Enzo

I presented yesterday at Tampa Hamfest AMSAT forum K3NG's Anthony Good's arduino controller

I've built 6 of these things, they work great:

https://blog.radioartisan.com/yaesu-rotator-computer-serial-interface/

It's almost as much effort to get the 2 line display hooked up as it is to get the 2 sense lines from the controller and the 4 (up/dn/lt/rt) drive lines. I've never put buttons on one for up down left right because there's already buttons on the g5400

I have built them without display also, just have to use a terminal emulator to connect and query the measured position)

Get the yaesu GS232 manual for the command listing. That's what it's emulating.

Did I say it can be quite inexpensive to use an arduino? Lots of fun and satisfying to build too.

Thanks, Mike W4UOO

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On Dec 11, 2016, at 8:58 AM, Vincenzo Mone vimone@alice.it wrote:

Hi folks,

is there anything that does what trakbox does that can substitute it?

I mean something that tracks the satellite moving automatically the rotators and

The radio frequencies?

Thanks

Enzo

73 de Enzo IK8OZV EasyLog 5 BetaTester EasyLog PDA BetaTester WinBollet BetaTester D.C.I. CheckPoint Regione Campania Skype: ik8ozv8520

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