In clarification of my earlier, the rotor turns only on occasion of <alt-a>,
not on every call entry.
73,
de Hans, K0HB
--
"Just a boy and his radio"
On Oct 25, 2012, at 20:08, "Gary AL9A" <al9a@mtaonline.net> wrote:
> 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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