On this page I've arranged some
regularly asked facts about SAT-Master
What is
SAT-Master ?
SAT-Master is a program for calculating, positioning
and automatical tracking of sat-antennas with an
IBM-compatible PC.
It needs an AT-286 with DOS 3.3 und EGA-videocard.
Do you have a test- or shareware of it ?
Yes. Here you can download an old
revision of the prog as Shareware v2.5 (384
kB) .
Which revision is actual ?
The current available program revision is 2.6_07.
Where do I get SAT-Master ?
There are two different packages of SAT-Master, which
are only differing in their supported rotor- interfaces.
The AMSAT-Release supports the AMSAT-Interface IF-100/PC
at a parallel and the Kenpro-Interface CS-23 at a serial
port. The Kenpro- Interface is still under construction.
This
Release is available at
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or
direct at its Author
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AMSAT-DL
e.V. Warenvertrieb
Martin Blanz
- DL9SAD -
Liegnitzer Straße 70
D-71701 Schwieberdingen
Fax: +49-7150-397978
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Hans
Schulze
- DB1HZ -
Lohbrügger Landstr. 1
D-21031 Hamburg
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The current price is 25 Euro (or any else equal free
convertible currency). The manual has been added as a
file on the program-disk.
2/3 of the resulting money will go to the AMSAT-DL.
The EGIS-Release additional supports the EGIS-Interface
(Nitec-Device EPS-103) at a serial port.
This
Release is only available at
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EGIS
Equipment GmbH
Große Flutstraße 40
D-63071 Offenbach
Germany
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This package contains a (german) manual with more than
50 pages..
Please ask there for current conditions (please do not
eMail me- I don't know!).
Does the program work with ...
DOS 7.0 ?
Yes,if all necessary ressources are available.
Windows 3.x ?
Yes. SAT-Master is running as a DOS-task on Windows
3.x. Maybe you've to edit the PIF-file coming with the
program.
Windows 95/98 ?
Yes. SAT-Master is running as a DOS-task on Windows
95. Switch to full-size video in setup - video-options.
Windows NT ?
Yes. SAT-Master has to be installed as a DOS-program.
Never heard about problems with NT 3.,51.
I myself use NT 4.0 as environment for developing my
progs. Select videooption to full-screen. Direct access
to printerports with NT4 is critical and may cause
timing-trouble during antenna-rotation..
Windows 2000 ?
Yes. Switch to full-size video in setup -
video-options. Please report any errors!
OS/2 Warp ?
The program-desktop will run well as a DOS-task. I
don't know about correct running of antenna-rotation.
I want a current manual !
Possible. The (german) manual of
version 2.5.08 (62 kB) as RTF/ARJ
for Word 95/97/98 is here available.
The german Documentation of version 2.6
now also ONLINE !
My program starts with a runtime error 200
!?
This is a known bug of the borland
compiler library. A fixup is now available.
If you use an EGIS-compilation, please contact the
programmer for a free update.
DOWNLOAD (220 kB) of update for AMSAT-compilation
Copy this file into the folder of SAT-Master and run it.
Warning: will not
work with revisions before 2.5 !
Where do I find current elements ?
Have a look at the official element-page of AMSAT-NA.

SAT-Master is a Trademark of DB1HZ. The MGS-pic has been
ripped from NASA site.
This page was last updated at 26.08.2000 14:37:20..