[amsat-bb] LVB tracker and Sat32PC

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Did you find the AZ-only or AZ-EL checkboxes under Setup in ServerSDX?

Ed K9EK

> On April 25, 2020 at 5:18 PM Chris Busch via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
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> Gentlemen, just getting back into Satellite work - used to work AO-13 regularly with a pair of KLM twists, GASFET preamps, Yeasu 726R and Mirage amps plus a KCT tracker. Now trying to get my newly built LVB tracker to work with SAT32PC
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> I’ve read the post and response in the archives from 2018 concerning interfacing the LVB tracker to Sat32PC which was a big help (thank you!), but my issue is that while Sat32PC can now control the azimuth via GS-232 commands over a serial port, the tracker is ignoring elevation commands. I have calibrated the (90 degree) elevation rotor multiple times and stored to EPROM, but no joy to any of the GS-232 elevation commands, even when I issue them directly from a Putty ap via the com port. I can read back the calibration offset values and the rotor position, but none of the commands to the rotor to change elevation work. I know the elevation rotor interface is working because I can move the rotor with the LVB push buttons. 
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> Although I just built this interface (from an AMSAT UK kit), the design is >15 years old and emails to the designer have gone unanswered. Any help would be greatly appreciated as I’m out of ideas.
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> Thanks and 73
> Chris  K4CKB
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