[aprssig] Rotor control

[Ron Tonneson]

I just tried it on my Rotor-EZ.

AP1080<CR> will rotate the antenna to 80 degrees.

AP1090; will store 90 degrees in the Rotor-EZ memory.

AM1; will rotate the antenna to the value stored with the AP1XXX; command.

AM1; is NOT needed after AP1xxx<CR>

Note the the AP and AM must be upper case.

Ron - K0QVF

scott at opentrac.org wrote:
> I got just about the same thing from Idiom a few minutes ago...
> 
> "AP1xxx<CR>" sets target bearing to "xxx" degrees where xxx are three 
> digits between 000 and 360, and executes. A typical command to rotate to 
> 080 degrees would be AP1080<CR> Note that the <CR> is often labeled 
> <Enter> on many keyboards.
> 
> "AP1xxx;" sets the target bearing but does not execute. 
> 
> I wonder if one of those is incorrect, or if it's really a difference in
> command structure.  I guess you could always send AP1xxx<CR>AM1;<CR> just to
> be sure.
> 
> Anyway, should be a piece of cake to add.  Dead reckoning would add some
> complexity, but hopefully it won't be needed.
> 
> Scott
> N1VG
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: aprssig-bounces at lists.tapr.org 
>> [mailto:aprssig-bounces at lists.tapr.org] On Behalf Of Bill Bell
>> Sent: Monday, June 19, 2006 11:58 AM
>> To: 'TAPR APRS Mailing List'
>> Subject: RE: [aprssig] Rotor control
>>
>> The following codes are for the Rotor-EZ card used in the 
>> Yaesu SDX series
>> rotors. I suspect the codes would be the same for the 
>> Rotor-EX card but
>> can't say for sure.
>>
>> RS232 config requires 4800 8N1 
>>
>> "AP1xxx"	sets the target bearing but does not execute 
>> (leading zeros
>> must be used)
>> "AM1;"	executes rotation to the bearing set by the 
>> above command
>> "A|1;"	inquires current bearing and responds with 
>> (000-359) degrees
>> ";"		terminates rotation
>>
>> Each command is followed by a carriage return
>>
>> The documentation tells you to select Rotor-EZ or HyGain DCU-1.  
>>
>> In the rotor settings for TRX-Manager there are approximately 
>> 10 different
>> rotors listed so they apparently each use their own commands.
>>
>>
>> Bill Bell
>> W9BEL
>>
>>
>>  
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: aprssig-bounces at lists.tapr.org 
>> [mailto:aprssig-bounces at lists.tapr.org]
>> On Behalf Of scott at opentrac.org
>> Sent: Monday, June 19, 2006 13:00
>> To: 'TAPR APRS Mailing List'
>> Subject: RE: [aprssig] Rotor control
>>
>>> to follow a satellite. The "KC" (Kansas City) was the name of 
>>> one such 
>>> standard long ago. I suspect if you get on Amsat's site and 
>> All I can find for the Kansas City Tracker is the ISA card.  
>> Doesn't do much
>> good for a standalone installation.
>>
>> I'm hoping the Rotor-EX takes something simple, like a 
>> bearing in degrees.
>> I don't want to get into the low-level details of rotor 
>> control, I just want
>> to tell a rotor controller where to point.
>>
>> Scott
>> N1VG
>>
>>
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