Hi Folks,
Playing with PstRotatorAz for a remote connection. I have it working from two Windows PCs. to two Windows PCs. That part is easy. I wanted to see if I could get it to work with CQRLog to a Windows PC. I have messed with the al of the addresses, but no success. Can it be done, has anyone here done it?
Also, is there a to have some of the setting set? I know one of the is auto/manual. I see there is a way to set limits. Have not figured that out yet either.
Any extra help would be awesome!
WC2L
Hi!
At least Hamlib 4.7 rotctld lists model #3 as "YO3DMU PSTRotator". That means Cqrlog supports it if Hamlib used supports it.
If you can find it from Cqrlog's rot model selector then your Hamlib rotctld should support it.
"Host" is localhost, "Port" is 4533, "Run rotctld when program starts" is checked. That starts the rotctld at Cqrlog PC side.
Then rotctld needs to connect your remote PST.
In rotctld man page it is not clearly stated, but I would try same "Device" setting as TCP connected rigs. I.E put your remote PST IP address to "Device" column.
I would also try to put the port number with it although it is not clear stated in rotctld man pages.
I.E XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX:4001 where XXX is the Ip address of remote PST.
It might be that that the ":4001" suffix is not needed and rotctld uses always port 4001 as default. But that you can find by testing with plain IP address and then IP address with Port separated with ":"
PST manual says you need two PSTs one for remote and and one for local. I believe Hamlib rotctld with rot model #3 can replace the local PST
I can not test that, but I would start testing from this point if I had a PST to test with.
Then the limits.
Consult Cqrlog and rigctld manuals for that.
You have to fill the "Extra command line arguments" to have something like:
--set-conf=min_az=10,max_az=355
with numbers replaced by your rotor limits.
That would be a good starting point. AI is a good tool for finding information, but unfortunately it might totally mislead you as well.
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Saku
OH1KH