Hi Alex,
I guess that Your trouble with LVB tracker is made by the circuity
of G450 azimuth sensor and connection between G450 and LVB.
LVB tracker was developed for G5500 rotator, which (as I guess)
has different internal circuity.
I Guess also, that g450 Azimuth rotaror uses DC motor in the
control box to show position in the scale 0-360 degrees and internal
circuity serves for liear driving DC motor inside (as position
indicator).
Manual for GS232 says, that Yaesu tracker GS232 (similar to LVB)
works with :
G800,G1000,G2800
G400,G500,G550
G5400,G5500, G5600 rotators..
Please look for three manuals (pdf files on the web):
1. Your G450
2. G5500
3. GS232 Yeaesu satellite tracker, where is lot of importatn
informations
G5500 has sensor constructed with 500 ohm potentiometer feeded by
6V source and regulated by OZ amplifier into the 0-5V limit. For
good linearity is very important, that potentiometer - sensor cannot
be loaded with low impedance - reason for use the OZ amplifier (
high input impedance for potentiometer, low output impedance for AD
converter input!). Otherwise the linearity will go down.
LVB tracker expect, that input voltage from sensor is in interval 0
- 5V for azimuth 0 to 360 degrees (or 450 degrees with G5500).
LVB uses 8bit PIC microcontroller
with 10 bit AD converter - 1024 positions for 0-5V (with 5V AD
reference voltage used in LVB).
When occur condition:
AZ = 0 degrees : 1.5V signal
AZ = 360 degrees : 4.0 V signal
then You get smaller resolution (half against 0-5V)
And yet - without calibration it is quite wrong.
LVB also expect to make the calibration, which is very well
described by G6LVB and also in GS232 manual.
During power-up You must press the button, the LVB internal code of
PIC16F876 skip into the calibration procedure. Then You get on LCD
display exact hints what to do - as described by G6LVB.
Yet exist commands for calibration via the serial port terminal.
They were developed by G6LVB and does not fit description in GS232
manual..
I hope it can help You with Your rotator.
73
Jarda ok2gz
