Re: [amsat-bb] Re: NOVA troubles

["Freeman P. Pascal IV" <pascal@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Would it be possible to provide a means for the user to specify what
name they would prefer to use with a satellite?  Perhaps a new field in
the "Keplerian elements" tab of the "Satellite Editor"?  This alias
would then be used in all places where the satellite name is displayed
or within the DDE/TCP interfaces.

This would solve the current problem with WispDDE.
 

-Freeman, N5FPP

On Mon, 2005-02-07 at 06:22, Michael R.Owen wrote:
> Dan -
> 
> Yes, the latest release of Nova had some problems in launching Views 
> from the drop-down list.  I have fixed them in Build #11, available from 
> http://www.nlsa.com
> 
> > Yes it seems that Space Track uses different names than we are used 
> > to.  By clicking the Preserve Satellite Names box, Nova will use the 
> > old names and make it Kep updates through the Catalog number I guess.  
> > But if your like me while trying to figure this out and lost the old 
> > names by clcking the Clean button, I found two ways to get them back.
> >  1.  I downloaded an old set of Keps from Celestrack ans made sure to 
> > check the Preserve Satellite Names box before updating with Space Track.
> >
> >  2. Or you can change the name in the Setup Satellites area.  Click 
> > the Preserve Satellite Names box before updating with Space Track.  
> > This way you can change it to whatever you want. 
> 
> We will all have to get used to the way that Space-Track does things.  
> Nova will preserve whatever name you associate with a satellite if you 
> check the appropriate box in the internet download configuration 
> screen.  If you don't, then Nova assumes that you are OK with 
> Space-Track's name.
> 
> 73,
> W9IP
> 
> Dan wrote:
> 
> > Hi
> > I too am having some of the same troubles.  I really love Nova but 
> > sometimes it's a pain to use. After playing with the views I finally 
> > decided that I should never close one.  It disappears from the view 
> > list. I can not find the Individual View Configuration screen to save 
> > them.  Found a work around by cloning the view and renaming it.  I do 
> > this because when I create a view and name it, it gets changed to 
> > either Default or Current view.  Even this way if I make a change to a 
> > view, it does not change in the view matching the name, just the 
> > current view.  So I concluded the best thing to do is keep all your 
> > views open at diffent sizes and click on the one you want.  Don't ever 
> > close one.
> >
> > Yes it seems that Space Track uses different names than we are used 
> > to.  By clicking the Preserve Satellite Names box, Nova will use the 
> > old names and make it Kep updates through the Catalog number I guess.  
> > But if your like me while trying to figure this out and lost the old 
> > names by clcking the Clean button, I found two ways to get them back.
> >  1.  I downloaded an old set of Keps from Celestrack ans made sure to 
> > check the Preserve Satellite Names box before updating with Space Track.
> >
> >  2. Or you can change the name in the Setup Satellites area.  Click 
> > the Preserve Satellite Names box before updating with Space Track.  
> > This way you can change it to whatever you want.
> >
> > Now your doppler and antenna controls will work again.
> > It would be nice to have doppler control built into Nova.  I am 
> > presently using WispDDE.
> >
> > Hope this helps some from my experiences.
> > 73s Dan N8DZM
> > ----
> > Sent via amsat-bb@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author.
> > Not an AMSAT member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!
> > To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe amsat-bb" to Majordomo@amsat.org
----
Sent via amsat-bb@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author.
Not an AMSAT member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!
To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe amsat-bb" to Majordomo@amsat.org