Hi Everyone, I wanted to thank Erich and the rest of the members here for the help in getting my Alpha Spid rotor working with SatPC32.  Erich's responses solved the problem and the rotor and software are now working together.   Rich 4Z1JJ

On Tuesday, August 6, 2019, 11:58:18 PM GMT+3, Erich Eichmann erich.eichmann@t-online.de wrote:

Hi Rich, after choosing AlphaSpid in the list of supported controllers press the UPPER 'Store' button. I suppose you clicked the 'Store' button at the bottom of the menu. Try that again, then restart SatPC32. If it still works SatPC32 will start ServerSpid and display it as symbol in the taskbar. Click on the symbol to display the program normally for further settings  (COM port etc.)

If that doesn't work (because you used already the 'Search' button): The file you need is ServerSpid.exe in the sub folder Spid of the SatPC32 program folder. To choose it open menu 'Rotor Setup' and click 'Search'. Then navigate to C:\Program Files(x86)\SatPC32\Spid\ServerSpid.exe and double click on the file name. Then click the upper Store button and restart SatPC32.

The attached screenshot shows the path to ServerSpid.exe on this Laptop.

73s. Erich, DK1TB

Am 06.08.2019 um 20:11 schrieb Richard Gussow:

Hi Erich, First of all, thank you for developing such a great program.  Secondly, thank you for personally responding to my query.  Sorry my reply is a bit delayed, but work took priority (I guess I have the wrong priorities). I chose AlphaSpid and stored that, exited the program through File/Quit. I restarted and that didn't work.   I then used the Search button located in the Rotor Setup menu.  It came up with 2 files under the Spid directory:  ROTSERVPOS.SQF and SPIDPARAM.SQF.  I selected the first one, stored, exited and upon restart, I received the message that it could not find file ROTSERVPOS.EXE.  I then selected the second one, and upon restart I received a message that it could not find SPIDPARAM.EXE.  I did a search of my PC  and could not find either of these files anywhere.  Should they have been installed during the setup?  Should I do a reinstall of the program? Any suggestions from you or anyone else on the great forum would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Rich 4Z1JJ

On Monday, August 5, 2019, 10:54:50 PM GMT+3, Erich Eichmann erich.eichmann@t-online.de wrote:

Hi Rich, The LPT ports are only used with the old  parallel port interfaces (IF-100, FODTrack etc.). Open the list of supported rotor controllers at the top of menu 'Rotor Setup' and choose item 'AlfaSpid'.

73s, Erich, DK1TB

Am 05.08.2019 um 21:00 schrieb Richard Gussow via AMSAT-BB:

Hi everyone, I was wondering if someone can help me with an issue I am having with setting up Satpc32 and my Spid Ras rotor.  SatPC32 asks for a parallel port of 1-4 in the set up menu, while the Spid Ras controller set up a serial port (com port 8 in my case).  How do I reconcile the two? Thanks, Rich4Z1JJ _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. 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: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb