To turn the rotator, mouse over any spot on the circular azimuth indicator, click, and the rotator will start turning. About lp rotor the resource is currently listed in in a single category. Once completed, a confirmation email will be sent to you. On the software cd youll find two pieces of software one to calibrate the unit and another to control the unit with. To access software downloads for your product, you need to create an account. N s a c a a b b c c b com com com n n s s 110 010 011 101 100 001 n s s n 6 3 4 1 2 5 a c b c b a com brushless dc motor control made easy. Other useful information would include your experience with similar products, infomation on a product that you would. For small adjustments, clicking on the button moves the rotator the same way physically pushing the buttons on the front of the rotator control box would. Fd st2 is straightforward to connect and to calibrate using hyperterm, putty, or similar serial comms software, and has a lcd display and manual control buttons on front panel which are not labeled and imo should be easy enough to add with a label maker.
Easy rotor control usb self assembly kit for interfacing software with an antenna rotator. Ham radio deluxe rotor control software for antenna rotors. Configuration of n1mmrotor is as easy as going to toolssetup rotors and then choosing the com port and rotor model. The calibration is a little bit more involved for the yaesu g450c rotator in that you need to do an extended calibration. Dropdown country lists also make it easy to find those rare dx entities. The controller was designed to be compatible with the satpc32 tracking program and should work with any tracking program that supports the yaesu gs232 format. Ham radio deluxe rotor control software is pc control for amateur radio antenna. Easyrotor is not currently doing public charter or public rentals if you need these types of services, email us and we can put you in touch with people that can help you. This controller uses the yaesu gs232 command set to control a yaesu g5500 azel rotor.
Purpose for this group is to share experience and to improve the easyrotorcontrole hardware and software. These affordable controllers work great and the kit version for the g450 was an easy. Ham radio deluxe rotor control for amateur radio antennas. German manufacturer easyrotorcontrol erc features interfaces that allow direct usb control of some 90 different antenna rotators. If you connect 12v to the webswitch via the circular 2. Vibroplex is the usa and canada distributor for erc. Pstrotator software for antenna rotators, by yo3dmu. I only have 1 wire for the cw terminal and 1 wire for the ccw terminal, but i think i should have 2 for each. It was designed for and has been tested with the instanttrack satellite tracking software available from amsat9.
Connect to an unlimited number of rotators simultaneously. That project uses an arduino controller with some extra hardware to drive a yaesu rotor, and connect to a pc using the simple textbased yaesu control protocol. It just so happens that the n1mmrotor software that comes with n1mm can be used in standalone mode by dxview to control both rotors. If you dont have an account, select create an account and register your product. Discussion in general ham radio discussion started by yo3dmu, sep 25.
It might be installed directly into the rotorcontrollers housing or in an external housing. Describe your experience with the idiom pressham supply rotor ez hygain controllers and tell us why you give it the rating you did required. Easy rotator controller build in rotatorclock erc youtube. Ham supply rotorcard dxa yaesu dxa and dxc series rotors. Pstrotator is a windows program used to control antenna rotators also called rotors in azimuth and elevation or just azimuth figure 1. Mac ham radio usbserial adapters, rotator controllers. Here is a link to the site and you will see the usa distributor is vibroplex. Easyrotorcontrol erc are the innovative and easy to build rotorinterfaces for almost any rotator and software for dxhunting, contesting, remotecontrol, sat, eme, wx. Full rs232 control is now an affordable option for older rotorez installations with the rotorez serial upgrade kit non rs232 to rs232, offering full compatibility with all the popular logging and contesting programs.
German manufacturer easy rotor control erc features interfaces that allow direct usb control of some 90 different antenna rotators. The device employs a subset of the standard yaesu gs232 protocol so it can be used with offtheshelf logging and rotor control software. Connecting the arsusb to your pc via a usb port and later to your rotator is easy. Easyrotator free jquery slider rotator builder power. Pstrotator antenna rotator software application for radio astronomy whitham d. A computer interface for the yaesu dxa rotators rotor control is our project to interface the yaesu dxa series rotors to a pc serial port. Connect the rotator interfaces to pc using the rs232 ports or usb to serial converters, and select the communication ports from the available com ports.
The arduino series of boards is an excellent choice for a satellite rotor controller. The rotor control unit 1216l rcu is connected between the webswitch 1216h and the rotator control box. Point and click operation with either erc provided software or many popular transceiver control and logging programs such as ham radio deluxe or n1mm. Make easyrotor helicopter and easy aviation systems your first call. The programs can control a yagi and a bidirectional rotary dipole on the. Once calibrated, the software presents a compass rose on your computer where you can. Calibration is very easy, and doesnt take too long.
Introduction this article describes the pstrotator application software pstr. M0wgfs radio musings easy rotator control 4 and the. Ercshop easyrotorcontrol rotators driven by intelligence. Erc provide a softwaredriven calibrationprocess without putting jumpers. This link is listed in our web site directory since tuesday aug 5 2008, and till today lp rotor has been followed for a total of 4330 times. You will need to calibrate the controller, so to do this, you must use the df9gr software. Digital rotator controller for arduino using k3ng firmware. This program was written to provide better support in ham radio deluxe and the associated satellite tracking software. Rotor control ham radio deluxe wiki hrd software, llc.
Erc version 4 usb inrad spiderbeam easyrotorcontrol. Easyrotorcontrol is a addon controller for azimuthrotors. The graphic editor directly displays the desired circuit diagram representation. Erc have a bootloader which enables the user to update the controllerfirmware by the rs232 or usbinterface. Easy rotor control, rt21 and rt20 from green heron, dcu1 hygain, ea4tx arswin, rc1 mds, rotor ez idiom press, yaesu az and yaesu azel gs232a and gs232b, m2 rc2800, alfaspid rak az and ras azel, easycomm, st3 fox delta. It was easy to build, install in the rotor control box and works flawlessly with many rotor control software solutions. Astronom, bblogger, cc user, commcat, dm780, dx monitor text box. Df9gr software, which you will have to use to calibrate the controller, plus a lite version of pstrotator by yo3dmu. Gs232aaz and gs232aazelev or gs232baz and gs232bazelev. Our customersupport and the continous improvement of our products guarantee that you have fun building and installing our products. Simple azel antenna control control your antennas with a.
Everything needed except solder and tools is included. Rotor control is the finishing touch for your station integration project. This involves calibrating at more headings than would be normal. Flex remote operation with rotor control flexradio community. Rotorcard yaesu dxadxc inexpensive rs232 rotor control for yaesu dxa and dxc series rotors g800dxa, gdxa, g2800dxa, g800dxc, gdxc, g2800dxc. Just follow the onscreen instructions, and it will work nicely. The arsusb antenna rotator system is the easiest and highest performance universal interface for handling your antenna rotor. Please feel free to leave any type of web links, files and or pics of technical nature on this site as long as it pertains to rotor control software hardware and related issues. Rotor control displays a mercator or great circle projection map that enables clicktopoint rotor operation. By grouping samples into clusters, rotor gene screenclust hrm software opens a new dimension in hrm analysis for applications such as genotyping and mutation screening. The rcu needs 12v power, an easy way is to connect it in parallel with the power to the webswitch. Run d710 control head off ts2000 needed 4 into 6 cable. Available as a dreamweaver extension and standalone application and wordpress plugin, it lets you select photos, choose a layout, make customizations, then have all necessary code automatically added to your page.
Featuring sophisticated microcircuitry and firmware, the board can be assembled and installed in a few hours. All of the installations i have found online say its very straight forward and easy, and it was, but my tinkering didnt work. Erc provide easy installation into the rotorcontrollers housing or into external housings. Rotork provides a range of software downloads to support its products. Control of up to 4 rotor gene q mdx cyclers and remote access. Run vl off ft950 extra cable vl off ft2000 wow cable included. Pstrotator antenna rotator software application for. Youll be able to control your antenna rotor from your computer. Erc easy rotor control regarding connecting to external programs. It supports the control of various rotors by a standard rs232interface.
Rotorez is offered as circuit board kit or prewired and tested board that you add to your rotator control unit. I could have configured the rotor control directly in the dxview software within dxlabs, but since i wanted to be able to control both rotors in the program, i have to use a separate rotor control program. Simply select contacts and coils and connect them with just a simple mouse click ready to go. Erc can be used by many professional hamradio programs as they understand protocols like hygain dcu1 or yaesu gs232. The main category is rotor control software that is about rotor control software. Software for antenna rotor control worldwidedx radio forum. This software is the most powerful tool currently available for analysis of hrm data from the rotor gene q or rotor gene 6000 cycler. Antenna rotor control software for windows and linux matt roberts mattatkk5jydotnet published. However in erc servicetool, when pressing read, i get the present antenna heading under status. The controller comes with software for remote control and theres also a program for guided calibration of the controller. Macdoppler is used around the world by amateur radio operators, satellite spotters, educators and commercial customers from cbs news to the international space station amateur radio hardware management program, delta telemetry tracking and control at boeing integrated defense systems, florida state university, and the calpoly cubesat project. Color schemes, easy tounderstand icons, and comprehensive help and warning messages guide the user stepbystep through the software. K3ng and a team of hams has made some opensource firmware for the arduino family of microcontrollers, that will emulate a yaesu interface, and provide digital control of a rotor. Rotor control software category is a curation of 10 web resources on, pstrotator, rotorcraft, satellite tracking with winrotor.
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