Re: [amsat-bb] Re: NOVA troubles

["Michael R.Owen" <nlsa@xxxxxxxx>]

Pascal,

If "Preserve satellite names" is checked, then the name in the 
"Satellite name" field of Setup/satellites is used throughout Nova.  At 
least, that's how it supposed to work.  Please correct me if I am wrong.

MRO

Freeman P. Pascal IV wrote:

>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
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Michael R. Owen, Ph.D.                      Dept. of Geology
Northern Lights Software Associates         St. Lawrence University
http://www.nlsa.com                         mowen@stlawu.edu
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