Folks
Current firmware (0.9) is here:
http://www.g6lvb.com/Articles/LVBTracker/LVBTrackPIC16V0.9.hex
I sincerely recommend upgrading any devices with firmware prior to 0.9 - I don't know what or when it happened, but I believe that a COM port driver update over the past year or so within the Windows OS made the RS-232 port speed rather more picky. Due to a schoolboy error on my part, I'd had a bug in there since the year dot that meant the PIC's baud rate generator was loaded with a slightly inaccurate value. This is resolved with the 0.9 firmware release above.
73, Howard G6LVB
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Erich Eichmann Sent: 20 April 2009 06:40 To: WCP Cc: [email protected] Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Rotor control - no fix
Hello, What firmware version are you running with your LVB Tracker? About 3 years ago users reported about the same problem (chattering relays). They could fix it with a firmware update (version 0.2 to 0.5, meanwhile there are further updates). 73s, Erich, DK1TB
For more information look here: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/archive/amsat-bb/200503/msg00238.html http://www.amsat.org/amsat/archive/amsat-bb/200503/msg00233.html
----- Original Message ----- From: "WCP" [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, April 20, 2009 3:35 AM Subject: [amsat-bb] Rotor control - no fix
Changing the time SatPC32 to 30sec did not work! G5500 still chatters! _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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