Iridium 9522B satellite transceiver requires the 26 pin IDC connector 2 Position the Iridium phone or tr
9. ality image under these conditions change the Image Setting to Full Quality and press Citrl Refresh in your Web Browser Please not that the browser must be launched after Direct Internet 3 Web Accelerator is started in order to have Show Original Image as a menu option Iridium Communications Inc 24 July 2011 7 2 3 SOME WEB PAGES ARE SLOWER TO LOAD THAN OTHERS Symptom Some web pages are slower to load than others Cause This may be due to a difference in content types sizes quantity between web pages Or some web sites may have been select to bypass the Direct Internet 3 Web Accelerator Action To optimize performance make sure that the Macromedia Flash acceleration and Ad blocking feature are enabled in the Web Accelerator Settings Iridium Direct Internet 3 Web Accelerator images Connection Features Update Block in page advertisements Macromedia Flash Acceleration v Email Acceleration FTP Acceleration Iridium Communications Inc 25 July 201 1 Consider adjusting the Image Quality setting to a lower image quality in the Web Accelerator settings Iridium Direct Internet 3 Web Accelerator Images Connection Features Update Choose a lower image quality setting for faster web page downloads At the highest setting the original image will be retrieved Faster Slower Revert Finally consider using mobile websites whenever possible The I
10. ansceiver antenna with a clear view of the sky 3 Make sure the computer is powered and completely booted up 4 Connect the Iridium Extreme phone to the Mac a USB port and turn it on The computer should display a small window stating that it has found the handset 7 A 0 071 E mA Iridium Communications Inc 2 July 201 1 5 Click the Network Preferences button and it opens 253 DS Location Automatic Status Not Configured Configuration Default Telephone Number Account Name Password _ Show modem status in menu bar _ Advanced 1 a Click the lock to prevent further changes Assist me Revert Apply 6 Select the ridium 9575 Handset and create a new configuration e g Extreme PPP m Network gt Location Extreme PPP 4 Status Not Connected Configuration Default 4 Telephone Number 0088166000025 Account Name any Password Show modem status in menu bar 2 dom en Revert Apply id Click the lock to prevent further changes Iridium Communications Inc 3 July 201 1 7 while a connection is established B a c c c Location Status Connecting Configuration Telephone Number 0088166000025 Account Name any Password les Show modem status in menu bar 0 id Click the lock t
11. f e Your Iridium satellite phone or transceiver is not powered on or not plugged into a COM port e he Iridium satellite phone and transceiver lost connection to the Iridium satellite network or was not registered on the network prior to the call e The Direct Internet 3 telephone number was mistakenly changed Action First make sure your Iridium satellite phone and transceiver is powered on and there is a good physical connection between your phone and transceiver and computer second verify that the Iridium satellite phone and transceiver registers with the Iridium satellite network before redialling Finally verify that the correct telephone number is dialled 008816000025 Iridium Communications Inc 23 July 201 1 7 2 Web Browsing 7 2 1 7 2 2 ACCELERATOR DISABLED Symptom Direct Internet 3 Web Accelerator is disabled after it launches Cause Direct Internet 3 Web Accelerator only works when you are connected to the Internet via the Iridium Direct Internet Service Action Make sure you are not connected to another network such as LAN or wireless Also make sure you have a Direct Internet 3 dial up connection CANNOT ACCESS THE ORIGINAL IMAGE Symptom cannot right click on an image to get the Show Original Image option Cause oome web sites disable the ability to right click using JavaScript On other sites the image in question may be a background image Action To view the full qu
12. ill reset the statistics This can be done at anytime Reset even while browsing without affect the web accelerator performance or operation Iridium Communications Inc 9 July 2011 The Statistics dialog box displays three types of information on three columns Information DesHpin Original Data Size of the original uncompressed data Amount of data that been sent by the Direct Internet 3 Web Actual Data Accelerator Factor of reduction in data For example a savings ratio of 4 00 Savings Ratio means that the actual data that has been sent 15 the size of the original data due to compression The detailed view of the Statistics dialog box shows a breakdown of the total traffic Statistics Original Data Actual Data Savings Ratio Text 0 00 Graphics 0 00 Other 0 00 Upstream 0 00 Total Traffic 0 00 lt lt Details Reset Text Statistics regarding compression of text based content Graphics Statistics regarding compression of graphical content Upstream The total amount of original and compressed data uploaded Others Statistics regarding compression of content that is neither text or graphical Iridium Communications Inc 10 July 2011 4 5 Settings The Settings option in the User Interface Menu provides access to all of the Web Accelerator settings To open the Settings dialog box select Settings from the User Interface Menu NE C o vous
13. load on to the web page e Waiting for the new messages to be loaded or sent Client based email software however will only use the Internet connection to send or receive new emails All of your past messages as well as the email interface are already available locally from your computer Below are a few examples of client based email software to use and web based email software to avoid SE AVOID TM Mozilla Thunderbird Windows Live Hotmail TM Gmail amp Other Internet Service Provider Webmail Outlook Entourage Service Anyotherclientbasedsoftware 6 2 Disconnect After Sending or Receiving New Email To minimize airtime charges disconnect your Direct Internet 3 dial up connection after sending or receiving new email Re connect your Internet connection when you are ready to send or receive new email A Disabling the Direct Internet 3 Web Accelerator will NOT disconnect your Internet connection See Section 3 2 of this document to learn how to disconnect your Internet connection Iridium Communications Inc 22 July 2011 7 Troubleshooting 7 1 Direct Internet Dial Up Connection 7 1 1 NETWORK CONNECTION ERROR MESSAGE Symptom When try to connect to Direct Internet 3 get an error message similar to the one shown below Network Connection The communication device selected for your connection does not exist Verify your settings and try reconnecting Cause This error message appears i
14. o prevent further changes Apply Iridium Communications Inc 4 July 201 1 8 Once connected you can now launch your Internet application gt 2000055 Location Extreme PPP Status Connected Connect Time 00 00 55 IP Address 192 168 13 78 l oseieconnosE m Telephone Number 0088166000025 a S IOS Account Name any Password eee Show modem status in menu bar 0 i C Apply id Click the lock to prevent further changes Assist Revert Apply 3 2 Disconnect From the top bar click on the modem icon and select Disconnect Iridium Communications Inc 5 July 2011 4 1 Launch The Direct Internet 3 Web Accelerator will automatically launch whenever you are connected to the Internet through the Iridium Direct Internet Data Service It operates in the background to accelerate your Internet connection No user intervention is required In the event that the Direct Internet 3 Web Accelerator needs to be launched manually locate and click on the Iridium Direct Internet 3 Web Accelerator icon from the Applications folder 1 p 23 Address Book Automator BBEdit Chess Dashboard Dictionary ph i a C3 4E RE lt DVD Player Firefox Font Book Front Row Gimp Google Chrome iCal Image Capture Komodo Edit LogMein i MailRaider OpenOffice org Photo Booth Preview QuickTi adcaster QuickTime Player Safari ScreenRecord 2 Stickies Stuffit
15. ount of time that it takes to send and receive emails This feature works with any or IMAP email accounts Direct Internet 3 Web Accelerator is compatible with Outlook Express Eudora Opera Mail Pegasus and Netscape Mail Since Direct Internet 3 Web Accelerator accelerates email automatically without any user intervention you can use your mail program exactly as you normally would However email acceleration is disabled by default The Email Acceleration Feature is found in the Features tab of the Settings dialog box an Iridium Direct Internet 3 Web Accelerator Images Connection Features Update Block in page advertisements vi Macromedia Flash Acceleration Email Acceleration MI FTP Acceleration 1 Check the checkbox next to Email Acceleration to enable the acceleration when receiving emails or uncheck the check box to disable this email acceleration 2 Press Apply to save the settings The changes will take effect the next time that Direct Internet 3 Web Accelerator and your mail client are restarted Iridium Communications Inc 16 July 2011 4 6 Diagnostics If you contact your Service Partner for technical support the support personnel may request that you send a diagnostics report The diagnostics report contains system information such as your Direct Internet 3 Web Accelerator settings and connectivity which will allow your Service Partner to provide further assistance To create a diagnostics
16. report 1 Select the Diagnostics option from the User Interface Menu NEG 001120 3 4 Fi425PM About DI3 Accelerator Stop DI3 Accelerator 36 5 Settings Statistics T Diagnostics 3 D Quit Iridium Direct Internet 3 Web Accelerator 2 Click the Start button on the Diagnostics dialog box iridium Direct Internet 3 Web Accelerator Click Start to run diagnostics tests EE HE H HH ERE HER Close GA Rm 3 he contents of the report will automatically be copied to the clipboard Launch your email application compose an email paste the report from the clipboard and send the email to your Service Partner 4 7 About The Direct Internet 3 Web Accelerator Product information is available through the About DI3 Accelerator option in the User Interface menu Iridium Communications Inc 17 July 201 1 e iridium 00 11 40 C 9 Fi425PM Q About DI3 Accelerator Start DI3 Accelerator Stop DI3 Accelerator a S Settings Statistics T Diagnostics D Quit Iridium Direct Internet 3 Web Accelerator An About dialog box will appear with the product information Iridium Direct Internet 3 Web Version 6 0 33 Copyright Slipstream Data Inc 2009 All Rights Reserved Iridium Communications Inc 18 July 201 1 4 8 Quit Web Accelerator To close the Direct Internet Web Accelerator select the Quit Iridium Direct Internet 3 Web Accelerator option from
17. ridium Mobile Websites page http www iridium com mobile has a list of popular mobile websites Iridium Communications Inc 1750 Tysons Boulevard Suite 1400 McLean VA 22101 U S A Iridium and the Iridium logo are registered trademarks and or service marks of Iridium Communications Inc Mac and Mac OS are trademarks of Apple Inc registered in the United States and other countries Mozilla Firefox and Mozilla Thunderbird are registered trademarks of the Mozilla Foundation Adobe Flash and Macromedia are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States and or other countries Iridium Communications Inc 26 July 201 1
18. t the Start DI3 Accelerator and Stop DI3 Accelerator options depending on the current state of the accelerator EB RS B 4 Fri 3 47 PM Q About DI3 Accelerator Start DI3 Accelerator 365 Settings Statistics AT Diagnostics 860 Quit Iridium Direct Internet 3 Web Accelerator wooo ES M 3 Q About DI3 Accelerator Stop DI3 Accelerator 365 Settings Statistics T Diagnostics 860 Quit Iridium Direct Internet 3 Web Accelerator ES 001140 5 Fi425PM Q About DI3 Accelerator Stop DI3 Accelerator 365 Settings a E Statistics T Diagnostics 3D Quit Iridium Direct Internet 3 Web Accelerator Iridium Communications Inc 8 July 2011 4 4 Statistics The Direct Internet 3 Web Accelerator allows you to view acceleration statistics through the Statistics dialog box To open the Statistics dialog box select the Statistics option from the User Interface Menu ES 001140 ER M 4 Fri4 25PM Q DI3 Stop DI3 Accelerator a 5 Settings a6 E Diagnostics D Quit Iridium Direct Internet 3 Web Accelerator The Statistics dialog box will appear with three buttons ea n Statistics Total Traffic OB OB 0 00 OK Details gt gt Reset Bun This button will close the Statistics dialog box Details This button will expand the dialog box to show more detailed statistics This button w
19. th Internet access software provided by your service provider Standard airtime charges will apply for use If you wish to return to this page in the future you may bookmark or load this site as your home page www iridium com mobile News CNN mobile http m cnn com Fox News mobile http foxnews mobi BBC mobile http www bbc co uk mobile index html USA Today mobile http m usatoday com Reference ConvertIt mobile http www convertit com Go ConvertlIt Mobilocation mobile http mobilocation com Official Time mobile http officialtime mobi Wapedia mobile http wapedia mobi en Windfinder mobile http www windfinder mobi Iridium Communications Inc 20 5 2 Disconnect After Loading Web Page To minimize airtime charges disconnect your Direct Internet 3 dial up connection after loading the desired web page Re connect your Direct Internet dial Up connection when you are ready to view a new web page A Disabling the Direct Internet 3 Web Accelerator will NOT disconnect your Internet connection See Section 3 2 of this document to learn how to disconnect your Internet connection Iridium Communications Inc 21 July 2011 6 1 Client Based Email Avoid using web based email software to send or receive email In web based email Internet connection time is spent on e Loading the log in web page e Once logged in waiting for all your past messages and the web email interface to
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