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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=ES link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Frank,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Also you can run the ARSVCOM program – included with the ARS-USB Product – as replacement to wtRotators since I was working with Oliver F5MZN during the Best phase of Win-Test V4. ARSVCOM can control manually the elevation something that Win-Test will not work.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>73s Pablo EA4TX<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b>De:</b> support <support-bounces@win-test.com> <b>En nombre de </b>Bob Wilson, N6TV<br><b>Enviado el:</b> lunes, 13 de marzo de 2023 0:53<br><b>Para:</b> Win-Test support mailing list <support@win-test.com><br><b>Asunto:</b> Re: [WT-support] Rotator Control enhancements<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Sun, Mar 12, 2023 at 2:35 PM dl2alf <<a href="mailto:dl2alf@arcor.de">dl2alf@arcor.de</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm'><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=DE>I was playing around with Win-Test’s rotator features in order to get it working with arbitrary software for controlling our VHF-/UHF-/SHF-contest station @DK0NA.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US>Success so far but some questions and wishes for enhancement came up immediately </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Wingdings'>J</span><span lang=EN-US>:</span><span lang=DE><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US> </span><span lang=DE><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=m-4108265442306439937msolistparagraph style='margin-left:18.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>1)</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span><span lang=EN-US>Rotator control steps of 15°/45° are far too much for VHF & up. I suppose it is hardcoded. Is there any way to make this configurable?</span><span lang=DE><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></blockquote><div><p class=MsoNormal>If using Win-Test, you can type any beam heading or DX prefix or full callsign into the logging window and press Ctrl-F12 to rotate to that exact heading (short path). Use Alt-F12 to rotate to the long path heading.<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm'><div><div><div><p class=m-4108265442306439937msolistparagraph style='margin-left:18.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>2)</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span><span lang=EN-US>To have the current azimuth and control commands via LUA scripting interface would be nice. This would allow to overcome 1), redefining keys for commands and other features. Is there any way to implement this?</span><span lang=DE><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></blockquote><div><p class=MsoNormal>No real need for this since it's built-in to Win-Test already, just press Ctrl-F12: <a href="https://docs.win-test.com/wiki/Rotators">https://docs.win-test.com/wiki/Rotators</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>A script can type into the logging Window and Press F12 too:<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>-- Turn beam to 350 degrees short path </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>if wtQso:IsCurrentFieldCallsign() then</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'> -- Clear the callsign field</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'> wtApp:SendKey("W", WT_KEY_CTRL)</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'> -- Enter beam heading 350</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'> wtApp:SendKey("350", WT_KEY_NONE)</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'> -- Send Ctrl-F12 to rotate to the beam heading</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'> wtApp:SendFKey("F12", WT_KEY_CTRL)</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'> -- Clear the callsign field</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'> wtApp:SendKey("W", WT_KEY_CTRL)</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>end</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm'><div><div><div><p class=m-4108265442306439937msolistparagraph style='margin-left:18.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>3)</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span><span lang=EN-US>Elevation control would be a nice feature too but would require more efforts I believe…</span><span lang=DE><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></blockquote><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>You should probably use PstRotator, which is a Win-Test-compatible substitute that has many more features than wtRotators. wtRotators hasn't really been enhanced since F5MZN stopped working on Win-Test code many years ago.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.pstrotator.com/">http://www.pstrotator.com/</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>73,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Bob, N6TV <o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></body></html>