[amsat-bb] Alfa Spid Rotor Question

[Leffke, Zachary]

Hi Bob,
Are you interfacing over USB, Serial, or Ethernet?  Also is your controller the MD-01/MD-02 or the other version (I forgot the name, rot2prog maybe?  The one with LED digital readout, not the LCD screen that the MD-01 has).  We use the MD-01 style at VT, and in the menu screens you have to specifically select the interface (in our case Ethernet) in order for the controller to 'listen' on the right port.  You also have to make sure you tell it which protocol to use (there are a few options) and make sure your host software is speaking the same protocol.  

Hope this helps!

-Zach, KJ4QLP
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Aerospace & Ocean Systems Lab
Ted & Karyn Hume Center for National Security & Technology
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
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-----Original Message-----
From: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org> On Behalf Of Bob Leavitt via AMSAT-BB
Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2020 6:39 PM
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Subject: [amsat-bb] Alfa Spid Rotor Question

Our Grade School has been selected to participate in the NASA ARISS
program.  We are working to have our station setup for the scheduled
October ISS contact.  We are having a problem with the Alfa Spid rotor
controller, in that it can see the port but cannot talk to it.  This
problem was duplicated by the technician at Hy-Gain (US Distributor).  Has
anyone else had a similar problem?  If so, is there a solution?
TNX
73,
Bob
KEØSDV
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