Hi Howie,
That may indeed be the simplest (and therefore best) solution (redirecting & modifying the the easycom format).
And yes, either Visual Basic or C# or Python could do that. Like you I have positive experiences with Python (using scripts for RAX, MCUBED and now GRIFEX from MXL).
Certainly a very useful suggestion!
Thanks!
Henk
Van: Howie DeFelice [mailto:howied231@hotmail.com] Verzonden: woensdag 18 februari 2015 23:09 Aan: PA3GUO; amsat-bb@amsat.org Onderwerp: RE: [amsat-bb] Software ?
Hi Henk,
The "easy" answer is to buy an LVB tracker board but I completely understand wanting to use the hardware you put so much time and effort into building from scratch. I have done a little work with Python, which is completely cross platform, and think it would be a natural for doing the translation you need. One possibility would to have SatPC send the pointing info in "easycom" format to a virtual serial port that the Python program reads and translates then sends it out a "real" serial port to the rotor interface. As a non-programmer, that would "'my" path of least resistance.
- Howie, AB2S