Question about SatPC32 Auto satellite switching
There is a feature to automatically switch to the next satellite. I have it enabled (A+ in commands).
But when a satellite goes past LOS, it does not switch to next. Is the idea that is will switch to the next one at AOS?When I say it does not switch, the frequency and active sat / letter does not change.
Is the program supposed to change automatically to the next satellite in the list of upcoming passes?
Thanks,
Tom NY4I Blog: www.ny4i.com Madeira Beach, FL (Grid: EL87ot)
Hi Tom, be sure to edit Prior.SQF to have the satellites listed with their priority numbers....that's the file used to list which birds, in what priority...
73,
Mark N8MH
On Thu, Jan 2, 2020 at 2:18 PM Thomas Schaefer via AMSAT-BB < amsat-bb@amsat.org> wrote:
There is a feature to automatically switch to the next satellite. I have it enabled (A+ in commands).
But when a satellite goes past LOS, it does not switch to next. Is the idea that is will switch to the next one at AOS?When I say it does not switch, the frequency and active sat / letter does not change.
Is the program supposed to change automatically to the next satellite in the list of upcoming passes?
Thanks,
Tom NY4I Blog: www.ny4i.com Madeira Beach, FL (Grid: EL87ot)
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Tom,
You need to edit Prior.sql.
From the manual...
*3. Prior.SQF*
The program performs automatic satellite switching for satellites with a priority setting. This works as follows: If no priority satellite is in hearing range, the program switches to a priority satellite as soon as that satellite's elevation reaches the minimum elevation angle, provided the satellite effectively comes into hearing range.
If during the hearing range of a priority satellite, another one with higher priority shows up, the program switches to that one, but only at elevation 0 to avoid reception time losses. If a priority satellite reaches LOS, the program switches to a lower priority satellite, provided it is in hearing range.
The file contains the names and priority degree of the satellites with a priority setting. A maximum of 9 satellites can be entered. The satellite with the highest priority 1 has to be first in the list, the satellite with priority 2, second etc. If the program is used in conjunction with WiSP, priority settings in both programs have to be the same.
Dave-KB1PVH
Sent from my Galaxy S9
On Thu, Jan 2, 2020, 2:19 PM Thomas Schaefer via AMSAT-BB < amsat-bb@amsat.org> wrote:
There is a feature to automatically switch to the next satellite. I have it enabled (A+ in commands).
But when a satellite goes past LOS, it does not switch to next. Is the idea that is will switch to the next one at AOS?When I say it does not switch, the frequency and active sat / letter does not change.
Is the program supposed to change automatically to the next satellite in the list of upcoming passes?
Thanks,
Tom NY4I Blog: www.ny4i.com Madeira Beach, FL (Grid: EL87ot)
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Thanks. I believe my mistake was an assumption. I was not looking to assign priorities but rather just wanted the satellites to be the ones I have assigned letters. Given a conflict, I can understand the program needing the prior defined, but short of that, I made the assumption that Auto meant it would automatically switch among the satellites I have defined to letters. Given nothing in prior.sql, I would have assumed the program would just stick on the earlier AOS.
To be clear, if I have satellites A - N assigned, I have to list 9 of those satellites in the PRIOR.SQF file (as their names, not letters). Put another way, just assigning satellites to letters and setting Auto is not sufficient for the program to switch. So even though I assign letters, I am limited to 9 satellites to be auto switched.
Is that really how it works?
Thanks to all!
Tom Schaefer, NY4I Blog: www.ny4i.com Madeira Beach, FL (Grid: EL87ot)
On Jan 2, 2020, at 2:24 PM, Dave Webb KB1PVH via AMSAT-BB amsat-bb@amsat.org wrote:
Tom,
You need to edit Prior.sql.
From the manual...
*3. Prior.SQF*
The program performs automatic satellite switching for satellites with a priority setting. This works as follows: If no priority satellite is in hearing range, the program switches to a priority satellite as soon as that satellite's elevation reaches the minimum elevation angle, provided the satellite effectively comes into hearing range.
If during the hearing range of a priority satellite, another one with higher priority shows up, the program switches to that one, but only at elevation 0 to avoid reception time losses. If a priority satellite reaches LOS, the program switches to a lower priority satellite, provided it is in hearing range.
The file contains the names and priority degree of the satellites with a priority setting. A maximum of 9 satellites can be entered. The satellite with the highest priority 1 has to be first in the list, the satellite with priority 2, second etc. If the program is used in conjunction with WiSP, priority settings in both programs have to be the same.
Dave-KB1PVH
Sent from my Galaxy S9
On Thu, Jan 2, 2020, 2:19 PM Thomas Schaefer via AMSAT-BB < amsat-bb@amsat.org> wrote:
There is a feature to automatically switch to the next satellite. I have it enabled (A+ in commands).
But when a satellite goes past LOS, it does not switch to next. Is the idea that is will switch to the next one at AOS?When I say it does not switch, the frequency and active sat / letter does not change.
Is the program supposed to change automatically to the next satellite in the list of upcoming passes?
Thanks,
Tom NY4I Blog: www.ny4i.com Madeira Beach, FL (Grid: EL87ot)
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Yes that’s right, Tom.
Mark N8MH
On Thu, Jan 2, 2020 at 3:29 PM Thomas Schaefer via AMSAT-BB < amsat-bb@amsat.org> wrote:
Thanks. I believe my mistake was an assumption. I was not looking to assign priorities but rather just wanted the satellites to be the ones I have assigned letters. Given a conflict, I can understand the program needing the prior defined, but short of that, I made the assumption that Auto meant it would automatically switch among the satellites I have defined to letters. Given nothing in prior.sql, I would have assumed the program would just stick on the earlier AOS.
To be clear, if I have satellites A - N assigned, I have to list 9 of those satellites in the PRIOR.SQF file (as their names, not letters). Put another way, just assigning satellites to letters and setting Auto is not sufficient for the program to switch. So even though I assign letters, I am limited to 9 satellites to be auto switched.
Is that really how it works?
Thanks to all!
Tom Schaefer, NY4I Blog: www.ny4i.com Madeira Beach, FL (Grid: EL87ot)
On Jan 2, 2020, at 2:24 PM, Dave Webb KB1PVH via AMSAT-BB <
amsat-bb@amsat.org> wrote:
Tom,
You need to edit Prior.sql.
From the manual...
*3. Prior.SQF*
The program performs automatic satellite switching for satellites with a priority setting. This works as follows: If no priority satellite is in hearing range, the program switches to a priority satellite as soon as
that
satellite's elevation reaches the minimum elevation angle, provided the satellite effectively comes into hearing range.
If during the hearing range of a priority satellite, another one with higher priority shows up, the program switches to that one, but only at elevation 0 to avoid reception time losses. If a priority satellite
reaches
LOS, the program switches to a lower priority satellite, provided it is
in
hearing range.
The file contains the names and priority degree of the satellites with a priority setting. A maximum of 9 satellites can be entered. The satellite with the highest priority 1 has to be first in the list, the satellite
with
priority 2, second etc. If the program is used in conjunction with WiSP, priority settings in both programs have to be the same.
Dave-KB1PVH
Sent from my Galaxy S9
On Thu, Jan 2, 2020, 2:19 PM Thomas Schaefer via AMSAT-BB < amsat-bb@amsat.org> wrote:
There is a feature to automatically switch to the next satellite. I have it enabled (A+ in commands).
But when a satellite goes past LOS, it does not switch to next. Is the idea that is will switch to the next one at AOS?When I say it does not switch, the frequency and active sat / letter does not change.
Is the program supposed to change automatically to the next satellite in the list of upcoming passes?
Thanks,
Tom NY4I Blog: www.ny4i.com Madeira Beach, FL (Grid: EL87ot)
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Tom, that is as it WORKS.
73s, Erich, DK1TB
Am 02.01.2020 um 21:27 schrieb Thomas Schaefer via AMSAT-BB:
Thanks. I believe my mistake was an assumption. I was not looking to assign priorities but rather just wanted the satellites to be the ones I have assigned letters. Given a conflict, I can understand the program needing the prior defined, but short of that, I made the assumption that Auto meant it would automatically switch among the satellites I have defined to letters. Given nothing in prior.sql, I would have assumed the program would just stick on the earlier AOS.
To be clear, if I have satellites A - N assigned, I have to list 9 of those satellites in the PRIOR.SQF file (as their names, not letters). Put another way, just assigning satellites to letters and setting Auto is not sufficient for the program to switch. So even though I assign letters, I am limited to 9 satellites to be auto switched.
Is that really how it works?
Thanks to all!
Tom Schaefer, NY4I Blog:www.ny4i.com Madeira Beach, FL (Grid: EL87ot)
On Jan 2, 2020, at 2:24 PM, Dave Webb KB1PVH via AMSAT-BBamsat-bb@amsat.org wrote:
Tom,
You need to edit Prior.sql.
From the manual...
*3. Prior.SQF*
The program performs automatic satellite switching for satellites with a priority setting. This works as follows: If no priority satellite is in hearing range, the program switches to a priority satellite as soon as that satellite's elevation reaches the minimum elevation angle, provided the satellite effectively comes into hearing range.
If during the hearing range of a priority satellite, another one with higher priority shows up, the program switches to that one, but only at elevation 0 to avoid reception time losses. If a priority satellite reaches LOS, the program switches to a lower priority satellite, provided it is in hearing range.
The file contains the names and priority degree of the satellites with a priority setting. A maximum of 9 satellites can be entered. The satellite with the highest priority 1 has to be first in the list, the satellite with priority 2, second etc. If the program is used in conjunction with WiSP, priority settings in both programs have to be the same.
Dave-KB1PVH
Sent from my Galaxy S9
On Thu, Jan 2, 2020, 2:19 PM Thomas Schaefer via AMSAT-BB < amsat-bb@amsat.org> wrote:
There is a feature to automatically switch to the next satellite. I have it enabled (A+ in commands).
But when a satellite goes past LOS, it does not switch to next. Is the idea that is will switch to the next one at AOS?When I say it does not switch, the frequency and active sat / letter does not change.
Is the program supposed to change automatically to the next satellite in the list of upcoming passes?
Thanks,
Tom NY4I Blog:www.ny4i.com Madeira Beach, FL (Grid: EL87ot)
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Thanks again to all. I wanted to make sure I was not missing something.
Tom Schaefer, NY4I Blog: www.ny4i.com Madeira Beach, FL (Grid: EL87ot)
On Jan 3, 2020, at 12:37 AM, Erich Eichmann erich.eichmann@t-online.de wrote:
Tom, that is as it WORKS.
73s, Erich, DK1TB
Am 02.01.2020 um 21:27 schrieb Thomas Schaefer via AMSAT-BB:
Thanks. I believe my mistake was an assumption. I was not looking to assign priorities but rather just wanted the satellites to be the ones I have assigned letters. Given a conflict, I can understand the program needing the prior defined, but short of that, I made the assumption that Auto meant it would automatically switch among the satellites I have defined to letters. Given nothing in prior.sql, I would have assumed the program would just stick on the earlier AOS.
To be clear, if I have satellites A - N assigned, I have to list 9 of those satellites in the PRIOR.SQF file (as their names, not letters). Put another way, just assigning satellites to letters and setting Auto is not sufficient for the program to switch. So even though I assign letters, I am limited to 9 satellites to be auto switched.
Is that really how it works?
Thanks to all!
Tom Schaefer, NY4I Blog:www.ny4i.com Madeira Beach, FL (Grid: EL87ot)
On Jan 2, 2020, at 2:24 PM, Dave Webb KB1PVH via AMSAT-BBamsat-bb@amsat.org wrote:
Tom,
You need to edit Prior.sql.
From the manual...
*3. Prior.SQF*
The program performs automatic satellite switching for satellites with a priority setting. This works as follows: If no priority satellite is in hearing range, the program switches to a priority satellite as soon as that satellite's elevation reaches the minimum elevation angle, provided the satellite effectively comes into hearing range.
If during the hearing range of a priority satellite, another one with higher priority shows up, the program switches to that one, but only at elevation 0 to avoid reception time losses. If a priority satellite reaches LOS, the program switches to a lower priority satellite, provided it is in hearing range.
The file contains the names and priority degree of the satellites with a priority setting. A maximum of 9 satellites can be entered. The satellite with the highest priority 1 has to be first in the list, the satellite with priority 2, second etc. If the program is used in conjunction with WiSP, priority settings in both programs have to be the same.
Dave-KB1PVH
Sent from my Galaxy S9
On Thu, Jan 2, 2020, 2:19 PM Thomas Schaefer via AMSAT-BB < amsat-bb@amsat.org> wrote:
There is a feature to automatically switch to the next satellite. I have it enabled (A+ in commands).
But when a satellite goes past LOS, it does not switch to next. Is the idea that is will switch to the next one at AOS?When I say it does not switch, the frequency and active sat / letter does not change.
Is the program supposed to change automatically to the next satellite in the list of upcoming passes?
Thanks,
Tom NY4I Blog:www.ny4i.com Madeira Beach, FL (Grid: EL87ot)
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