[Dx4win] Ver 8.05 and Green Heron rotor controller

[Zig Markowski]

Kostas Stamatis <sv1dpi at otenet.gr> wrote:

>I can explain how my rotator works. My rotator is a Yaesu g-1000 dxc with 
>ERC control
>File >preferences>rotator control
>i have chosen Hygain dcu1. you probably should have green heron
>After that under rotator>parameters  in QSO window you should setup every 
>band
>There are choises as disambled (i have it for 160m-30m), normal (i have it 
>for 20m-10m) or with offset (maybe someone is needed this for a 40m dipole 
>which has installed along the boom).
>After all these, when i am in qso window (hit f9 to go directly) and my 
>radio is in one band where the parameter is set as normal or with offset, 
>and i put a callsign and i hit f11 the rotator starts moving and goes where 
>it is expected to go.
>Don't forget that you should have all these:
>1. be in qso window and
>2. have a callsign and
>3. be on a band where rotator is needed (and you have told it to dx4win) and
>4.press f11
>
>73 Kostas sv1dpi
>
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Larry Emery" <lfe73 at yahoo.com>
>To: "DX4Win" <DX4Win at mailman.qth.net>
>Sent: Monday, September 26, 2011 10:02 PM
>Subject: [Dx4win] Ver 8.05 and Green Heron rotor controller
>
>
>>I am, as usual, having just a TAD bit of trouble understanding how the 
>>DX4Win rotor control Tab is supposed to work.  I can manually get the 
>>DX4Win rotor page to turn the Green Heron Controller for my M2 ORION  2800 
>>rotor but shouldnt the ROTOR Parameters be filled in automatically when I 
>>click on a spot?  I am using Win7/64 and clicking on a spot in DX4Win loads 
>>the band parameters, mode etc into the logging screen from the Elecraft K3 
>>connected to DX4Win via LP-Bridge virtual port.  However the Band info and 
>>beam heading information from the spot I click on is not being transferred 
>>to the DX4Win rotor screen?  Isnt it supposed to be?
>>
>> The Green Heron rotor controller is connected to the PC via a direct 
>> serial port connection (serial port 2) and this is the port I defined in 
>> the DX4Win rotor parameters.  I tried controlling the rotor from DX4Win 
>> via another virtual port in LP-Bridge but this didnt work either.
>>
>> Manually I can enter in beam headings, and the proper Band that is enabled 
>> for a rotor, in the DX4Win rotor screen then hit F11 and the rotor turns 
>> but I cant get DX4Win to populate the rotor and Band info automatically by 
>> clicking on a spot.
>>
>> Is all this clear as mud yet?
>>
>> Thanks for any help
>> Larry  K1UO
>>
>>
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