pstrotator tft display in stock

I haven"t built the homebrew controller yet as I only had the Spid installed last week. ;-)  I wasn"t particularly impressed with the Rot2Prog controller for a number of reasons with its inability to talk with PstRotator just the last issue I came across.

You don"t have the "Point in to the Wind" function active do you?  I forgot a number of times to turn that function off when using the AZ only version of PstRotator and would wonder why halfway through a contact I"d suddenly lose the remote station only to see the beam turning into the wind.

On a side note I was so disgusted with the controller I started looking on the internet for a replacement unit and came across this homebrew controller unit by SP5GNI https://hf5l.pl/en/gni-r3-antenna-rotor-controller/ which I plan to build to see if it"s an improvement on the original controller.   I plan to build mine around a Arduino Mega 2560 with a 3.5" TFT display the extra available flash memory should allow enough space to off load the Point in the wind function the controller so a PC doesn"t need to be run all the time.

If PSTRotator is not running the controller can be in auto (A) mode for weeks and it never moves.  If I am watching the controller when it malfunctions I have seen the numeric display flash 208 then display the current heading.   When this happens in PSTRotator the black position indicator remains pointing to the last position while the green indicator moves until it reaches 208. At this point i can make requests through PSTRotator but the Spid controller does not respond. SPID. It is not RF related. I am using a linear power supply and have mix31 ferrites on all leads.

One other question though when I press stop in PstRotator the controller fails to stop is this normal?  I have both controller and tracker refresh at 0.5 seconds.

I"ve tried reinstalling the software, physically set the com port setting via windows control panel, reinstalled the FTDI drivers all to no avail as PstRotator still fail to read anything from the controller.

I"ve tried reinstalling the software, physically set the com port setting via windows control panel, reinstalled the FTDI drivers all to no avail as PstRotator still fail to read anything from the controller.

I"ve tried reinstalling the software, physically set the com port setting via windows control panel, reinstalled the FTDI drivers all to no avail as PstRotator still fail to read anything from the controller.

PstRotator supports separate antenna rotator controllers for Azimuth and Elevation control.It can controltwo separate rotor interfaces: one for azimuth and the second for elevation, or it can control a single azimuth + elevation rotor interface.

The program checks all the time the link status, and if it happens from any external reason to disconnect, the software will try to reconnect the client to server. The link status is displayed to both client and server.MAPS

PstRotator and PstRotatorAz are Shareware - you can try them for free, once you register them, you will receive a code to disable the reminder messages that will otherwise appear at start. In order to let you try the software, the programs are full functional for 10 minutes, and then stop, and the QTH locator is changed to KN34BJ.

Please download and try PstRotator or PstRotatorAz before you purchase a registration for them, as I want you to be sure you like PstRotator or PstRotatorAz before you pay for them!

You have to install thePstRotatorAzprogram in both remote and base station locations, or you can use a Serial Server (Ethernet to serial adapter) like the one manufactured byLantronix,Moxa(or others) in the remote site.

PstRotatorcan work not only as an interface for all the very known satellites tracker programs, but it can work also as a standalone satellites tracker.

Enter yourCallsign / User Name, and click theBuy Nowbutton to pay25 EURvia PayPal the license fee. The same license works for bothPstRotatorandPstRotatorAzprograms!

Enter yourCallsign / User Name, and click theBuy Nowbutton to pay25 EURvia PayPal the license fee. The same license works for bothPstRotatorandPstRotatorAzprograms!

The assembly of the case and the hardware was straightforward. The folks at Adafruit provide a pre-built Jesse Linux image for the RPi, including the necessary driver for the Touch Screen Display.

After some configuration work and creating a few shell scripts to make it easy to boot the RPi to an HDMI display or to the Touch Display, we were ready to install the GH Tracker App. We also enabled the VNC Server on the RPi to use a VNC Client application on our MacBook Air instead of directly connecting a display, keyboard, and mouse to the RPi. Finally, we installed Sambaon our RPi to allow files to be moved between our other computers and the RPi.

Jeff at Green Heron Engineering provided a copy of GHTracker V1.24 and the necessary serial interface library to enable its use on the RPi. Jeff is planning to make a tar file available with GH Tracker and the library in the near future. We did some configuration work on LXDE (the GUI interface for Linux that runs on the RPi), and it automatically runs GH Tracker whenever the RPi is booted up. We also optimized the GUI for the sole purpose of running GH Tracker on the Touch Screen Display. Finally, we configured the Ethernet and WiFi interfaces on the RPi to work with our home network and LTE Hotspot modem.

The VNC Client/Server combination allows us to work with the software on the RPi right from our MacBook Air laptop. It also makes for a nice display for monitoring the GHTracker App’s operation from the Mac.

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Cursor keys (Up, Down, Left & Right arrows) .......................................................................................... 41 Bk Sp (Back space) key ............................................................................................................................ 41 Function Keys ................................................................................................................................ 41 Windows keyboard shortcut keys ................................................................................................. 45QSO entry .............................................................................................................................. 45 Quickly adding a DX Spot .............................................................................................................. 45 Mode Lock ..................................................................................................................................... 46 Time Management ........................................................................................................................ 46 Procedure for entering time manually .................................................................................................... 47 Time summary ......................................................................................................................................... 47 Call Lookup .................................................................................................................................... 48 QSO Information (F1) .................................................................................................................... 49 Country & IOTA - SOTA (F2) .......................................................................................................... 49 Club and Awards (F3) .................................................................................................................... 50 Contest info (F4)............................................................................................................................ 50 Extended info & QSL (F5) .............................................................................................................. 50 Power ............................................................................................................................................ 51 Sat/Split Mode (F6) ....................................................................................................................... 51QSO Information (F7) ............................................................................................................. 52 Worked Before .............................................................................................................................. 52 World Map .................................................................................................................................... 52 Country/Band Worked before grid ............................................................................................... 52 Beam Heading and information .................................................................................................... 53 Cluster display ............................................................................................................................... 53Recent QSOs (F8).................................................................................................................... 53 Column Layout – Titles - Width ..................................................................................................... 53 Editing an existing QSO ................................................................................................................. 54 Searching the ‘Recent QSO’ (F8) window. .................................................................................... 55 Search Parameters (Filters) ..................................................................................................................... 56 Adding search parameters....................................................................................................................... 57 Saved searches ........................................................................................................................................ 57Cluster (F9) ............................................................................................................................ 58 Cluster colours .............................................................................................................................. 58 Worked/confirmed filtering .................................................................................................................... 59 Filter ‘By country’ .................................................................................................................................... 59 Filter ‘By QSL received’ ............................................................................................................................ 59 Call sign highlighting. .................................................................................................................... 60 Time Highlighting .......................................................................................................................... 60 Unworked mode on spot band ..................................................................................................... 60 Custom filters ................................................................................................................................ 61 Most wanted DXCC ....................................................................................................................... 62 Extended View .............................................................................................................................. 63Alerts ..................................................................................................................................... 64 Introduction. ................................................................................................................................. 64 Types of Alert ................................................................................................................................ 66 Setting up Log4OM alerts ............................................................................................................. 67 4

Log4OM Super Cluster .......................................................................................................... 118 Super Cluster – F2 ....................................................................................................................... 118 World Map - F1 ...................................................................................................................................... 119Statistics & Awards ............................................................................................................... 120 QSL route to an award ................................................................................................................ 121 QSO edit window ........................................................................................................................ 122 Statistics awards tab. .................................................................................................................. 122 QSO to DXCC Award .................................................................................................................... 123 Country Statistics: ....................................................................................................................... 124 The Country Grid ......................................................................................................................... 126 About ARRL DXCC awards: .......................................................................................................... 128 Paper QSLs ............................................................................................................................................. 128 Verification ............................................................................................................................................ 128 To change ‘Submitted’ to ‘Verified’ ....................................................................................................... 129 What happens if LOTW is also used?..................................................................................................... 130 LOTW Verification.................................................................................................................................. 130 Selecting QSOs for award submission ................................................................................................... 131 Award Granted ...................................................................................................................................... 131 Updating Award Credit Status ............................................................................................................... 132 ARRL Digital Application for paper QSL’s ............................................................................................... 134 DXCC Challenge Award .......................................................................................................................... 138 Challenge Award display: ...................................................................................................................... 138 Setting the Challenge award status for a QSO ...................................................................................... 138 Challenge Award Total Score: ................................................................................................................ 139 WAS (Worked all States) Award ............................................................................................................ 139 WAS Missing or incorrect state information ......................................................................................... 140Awards Manager .................................................................................................................. 141 Award construction..................................................................................................................... 141 “Header” Characteristics............................................................................................................. 141 “Data” (References) Characteristics: ..................................................................................................... 142 Defining an award: ................................................................................................................................ 145 In action ...................................................................................................................................... 146SOTA (Summits on the air) Support ....................................................................................... 148 Recording a SOTA reference ....................................................................................................... 148 SOTA Award statistics ................................................................................................................. 149 Uploading a CSV file to SOTA ...................................................................................................... 149 Downloading a “My Results” CSV file from SOTA ....................................................................... 150 Keeping the SOTA references current ........................................................................................ 150 Viewing detailed summit details and maps ................................................................................ 151 SOTA Cluster spots ...................................................................................................................... 152Net Control .......................................................................................................................... 153 Adding nets and members..................................................................................................................... 154 Announcing nets on line with HRDLog.net ............................................................................................ 155 Call sign Management ........................................................................................................................... 156Settings................................................................................................................................ 158 IOTA database ............................................................................................................................. 158 Country Database ....................................................................................................................... 159 6

Integration with other software.................................................................................... 176 Starting the external services facility .......................................................................................... 176 Rotator Control ........................................................................................................................... 177 PSTRotator set up ....................................................................................................................... 177 CW Skimmer set up .............................................................................................................. 180 Integration of N1MM or QARtest contest loggers .................................................................. 182 VE7CC – CC User Program ..................................................................................................... 184 AR Cluster Client .................................................................................................................. 185 WSJT-X & JT Alert Integration for JT65/FT8 ........................................................................... 186 WSJT Radio synchronization ....................................................................................................... 186 JTAlert QSO logging to Log4OM .................................................................................................. 186 Inbound messages by UDP.......................................................................................................... 187 FLDigi Integration ................................................................................................................. 189 SDR-Radio Integration .......................................................................................................... 192

Main Features  Runs on VISTA, Win 7 x86 and Win 7 x64 operating systems.  Integrated with ClubLog, HRDLog.net, HamQTH & QRZ.com.  Radio CAT control with either Hamlib or OmniRig.  Cluster Scanner function displaying adjacent stations.  Cluster Alerts to screen, email or by Push to mobile phones  Integrated with SDR-Radio Consul software by Simon Brown G4ELI  Full SOTA support.  Integration with HRDLog for automatic upload of QSOs and status notification ‘ON AIR’.  Complete QSO search facilities.  Net Control.  SO2R  Export to ADIF, CSV and PDF either the complete log or part of the log.  Automatic eQSL, LOTW, HamQTH, Clublog and HRDLog upload and download.  Multiple configurations (Profiles) for different locations and calls.  Advanced cluster filters for Country, mode, band, spotter, IOTA, SOTA etc.  Configurable cluster alerts by email, audio, visual and messaging  Integration with HRDLog propagation and display graphics.  Automatic display of LOTW users in cluster display.  Special call List, ClubLog call exceptions, Country, IOTA and LOTW user files updates.  Comprehensive QSO status by DXCC entity/Band/mode for each QSL (QSL cards, eQSL, LOTW).  Full QSL management of the QSO data available with different methods of delivery of the most appropriate QSL, including merging of QSO data.  Support for the inclusion of historic QSO data, either automatically or by manual insertion.  Super Cluster derived from HRDLog.com.  Label Printing.  Integration with external software such as FLdigi for digital modes, Hamlib or OmniRig for rig control and PSTRotator for fully automatic rotator control.  Real time grey line presentation.  Webcam support and upload to HRDLog.net.

Select ‘Outbound’ from the Settings menu to access the ‘PSTRotator’ menu. 24

 Select the Port number to correspond with the UDP port set in PSTRotator.  Check the ‘Send Azimuth’ and ‘Send Callsign’ boxes.  If using a SteppIR antenna select this check box.  Click on the save icon indicated above.

The imported data will appear in the ‘Recent QSOs’ window. The QSO count, at the bottom of thescreen, should correspond to the ‘QSO found’ number displayed in the ‘Import QSO’ window. 31

Once a new database has been created for this new profile and an ADIF imported or theQSOs entered manually, the database name will be displayed in the lower right corner ofthe LOG4OM window. 35

6. Close and restart Log4OM by clicking the newly made shortcut and make sure that thename of the new Config is displayed in the top ribbon bar of Log4OM.47. Check that all of the information in the options are as required like the station Info re callsigns and grid references and the upload information for On line logbooks like LOTW, QRZ etcand then save the Config as before.

Clicking the "Band list" button will display this window. 37

The main window in the upper portion shows relevant data for a selected spot or entered call sign.The lower portion contains various sub screens for log display, cluster data, etc.

Frequency number convention.Frequency entries made in the new QSO ‘Freq’ field and also in the edit/update windows are in Kcsso enter 14215.678 and the program will display 14.215.678 41

F11 – Provides an Internet browser to display contact information or web site. 45

It is possible to display basic information relevant to the current contest when using LOG4OM duringa contest. (See screen above) The exchange can be incremented automatically for each new QSOand the exchange sent is displayed in the ‘SENT” field as above. The received exchange must beentered manually.

Enter the call of a previously worked station or double click on a cluster spot (lower right hand ofscreen) to enter the call in the CALLSIGN window. Press F7 to display a map giving the location of thestation entered. A panel opens to the right of the map showing bands and modes worked relevant tothe country entered.

Beam Heading and informationInformation relating to the beam heading (short path/Long Path), Distance, Locator, IOTA andpersonal data can be viewed above the cluster display on the right hand side of the map.

Cluster displayUnder the detail pane is a cluster window that is a smaller version of the main cluster display.Double clicking a spot enters the call into the QSO input field and, if rig control is in operation,automatically changes the frequency and mode of the radio.

Column Layout – Titles - WidthThe user can configure the column layout and width for all displays by selecting the ‘Layout’button at the bottom left of each screen. 54

Similar results are displayed when the other filters are selected to display the confirmed status byeQSL, LOTW or a combination of LOTW and paper QSL cards.

Right click on a spot to display in a selected screen the last 15 comments posted on the clusterrelating to that particular spot. 63

Extended ViewChecking the ‘Ext. View’ check box as shown below extends the cluster window to display the statusof all methods of QSL and the country worked status in a grid format. 64

You can choose to be alerted with a visual indicator or an audible alert, both, or neither. You canchoose the type of display that is shown, whether the display remains on the screen, the importanceof the notification, and even if the notification should be forwarded to another computer. You canhave notifications that trigger an email, run a script, launch a program, or are read out loud. 73

It displays all the stations on the cluster close to the radio’s frequency between plus/minus15 KHz with respect to the selected spot. (Other calls on the frequency indicate that thestation is within plus/minus 1 KHz from each other).

Below is displayed the list that resulted from the search above ready for editing entries or export toADIF, CSV or printer. 79

The logbook can be filtered to display QSL status by QSL Type, QSL Sent, QSL Sent Via, QSL Received,QSL Received Via, Dates and Call sign or by using the Search parameters facility.

a. Without entering a call sign in the "Callsign" field click the ‘Search’ button at the top, or press Enter/Return on the keyboard, to display all QSO’s in the logbook in descending date order.

b. Use the "Search parameters’ tool at the bottom of the window- With this tool you can search and select the QSO"s required by any field . Then click the ‘Search’ button at the top, or press Enter/Return on the keyboard, to display the filtered QSO"s

The main QSL management window will refresh and display the LOTW received confirmations andthe dates they were confirmed as below. 101

(The red box indicates QSO"s displayed in a later display "All" screen shot) 102

"Not N/Y" button selected - After clicking the "Search" button this displays all QSO"s that are NOTmarked Y (Yes) or N (No) in the "Clublog Upload Status" field.

(The red box indicates QSO"s displayed in a later display "All" screen shot) 103

"All" button selected - After clicking the "Search" button this displays all QSO"s regardles of how theyare marked in the "Clublog Upload Status" field. (This will include any empty "Clublog Upload Status"fileds)

After filtering as above the QSO"s required to be uploaded must be highlighted or "Select all" at thebottom of the window clicked to upload all QSO"s displayed.

 At this point all the QSO’s will be displayed in the ‘QSO update on database’ window - To clear the data from this window, click on the red ‘Reset printed status’ icon.

 6 Select…. 1. ‘Resulting QSL Sent status’ (i.e. Y- yes/N-no/R-requested/Q-queued/I-ignore), to be displayed in the logbook. 2. Set the date 3. Click on the blue, downward pointing arrow to update the QSO records. 109

This screen displays all the relevant information for the contact except for the QSL receivedstatus.The information can be updated from QRZ.com or HamQth by clicking the relevant button.

This Screen displays the results of the connected Telnet cluster and may be filtered by making theappropriate selections at the bottom right of the screen. i.e:-

The super cluster quality improves from ‘Poor’ as each additional contact report isreceived. This increases the reliability until, in some instances, ‘Excellent’ isdisplayed.

This window graphically displays the data from the Super Cluster F2 window.Clicking a spot will display the call information. 120

When the ‘Country Statistics’ display opens, it shows all ‘Current’ countries. To include ‘Current’plus ‘Deleted’ countries, select ‘Show Deleted’ from the selections at the bottom of the window. 125

Selecting ‘Actual View’ displays various QSL status methods. Selecting one of them will cause the‘tree’ to change, reflecting the updated status for each country for the selected QSL method. 126

From the ‘Modes’ drop-down selection, select the desired Mode to be displayed: 128

1. In the QSO Archive Manager set up some search parameters to refine the displayed list of QSO’s e.g. It is only required to see QSO’s that have:

1) Select the desired QSO from the QSL Management window 2) Check either or both of the DXCC Challenge check boxes for submitted or credited which ever is true. 3) Save and exit the Update QSO window 4) The change will now be reflected in the DXCC Challenge display 139

If a state has been entered incorrectly and displays characters other than the standard stateabbreviation’s the bottom row of the WAS list will show an extra row named “Not found”

However when an Italian call sign is entered the award will be displayed in the “Award Program” listfor selection and References 1, 2 & 3 will be available in the “references” list.

Entering a call sign for Italy will display references 1-3 and reference 6Entering a call sign for Canada it will show NOTHING, because filter at DXCC level wins. So this is anexample of a bad award definition.

DXCC can be set as number (e.g. 294) or as a prefix (e.g. GW). Log4OM will try to import it as DXCCor trying to match the prefix with our country table. If the import fails an error message will bedisplayed.

Awards data is saved in the “QSO Award” field and can be displayed in the recent QSO, QSO Archive,QSL Manager and QSO information windows by clicking the “Layout” button at the bottom of eachwindow. 146

Click the “Award Program” drop-down menu in the Club and Awards F3 tab – Only awards applicableto the country (According to the call sign entered), band, mode and valid date range entered in theinput window will be displayed.

e.g. if a French call sign is entered the French “Association” is displayed with a list of applicable“Region’s” for the user to select from, followed by the list od SOTA “References” for final selection.

SOTA Award statisticsSummits worked and confirmed can be displayed by going to Utilities/Statistics &Awards/Awards/SOTA window. This window will display summits worked by Mode, Band,Association (Country), date range, worked & confirmed.

1. Go to Utilities/Statistics & Awards and select the “Awards/SOTA” Tab. 2. Select the award “SOTA Mixed” 3. Click the + (Plus) icon to select all countries 4. Click “View” to display all SOTA QSO’s 5. Click the “Export/Current” button at the bottom of the Utilities/Statistics & Awards/Awards/SOTA window to display the “Show QSL” window. 6. Select the QSO’s for export by highlighting them. 7. Click the “SOTA” button at the top of the “Show QSL” window 8. Choose the appropriate export method from the list. 9. Choose a location and name for the export file 10. Click “Save” - Upload the resulting CSV file on the SOTA website. 150

Announcing nets on line with HRDLog.netTo ensure maximum visibility of a net it is possible to publish details of a net on the Internet by usingthe HRDLog.net “Net’ display facility. Members of HRDLog.net can view all current nets in theHRDLog.net web page and join a net by clicking the “join’ button.

Awards DatabaseThis function updates the special awards specification from the Log4om website any new awardsthat have been added since the last download will be displayed in the F3 Club & Awards tab.

Text sent is displayed in the lower message box and if “serial Echo” is enabled it is displayed as it issent in the “Serial/Paddle Echo” field. 166

Rotator ControlLOG4OM interfaces with the fabulous PstRotator AZ program by Codrut YO3DMU which controls awide range of azimuth and elevation rotators. The trial version of this program can be downloadedfrom http://www.qsl.net/yo3dmu/index_Page346.htm/. The trial version runs for 10 minutes andthen closes if not registered for a small fee.

3. Check the “PSTRotator Connection (UDP)” box and ensure that the port number matches 4. Check either the “Send Azimuth” or “Send callsign” box 5. If using a SteppIR antenna select this check box. 6. Click the save icon indicated below 7. Close the rotator window 8. Restart Communicator 9. Minimise the Communicator window – Do not close it! 179

2. On the Physical Schemata toolbar, click the + button (framed in red in the screen shot above) to add a new schema. This will create a new schema and display a tab sheet for the schema. In the tab sheet, change the name of the schema to ‘A name that is easy to remember such as the appropriate call sign’, by typing into the field called ‘Name’. Ensure that this change is reflected on the Physical Schemata tab. Now add a table to the schema. If a message dialog appears requesting permission to rename all schema occurrences, click ‘Yes’ to apply the name change. 199

Software:Virtual Serial port emulators: VSPE by EterlogicSDR Consoles: PowerSDR/IF, Spectravue, CuteSDR, SDRDX, SDR-RadioLogging program: Log4OMCW Software: CW Skimmer, CWtype, DM780Rotator Control: PstRotatorAz x 2.

This screen provides a widescreen panadapter display with ‘point and click’ facility similar to those inFlex radios. The wideband receive capability for CWskimmer allows the operator to view any stationoperating in split mode, whilst monitoring the DX stations transmit frequencies. It also allows theoperator to view the stations calling the DX station that is operating in split mode. 214