Ports: Rotator & 2 Ports: Auxiliary; Nd Rotator - microHAM STATION MASTER Manual

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The rotator and 2

rotator channel are used by host applications to control the azimuth of the internal or virtual

rotator. Both rotator channels are active when selected work in parallel in last one win logic. The protocol is Hy-

Gain DCU-1, select this rotor model in your application.

When a COM port is assigned in the Router but not in the

application (or the application is not running) Router will

indicate the channel is closed.

When an application opens the COM port assigned for control (usually at start-up), Router shows the channel as

open and displays baud rate, data bits, parity and number of stop bits used by the application. For example,

9600 8N2 means: 9600 baud, 8 bits data length, parity = none, and two stop bits.

Communication parameters on the two channels do not need to be same. The only requirement is 8 bit data.

NOTE: Rotator control is only active if an Antenna with Rotator flag is selected for RX or TX or if a Virtual Rotor

group is selected for RX or TX. If both the selected RX and TX antennas are part of a Virtual Rotor

group, both virtual rotors are controlled simultaneously.

Mon: Opens a "Rotator Protocol Monitor" window to capture data between the application and the Rotator

control interface. Controls for the monitor include Start, Stop, Clear and Save.

The Rotator Protocol Monitor should not be used under normal conditions. However, for debugging

purposes, it may be useful to Start a capture and close the window. When a problem occurs, the window

can be opened and the Rotator Port log Saved for analysis.

The monitor log is circular – only the last 20 kilobytes or so will be saved in order to prevent creating very

large files.

If a line ends in three dots (...) it means that the command or response has been broken across two USB

packets.

The Auxiliary Port allows an application program to control an auxiliary device attached to the SERIAL port on

the rear panel of Station Master rear panel. Only serial in (RxD) and serial out (TxD) are supported. To enable

the Auxiliary port, set the "Serial port function" at the bottom of the Antenna Switching & PTT Sequencer

Antenna sub-tab to Auxiliary port.

When an application opens the Auxiliary port, Router

reports port as open and displays settings used to

configure COM port.

Data flowing through the channel are indicated by two arrows. The green arrow indicates data flow from the

application and a red arrow indicates data to the host application.

Mon: Opens an "Auxiliary Serial Port Monitor" window to capture data between the application and auxiliary

device. Controls for the monitor include Start, Stop, Clear and Save.

The Auxiliary Serial Port Monitor functions the same as the Rotor Port Monitors.

Rotator & 2

Rotator PORTS

AUXILIARY PORT

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