- #Lead 3d sound 5.1 tide usb for ham packet radio mod
- #Lead 3d sound 5.1 tide usb for ham packet radio serial
- #Lead 3d sound 5.1 tide usb for ham packet radio update
- #Lead 3d sound 5.1 tide usb for ham packet radio manual
#Lead 3d sound 5.1 tide usb for ham packet radio serial
how much serial data we expect from rotctld before a newlineĬonst unsigned int MAX_INPUT = 14 // "AZ360.0 EL90.0", that is: 14 char's LiquidCrystal_I2C lcd(0x27,2,1,0,4,5,6,7) // 0x27 is the default I2C bus address (this could be different for some modules) LiquidCrystal_I2C lcd(0x27, 16, 2) // address, chars, rows. Connect to LCD via I2C, default address 0x27 (A0-A2 not jumpered) Wiring: SDA pin is connected to A4 and SCL pin to A5. #include // Library for I2C communication
#Lead 3d sound 5.1 tide usb for ham packet radio mod
* controler (from YO3RAK with mod CT2GQV) * via serial USB * and rotctld will listen to IP 192.168.0.14 and send commands for the arduino rotator * gpredict will connect to "rotator" (rotctld) with IP 192.168.0.14 (example) * to include parsing of rotctld commands from Linux via gpredict. * Original code moded to acept the "!" from Hamlib 1.2.15.3 using gpredict in 1.3 Linux * added code to accept AZ EL as query since Hamlib 3.1 sends it, while Hamlib 1.2.15.3 sends the "!" * aug 2021 - faster USB update, cold switching Az/El direction, small optimizations in the code * jun 2021 - error proportional power for tracking movement
* apr 2021 - improved serial comm stability * january 2021 - improved near target dead-zone, for which antenna won't move * dec 2020 v2 - improved serial comm stability * or any kind of damage it may occur from using this code. * I cannot take any responsibility for missuse of this code
#Lead 3d sound 5.1 tide usb for ham packet radio manual
* Manual command by means of two rotary encoders AZ - EL * Uses Eas圜omm protocol for computer - Tracking Software * AZ/EL Antenna Rotator controller for Arduino - DC motors The code bellow, since blogspot breaks a bit on the formating send me and email if you need a file with the code, file is: original_ant_rotator_easycom2_aug2021_mod_ct2gqv_v3.ino
#Lead 3d sound 5.1 tide usb for ham packet radio update
I still don't have the hardware, will update when done. Some images of gpredict and rotctld in action along wiht the Arduino code: So, in simple terms, rotctld connects to the Arduino and listens on IP commands that gpredict sends to control the rotator. dev/ttyUSB0 will be the virtual USB port of the Arduino/rotator controller device.
Where 192.168.0.14 will be your computer IP address, rotctld will listen on port 4533 for rotator commands from gpredict. To start the process, besides having the the Arduino rotator controller you need to start rotctld similar to: Here only appending the decimal point and works correctly on gpredict 2.0-4. See "0.0" appended, that sends 10x more angle, else gpredict will receive angle/10 Since I've seen some posts with similar issues here's what I got while testing regarding behaviour: Now works fine on both implementations in Linux. Long story short I ended up starting my own code, half way trough discovered what looks like a different implementation or Eas圜omm II protocol on hamlib in Linux depending on version.Īt some point trough my code I reverted to do changes on YO3RAK code to accommodate my setup, a mix of hamlib 1.2.15.3 and 3.1 along with gpredict 1.3 and 2.0-4.
Googling around for some Arduino controller code I found from fellow ham YO3RAK at: Ĭompiled it along with some LCD library changes and noted that was not fully working with rotctld (Hamlib 1.2.15.3) and gredict (1.3) on Linux. I have an unused TV aerial rotator and would be good to put it, along with an motorized elevation control, for some satellite work.