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I'm trying to get Commander to send frequency data to SDR Console via Commanders Secondary CAT port when it is connected to SatPC32.? I don't seem to be able to do this.? If I switch Commander to my HF rig (MultiRadio) it will happily send the HF frequency to SDR Console so the function works; just not with SatPC32.? Anyone know how to make this work or is it that the SatPC32 DDE connection doesn't tie into the Secondary CAT port?

Thanks,

Joe W4WT

+ AA6YQ comments below

I'm trying to get Commander to send frequency data to SDR Console via Commanders Secondary CAT port when it is connected to SatPC32. I don't seem to be able to do this. If I switch Commander to my HF rig (MultiRadio) it will happily send the HF frequency to SDR Console so the function works; just not with SatPC32. Anyone know how to make this work or is it that the SatPC32 DDE connection doesn't tie into the Secondary CAT port?

+ When Commander interoperates with SATPC32, SATPC32 controls your transceiver, and Commander tracks SATPC32's frequencies and current satellite information via DDE. The Secondary CAT port is not updated with the uplink or downlink frequency.

73,

Dave, AA6YQ

Thanks for the response Dave.? Any chance this could be considered in a future release of Commander??

The reason I want to do this is to use SDR Console (could be any SDR app) along with my Icom 9700 primarily to follow the Rx frequency.? It would be tied into the Rx antenna in order to get a decent panadapter/waterfall display.? The 9700 is pretty poor in that area and the "scope" function of SatPC32 isn't much better due to the "audio" nature of the input rather than an IF input that would provide much more detail.

Thanks,

Joe W4WT

+ AA6YQ comments below

Thanks for the response Dave. Any chance this could be considered in a future release of Commander?

The reason I want to do this is to use SDR Console (could be any SDR app) along with my Icom 9700 primarily to follow the Rx frequency. It would be tied into the Rx antenna in order to get a decent panadapter/waterfall display. The 9700 is pretty poor in that area and the "scope" function of SatPC32 isn't much better due to the "audio" nature of the input rather than an IF input that would provide much more detail.

+ I am travelling without access to a radio; otherwise, I'd have extended Commander last night.

73,

Dave, AA6YQ

Great!? Thanks,

Joe W4WT

+ AA6YQ comments below

I'm trying to get Commander to send frequency data to SDR Console via Commanders Secondary CAT port when it is connected to SatPC32. I don't seem to be able to do this. If I switch Commander to my HF rig (MultiRadio) it will happily send the HF frequency to SDR Console so the function works; just not with SatPC32. Anyone know how to make this work or is it that the SatPC32 DDE connection doesn't tie into the Secondary CAT port?

+ I sent you a new version of Commander that enables the Secondary CAT port to follow the uplink or downlink frequency when interoperating with SATPC32. Have you received it?

73,

Dave, AA6YQ

Hi Dave,

Just saw this and downloaded the modified version of Commander.? I have a couple of errands to do before I can test it but will check it out this afternoon and provide feedback here.

Thanks,

Joe W4WT

Hi Dave,

Just got back and loaded up Commander test file 14.4.4 and tested it with SatPC32 and SDR Console 3.0.20 and it works perfectly!? SDR Console follows either the uplink or downlink and doppler updates as selected in Commanders Ports tab.

For anyone wanting to do this once the public version becomes available, I used Com0Com to create a pair of virtual ports and assigned one of them to SDR Console by checking the appropriate Com port in the CAT Port Selection menu.? The other port of the pair goes to Commanders secondary CAT Serial Port section.? SDR Console uses Kenwood protocol so that is selected in Commanders Seondary CAT Protocol window.? I use 57600 baud as this is what SDR Console wants and then enable the secondary port and you should be working.? Just select which of the frequencies you want SDR Console to track; uplink or downlink.

Dave, thanks a lot for your quick enhancement to a great program!

73,

Joe W4WT

Hi Dave,

I was a little too quick on the trigger with my last post.? I just had a satellite come over and set up to track it and discovered that the mode being sent from the Secondary Port to SDR Console is the mode of "VFO A", which in this case is the uplink rather than the downlink mode; LSB rather than USB in this case due to the inverting transponders of the linear satellites.? Everything else seems to be just fine.

Joe W4WT

+ AA6YQ comments below

Just got back and loaded up Commander test file 14.4.4 and tested it with SatPC32 and SDR Console 3.0.20 and it works perfectly! SDR Console follows either the uplink or downlink and doppler updates as selected in Commanders Ports tab.

For anyone wanting to do this, I used Com0Com to create a pair of virtual ports and assigned one of them to SDR Console by checking the appropriate Com port in the CAT Port Selection menu. The other port of the pair goes to Commanders secondary CAT Serial Port section. SDR Console uses Kenwood protocol so that is selected in Commanders Seondary CAT Protocol window. I use 57600 baud as this is what SDR Console wants and then enable the secondary port and you should be working. Just select which of the frequencies you want SDR Console to track; uplink or downlink.

+ Thanks for the testing, Joe. Note: this is not yet a public release, as there is more regression testing to do when I return home and regain access to a radio; if anyone else would like to try it, please send email via

aa6yq (at) ambersoft.com

73,

Dave, AA6YQ

+ AA6YQ comments below

I was a little too quick on the trigger with my last post. I just had a satellite come over and set up to track it and discovered that the mode being sent from the Secondary Port to SDR Console is the mode of "VFO A", which in this case is the uplink rather than the downlink mode; LSB rather than USB in this case due to the inverting transponders of the linear satellites. Everything else seems to be just fine.

+ Enabling the Secondary CAT port to track the IC-9700's VFO B will require a further extension to Commander that I will not implement until I return home and have access to a radio.

73,

Dave, AA6YQ

My statement below is incorrect: when Commander's primary transceiver is set to SATPC32, the SATPC32 satellite tracking application controls the primary transceiver, and reports both the uplink and downlink modes to Commander. I have extended the next version of Commander to follow the uplink or downlink mode based on the settings in the "Secondary CAT Serial Port" panel on the Configuration window's Ports tab.

Please let me know how it goes...

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? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Dave, AA6YQ

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On Sat, Mar 7, 2020 at 10:19 PM, Dave AA6YQ wrote:

I am interested in this as well. I am running a 910 with a panadapter board. I would like to be able to see signals and be able to tune or click to them if possible. I got commander linked to satpc32 for DXkeeper logs.
73
Ian
KC3KOP

Joe, I was reading this post on SDR Console, I have been trying this for months and I found the DX labs software and now have SDR console tracking my satpc32 with 910 that has a PAT board installed. My question to you is how do I set the IF freq of my sdr dongle? SDR has only let me do this before if I had Omnirig running connected to my 910?
Thank you for any help
73
Ian - KC3KOP

+ AA6YQ comments below

Joe, I was reading this post on SDR Console, I have been trying this for months and I found the DX labs software and now have SDR console tracking my satpc32 with 910 that has a PAT board installed. My question to you is how do I set the IF freq of my sdr dongle? SDR has only let me do this before if I had Omnirig running connected to my 910?
Thank you for any help

+ Are you requesting that functionality be added to SDR Console? If so, you should request it on the SDR Console discussion group.

73,

Dave, AA6YQ

No I asked Joe how he got it to connect to SDR console. I got commander to talk to SDR console but now I need to be able to tell SDR to look at the IF of my Radio and I can not get it to do that. I asked Joe how he did that be he does not remember.
73
Ian KC3KOP

+ AA6YQ comments below

Actually I Joe did not respond to me another person I asked did and I got the two mixed up, so Joe if you do remember how you did this that would be great.
Thanks
Ian

Responded to Ian via email.

Joe W4WT