Re: [amsat-bb] Yaesu G-5500 Rotor Control
Although I have an old Unitrack-2000 radio/rotor interface, I decided to go KISS and bought a LVB Tracker from Amsat; arrived on Saturday. Time is sometimes more important than money.
The LVB tracker just plugs into my B5400 and connects to my computer via a USB/RS-232 conversion cable. Sits very nicely on top of my B5400 control box. Its plug-n-play with SatPC32.
I may "dink" with the Unitrack someday as it does connect for auto-tuning the radio, but it requires a parallel port for connecting to the computer (not many of them still running). I've only had the unitrack for 16-years sitting in a drawer.
73, Ed - KL7UW http://www.kl7uw.com "Kits made by KL7UW" Dubus Mag business: dubususa@gmail.com
On 2016-07-12 4:37 AM, Edward R Cole wrote:
The LVB tracker just plugs into my B5400 and connects to my computer via a USB/RS-232 conversion cable. Sits very nicely on top of my B5400 control box. Its plug-n-play with SatPC32.
Well I wish my experience was better. First problem was I thought the interface was USB as the AMSAT wording indicated, but only if you purchased a USB/serial cable.....so it is still really serial.
I wanted it to work with NOVA as I have done for years with another parallel unit. And while it does work kinda, I had to shelve the device and go back to the parallel unit. I found the unit not to be linear over the entire compass range. Readings in the NOVA program were way off. Stupid part is that when you did it manually the unit shows the right stuff.
In discussions with others and the list, the standard comment was use SATPC32 software. I just did not have the time yet to learn another bit of software...W10 was enough for this year.
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