Problems with nasabare.txt
A number of operators are reporting difficulties with SatPC32 this morning after updating the nasabare.txt file.
The problem is that a second set of Keps appears to have been appended to the first, so that each satellite is listed twice.
A fix is to find and open the nasabare.txt file in a text editor, and to find the second time that AO-07 appears in the list. Then block and delete that second entry and all that follows.
An alternative is to use a different element set, or delay updating, until the issue is resolved. -- Mark D. Johns, KØJM AMSAT Ambassador & News Service Editor Brooklyn Park, MN USA EN35hd ----------------------------------------------- "Heaven goes by favor; if it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in." ---Mark Twain
SAME problem with the NASA.ALL keps as well, that we discovered after midnight last night.
Walter/K5WH
From: Mark Johns, K0JM k0jm.mark@gmail.com Sent: Friday, December 31, 2021 9:59 AM To: AMSAT-BB amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [AMSAT-BB] Problems with nasabare.txt
A number of operators are reporting difficulties with SatPC32 this morning after updating the nasabare.txt file.
The problem is that a second set of Keps appears to have been appended to the first, so that each satellite is listed twice.
A fix is to find and open the nasabare.txt file in a text editor, and to find the second time that AO-07 appears in the list. Then block and delete that second entry and all that follows.
An alternative is to use a different element set, or delay updating, until the issue is resolved.
--
Mark D. Johns, KØJM AMSAT Ambassador & News Service Editor Brooklyn Park, MN USA EN35hd
-----------------------------------------------
"Heaven goes by favor; if it went by merit,
you would stay out and your dog would go in."
---Mark Twain
All I had to do, was to kill the task for SatPC32, and restart, and everything was ok again.
Walter/K5WH
From: JoAnne Maenpaa joanne.k9jkm@gmail.com Sent: Friday, December 31, 2021 11:24 AM To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [AMSAT-BB] Re: Problems with nasabare.txt
Yeah, when I updated the keps I got the error message ... both nasabare and nasa.all ...
ALLES? https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/en:tourist TURISTEN?UND NON https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/en:Techniker TEKNISCHEN?LOOKENSPEEPERS! DAS? https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/en:Computer KOMPUTERMASCHINE?IST NICHT F?R DER GEFINGERPOKEN UND MITTENGRABEN! ODERWISE IST EASY TO? https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/en:schnappen SCHNAPPEN?DER SPRINGENWERK, BLOWENFUSEN UND POPPENCORKEN MIT SPITZENSPARKEN. IST NICHT F?R GEWERKEN BEI? https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/en:Dummk%C3%B6pfen DUMMKOPFEN. DER? https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/en:rubbernecking RUBBERNECKEN?SIGHTSEEREN KEEPEN DAS? https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/en:cotton-picking COTTONPICKEN?H?NDER IN DAS POCKETS MUSS. ZO RELAXEN UND WATSCHEN DER? https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/en:blinkenlight BLINKENLICHTEN.
I had to restore from SatPC32 backup and restart the program to get rid of the persistent error message.
On 12/31/2021 11:12 AM, walterh--- via AMSAT-BB wrote:
SAME problem with the NASA.ALL keps as well, that we discovered after midnight last night.
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Walter/K5WH
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From: Mark Johns, K0JM mailto:k0jm.mark@gmail.com k0jm.mark@gmail.com Sent: Friday, December 31, 2021 9:59 AM To: AMSAT-BB mailto:amsat-bb@amsat.org amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [AMSAT-BB] Problems with nasabare.txt
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A number of operators are reporting difficulties with SatPC32 this morning after updating the nasabare.txt file.
?
The problem is that a second set of Keps appears to have been appended to the first, so that each satellite is listed twice.
?
A fix is to find and open the nasabare.txt file in a text editor, and to find the second time that AO-07 appears in the list. Then block and delete that second entry and all that follows.
?
An alternative is to use a different element set, or delay updating, until the issue is resolved.
--
Mark D. Johns, K?JM AMSAT Ambassador & News Service Editor Brooklyn Park, MN USA? ?EN35hd
-----------------------------------------------
"Heaven goes by favor; if it went by merit,
? ?you would stay out and your dog would go in."
? ? ---Mark Twain
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JoAnne,
I have not seen that in years. Better than any meme. Thanks for the nice flashback! 😊
Jack Spitznagel – KD4IZ
Associate Editor – AMSAT News Service
kd4iz@arrl.net
From: JoAnne Maenpaa joanne.k9jkm@gmail.com Sent: Friday, December 31, 2021 12:24 To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [AMSAT-BB] Re: Problems with nasabare.txt
Yeah, when I updated the keps I got the error message ... both nasabare and nasa.all ...
ALLES? https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/en:tourist TURISTEN?UND NON https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/en:Techniker TEKNISCHEN?LOOKENSPEEPERS! DAS? https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/en:Computer KOMPUTERMASCHINE?IST NICHT F?R DER GEFINGERPOKEN UND MITTENGRABEN! ODERWISE IST EASY TO? https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/en:schnappen SCHNAPPEN?DER SPRINGENWERK, BLOWENFUSEN UND POPPENCORKEN MIT SPITZENSPARKEN. IST NICHT F?R GEWERKEN BEI? https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/en:Dummk%C3%B6pfen DUMMKOPFEN. DER? https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/en:rubbernecking RUBBERNECKEN?SIGHTSEEREN KEEPEN DAS? https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/en:cotton-picking COTTONPICKEN?H?NDER IN DAS POCKETS MUSS. ZO RELAXEN UND WATSCHEN DER? https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/en:blinkenlight BLINKENLICHTEN.
I had to restore from SatPC32 backup and restart the program to get rid of the persistent error message.
On 12/31/2021 11:12 AM, walterh--- via AMSAT-BB wrote:
SAME problem with the NASA.ALL keps as well, that we discovered after midnight last night.
?
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Walter/K5WH
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From: Mark Johns, K0JM mailto:k0jm.mark@gmail.com k0jm.mark@gmail.com Sent: Friday, December 31, 2021 9:59 AM To: AMSAT-BB mailto:amsat-bb@amsat.org amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [AMSAT-BB] Problems with nasabare.txt
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A number of operators are reporting difficulties with SatPC32 this morning after updating the nasabare.txt file.
?
The problem is that a second set of Keps appears to have been appended to the first, so that each satellite is listed twice.
?
A fix is to find and open the nasabare.txt file in a text editor, and to find the second time that AO-07 appears in the list. Then block and delete that second entry and all that follows.
?
An alternative is to use a different element set, or delay updating, until the issue is resolved.
--
Mark D. Johns, K?JM AMSAT Ambassador & News Service Editor Brooklyn Park, MN USA? ?EN35hd
-----------------------------------------------
"Heaven goes by favor; if it went by merit,
? ?you would stay out and your dog would go in."
? ? ---Mark Twain
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Happy New Year to all!
Due to the current problems with Keps Files and the new XW-3 satellite, some hints for SatPC32 users:
1. Make hidden files and folders visible (Windows 10: File Exploer - Start > View > Options > Folder Options > View). Then you can open all SatPC32 data files, Keps files etc., modify and save them using Notepad. The path to the SatPC32 data folder is shown in the footline of menu "Satellites". The Keps files are located in the sub folder "Kepler" of the main data folder.
The most important auxiliary files can be opened from SatPC32 menu ? > Auxiliary Files.
2.To fix tthe error in the current nasabare.txt and nasa.all files delete the 2nd half of these files, starting with AO-07. You will find the 2nd position of AO-07 in the file using the Notepad search function.
3. Add the following entry to the aux. file AmsatNames.txt at the end of the file. (Make sure that the spacing is the same as with the other entries). 50466 21131B XW-3 (you can specify any name you want). In menu Satellites > Sat. Names choose option "Use Amsat names if available". SatPC32 will then display the satellite with the name you gave it regarddless of the name in the source file.
4. When you have a working configuration save it with DataBackup (SatPC32 menu "Programs"). Do that from time to time. Then you can easily restore the working configuration if problems occur later. DataBackup can be run stand allone in the SatPC32 program folder.
73s, Erich, DK1TB
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Erich,
I wish to confirm that the work around works well (as I raised the issue). Actually I figured out solution in at early stage such as using different source of TLE and deleting the extra lines.
However, I do not understand what is the root cause as it appear suddenly (running SAtPC32 V.12.8d without any issue for quite a while), in case you have figured it out (or when you eventually do so) please share as interesting.
I take this opportunity to congratulate and thank you for SatPc32 with is a great software, I have been using it for many years now without any major issue.
All the best to you and to the QTH for 2022.
73
Jean Marc (3B8DU)
On Jan 1, 2022, at 1:37 PM, Erich Eichmann erich.eichmann@t-online.de wrote:
Happy New Year to all!
Due to the current problems with Keps Files and the new XW-3 satellite, some hints for SatPC32 users:
- Make hidden files and folders visible (Windows 10: File Exploer - Start > View > Options > Folder Options > View).
Then you can open all SatPC32 data files, Keps files etc., modify and save them using Notepad. The path to the SatPC32 data folder is shown in the footline of menu "Satellites". The Keps files are located in the sub folder "Kepler" of the main data folder.
The most important auxiliary files can be opened from SatPC32 menu ? > Auxiliary Files.
2.To fix tthe error in the current nasabare.txt and nasa.all files delete the 2nd half of these files, starting with AO-07. You will find the 2nd position of AO-07 in the file using the Notepad search function.
- Add the following entry to the aux. file AmsatNames.txt at the end of the file. (Make sure that the spacing is the same as with the other entries).
50466 21131B XW-3 (you can specify any name you want). In menu Satellites > Sat. Names choose option "Use Amsat names if available". SatPC32 will then display the satellite with the name you gave it regarddless of the name in the source file.
- When you have a working configuration save it with DataBackup (SatPC32 menu "Programs"). Do that from time to time. Then you can easily restore the working configuration if problems occur later. DataBackup can be run stand allone in the SatPC32 program folder.
73s, Erich, DK1TB
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Hi,
Alternative keps data on http://amsat.org.ar/keps.txt
Updated 8 times a day.
73, lu7abf, Pedro
On 12/31/21, walterh--- via AMSAT-BB amsat-bb@amsat.org wrote:
SAME problem with the NASA.ALL keps as well, that we discovered after midnight last night.
Walter/K5WH
From: Mark Johns, K0JM k0jm.mark@gmail.com Sent: Friday, December 31, 2021 9:59 AM To: AMSAT-BB amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [AMSAT-BB] Problems with nasabare.txt
A number of operators are reporting difficulties with SatPC32 this morning after updating the nasabare.txt file.
The problem is that a second set of Keps appears to have been appended to the first, so that each satellite is listed twice.
A fix is to find and open the nasabare.txt file in a text editor, and to find the second time that AO-07 appears in the list. Then block and delete that second entry and all that follows.
An alternative is to use a different element set, or delay updating, until the issue is resolved.
--
Mark D. Johns, KØJM AMSAT Ambassador & News Service Editor Brooklyn Park, MN USA EN35hd
"Heaven goes by favor; if it went by merit,
you would stay out and your dog would go in."
---Mark Twain
participants (8)
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Alan Biddle -
Erich Eichmann -
Jean Marc Momple -
JoAnne Maenpaa -
kd4iz＠frawg.org -
Mark Johns, K0JM -
Pedro Converso -
walterh＠k5wh.net