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[oe3ide]

If I move the rotator needle in Thetis then PST just goes to zero . Is my Thetis AZ and STOP text correct ?

AZ: <PST><AZIMUTH>%ELE%</AZIMUTH></PST>

STOP: <PST><STOP>1</STOP></PST> to <PST><STOP>1</STOP></PST><PST><TRACK>1</TRACK></PST>

I use these commands:

<PST><AZIMUTH>%AZ%</AZIMUTH></PST>
%Ele% would be elevation....

<PST><STOP>1</STOP></PST><PST><STOP>1</STOP></PST><PST><TRACK>1</TRACK></PST>

Notice the 2 stop commands. This is a known issue that PSTRotator sometimes needs 2 stop messages.

73 de Ernst
OE3IDE

[I2NOY]

Many thanks Ernst,
I will try to copy your configuration as in pictures and see what happens.
73,


Maurizio

[Tony EI7BMB]

Thanks Ernst, I must have screwed up by putting ele in at some point. Working now Vielen dank

[I2NOY]

Hi guys,
I copied perfectly the configuration of pictures kindly sent by Ernst but I don't receive any data in Multi Meter I/O window.
The only difference is that I am using the PST rotator version demo with both AZ and EL, but I think it does not matter.
Any other idea?



P.S. I discovered that PstRotator is not enabling any UDP traffic if it is not connected by serial or TCP to the rotator controlbox. Now I have the azimuth angle displayed in Multi Meter I/O window and everything works!

[gi4fue]

Excellent stuff Richie...Is it possible to output just the VFO frequency on its own? I have a Palstar HF auto, which receives CAT data in XML format over UDP on port 12080, that would allow the tuner to track frequency changes in thetis

[W9BHI]

I have a Palstar HF Auto tuner and I run a program by W1TR along with DDUtil to capture the frequency data and it is sent to the tuner via a comm port of the PC to the Tuner. It would be great to have this all built into Thetis and get rid of those two programs.

[w-u-2-o]

Both Palstar and W1TR have apparently discussed sueing anyone who reverse engineers the serial comm's API for remote operation. See the discussion here: https://groups.io/g/nodered-hamradio/to ... 7#msg13040

I don't own any Palstar products and never will.

[W9BHI]

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[oe3ide]

I've written my own software for fully automatic control of my Palstar AT-Auto (the old one "Kessler").
It does auto-switch Bypass/Auto/Manual and auto tuning.

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73 de Ernst, OE3IDE

[gi4fue]

Hi Ernst

I Would be very interested in that if you were prepared to share it...My palstar is also an old one, and i am using TCI in thetis. Just wish Richie would implement TCI audio too...Nudge nudge . yes i know there is a degree of latency, but IMHO the convenience overrides the small amount of latency

73, Charlie GI4FUE

[oe3ide]

Hi Ernst

I Would be very interested in that if you were prepared to share it...My palstar is also an old one, and i am using TCI in thetis. Just wish Richie would implement TCI audio too...Nudge nudge . yes i know there is a degree of latency, but IMHO the convenience overrides the small amount of latency

73, Charlie GI4FUE

https://www.oe3ide.com/sdm_downloads/palstarbridge/
(clean on VirusTotal)
Its not an official release... may contain bugs

73 de Ernst, OE3IDE

[gi4fue]

Thank you Ernst, I'll report any found bugs to you of course

73, Charlie

[gi4fue]

Hi Ernst

Bridge installs OK, but on startup I get a .net Unhandled exception error, on clicking continue it constantly pops up before I can input my com port and TCI port (COM8 and TCI 50001)

Screenshots attached.. System Win 11, com port via FTDI usb-serial adapter TCI running in thetis

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[oe3ide]

Yeah, quick & dirty thrown together *lol*
Was not intended to be used other then by me.

Will go through and add a proper error-handling... maybe this or next week.

73 de Ernst

[gi4fue]

Hi Ernst

After trying to get it to work, It seems that my Palstar is not the same as yours, hopefully you can come up with a version that suits all HF-Auto tunes

73, Charlie GI4FUE