[amsat-bb] FS-3 (PacSat Ground Station) - holes not filled
Hans BX2ABT
hans.bx2abt at msa.hinet.net
Wed Jan 8 11:42:44 UTC 2020
Hello Chris and the list,
On 1/8/20 3:45 AM, Chris Thompson wrote:
> Hans,
>
> There should not be a situation where there is a hole that can not be
> filled. All those bugs are fixed :) So please zip up your
> Falconsat-3 folder if you can, and send it to me. I'd like to see
> what is going on.
I'll send you a link to my site for you to download. If you don't get my
mail by tomorrow please contact me (we had mail issues before, so I'm
afraid you'll miss my mail again).
> Are the symptoms that the dir hole request is sent over and over? If
> the spacecraft responds with the file header and it is still not
> filled, then that would be a bug of some sort.
Yes, those are exactly the symptoms.
> If the file is from Jan 3rd, then set the Age of your directory to 3
> days and then the hole will no longer be requested. You can lengthen
> out the directory age later as the file fades into the distance. You
> set the requested age from the menu Spacecraft > Falconsat-3. It's on
> the window that opens up.
The age of the directory was already set to 3 days, and yesterday (Jan
7) the hole was still there to be filled. Today it wasn't!!! I changed
the age to 4 days and it was scheduled to be filled again. Jan 8 minus 4
is either 5 or 4 depending if you count the current day as one, so that
should mean PSGS shouldn't ask for it to be filled. So how does the math
for the age of the directory work?
I caught up with all the mail now, although I can't see the mail with a
photo of your Manhattan antenna setup.
Trying to upload an image myself now since yesterday (60k). Today had
only one pass with consistent strong signals and the upload continued
from yesterday. At this rate it will take 4 days to upload it, but at
least it remembers now where it left off.
No more passes today, so we'll have to wait till Thursday.
73 de Hans
BX2ABT
>
> 73
> Chris
>
> On Tue, Jan 7, 2020 at 9:33 AM Hans BX2ABT via AMSAT-BB
> <amsat-bb at amsat.org <mailto:amsat-bb at amsat.org>> wrote:
>
> Hi Mark,
>
> It's a directory hole. I never tried the "N" option, but I'll try it
> tomorrow anyway. Cheers for that hint.
>
> I'll also try to play with the directory.db file (don't worry, I have
> backups of everything, hi hi).
>
> Cheers,
>
> Hans
>
> BX2ABT
>
> On 1/7/20 7:38 PM, Mark L. Hammond wrote:
> > Hi Hans,
> >
> > Hmmm. Are you seeing a hole in the file or a directory hole? I
> get
> > the impression it's maybe a hole in the file. Can you mark the
> file
> > "N" to never download? Maybe Chris will speak up and point you
> in the
> > right direction. It might be necessary to delete the directory
> file
> > and rebuild it. That is located
> > ....Documents\pacsat_data\FalconSat-3\directory.db
> >
> > Sorry I can't think of anything else!
> >
> > 73,
> > Mark N8MH
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Jan 7, 2020 at 3:13 AM Hans BX2ABT
> <hans.bx2abt at msa.hinet.net <mailto:hans.bx2abt at msa.hinet.net>
> > <mailto:hans.bx2abt at msa.hinet.net
> <mailto:hans.bx2abt at msa.hinet.net>>> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Mark,
> >
> > Using PacSat Ground Station (as per subject title) on Linux. I
> > upgraded to v0.36 but that didn't help. As a temporary
> solution I
> > turned the option to automatically fill holes off, but that
> still
> > leaves the holes. I now know the culprit, which is a WOD
> file with
> > hex ID 2C40 from Jan 3rd. I know I had some notes saved on
> how to
> > remove the offending holes, but I can't find them. Removing the
> > files named 2C40.act and 2C40.act.hol doesn't help.
> >
> > 73 and see you on FS-3.
> >
> > Hans
> >
> > BX2ABT
> >
> >
> > On 1/6/20 11:16 PM, Mark L. Hammond wrote:
> >> Hello Hans,
> >>
> >> Glad you're using Falconsat-3. Which client are you
> >> using---Wisp or Pacsat Ground Station? The answers are
> different...
> >>
> >> For Wisp, there is a utility program in Wisp where you can
> reset
> >> the holes; Poking around you'll find it.
> >>
> >> For PacSat Ground Station---I *highly* recommend updating
> to the
> >> latest release (0.36). Chris AC2CZ has made some great
> >> improvements, and directory information function (including
> >> requesting/filling holes!) is among them. I think the
> new code
> >> will resolve your hole issue, if that's your client...
> >>
> >> https://www.g0kla.com/pacsat/index.php
> >>
> >> 73!
> >>
> >> Mark N8MH
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Sun, Jan 5, 2020 at 9:18 PM Hans BX2ABT via AMSAT-BB
> >> <amsat-bb at amsat.org <mailto:amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> <mailto:amsat-bb at amsat.org <mailto:amsat-bb at amsat.org>>> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hello Chris and others,
> >>
> >> I've got a hole dated Jan 3, that doesn't want to be filled
> >> and I can't
> >> find my notes on how to deal with that. What files do
> need to
> >> be deleted
> >> or altered? Who can help me out with some advice here?
> Thanks.
> >>
> >> --Hans (BX2ABT)
> >>
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