[]
> I have tried to install the latest Beta for MSGDataManager, but it will
> not run, as it is unable to find 'jpeg8support.dll'. I checked the
> RunTime library on Satsignal website, but it does not seem to have been
> updated recently.
>
> I apologise if this has already been discussed on the group, and I
> missed it.
>
> Bernard Burton
> Wokingham, Berkshire, UK.

Bernard,

Douglas has commented on the gridding.

For the 'jpeg8support.dll' issue, please install the current version
before installing any beta:

First:
   http://www.satsignal.eu/software/msg_dm.htm#bundle

Then:
   http://www.satsignal.eu/software/beta.htm

Cheers,
David
--
SatSignal software - quality software written to your requirements
Web:  www.satsignal.eu
Email:  davidtaylor@...

--------------------------------------------------
From: "Bernard Burton" <b.j.burton@...>
Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 8:01 PM
To: <SatSignal@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: [SatSignal] MTSAT gridding

> I have noticed recently that the MTSAT images displayed via MSGData
> Manager have coastline and grid well away from the identifiable image
> features. I have tried, but am unable to find, any way of changing the
> gridding, only an option to have none for either coastline and grid. On my
> setup, I am unable to remove the coastline, selecting none makes no
> difference. However, the grid can be switched off and on using the none
> option.
> I have tried to install the latest Beta for MSGDataManager, but it will
> not run, as it is unable to find 'jpeg8support.dll'. I checked the RunTime
> library on Satsignal website, but it does not seem to have been updated
> recently.
>
> I apologise if this has already been discussed on the group, and I missed
> it.
>
>
>
> Bernard Burton
> Wokingham, Berkshire, UK.


Bernard, since November 15th there has been a problem with MTSAT-1R
dissemination.
For the moment JMA are using MTSAT-2 which is 5° further east.
I suspect the data has not been corrected to the MTSAT-1R location.

Regards
Douglas.

I have noticed recently that the MTSAT images displayed via MSGData Manager have
coastline and grid well away from the identifiable image  features. I have
tried, but am unable to find, any way of changing the gridding, only an option
to have none for either coastline and grid. On my setup, I am unable to remove
the coastline, selecting none makes no difference. However, the grid can be
switched off and on using the none option.
I have tried to install the latest Beta for MSGDataManager, but it will not run,
as it is unable to find 'jpeg8support.dll'. I checked the RunTime library on
Satsignal website, but it does not seem to have been updated recently.

I apologise if this has already been discussed on the group, and I missed it.



Bernard Burton
Wokingham, Berkshire, UK.

Satellite images at:
www.woksat.info/wwp.html



[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

HI David,
here all is OK with the 321 day keplerians and previous days.

     73,

                        Renzo,  I6KZR


----- Original Message -----
From: "David J Taylor" <gm8arv@...>
To: <SatSignal@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 3:09 PM
Subject: Re: [SatSignal] Wxtracks List out of Bounds Error


>> David
>>
>> Echo (AO-51) is in a low earth orbit and not geostationary. I've
>> reloaded
>> the keps several times, even cut and pasted them from the ARRL website
>> but
>> no luck. The program displays and tracks AO-51 OK, however the next pass
>> box
>> displays the "AOS: not available" message. Other LEO sats such as the
>> ISS,
>> Dove, HAMSAT (AO-52) all show their next pass info OK. Since reloading
>> the
>> keps and updating to the latest version I am no longer getting the "List
>> out
>> of bounds error".
>>
>> Frustrating, there is probably a corruption somewhere in the data or
>> files.
>>
>> The fix is not urgent as I can use the software as is, but would like to
>> get
>> it working properly
>>
>> 73, Nigel
>
> Nigel,
>
> WXtrack works correctly here, showing next pass time for AO-51.  Here are
> the Keplers I used:
>
> AMSAT ECHO
> 1 28375U 04025K   09321.04043755  .00000022  00000-0  19268-4 0  5359
> 2 28375 098.0537 321.7572 0085055 021.5245 338.9488 14.40659097282963
>
>
> Cheers,
> David
> --
> SatSignal software - quality software written to your requirements
> Web:  www.satsignal.eu
> Email:  davidtaylor@...
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Please cut unnecessary text from your replies.
> Current beta versions: http://www.satsignal.eu/software/beta.htm
>
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>

> David
>
> Echo (AO-51) is in a low earth orbit and not geostationary. I've
> reloaded
> the keps several times, even cut and pasted them from the ARRL website
> but
> no luck. The program displays and tracks AO-51 OK, however the next pass
> box
> displays the "AOS: not available" message. Other LEO sats such as the
> ISS,
> Dove, HAMSAT (AO-52) all show their next pass info OK. Since reloading
> the
> keps and updating to the latest version I am no longer getting the "List
> out
> of bounds error".
>
> Frustrating, there is probably a corruption somewhere in the data or
> files.
>
> The fix is not urgent as I can use the software as is, but would like to
> get
> it working properly
>
> 73, Nigel

Nigel,

WXtrack works correctly here, showing next pass time for AO-51.  Here are
the Keplers I used:

AMSAT ECHO
1 28375U 04025K   09321.04043755  .00000022  00000-0  19268-4 0  5359
2 28375 098.0537 321.7572 0085055 021.5245 338.9488 14.40659097282963


Cheers,
David
--
SatSignal software - quality software written to your requirements
Web:  www.satsignal.eu
Email:  davidtaylor@...

David

Echo (AO-51) is in a low earth orbit and not geostationary. I've reloaded
the keps several times, even cut and pasted them from the ARRL website but
no luck. The program displays and tracks AO-51 OK, however the next pass box
displays the "AOS: not available" message. Other LEO sats such as the ISS,
Dove, HAMSAT (AO-52) all show their next pass info OK. Since reloading the
keps and updating to the latest version I am no longer getting the "List out
of bounds error".

Frustrating, there is probably a corruption somewhere in the data or files.

The fix is not urgent as I can use the software as is, but would like to get
it working properly

73, Nigel
,
-----Original Message-----
From: SatSignal@yahoogroups.com [mailto:SatSignal@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of David J Taylor
Sent: Tuesday, 17 November 2009 3:36 PM
To: SatSignal@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [SatSignal] Wxtracks List out of Bounds Error

> I am getting a "List out of Bounds Error (-1)" when using Wxtracks to
> track AO-51 and no other satellite. Also, the next pass information
> states "AOS: not available" for AO-51, all other satellites that I've
> checked show the next pass information. Right clicking on AO-51 in the
> display and selecting next pass results in tracking jumping to manual
> and the next satellite in the list becomes active.
> I've updated to the latest release 3.8.2.893 and updated the keps which
> on inspection appear to be OK. I am using a registered version. I've
> searched the message history and can find plenty of references to the
> list out of bounds problems but not this particular problem. Any
> thoughts?
>
> Thanks, Nigel

Nigel,

I'm just back from several days away, and in catch-up mode.  It may be a
day or two before I can check this.  AOS not available usually means that
the satellite appears to have a near geostationary orbit, so what is the
AO-51 orbit?  If you have another satellite included, does the error go
away - as a work-round?

73,
David
--
SatSignal software - quality software written to your requirements
Web:  www.satsignal.eu
Email:  davidtaylor@...




------------------------------------

Please cut unnecessary text from your replies.
Current beta versions: http://www.satsignal.eu/software/beta.htm




Yahoo! Groups Links

> I am getting a "List out of Bounds Error (-1)" when using Wxtracks to
> track AO-51 and no other satellite. Also, the next pass information
> states "AOS: not available" for AO-51, all other satellites that I've
> checked show the next pass information. Right clicking on AO-51 in the
> display and selecting next pass results in tracking jumping to manual
> and the next satellite in the list becomes active.
> I've updated to the latest release 3.8.2.893 and updated the keps which
> on inspection appear to be OK. I am using a registered version. I've
> searched the message history and can find plenty of references to the
> list out of bounds problems but not this particular problem. Any
> thoughts?
>
> Thanks, Nigel

Nigel,

I'm just back from several days away, and in catch-up mode.  It may be a
day or two before I can check this.  AOS not available usually means that
the satellite appears to have a near geostationary orbit, so what is the
AO-51 orbit?  If you have another satellite included, does the error go
away - as a work-round?

73,
David
--
SatSignal software - quality software written to your requirements
Web:  www.satsignal.eu
Email:  davidtaylor@...

I am getting a "List out of Bounds Error (-1)" when using Wxtracks to track
AO-51 and no other satellite. Also, the next pass information states "AOS: not
available" for AO-51, all other satellites that I've checked show the next pass
information. Right clicking on AO-51 in the display and selecting next pass
results in tracking jumping to manual and the next satellite in the list becomes
active.
I've updated to the latest release 3.8.2.893 and updated the keps which on
inspection appear to be OK. I am using a registered version. I've searched the
message history and can find plenty of references to the list out of bounds
problems but not this particular problem. Any thoughts?

Thanks, Nigel

Hi Simon,

I am using my Time-Step HRPT system in a fully automated way (for what I need it
to do) your needs maybe different from mine but here is how I have mine setup.

You will need:
The Time-Step Hardware
HRPT Reader - Fully registered
Apache2 - Depending on what you want to do.
Microsoft Windows

Firstly I am going to assume you have the Time-Step software setup automatically
dumping the HRP files into a directory and that you have HRPT reader correctly
setup, as per your post.

What you now need to do is to create a new scheduled task in Windows.

This can be found in:

START-->All Programs-->Accessories-->System Tools-->Scheduled Tasks

Got to File-->New-->Scheduled Task

and call it whatever you want.

Right Click on it and Select Properties.

In the run box select browse to and select the ReadHRPT.exe file.

The "start in" and "comments" section can be left blank for now.

Make sure run only if logged on is ticked - I have had problems without this
ticked. It also makes sure these tasks run when you are actually logged into the
machine and not someone else.

Now comes the tricky bit.

You need to add comments onto the end of the run box so HRPT reader knows where
the files are and what to do with them.

For this example I am going to use NOAA 18 and the standard RGB 124 colour
scheme for processing

"C:\Documents and Settings\Mark Edwards\Desktop\HRPTReader\ReadHRPT.exe"
C:\WinHRPT\NOAA18*.* -output:C:\WinHRPT\JPGS\NOAA18 -rgbR1G2B4:corr.jpg
-noboundaries -close -min

Above you can see what I have in my run box for the scheduled task.

The first part is the location of my ReadHRPT.exe file. Which is shown in " ".

The next part is the location and the name of the file I want HRPT Reader to
process. In this example it is going to look for the most recent NOAA18 HRP file
which is located in C:\WinHRPT - where I keep my HRP files.

The -output command tells HRPT Reader where to put the processed file and what
to call it. In this example when the processing is done it is going to place the
file into C:\WinHRPT\JPGS and call it NOAA18-rgb-corrected.jpg.

-rgbR1G2B4:corr.jpg Tells HRPT Reader how to process the HRP file. -rgb will
make HRPT Reader process the HRP file into a Red Green Blue image using whatever
channels you want for the associated colour. In this case Red is 1 Green 2 Blue
4. Corr corrects the image and .jpg tells it to save the file as a Jpeg however
bmp can be used if desired but it takes more space. However if you prefer false
colour images to RGBs just specify -fc:corr.jpg instead.

-noboundaries processes the image with no country boundaries if you do want the
boundaries be sure to update the keps regularly and delete this entry out the
run box.

-close will close HRPT reader when done

-min will run the program minimised so when it starts it doesn't open full
screen.

All these options that I have listed above as well as others that can be used
which I haven't mentioned can be found in the HRPT Reader Help file under
command line interface.

Now that's done you need to specify how often and when Windows is to run this
task. Click on the Schedule tab at the top.

Now for this to work properly you need to specify a time window you want the
task to run so it captures the NOAA 18 pass you want. HRPT reader will only
capture the most recent HRP file of NOAA18 in this example. So timing the task
for the pass you want is essential. Leaving the task continually running will
result with you ending up with the most Westerly pass of the afternoon or
morning.

The reason I have my system setup like this is so that when ever someone clicks
for a satellite image on my website it gives the best and most recent pass for
that satellite.

You will need to do some trial and error here and work out at what times
(roughly) you get the best pass you want to process. In this example I am going
to assume you are in the UK.

I can also provide you with the time windows I have worked out for the highest
pass of the other main NOAA satellites in the UK should you wish. But for NOAA
18 in the afternoon start the task for 1300hrs and let it run for 2 hours at 15
minute intervals. I like to use 2 hour windows as it gives a good margin and the
satellite takes 1:30 before its next closest pass. This way you aren't running
the task continually and hogging your CPU.

To do this, schedule the task for daily and the start time for 1300. Now click
on advanced. Select Repeat task and select 15 Minutes. Check the Duration Radio
button and set 2 Hours 0 Minutes. Click ok and make sure schedule task every 1
day is ticked.

Now click ok and attempt to run the Task if all goes well HRPT reader will load
and you should see a new JPG file in the directory you chose with the name you
chose.

This process can be used for any NOAA or FY-1D satellite. You just need to
change the parameters and options around a bit. If required I can post examples
I have for all day/night passes and False Colour / RGB processes for the tasks I
have running for NOAA 15,17,18,19 and FY-1D. I have 17 scheduled tasks in total!
I also use FC during daylight passes and RGB for night passes. This method also
works best on a computer dedicated for HRPT image reception, as trying to work
on this computer when this processing occurs can be annoying.

Now where you want to go is up to you with regards to your website. If you have
a broadband connection that's stable, always on, has a static IP address and
also has a good upload speed you can self host the files, in which case you will
require Apache.

Or you can create an ftp batch job to upload them to your web space. I have
experience in both if you need help.

I also have my system setup so that at midnight each day a scheduled task runs
that copies the HRP files over to an archival directory on a separate disk. I
also have it setup to remove the archived HRP files that are over 60 days old,
thanks to David's neat Trim-Tree app.

Let me know how you get on.

I apologise for this lengthy post but I hope people find it of some use.

To the other members, this is the simplest and easiest method I could work out
of doing this, if you have a better method or suggestion I would be very
grateful to hear it.

Cheers

Mark

[]
> my account for "tle éléments" was not functional and it's impossible to
> making a new account in celestrack with my version registered of WX
> Track...
> it's possible to résolve this problem? i writen to administrator, but...
> nothing
>
> best regards.
>
> Michel from france

Michel,

WXtrack will update its Keplers from CelesTrak - no account is required.

It is the Kepler Manager program which uses Space-Track, and many of us
have not received replies to queries to that site recently.

I hope you are successful in getting a copy of the NASA control centre
map.

Cheers,
David
--
SatSignal software - quality software written to your requirements
Web:  www.satsignal.eu
Email:  davidtaylor@...

Hi Michel.
Is this any use to you
http://www.nlsa.com/rectangular.html
IHaven't used it, but it looks as though this might help
Regards
Mike
   -----Original Message-----
   From: SatSignal@yahoogroups.com [mailto:SatSignal@yahoogroups.com]On
Behalf Of mcasabonne
   Sent: 12 November 2009 21:19
   To: SatSignal@yahoogroups.com
   Subject: [SatSignal] help me please for making map for my WX Track



   I search a member for making look same the "NASA space command center".

   i have request at the author of WXTrack, but he can not making this.

   i wanted a similar map like NASA. I search a good graphist for making the
map, with design "SAA", "ZOE" and 3 ellipses from géostationary satellites
(TDRS)the same colors from NASA (with 3 little icon).

   (all inside the map).

   I can pay for this, it's natural. it's for my son!

   my private email :

   casabonne.michel@...

   thank you all ;o)

   my account for "tle éléments" was not functional and it's impossible to
making a new account in celestrack with my version registered of WX Track...
   it's possible to résolve this problem? i writen to administrator, but...
nothing

   best regards.

   Michel from france






[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

I search a member for making look same the "NASA space command center".

i have request at the author of WXTrack, but he can not making this.

i wanted a similar map like NASA. I search a good graphist for making the map,
with design "SAA", "ZOE" and 3 ellipses from géostationary satellites (TDRS)the
same colors from NASA (with 3 little icon).

(all inside the map).

I can pay for this, it's natural. it's for my son!

my private email :

casabonne.michel@...

thank you all ;o)

my account for "tle éléments" was not functional and it's impossible to making a
new account in celestrack with my version registered of WX Track...
it's possible to résolve this problem? i writen to administrator, but... nothing

best regards.

Michel from france

> > I have a copy of the HRPT reader software and les hamiltons hrpt console
> > but so far can't see any automation in that???

Hi Simon,

I'm afraid HRPT Console is a passive tool for processing downloaded HRPT images
with either/both HRPT Reader / GroundMap.

Regards,

Les

> David,
>
> I've been experiencing similar delays to James but hadn't got around to
> finding out why.
>
> I've just disabled DCOM and Animator no longer runs, different error
> number but then mine is probably running in a different area of memory.
>
> So DCOM is going back on for the moment.
>
> Cheers, Guy

Guy, James,

There are a couple of points to make here:

- the only programs of mine which do anything even slightly more than
read/write files and display results are the MSG Data Manager and MSG
Animator which, when running on the same PC, try and communicate so that
the Data Manager notifies the Animator of the end of a cycle for a
particular channel, so that the animation(s) for that channel can be
rebuilt.  This is why, when you run the Animator on a different PC, you
need to manually set the update interval to be non-zero, as the messages
are /not/ sent between PCs.  I.e. DCOM is /not/ used.  These messages are
only sent at the end of a cycle, and GeoSatSignal has no involvement in
the process.  That's why I would expect that disabling DCOM should have no
effect.

The other possibility is that one of the components I employ (such as the
directory browser) may need to communicate across the network so that the
full set of available directories is displayed.  This is a third-party
component, but it hasn't changed in some time (at least after moving to
Delphi 2009) so if something used to work and now doesn't I would be
inclined to look at what might have changed on the PC - perhaps some
security update or other software update.  The fact that other software is
affected as well also points in that direction.

Please let's know the results of your various investigations.

Cheers,
David
--
SatSignal software - quality software written to your requirements
Web:  www.satsignal.eu
Email:  davidtaylor@...

Hi James,

Yes, it also stops ACDSee, the graphics imaging program.

I'll look around as well.

Cheers, Guy

   ----- Original Message -----
   From: James Brown
   To: SatSignal@yahoogroups.com
   Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 3:30 PM
   Subject: Re: [SatSignal] Animator and DCOM



   In message <B61566C9A67F475586E5EFF9DED881C5@biggin02>, Guy Martin
   <guymartin@...> writes
   >David,
   >
   >I've been experiencing similar delays to James but hadn't got around to
   >finding out why.
   >
   >I've just disabled DCOM and Animator no longer runs, different error
   >number but then mine is probably running in a different area of memory.
   >
   >So DCOM is going back on for the moment.
   >
   >Cheers, Guy

   Thanks Guy - and to you David,

   I thought from my initial research that stopping DCOM shouldn't cause a
   problem, but I have also experienced now a further problem with an
   e-mail prog called Turnpike, so I am launching a thread in the newsgroup
   there.

   Incidentally it also happens with Geosatsignal - same error message.

   Will dig around a bit more.

   Thanks

   James
   --
   James Brown




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In message <B61566C9A67F475586E5EFF9DED881C5@biggin02>, Guy Martin
<guymartin@...> writes
>David,
>
>I've been experiencing similar delays to James but hadn't got around to
>finding out why.
>
>I've just disabled DCOM and Animator no longer runs, different error
>number but then mine is probably running in a different area of memory.
>
>So DCOM is going back on for the moment.
>
>Cheers, Guy

Thanks Guy - and to you David,

I thought from my initial research that stopping DCOM shouldn't cause a
problem, but I have also experienced now a further problem with an
e-mail prog called Turnpike, so I am launching a thread in the newsgroup
there.

Incidentally it also happens with Geosatsignal - same error message.

Will dig around a bit more.

Thanks

James
--
James Brown

David,

I've been experiencing similar delays to James but hadn't got around to finding
out why.

I've just disabled DCOM and Animator no longer runs, different error number but
then mine is probably running in a different area of memory.

So DCOM is going back on for the moment.

Cheers, Guy

   ----- Original Message -----
   From: David J Taylor
   To: SatSignal@yahoogroups.com
   Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 12:55 PM
   Subject: Re: [SatSignal] Animator and DCOM



   > Hi folks,,
   >
   > I have been tracking down a recent problem with Windows XP SP3 where
   > clicking on 'My Computer' caused a delay of about 25 seconds before
   > drives would be displayed. This had a knock-on effect with other progs
   > which required file display boxes.
   >
   > In the end I have tracked it down to one of the services - DCOM to be
   > precise. Swithing this off solves the problem. However! Unfortunately
   > neither Animator or Geosatsignal will run - they both terminate with an
   > error:
   >
   > Access violation at 0x00F2DFAC (tried to read from 0x80502F6A, program
   > terminated.
   >
   > What a shame!
   >
   > I wonder if our gurus have any thoughts as to how either I can restore
   > the 'My computer' function to its original swiftness or enable David's
   > progs to run without the DCOM service?
   >
   > Many thanks,
   > James

   James, if you enter 0x80502F6A into Google you get 28 matches, none of
   which look truly relevant.

   I'm not aware of any functionality in my software which uses DCOM
   explicitly, and this page:

   http://www.updatexp.com/dcom-windows-xp.html

   does suggest you can turn it off.

   Cheers,
   David
   --
   SatSignal software - quality software written to your requirements
   Web: www.satsignal.eu
   Email: davidtaylor@...





[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

> David,
>
> Many thanks, it was the baud rate which was wrong. Will make a note for
> future ref.
>
> Mike

Good to hear the problem is solved, Mike.  In the Pass Control I'm using
the baud rate required is listed right by that Port Setup button, as I can
never remember either!

Cheers,
David
--
SatSignal software - quality software written to your requirements
Web:  www.satsignal.eu
Email:  davidtaylor@...

David,

Many thanks, it was the baud rate which was wrong. Will make a note for
future ref.

Mike



   _____

From: SatSignal@yahoogroups.com [mailto:SatSignal@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of David J Taylor
Sent: 11 November 2009 12:47
To: SatSignal@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [SatSignal] Pass Control






--------------------------------------------------
From: "g8jveuk" <mfj_rowe@tiscali. <mailto:mfj_rowe%40tiscali.co.uk> co.uk>
Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 12:21 PM
To: <SatSignal@yahoogrou <mailto:SatSignal%40yahoogroups.com> ps.com>
Subject: [SatSignal] Pass Control

> Hello,
> I have just had to rebuild my computer. I have installed XP Pro, but now
> find that Pass control no longer controls my RX2. I have tried running
> under Windows 95 compatibility, still not working.
> XP system shows no problems with COM1.
> Any ideas what I am doing wrong, as I am not a computer whizzkid, being
> the wrong side of 70.
> Regards
> Mike

Mike,

As far as I know, PassControl should work correctly under Windows XP as it
uses normal system calls to control the COM port. Does the satellite pass
list on the Timer tab appear to be correct? The port settings for the RX2
should be 1200 baud, 8 bits, 1 stop bit. If you click the Port Setup
button, is COM1 shown, and are the settings:

1200
8
1
None
None

Is the receiver type set to RX2?

Can you control the RX2 from a terminal emulator (e.g. Hyper Terminal)
connected to COM port 1?

Some starting things to check.

Cheers,
David
--
SatSignal software - quality software written to your requirements
Web: www.satsignal.eu
Email: davidtaylor@ <mailto:davidtaylor%40writeme.com> writeme.com



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[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

> Hi folks,,
>
> I have been tracking down a recent problem with Windows XP SP3 where
> clicking on 'My Computer' caused a delay of about 25 seconds before
> drives would be displayed. This had a knock-on effect with other progs
> which required file display boxes.
>
> In the end I have tracked it down to one of the services - DCOM to be
> precise. Swithing this off solves the problem. However! Unfortunately
> neither Animator or Geosatsignal will run - they both terminate with an
> error:
>
> Access violation at 0x00F2DFAC (tried to read from 0x80502F6A, program
> terminated.
>
> What a shame!
>
> I wonder if our gurus have any thoughts as to how either I can restore
> the 'My computer' function to its original swiftness or enable David's
> progs to run without the DCOM service?
>
> Many thanks,
> James

James, if you enter 0x80502F6A into Google you get 28 matches, none of
which look truly relevant.

I'm not aware of any functionality in my software which uses DCOM
explicitly, and this page:

   http://www.updatexp.com/dcom-windows-xp.html

does suggest you can turn it off.

Cheers,
David
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From: "g8jveuk" <mfj_rowe@...>
Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 12:21 PM
To: <SatSignal@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: [SatSignal] Pass Control

> Hello,
> I have just had to rebuild my computer. I have installed XP Pro, but now
> find that Pass control no longer controls my RX2. I have tried running
> under Windows 95 compatibility, still not working.
> XP system shows no problems with COM1.
> Any ideas what I am doing wrong, as I am not a computer whizzkid, being
> the wrong side of 70.
> Regards
> Mike

Mike,

As far as I know, PassControl should work correctly under Windows XP as it
uses normal system calls to control the COM port.  Does the satellite pass
list on the Timer tab appear to be correct?  The port settings for the RX2
should be 1200 baud, 8 bits, 1 stop bit.  If you click the Port Setup
button, is COM1 shown, and are the settings:

1200
8
1
None
None

Is the receiver type set to RX2?

Can you control the RX2 from a terminal emulator (e.g. Hyper Terminal)
connected to COM port 1?

Some starting things to check.

Cheers,
David
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> Hi All
>
> is anyone using their timestep HRPT system in an automated way
>
> ie unattended processing
>
> I'd like to be able to receive and process and post to my website the
> imgs ... so far I cannot see how to do this and certainly not with the
> timestep software which is was past its sell by date!
>
> So far my system will receive and store automatically raw imgs to a
> folder on my NAS .. but the next job is ... how to trigger them being
> processed at the end of a pass and then copy these to the web server
> folder on the same NAS?!
>
> I have a copy of the HRPT reader software and les hamiltons hrpt console
> but so far can't see any automation in that???
>
> Help ?!
>
> anyone else doing this automatically??
>
> thanks
>
> Simon

Simon,

I haven't done that myself, not having the requisite hardware.  The HRPT
Reader runs in batch mode (automated) as described in the read-me file
which comes with the program.  It is being used by many sites for the same
purpose you describe, one even running under Linux.  The registered
version is required.

I would run a batch job which does something like this:

- looks for new files and
    - copy them to an archive directory
    - move them to a directory for processing
    - i.e. emptying the "new files" directory

- processes each file in the "for processing" directory and saves the
images produced.  Use the DOS FOR command to make a loop to process all
the files.

- move the processed images to the Web server

If the receiver software can trigger the batch job, that's great.
Otherwise trigger the batch job every, say, 30 minutes.  Possible problems
include incomplete raw files being produced by the software (i.e. when the
pass hasn't finished)

I hope someone who is actually doing this can help you further.

73,
David
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Hello,
I have just had to rebuild my computer. I have installed XP Pro, but now find
that Pass control no longer controls my RX2. I have tried running under Windows
95 compatibility, still not working.
XP system shows no problems with COM1.
Any ideas what I am doing wrong, as I am not a computer whizzkid, being the
wrong side of 70.
Regards
Mike

Hi All

is anyone using their timestep HRPT system in an automated way

ie unattended processing

I'd like to be able to receive and process and post to my website the imgs ...
so far I cannot see how to do this and certainly not with the timestep software
which is was past its sell by date!

So far my system will receive and store automatically raw imgs to a folder on my
NAS .. but the next job is ... how to trigger them being processed at the end of
a pass and then copy these to the web server folder on the same NAS?!

I have a copy of the HRPT reader software and les hamiltons hrpt console but so
far can't see any automation in that???

Help ?!

anyone else doing this automatically??

thanks

Simon

Okay and thank's i'm logging now with yahoo!
thank you for géostationary satellites, and, hello little world of wxtrack
amateurs!

michel

Hi folks,,

I have been tracking down a recent problem with Windows XP SP3 where
clicking on 'My Computer' caused a delay of about 25 seconds before
drives would be displayed. This had a knock-on effect with other progs
which required file display boxes.

In the end I have tracked it down to one of the services - DCOM to be
precise. Swithing this off solves the problem. However! Unfortunately
neither Animator or Geosatsignal will run - they both terminate with an
error:

Access violation at 0x00F2DFAC (tried to read from 0x80502F6A, program
terminated.

What a shame!

I wonder if our gurus have any thoughts as to how either I can restore
the 'My computer' function to its original swiftness or enable David's
progs to run without the DCOM service?

Many thanks,
James
--
James Brown

> These are likely the TDRS satellites, since those are used to support
> ISS and space shuttle operations. There are 10 TDRS satellites, although
> TDRS 1 was recently decommissioned. TDRS 5 and 6 are west of Hawaii,
> TDRS 3, 4, 9, and 10 are over Brazil, and TDRS 7 and 8 are west of
> Indonesia.
>
> You can find a list with all the TDRS satellites in it on CelesTrak at
> http://celestrak.com/NORAD/elements/tdrss.txt. I hope that helps.  - TS
>
> Dr. T.S. Kelso
> CelesTrak, http://celestrak.com
> E-Mail: TS.Kelso@...

Yes, TS, I had already sent Michel that URL.  047W could be Brazil, TDRS 5
& 6 would be at 170W, and TDRS 7 & 8 at 86E.  At least some of that fits.

Thanks,
David
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Web:  www.satsignal.eu
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These are likely the TDRS satellites, since those are used to support
ISS and space shuttle operations. There are 10 TDRS satellites, although
TDRS 1 was recently decommissioned. TDRS 5 and 6 are west of Hawaii,
TDRS 3, 4, 9, and 10 are over Brazil, and TDRS 7 and 8 are west of
Indonesia.

You can find a list with all the TDRS satellites in it on CelesTrak at
http://celestrak.com/NORAD/elements/tdrss.txt. I hope that helps.  - TS

Dr. T.S. Kelso
CelesTrak, http://celestrak.com
E-Mail: TS.Kelso@...



David J Taylor wrote:
>
>
> Folks, I have received the following request:
>
> ______________________________________________
> Excuse me for bothering you, but I look for the official names of
> geostationary satellites that can be seen on the giant map of "space
> command center".
> I mean T047W and T247W, and (???) if 3 satellites...
>
> But I do not know the official names, so I can find the orbital elements,
> so I can post them on my card followed ISS. Like the map of David
> Davidson.
>
> It's impossible to me to connect in the yahoo group, can you relay my
> request? And forward me in my home :
>
> casabonne <dot> michel [at] neuf <dot>fr
> ______________________________________________
>
> I believe he is referring to the large screen display seen at Mission
> Control Center for the space shuttle missions. If you can help Michel,
> could you please reply direct to him as well as here?
>
> Thanks,
> David
> --
> SatSignal software - quality software written to your requirements
> Web: www.satsignal.eu
> Email: davidtaylor@... <mailto:davidtaylor%40writeme.com>
>
>


[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Folks, I have received the following request:

______________________________________________
Excuse me for bothering you, but I look for the official names of
geostationary satellites that can be seen on the giant map of "space
command center".
I mean T047W and T247W, and (???) if 3 satellites...

But I do not know the official names, so I can find the orbital elements,
so I can post them on my card followed ISS.  Like the map of David
Davidson.

It's impossible to me to connect in the yahoo group, can you relay my
request? And forward me in my home :

casabonne <dot> michel  [at] neuf <dot>fr
______________________________________________


I believe he is referring to the large screen display seen at Mission
Control Center for the space shuttle missions.  If you can help Michel,
could you please reply direct to him as well as here?

Thanks,
David
--
SatSignal software - quality software written to your requirements
Web:  www.satsignal.eu
Email:  davidtaylor@...

> Hi all,
>
> One of the #hearsat guys has written a demodulator for the new Meteor
> satellite's LRPT downlink on VHF, of which a short write up is on line
> at http://www.r00t.cz/Misc/LRPT - what I'd like to know, is if any of
> Davids software can decompress the AVHRR-LR data and produce images out
> of it. I have had a look through the various pieces of software and can
> see the odd reference to LRPT, but nothing concrete.
>
> Alternatively, does anyone on the list have the technical specs of the
> AVHRR-LR / LRPT image decompression routine?
>
> Sorry if this is the wrong list, but it seemed to be about the closest
> to the topic!
>
> Any pointers would be appreciated.
>
> Paul
> http://www.uhf-satcom.com

Paul,

I don't have any LRPT software right now, but if you have complete files
(not raw frames) I would be happy to take a look - no promises for
results, mind.  You will likely find that the data sent is JPEG-coded
monochrome images, so decompression should be straight-forward.  I don't
know whether encryption is applied to the data, though.

Cheers,
David
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SatSignal software - quality software written to your requirements
Web:  www.satsignal.eu
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