[amsat-bb] FoxTelem Version 1.05 is released ready for RadFxSat

[Chris Thompson]

​I am pleased to announce a new version of FoxTelem, Version 1.05.  This
will make

you ready for the RadFxSat launch in 2 weeks time,  at 01:47 PST (09:47
UTC) on

November 10, 2017.   You will also take advantage of over 60 fixed defects
and

changes applied to the code base.



NEW FEATURES

~~~~~~~~~~~~~

RADFXSAT

Accurately decode the data, display the results of the experiments and
forward it to

the AMSAT server for analysis by the experiment owners and other amateur

scientists like yourself.  This version will also be able to download the
RadFxSat data

from the server.



POSITION CALC

You can use a new feature to calculate the position of the satellite. This
is

enabled on the settings screen. The TLEs are automatically downloaded each
week

and stored in EPOCH order.  This will be used to plot historical graphs in
the

future.  See the manual for more details.



WHEN ABOVE HORIZON

You can set FoxTelem to only decode when the satellite is up.  This is

designed to save CPU power when many copies of FoxTelem are run at the same

time.



RUNNING MULTIPLE COPIES

You can run FoxTelem in a new way.  If you pass a directory on the command

line then it will use this as the location of the config file and the
logFiles.

Previously you needed to create a batch file and run a special command.
That

will still work, but this should be easier.  See the manual for details.





KEY CHANGES

~~~~~~~~~~~

* Implements changes needed to support RadFxSat (Fox-1B) which launches

  Nov 2017

* Simpler approach to run multiple copies of FoxTelem with different

  configuration settings

* Calculation of spacecraft position for users on Linux/Mac or those
without

  SatPC32, including automatic TLE/KEP management

* Automatic start/stop of the decoder to save CPU when running many copies,

  based on FoxTelem calculation or SatPC32

* Runs on the Raspberry Pi 3

* Storage of the spacecraft .dat files in the logfiles directory to avoid

  issues where the install directory is not writable

* Plots 450 deg and 180 deg Az/EL correctly

* PSK decoder in readiness for Fox-1E (RadFXSat2)



And many other bug fixes. Full list of changes here:

https://github.com/ac2cz/FoxTelem/milestone/3?closed=1


You can email me with any bug reports or issues that you see.


​73
Chris
g0kla/ac2cz​

-- 
Chris E. Thompson
chrisethompson at gmail.com
g0kla at arrl.net