SAT-Master FAQ

<body stylesrc="e_sat_body.html" background="../images/backgr.gif" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" link="#0000FF" vlink="#800080"> <p><font size="5"><b><img src="pix/r_globe.gif" align="right" hspace="0" width="128" height="128"></b></font>On this page I've arranged some regularly asked facts about SAT-Master</p> <p><font size="4"><b><u><br> </u></b></font><font size="5"><b><img src="pix/dot_orange.gif" width="14" height="14"> What is SAT-Master ?</b></font></p> <blockquote> <p>SAT-Master is a program for calculating, positioning and automatical tracking of sat-antennas with an IBM-compatible PC.<br> It needs an AT-286 with DOS 3.3 und EGA-videocard. </p> <p> </p> </blockquote> <p><font size="5"><b><img src="pix/dot_blue.gif" width="14" height="14"> Do you have a test- or shareware of it ?</b></font></p> <blockquote> <p><font size="3">Yes. Here you can download an old revision of the prog as </font><a href="../download/sat25v08.arj" target="_top"><font size="3">Shareware v2.5</font></a><font size="3"> (<strong>384 kB</strong>) .<br> </p> <p> </p> </font> </blockquote> <p><font size="5"><b><img src="pix/dot_grey.gif" width="14" height="14"> </b></font><font size="6"><b><img src="../images/mgs_bild.gif" alt="Mars Global Surveyor" align="right" hspace="0" width="67" height="42"></b></font><font size="5"><b>Which revision is actual ?</b></font></p> <blockquote> <p>The current available program revision is 2.6_07.</p> <p> </p> </blockquote> <p><font size="5"><b><img src="pix/dot_red.gif" width="14" height="14"> Where do I get SAT-Master ?</b></font></p> <blockquote> <p>There are two different packages of SAT-Master, which are only differing in their supported rotor- interfaces.</p> <p><br> 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.</p> </blockquote> <div align="center"><center><table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" width="80%"> <tr> <td valign="top" width="54%"><p align="center">This Release is available at</p> </td> <td valign="top" width="46%"><p align="center">or direct at its Author</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="54%"><p align="center"><a href="http://www.amsat-dl.org/vertrieb" target="_new"><strong>AMSAT-DL e.V. Warenvertrieb</strong></a><strong><br> Martin Blanz<br> - DL9SAD -<br> Liegnitzer Straße 70<br> D-71701 Schwieberdingen</strong> <br> <strong>Fax: +49-7150-397978</strong></p> </td> <td valign="top" width="46%"><p align="center"><a href="mailto:db1hz@qsl.net" target="_top"><strong>Hans Schulze</strong></a><strong><br> - DB1HZ -<br> Lohbrügger Landstr. 1<br> D-21031 Hamburg</strong></p> </td> </tr> </table> </center></div><blockquote> <p>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.<br> 2/3 of the resulting money will go to the <a href="http://www.amsat-dl.org" target="_new">AMSAT-DL</a>.</p> <p><br> The EGIS-Release additional supports the EGIS-Interface (Nitec-Device EPS-103) at a serial port.</p> </blockquote> <div align="center"><center><table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" width="80%"> <tr> <td valign="top" width="54%"><p align="center">This Release is <strong>only</strong> available at</p> </td> <td valign="top" width="46%"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="54%"><p align="center"><a href="http://www.egis-rotor.de" target="_new"><strong>EGIS Equipment GmbH</strong></a><strong><br> Große Flutstraße 40<br> D-63071 Offenbach<br> Germany</strong></p> </td> <td valign="top" width="46%"> </td> </tr> </table> </center></div><blockquote> <p>This package contains a (german) manual with more than 50 pages..<br> Please ask there for current conditions (please do <strong>not</strong> eMail me- I don't know!).</p> <p> </p> </blockquote> <p><font size="5"><b><img src="pix/dot_green.gif" width="14" height="14"> Does the program work with ... </b></font></p> <blockquote> <p><font size="4"><u><br> </u><strong>DOS 7.0 ?</strong></font></p> <p>Yes,if all necessary ressources are available.</p> <p><font size="4"><u><br> </u><strong>Windows 3.x ?</strong></font></p> <p>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.</p> <p><font size="4"><u><br> </u><strong>Windows 95/98 ?</strong></font></p> <p>Yes. SAT-Master is running as a DOS-task on Windows 95. Switch to full-size video in setup - video-options.</p> <p><font size="4"><u><br> </u><strong>Windows NT ?</strong></font></p> <p>Yes. SAT-Master has to be installed as a DOS-program.<br> Never heard about problems with NT 3.,51.<br> 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..</p> <p><font size="4"><u><br> </u><strong>Windows 2000 ?</strong></font></p> <p>Yes. Switch to full-size video in setup - video-options. Please report any errors!</p> <p><font size="4"><u><br> </u><strong>OS/2 Warp ?</strong></font></p> <p>The program-desktop will run well as a DOS-task. I don't know about correct running of antenna-rotation.</p> <p> </p> </blockquote> <p><font size="5"><b><img src="pix/dot_cyan.gif" width="14" height="14"> I want a current manual !</b></font></p> <blockquote> <p>Possible. The (german) <a href="../download/satdoc.arj" target="_top">manual of version 2.5.08</a> (<strong>62 kB</strong>) as RTF/ARJ for Word 95/97/98 is here available.</p> <p>The german <a href="doku/Sat_e.html" target="_new"><font size="4" face="Arial">Documentation of version 2.6</font></a> now also <font color="#FF0000" size="4" face="Arial"><em><strong>ONLINE</strong></em></font><font size="4" face="Arial"><strong> !</strong></font></p> <p> </p> </blockquote> <p><img src="pix/dot_grey.gif" width="14" height="14"> <font size="5"><strong>My program starts with a runtime error 200 !?</strong></font></p> <blockquote> <p><font size="3">This is a known bug of the borland compiler library. A fixup is now available.<br> If you use an EGIS-compilation, please contact the programmer for a free update.</p> <p><a href="../download/sat26a08.exe" target="_top"><font color="#000080" size="4"><strong>DOWNLOAD</strong></font><font size="3"> (220 kB) of update for AMSAT-compilation</a><br> Copy this file into the folder of SAT-Master and run it.<br> <strong>Warning:</strong> will <em><strong>not</strong></em> work with revisions before <strong>2.5</strong> !</font> </p> <p> </p> </blockquote> <p><img src="pix/dot_orange.gif" width="14" height="14"> <font size="5"><strong>Where do I find current elements ?</strong></font></p> <blockquote> <p>Have a look at the <a href="http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ftp/keps/current/nasa.all" target="_new">official element-page of AMSAT-NA</a>.</p> <p> </p> </blockquote> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td align="center"><a href="../e_index.html" target="_top"><img src="../images/arrow_l.gif" alt="to homepage" border="0" width="20" height="20"></a></td> <td align="center"><font size="4"> </font><a href="../e_index.html" target="_top"><font size="4">back to homepage</font></a></td> </tr> </table> <p align="center"><a href="mailto:db1hz@qsl.net" target="_top"><font size="1" face="Arial"><img src="../images/line_eyes.gif" border="0" width="560" height="9"></font></a><font size="1" face="Arial"><br> SAT-Master is a Trademark of DB1HZ. The MGS-pic has been ripped from NASA site.<br> This page was last updated at 26.08.2000 14:37:20..</font></p>  </body>