MEANING OF THE ELEMENTS OF THE STATION.DAT FILE STATION.DAT (TRAKBOX v 3.50b)


1 (ELEMENTS OF THE STATION)

1.1 CALLSIGN
1.2 LATITUDE (in decimal degrees)
1.3 LONGITUDE (in decimal degrees)
1.4 ALTITUDE (in meters)
1.5 ROTOR ZERO POSITION S = SOUTH N = NORTH
1.6 CHOICE OF THE SATS SELECTION SYSTEM ON THE TB R or ADC 
    (R = resistance switch / ADC = potentiometer). Useless if you have an encoder wheel.
1.7 SERIAL PORT SPEED IN BAUDS (here, it is the speed of the serial port for 
    communication with the TRAKBOX and not the speed of the CAT link)


2 (ROTOR CALIBRATION) (the values ​​are not given in degrees but in values ​​read by the A/D converter TB)

2.1 AZIMUT MIN.
2.2 AZ MAX.
2.3 ELEV. MIN.
2.4 ELEV. MAX. (must be measured over 180 deg. if FLIP mode is valid, otherwise over 90 deg.)
2.5 FLIP MODE AUTHORIZATION FLAG (turning the antenna upside down to prevent 
    it from reaching a mechanical stop rotor) F = YES, NOTHING = NO


3 (MINIMUM VARIATION AND MECHANICAL OFFSET)

3.1 MINIMUM AZIMUT VARIATION (with a G5600 YAESU this value must not 
    be <3 otherwise the rotor "seeks" nonstop)
3.2 MINIMUM ELEVATION VARIATION (same as for azimuth but can remain at 1, 
    to be tested depending on the rotor, increase the value if the rotor does not stabilize)
3.3 AZIMUT OFFSET (if an antenna offset exists, enter its value here)
3.4 ELEVATION OFFSET (idem)


4 (CAT CONFIGURATION)

4.1 CHOICE TCVR (KENWOOD / KENWOOD711 / ICOM / YAESU_o / YAESU_847 / YAESU_736)
    KENWOOD711 case is for a separate transceiver of type TS711 and TS811)
    You can select the wide filter on the FT-736 and FT-847 by indicating YAESUw736 or YAESUw847
4.2 CHOICE OF FREQUENCY COMMAND; A ACQUISITION = A; OR ALL ORBIT = F
4.3 CAT ICOM RX ADDRESS (Value to read in your ICOM documentation)
4.4 CAT ICOM TX ADDRESS (idem)
4.5 CAT 4800/9600/19200 COMMUNICATION SPEED


5 (ANTENNA PARKING AND SETTING P1.6)

5.1.1 ANTENNA PARKING 1 = YES, 0 = NO
5.1.2 INTERVAL BETWEEN "MIC CLICK" PULSES (optional)
5.1.3 "MIC CLICK" PULSE WIDTH (optional)
5.2 PARKING AZIMUT (position of the antenna between two passages)
5.3 PARKING ELEVATION (idem)
5.4 ELEVATION COMMANDING THE START OF THE PURSUIT (in general -2)
5.5 RISE VALUE AT WHICH P1.6 GOES TO 0 ** (P1.6 is an electrical command for a relay 
    (by example) allowing to turn on the station before a passage and to turn it off immediately after)
5.6 ELEVATION VALUE AT WHICH P1.6 GOES TO 1 (idem)


6 (TCVR PARKING FREQUENCIES)

6.1 TX PARKING FREQUENCY AUTHORIZATION 1 = YES, 0 = NO
6.2 PROTECTION AGAINST MOTOR BLOCKING 1 = YES, 0 = NO
6.3 RX PARKING FREQUENCY (TCVR rest frequency between two passages)
6.4 TX PARKING FREQUENCY (idem)
6.5 SERVICE MODE FOR QRG PARKING RX (mode in which the TCVR is placed between two passages)
6.6 IN SERVICE MODE FOR QRG PARKING TX (idem)
6.7 COLLECTION TIME FROM ERROR MODE (in minutes, disabled if = 0, to 61 if you want
    the system remains in error until manual reset) (this parameter adjusts the waiting 
    time of the TRAKBOX before the reset, if an engine refuses to run) TRAKBOX DOCUMENTATION
    Thierry VERNHET F6BXM / March 1999  Page 39


7 (LIMITATION OF ROTOR MOVEMENTS)

7.1 ROTOR MOVEMENT LIMITATION AUTHORIZATION 1 = YES, 0 = NO
7.2 MINIMUM AZIMUT VALUE
7.3 MAXIMUM AZIMUT VALUE
7.4 MINIMUM ELEVATION VALUE
7.5 MAXIMUM ELEVATION VALUE

** Note about P1.6:
After much research and many tests, I noticed that the value of P1.6 ON, conditions the value
elevation at which the antennas return to the "PARKING" after the passage.