Re: [amsat-bb] Simplified Computer Rotor Control?

[k_9qh_o@xxxxxxx]

I'm using the LVB tracker from www.g6lvb.com

It will control azmuth and elevation.

It has 2 ICs. (a PIC and MAX232) and 4 transistors. It's about as simple as something can get.

At the present time, I'm using it to control azmuth only since I'm using an old Wilson WR-500 (what a piece of junk) rotor and a Alliance U-110 for elevation.

The 5500 purchase is down the road.

GL
Mike
K9QHO
AMSAT 33589

-------------- Original message from "hasan schiers" <schiers@netins.net>: -------------- 


> I have G-800SA Yaesu Azimuth and G-550 Yaesu Elevation rotors. 
> 
> I have no interest in spending a fortune on a 5500 and its (non-supplied) 
> serial interface. 
> 
> Could someone point me to articles on the Web or commercial sites that show 
> inexpensive interfaces that I might be able to use with the above rotors. I'm 
> assuming that one could tap off the pot voltages at the rotor control heads 
> and feed them to an interface. This should not be all that difficult to do, 
> and I assume has been offered as a less expensive alternative to the internal 
> interfaces. 
> 
> If someone has keywords that will provide useful url's I'd be happy to google 
> them. I just thought I'd check here first if someone has already done the 
> sifting. 
> 
> 73, 
> 
> ...hasan, N0AN 
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