Hi Dave,

The ERC unit runs via an IP serial server, so that we can access it from multiple parts of the site. We have a similar remote control mechanism for the rig, but that side all works fine.

Still waiting for the next pass that goes through North, to see if SatPC32 now remembers the endstop as North!

John (M5ET)

From: Dave Webb KB1PVH kb1pvh@gmail.com Sent: 27 July 2019 18:20 To: John john@amber.org.uk Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] SatPC32, PSTRotator and 360 Degree Rotators

So you have the ERC unit connected via IP and not USB?

Dave-KB1PVH

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On Sat, Jul 27, 2019, 1:15 PM John <john@amber.org.uk mailto:john@amber.org.uk > wrote:

Hi Dave,

Thanks for the insights – yes, PST is set correctly with North as the endstop.

When I select Yaesu GS232, it goes through the whole “you need to set up serversdx” palaver, which since I’m unable to use SDX (it doesn’t talk IP), seems a little counter intuitive. That said, it did make the option to set an endstop temporarily available, so hopefully by changing it, storing the configs and then choosing “None” again, it might remember the North endstop. My next pass in a few minutes will hopefully confirm.

PST has no issue tracking the headings that SatPC32 displays even with the rotor set to none, so hopefully the temporary enable then disable will work. I’ll report back shortly.

John (M5ET)

From: Dave Webb KB1PVH <kb1pvh@gmail.com mailto:kb1pvh@gmail.com > Sent: 27 July 2019 18:00 To: John <john@amber.org.uk mailto:john@amber.org.uk > Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] SatPC32, PSTRotator and 360 Degree Rotators

John,

In Rotor setup in SatPC32 you select Yaesu_GS-232 in the drop-down for the ERC-M controller, FYI.

In the PSTRotator Satellite Tracking window if you click on Setup>Rotor Stop you can select North or South.

Dave-KB1PVH

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On Sat, Jul 27, 2019, 12:48 PM John via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@amsat.org mailto:amsat-bb@amsat.org > wrote:

Hi All,

For various reasons, we use PSTRotator to control our rotator/elevator stack - mostly due to the need for IP control of the ERC-M, which SatPC32 doesn't seem to natively handle.

It all works fine, for the most part, with the exception of the fact that I don't seem to be able to change my endstop value - normally this would be in the "Rotor" configuration settings, but since I'm leaving SatPC32 set to 'None' and having PSTRotator in 'Tracking' mode (it follows SatPC32's headings anyway), I can't see the option (it's not in the list) in order to pick South for my endstop instead of North.

I can choose between 90 and 180 degree elevation (we use 180 as we only have 360 degrees of azimuth), but does anyone know how I can make SatPC32 understand the endstop being at the North instead of the South?

Many thanks in advance,

John (M5ET)

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