Hans has made a timely posting, at least for me. I have never had my rotor,
a Create Design RC5A, interfaced to WL because it is too old and the
controller lacks the communication ability. The rotor is still going, but
my control box is beginning to show its age and is giving me problems. I am
considering replacing it with the Green Heron RT-21 which would allow me to
interface the control box with WL. It uses a "superset" of the DCU-1
protocol so I should be able to define it correctly to work in WL.
My question is after getting the rotor interfaced to WL, how do I control
it? I haven't found anything in the Help manual yet about sending commands
from WL to the controller. I wouldn't want the rotor to start turning to a
different direction each time I enter a call with a different beam heading,
but how is this controlled from the program? Any help before I slap my
credit card on the counter would be appreciated.
73,
Gary AL9A
----- Original Message -----
From: "Radio K0HB" <kzerohb@gmail.com>
To: <PstRotator@yahoogroups.com>; "WriteLog Reflector"
<writelog@contesting.com>
Sent: October 25, 2012 11:31 AM
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] [PstRotator] Re: Newbie question PstRotatorAZ
And nothing happens.
I have set up first PstRotatorAZ, clicked “Tracking”, and selected
WriteLog from tracker list. A small “DDE” window is opened.
Then opened WriteLog to setup new contest (CQWW DX). In setup of rotator,
selected “MSG” and “Sartek” as shown on page 28.
Now, from main Writelog operating screen, nothing seems to affect the
rotator. (Previously <alt-a> would set rotor bearing)
What next?
73, de Hans, K0HB
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From: Codrut
Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2012 6:44 PM
To: PstRotator@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [PstRotator] Re: Newbie question
The answer is yes. You can find how to set Writelog to communicate with
PstRotatorAz in the User Manual (Help / User manual), page 28.
--- In mailto:PstRotator%40yahoogroups.com, "K0HB" <kzerohb@...> wrote:
Please excuse questions from a FNG at the foot of the steep part of the
learning curve. Just bought and registered PstRotatorAZ this afternoon.
My two logging programs are WriteLog for contesting and CommCat for
general purpose logging.
My rotor is a Tailtwister, using Rotor-EZ from Idiom Press.
The documentation for PstRotator tells me that it will interface with
(for example) Writelog.
Now WriteLog already can run my Rotor-EZ (just press <alt-a> and WriteLog
sends new bearing to Rotor-EZ.
I have other reasons for using PstRotatorAZ, but wondering what (if any)
additional function does PstRotatorAZ throw into the mix beyond the
native WriteLog capability?
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