New station #3852

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Now that I have done some testing on the last couple days and it’s running great so far software wise, the rest should be on the hardware (gear, motor driver and antenna). Also, I might need to try to change the setting from max_el=90 to max_el=180 so the rotator wouldn’t have meridian flip issues (I used that setting on GPredict).

I might continue the next update on my other thread about the rotator as the station is mainly focused on that (it should be station 4205 under testing mode), I will continue update station 3852 here.

Thank you everyone! :slightly_smiling_face:

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This only works in gpredict, not in the current -client.
I implemented it a few years ago in my repo.

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Thanks for the info. That’s a bit unfortunate, is there I can do for the rotator not doing flip when it crossed the meridian or this is only an issue on SatNogs rotator?

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it’s not a rotator hardware issue, rather a calculation problem that is or isn’t in the different software we use.

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Good evening, I managed to successfully done at least two observation tests to track satellites that crossed the meridian.

For everyone that might have a problem with meridian flip and using SatNogs rotator, I used this firmware instead of from the Wiki.

But due to integer overflow, you should use the code from here:

You can adjust the Dir, Step and Homing pin if you are using different board. I use CNC V3 so that would be 5,6 and 2,3. Homing sensor is 9 and 10

It’s temporary fix on the hardware side but the good news is it is working so far :).