[amsat-bb] Re: Tutorial to configure XW-1 in SatPC32

[Dave Webb KB1PVH]

Wayne,

 Thanks for the tutorial! As a SatPC32 newbie,  your tutorial  made it
painless to add XW-1.

Thanks again,

Dave KB1PVH

On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 1:31 AM, Wayne Estes <w9ae at charter.net> wrote:

> Here's my attempt at a step by step tutorial to manually configure XW-1
> in SatPC32.
>
>
> 1. ADD XW-1 KEPLERIAN ELEMENTS
>
> Note: XW-1 Keps are in the 17 December nasa.all Keps from AMSAT.  If you
> use this file, update Keps and skip to step 2 below.  If you use a
> different Keps file use the following steps to manually add XW-1 to your
> Keps file:
>
> A. Ensure that Windows Explorer shows "hidden files": Open Windows
> Explorer -> Tools -> Folder Options -> View.  Select the circle that
> says "Show hidden files and folders".
>
> B. Make note of which "source file" is highlighted in the left side of
> the SatPC32 "Satellites" menu box.  This is the Keps file used by SatPC32.
>
> C. Open that Keps file with a text editor such as Wordpad.  The file is
> located here:
> C://Documents and Settings\[your name]\Application
> Data\SatPC32\Kepler\[source file]
>
> D. Paste the latest XW-1 Keplerian elements into the file you opened.
> The Keplerian elements should be 3 lines and should look like this:
> (this example is NOT necessarily the latest version)
>
> XW-1
> 1 36121U 09072A   09349.53641119 -.00000045  00000-0  00000+0 0    31
> 2 36121 100.5050 046.6267 0007989 035.4736 324.6735 13.16391085    50
>
> E. Save the modified source file.
>
> F. Restart SatPC32.
>
> Note: Any Keps that you manually add to your Keps file MIGHT disappear
> if you subsequently do an "update Keps".
>
>
> 2. ASSIGN XW-1 TO A "LETTER" BUTTON.
>
> A. Go into the Satellites menu box.  You should see "XW-1" in the list
> of "available" satellites.
>
> B. Double-click on "XW-1", then click "OK".  XW-1 will now be assigned
> to the next available letter in the lower right corner of the main
> SatPC32 window.
>
> C. Click that letter and verify that you see XW-1's name in the blue
> title bar and its footprint on the world map.
>
>
> 3. ADD XW-1 DOPPLER TUNING DATA
>
> A. In the main SatPC32 window, click "?" -> Auxiliary Files ->
> Doppler.SQF.  The Doppler.SQF text file will open in Wordpad.
>
> B. Paste the following text into the Doppler.SQF file and save it.
>
> XW-1,435789,145910,USB,LSB,REV,0,0,CWbcn
> XW-1,435740,145950,USB,LSB,REV,0,0,Xponder
> XW-1,435675,145825,FM,FM,NOR,0,0,Rptr-BBS
>
> C. Restart SatPC32 and select the XW-1 satellite.
>
> D. Open the "CAT" menu screen and verify that you see the 3 frequency
> pairs listed.
>
>
> 4. ADD XW-1 SUBAUDIBLE TONE DATA
>
> a. In the main SatPC32 window, click "?" -> Auxiliary Files ->
> Subtone.SQF.  The Subtone.SQF text file will open in Wordpad.
>
> b. Paste the following line into the file and save it.
>
> XW-1,67.0,$3F,1
>
> This setting is difficult to verify.  After restarting the program and
> selecting the XW-1 satellite, you should be able to enable the 67 Hz
> subaudible tone: Enable CAT, click the "T" button until it displays "T1".
>
> 5. ASSIGN THE NAME "XW-1" TO ITS OBJECT NUMBERS.
>
> This is only necessary if you get Keplerian elements from Space-Track.
> It's not necessary if you use the nasa.all Keps file from AMSAT.
>
> a. In the main SatPC32 window, click "?" -> Auxiliary Files ->
> AmsatNames.SQF.  The AmsatNames.SQF text file will open in Wordpad.
>
> b. Paste the following line into the file and save it.
>
> 36122 09072B   XW-1
>
> c. Restart SatPC32.
>
> You will need to tweak these settings after the official name is
> assigned to XW-1.  Possibly "CO-68".
>
> Wayne Estes W9AE
> Oakland, Oregon, USA, CN83ik
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