Unattended FoxTelem Question
Does FoxTelem automatically check for new Keps periodically, or only upon startup? I have an unattended station running on a Raspberry Pi, and I'm wondering if I shouldn't close and restart FoxTelem every couple of weeks to refresh TLE's. Scrolled through the command terminal and didn't see any updates occuring, but you can see keps being updated upon startup.
-Roy K3RLD
Good point, Roy. I'm working on a similar thing with Chris (FoxTelem author), so I'll ask. Not sure if he watches this BB.
On Sat, Mar 17, 2018 at 10:16 AM, Roy Dean [email protected] wrote:
Does FoxTelem automatically check for new Keps periodically, or only upon startup? I have an unattended station running on a Raspberry Pi, and I'm wondering if I shouldn't close and restart FoxTelem every couple of weeks to refresh TLE's. Scrolled through the command terminal and didn't see any updates occuring, but you can see keps being updated upon startup.
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Answer from Chris: It does automatically reload the keps every so often. He did not remember at the time how often, but you should not need to stop and start it for that reason.
On Sat, Mar 17, 2018 at 2:27 PM, Burns Fisher [email protected] wrote:
Good point, Roy. I'm working on a similar thing with Chris (FoxTelem author), so I'll ask. Not sure if he watches this BB.
On Sat, Mar 17, 2018 at 10:16 AM, Roy Dean [email protected] wrote:
Does FoxTelem automatically check for new Keps periodically, or only upon startup? I have an unattended station running on a Raspberry Pi, and I'm wondering if I shouldn't close and restart FoxTelem every couple of weeks to refresh TLE's. Scrolled through the command terminal and didn't see any updates occuring, but you can see keps being updated upon startup.
-Roy K3RLD _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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