Today I received the latest TOPR and EPOCH files for AO-27 from Mike Wyrick, NU3C, and have uploaded them to the AO-27 Satellite Scheduler website so that users of the Java scheduler program can update their files. Simply download them to the same folder that the Scheduler resides in. DO NOT use the "Update Data" option from within the program, as it will try to connect to the AO-27 website, which is still down. (They are working to get it back online.)
George, KA3HSW
Thanks for the update, George.
One note... The Epoch.txt file is named in all upper case on the website, while the program expects it to have only an initial capital "E". Some systems (e.g. Linux) are sensitive to this, and can't find the file.
A simple rename, and all is well.
Greg KO6TH
From: ka3hsw@att.net To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2011 18:41:17 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-27 status
Today I received the latest TOPR and EPOCH files for AO-27 from Mike Wyrick, NU3C, and have uploaded them to the AO-27 Satellite Scheduler website so that users of the Java scheduler program can update their files. Simply download them to the same folder that the Scheduler resides in. DO NOT use the "Update Data" option from within the program, as it will try to connect to the AO-27 website, which is still down. (They are working to get it back online.)
George, KA3HSW
http://sites.google.com/site/ao27satellitescheduler/
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Interesting. I installed the program last night, and then downloaded and copied the epoch and topr files into that directory. Epoch is indeed all caps on the download, but the file in my directory from the install had just the capital e. Upon copying and choosing the replace option in Vista, the capital e is retained with the rest lower case, and the file works fine. I guess that is an operating system thing, then?
73, Jerry N0JY
On 12/4/2011 12:52 AM, Greg D. wrote:
Thanks for the update, George.
One note... The Epoch.txt file is named in all upper case on the website, while the program expects it to have only an initial capital "E". Some systems (e.g. Linux) are sensitive to this, and can't find the file.
A simple rename, and all is well.
Greg KO6TH
Exactly, an O/S thing. Windows (and its predecessor DOS) are case insensitive for file names. Linux (which I run) is case sensitive - EOPC.txt and Epoc.txt are two entirely different names - and the program had an awful time with the apparently missing file. I don't know what would happen on a Mac, but if you have trouble, that's one place to look.
Greg KO6TH
Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2011 09:52:26 -0600 From: n0jy@lavabit.com To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AO-27 status
Interesting. I installed the program last night, and then downloaded and copied the epoch and topr files into that directory. Epoch is indeed all caps on the download, but the file in my directory from the install had just the capital e. Upon copying and choosing the replace option in Vista, the capital e is retained with the rest lower case, and the file works fine. I guess that is an operating system thing, then?
73, Jerry N0JY
On 12/4/2011 12:52 AM, Greg D. wrote:
Thanks for the update, George.
One note... The Epoch.txt file is named in all upper case on the website, while the program expects it to have only an initial capital "E". Some systems (e.g. Linux) are sensitive to this, and can't find the file.
A simple rename, and all is well.
Greg KO6TH
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I have renamed the files with only the first letter capitalized to fix the case-sensitive OS issue.
I have also e-mailed Michael Wyrick to double-check the new Topr.txt file, as it shows the analog transponder only on for four minutes, and it definitely seemed to be on for the usual 7 minutes when I listened to a pass yesterday. I think it's a typo...
George, KA3HSW
----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg D." ko6th_greg@hotmail.com To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Monday, December 05, 2011 12:29 AM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AO-27 status
Exactly, an O/S thing. Windows (and its predecessor DOS) are case insensitive for file names. Linux (which I run) is case sensitive - EOPC.txt and Epoc.txt are two entirely different names - and the program had an awful time with the apparently missing file. I don't know what would happen on a Mac, but if you have trouble, that's one place to look.
Greg KO6TH
Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2011 09:52:26 -0600 From: n0jy@lavabit.com To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AO-27 status
Interesting. I installed the program last night, and then downloaded and copied the epoch and topr files into that directory. Epoch is indeed all caps on the download, but the file in my directory from the install had just the capital e. Upon copying and choosing the replace option in Vista, the capital e is retained with the rest lower case, and the file works fine. I guess that is an operating system thing, then?
73, Jerry N0JY
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