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Содержание Az-EL

Страница 1: ...SatEL Az EL...

Страница 2: ...on your computer 6 Introduction to the software 6 Installing the Windows control program AzElControl exe 7 Installing the Kermit terminal program 7 Finding the correct serial port 7 How to use Kermit...

Страница 3: ...ng with and storing data into the controller II Hardware Assembly Assembling the table mount and rotor stack Begin by assembling the table support mount The table support mount will be useful during t...

Страница 4: ...use a short length 1 5 feet of boom made from the same 1 electrical conduit We drilled a hole transversely at one end of a such a short boom and inserted a 6 length of wooden dowel to serve as a poin...

Страница 5: ...onductor solid core wire used for telephones Such wire typically 24 gauge is a bit light for this application and as mentioned above we recommend stranded wire The conductors in the cable should be of...

Страница 6: ...system In this way you can change the microprocessor date and time move the two rotors in all directions the elevation rotor up or down the azimuth rotor clockwise or counter clockwise etc You can als...

Страница 7: ...t The rotors should not move if they do you have a problem and it is likely with the wiring between the rotors and the controller If the rotors do not move you can proceed to the next step which is to...

Страница 8: ...tored pointing position to an azimuth and elevation of both zero In other words the rotors are now set up to be pointing at the horizon to the north How to use Kermit to aim your antennas during setup...

Страница 9: ...Polaris and we certainly don t recommend it In fact we caution you against doing that An alternative is to use the sun on a clear day All satellite prediction programs allow you to calculate the posi...

Страница 10: ...ber of Windows programs which communicate with some atomic clocks in the USA and set your computer clock appropriately If you are tracking fast moving satellites it might be worthwhile to run one of t...

Страница 11: ...nd shorter for LEO SATs Select the default by pressing enter or type your own interval then press enter The screen then lists a screen full of text lines each with Times Azimuth Angles Elevation Angle...

Страница 12: ...exceed that limit the subsequent data will be lost You may clear the controller s memory by clicking the Clear the buffer button in the rotor controls section of the window You would normally do this...

Страница 13: ...typically one minute The resulting file may be extremely large with very many lines but the AzElControl exe program will pare them down to the minimum possible number If that is still more than the 50...

Страница 14: ...g downwards r Start the azimuth rotor moving clockwise l Start the azimuth rotor moving counter clockwise s Stop the rotors if moving disable automatic motion g Enable automatic motion p Point the rot...

Страница 15: ...and then back on Asks for identification The controller responds by sending back SatEL cx Sets azimuth and elevation and clears internal EEPROM The cx command the characters c and x typed without any...

Страница 16: ...lts not caused by mishandling for one year from the date of purchase During that year the electronics box will be repaired or replaced for a flat 20 handling fee After one year the electronics box wil...

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