[amsat-bb] FoxDelta ST2-0417 USB setup help

[Burns Fisher]

SatPC32 is a bit odd in how you set up the rotor.  You chose the COM port
in the separate application that it runs, not in the main window's setup
(which indeed shows only LP ports).  Could that be your SatpPC32 problem?

On Thu, Jul 9, 2020 at 1:49 AM Jim Walls via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
wrote:

> On 07/08/2020 21:48, Charles Reiche wrote:
> > Hi Jim,
> >
> > What about opening the com port in a serial terminal program and
> > sending and receiving commands and feedback from the interface?
>
> Good idea.  Had to find a reference for the GS-232 command set, but
> Google quickly found that.  As far as I can tell, the only commands that
> work are C, C1, & C2 which gives the Azimuth, Azmuth, & Azimuth and
> Elevation (although not in the format that the reference I found says it
> should be).  The numbers match what the FoxDelta display shows - which
> also match the G-5500 control box meters.  All other commands result in
> a response of:  ?>
>
>
> > If you built your interface, make sure the voltage regulator is
> > soldered in correctly and everything is running at 5V. I managed to
> > have my regulator in backwards and everything including the USB chip
> > was running at about 9V.
>
>
> This was a purchased completed unit from FoxDelta.
>
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>
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