LVB Tracker and HRD Sat Tracker setup Problem
I got my LVB Tracker box today and while going through the setup I have found a couple of things. To start off. I am using HRD 4.1 B2055, Sat Tracker 4.1 B 2019. Radio is a Kenwood 2000 Rotor is the G-5500 In the rotator set up of HRD there is no option for the GS 232B so I have no control of the ELEV. I have looked thought the other posts on HRD site but cant seem to find any talk of a fix for this. I have check the com to the rotor and can move them by hand just fine with both the GS 232 & EasyComm. Can someone point me to the right area to fix this problem please. Thanks Marv N0FJP
Marv,
Go to the Satellites and Rotators section of the HRD support forum and post your question, bug report, etc. Simon reads all that, as do many others who are very knowledgeable.
I don't use another interface, but I see there are listings in the HRD Rotator program for Yaesu (as/el) and Yaesu (el). That is the separate program which will eventually be integrated.
Alan WA4SCA
Marv, Go to the Satellites and Rotators section of the HRD support forum and
post
your question, bug report, etc. Simon reads all that, as do many others who are very knowledgeable. I don't use another interface, but I see there are listings in the HRD Rotator program for Yaesu (as/el) and Yaesu (el). That is the separate program which will eventually be integrated. Alan WA4SCA
Hi all.
some lines extract from the satellites of HRD
programs via a DDE server using the Nova format. rd party program which requires Nova tracking information can now use HRD instead. al examples are rotator controllers. HRD does not support direct control of a rotator via a COM port instead the software supplied TRACKING
Jean-Yves F5LHW
Thanks Alan, I did that first. Even before I ordered the LVB Tracker I read the posts on there and in there WiKi area that listed it as working. Only to find out now that it may no be. Still gathering information. I found no place in HRD where it lists the AZ & EL only the 232A not 232B
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Marv,
Go to the Satellites and Rotators section of the HRD support forum and post your question, bug report, etc. Simon reads all that, as do many others who are very knowledgeable.
I don't use another interface, but I see there are listings in the HRD Rotator program for Yaesu (as/el) and Yaesu (el). That is the separate program which will eventually be integrated.
Alan WA4SCA
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You need to be using the NEW rotator program, which you can find on the main download site in the beta sections, with a lot of looking:
http://www.ham-radio-deluxe.com/Programs/HRDRotator/tabid/116/Default.aspx
One of the dropdown boxes, show with AlfaSpid az/el in the image, will also give you Yaesu az/el. This will eventually be integrated into the HRD program.
Good luck.
Alan WA4SCA
Marv
I have recently received an email indicating that HRD 2121 does work with the LVB Tracker, however it was via a rather circuitous route from Poland via Canada and I have no more details.
I am not an HRD user myself, and at present my QTH is undergoing some fairly substantial rennovation so I'm living out of cardboard boxes at the moment and have no direct means to test it.
Protocols supported by the LVB Tracker are Easycomm-1 and GS-232A. GS-232A was chosen because at the time that seemed to be the most common theme among prediction programs. Easycomm-1 was also promised very early on, so I added that too: it detects which protocol is being run on the fly.
I have just tried it on my laptop, and selected HRD Rotator 4.1 build 2026 with Yaesu Az/El at 9600 bps and I could see a "C2" command being executed using an RS-232 sniffer. This is a GS-232A command to return Azimuth and Elevation to the host. So Yaesu Az/El and 9600bps would seem to be the settings to use.
I am committed to making this work, so please let me know what you have tried.
73, Howard G6LVB
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I got my LVB Tracker box today and while going through the setup I have found a couple of things. To start off. I am using HRD 4.1 B2055, Sat Tracker 4.1 B 2019. Radio is a Kenwood 2000 Rotor is the G-5500 In the rotator set up of HRD there is no option for the GS 232B so I have no control of the ELEV. I have looked thought the other posts on HRD site but cant seem to find any talk of a fix for this. I have check the com to the rotor and can move them by hand just fine with both the GS 232 & EasyComm. Can someone point me to the right area to fix this problem please. Thanks Marv N0FJP _______________________________________________ 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
I think I have the Satellite tracking working. It is a little awkward but it will track.
I will try to list what I did to get the different programs talking to each other as well as list some things I am seeing with the operation.
Here we go.
First- Start HRD and connect to the radio.
Next -Start Satellite tracking and "connect" it with the radio
Now- Start the HRD Rotator program, Click on the "Connect", Make sure Orbitron is selected, "click the DDE Connect" Try and move your rotor. I didn't find anywhere that would lit me control the El rotor in this program.
Now back to Satellite Tracker- Now pick the satellite you would like to track, open the "Tuning Dial" and click the RX/ TX boxes. Clicking on the "Rotator" button in this program has no effect on rotor control.
Last -Back to HRD Rotator to click on the "Track DDE" button.
This should start the rotors tracking.
Some things to note.
If you are waiting for the Sat to come into view, the rotors will still be tracking the bird.
You may find the rotors will take off and head all the way around to the wrong location if the bird is headed in from a location close to "0" or "360". In this case use HRD Rotator to stop the tracking using the "Track DDE" button until the bird gets in view.
As stated before the Rotator button in HRD Sat Tracker has no effect at this time.
I hope this will help others in using the LVB Tracker Box. It's a great little interface and seems to work vary well to this point.
Thanks to everyone who helped me get this running.
Marv.
N0FJP
Testing with LVB Tracker with the 0.9 eprom, Yaesu G5400B and FT-847 using
HDR 4.1 build 1989 beta HRD Sat Track 4.1 Tech Preview II build 1989 HRD Rotator 4.1 build 2026 beta HRD Log 4.1 build 2121 beta
Marv's description below is okay, however, while "Orbitron" is on DDE menu it is not selectable on my installation so I use Nova and must start the "Satellite Tracking DDE Server" from the HRD Windows Menu before selecting "Track DDE"
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of racer5039 Sent: March 3, 2009 1:26 PM To: AMSAT BB; Howard Long Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: LVB Tracker and HRD Sat Tracker setup Problem
I think I have the Satellite tracking working. It is a little awkward but it will track.
I will try to list what I did to get the different programs talking to each other as well as list some things I am seeing with the operation.
Here we go.
First- Start HRD and connect to the radio.
Next -Start Satellite tracking and "connect" it with the radio
Now- Start the HRD Rotator program, Click on the "Connect", Make sure Orbitron is selected, "click the DDE Connect" Try and move your rotor. I didn't find anywhere that would lit me control the El rotor in this program.
Now back to Satellite Tracker- Now pick the satellite you would like to track, open the "Tuning Dial" and click the RX/ TX boxes. Clicking on the "Rotator" button in this program has no effect on rotor control.
Last -Back to HRD Rotator to click on the "Track DDE" button.
This should start the rotors tracking.
Some things to note.
If you are waiting for the Sat to come into view, the rotors will still be tracking the bird.
You may find the rotors will take off and head all the way around to the wrong location if the bird is headed in from a location close to "0" or "360". In this case use HRD Rotator to stop the tracking using the "Track DDE" button until the bird gets in view.
As stated before the Rotator button in HRD Sat Tracker has no effect at this time.
I hope this will help others in using the LVB Tracker Box. It's a great little interface and seems to work vary well to this point.
Thanks to everyone who helped me get this running.
Marv.
N0FJP
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