<div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Aug 15, 2010 at 11:16 AM, John Wayman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:g4drs@btinternet.com">g4drs@btinternet.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div><div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div>do you know if it is possible to use the program n1mm rotor to control a rotator from WinTest?</div></div></div>
</blockquote><div><br></div><div>Probably not without significant changes to Win-Test or N1MM rotor control.</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div><div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div>n1mm rotor operates my rotator controller perfectly, but WT-rotator does not. I understand that this is because my controller uses only a sub-set of the Yaesu protocol. </div>
</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>What controller is this that you're talking about?</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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<div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div>I also know that my controller works perfectly with pst-rotator and DX-View. </div></div></div></blockquote><div><br>
</div><div>Since PstRotatorAz works perfectly with your rotator, and since it works with fine Win-Test if both are properly configured, that seems like the best solution with your controller.</div><div><br></div><div>Note that you must start the programs in the right order.</div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; ">First, start PstRotatorAz. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; ">From the PstRotatorAZ menu select Setup | Tracker Setup </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; ">| Win-Test Setup, and select the bands of your beams. Press the "By Default" button to set the port number to 9871. Press [Save Settings] and close the setup window.</span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; ">Then on the main PstRotatorAz window, be sure to set "Mode" to "Tracking" (not "Manual").</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; ">Finally, start Win-Test, go to the Options | Interfaces configuration and press the "By Default" button which should select the same default broadcast address and port number (9871). Apparently you cannot use the "loopback" address 127.255.255.255 with PstRotatorsAz; you have to use the default.</span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; ">(Note: I had trouble using PstRotators on Windows 7, because I got Protocol Error 10013 from Win-Test whenever PstRotators was running, but it works fine on Windows XP).</span></div>
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<div>However, all I want to do is press a key or combination of keys and have the rotator turn to the right direction during the contest.</div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>That's how it works with Win-Test and PstRotatorsAz. Just enter a DX Call or numeric beam heading in the logging window of Win-Test, and press Ctrl-F12 for SP, or Alt-F12 for LP. PstRotatorAz will take care of the rest.</div>
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I would have a version of wt-rotator that works with my
controller, but, in the meantime, can n1mm rotor be used?</div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Probably not at this time. Use PstRotatorsAz.</div><div><br></div><div>73,</div><div>Bob, N6TV</div></div>