Page 10/11 describes the LVB Tracker and page 4 has a price list.
However, it is unclear to me what the page 4 " Ethernet interface capable" references. Is it an alternative/addition to the USB and serial computer interface? If so, is there a daughter board that must be added? At what cost? Is there a schematic for the DYI crowd?
IMHO the IP connection will out live the serial/parallel/USB/firewire etc and it seems to me that the LVB, as a network device, is the way to go especially for those running their sat programs on a PC behind a hardware firewall. Extra ports on the firewall are often available and if not, the addition of a hub or switch will give you enumerable ports. The time has come that, for me, 4 or 6 USB ports are not enough. To me this is also preferable to adding USB hubs if your PC is already using all the USB's ( as in my case, printers, scanners, blue tooth RX/TX for wireless mice and keyboards, external USB drives and the occasional spare USB for digital camera downloads and thumb drives ).
And now the second "however": are there IP drivers or shims for programs such as SATPC32 and Nova as these program do not specifically talk to IP addresses.
Thanks for any input y'all can offer. Enquiring minds need to know
This LVB Tracker is a serious contender for a Xmas present to myself :-)
73, Alan VE4YZ AMSAT 35968 blocked::http://www.mts.net/~ve4wsc/ http://www.mts.net/~ve4wsc/ AMSAT A-485