fig5 commissioning of a satellite terminal on the other hand involves establishing communication between the satellite terminal and the geosynchronous satellite other satellite terminals i e depending on the type of network in which the satellite terminal is deployed and the nocc 16 the nocc 16 manages customer permissions and payment processes to use the network bandwidth that is the extent to which each satellite terminal receives broadcast signals or exchanges data with other terminals depending on the type of communication network in which the satellite terminal is deployed in addition the nocc manages the address or location of installation of each satellite terminal in the network serial numbers of equipment to be installed time of installation type of service such as basic premium content preferences and so on the present invention is advantageous because both of these processes are achieved by an installer using a pda 10 or other portable computer and the satellite terminal and without requiring the installer to manually input alphanumeric data into the pda 10 or use paper documents such as a work order provided on paper the present invention can be employed with terminals in a one way communication network or a two way communication network a one way communication network typically involves broadcast of selected program channels a two way communication network can involve terminal to terminal communication or for example communication between a terminal and.