Waterfall data array is invalid

[haig123]

Hello, Im struggling.

Quick Rundown -

• RasPi 5 *8gb
• L-Band antenna and NESDR - Smart V5 Hardware check out with SATDUMP and SDR++
• Scheduling and kick off work as expected.
• Metadata shows up after observation
• Modified gain using Soapy Server and CubicSDR
• No Rotator installed - yet (Not needed for GOES 18)

Ive made several attempts and Im not making head way. I thought the gain adjustments would do it - No Joy.

Tim

DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.worker Rigctld msg: 1679900000
rig_get_vfo: no rig and/or vfo? rig=0xf0a00668, vfo=0xf13fe230
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.orbital Observer data: {‘lon’: -89.5, ‘lat’: 45.581, ‘elev’: 483}
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.orbital Satellite data: {‘tle0’: ‘0 GOES 18’, ‘tle1’: ‘1 51850U 22021A 25086.44125506 .00000093 00000-0 00000-0 0 9996’, ‘tle2’: ‘2 51850 0.0347 339.0576 0000301 100.1338 127.7704 1.00271617 2115’}
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.orbital Calculated data: {‘alt’: 0.35119080543518066, ‘az’: 4.133444786071777, ‘rng’: 39541104.0, ‘rng_vlct’: -0.10543598979711533, ‘ok’: True}
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.worker Initial frequency: 1679900000
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.worker Rigctld msg: 1679900000
rig_get_vfo: no rig and/or vfo? rig=0xf0a00668, vfo=0xf13fe230
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.observer Tracking stopped.
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.worker Tracking stopped.
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.worker Tracking stopped.
INFO satnogsclient.observer.observer Observation 11307192 finished.
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.observer Rename encoded file for uploading finished
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.observer Creating waterfall plot.
DEBUG satnogsclient.waterfall Reading waterfall file
ERROR satnogsclient.observer.observer Waterfall data array is invalid
DEBUG urllib3.connectionpool Starting new HTTPS connection (1): network.satnogs.org:443
DEBUG urllib3.connectionpool https://network.satnogs.org:443 “PUT /api/observations/11307192/ HTTP/1.1” 20

[fredy]

Hi @haig123 can you copy paste the support report?

To generate it, go to the menu item Advanced -> Support in sudo satnogs-setup, it may take a couple of minutes to be generated.

[haig123]

Generating support report. Please wait…
------------[ copy here ]------------
{
“versions”: {
“satnogs-client”: “unknown”,
“satnogs-ansible”: “unknown”,
“satnogs-flowgraphs”: “unknown”,
“gr-satnogs”: “unknown”,
“gr-soapy”: “unknown”,
“gnuradio”: “unknown”,
“satnogs-config”: “1.0”
},
“state”: {
“is-applied”: false,
“pending-tags”: null
},
“system”: {
“date”: “2025-03-28T10:57:19.796764+00:00”,
“platform”: {
“system”: “Linux”,
“node”: “satnogs-config”,
“release”: “6.6.51+rpt-rpi-v8”,
“version”: “#1 SMP PREEMPT Debian 1:6.6.51-1+rpt3 (2024-10-08)”,
“machine”: “aarch64”,
“processor”: “”
},
“memory”: {
“total”: 8326860800,
“available”: 7995756544,
“percent”: 4.0,
“used”: 228966400,
“free”: 6247464960,
“active”: 590839808,
“inactive”: 1268633600,
“buffers”: 119873536,
“cached”: 1730555904,
“shared”: 2134016,
“slab”: 166649856
},
“disk”: {
“total”: 30649761792,
“used”: 6451900416,
“free”: 22622220288,
“percent”: 22.2
}
},
“configuration”: {
“hamlib_utils_rot_enabled”: true,
“hamlib_utils_rot_opts”: “rotctld -m 204 -r /dev/ttyACM0 -s 9600 -C timeout=200”,
“satnogs_antenna”: “RX”,
“satnogs_api_token”: “[redacted]”,
“satnogs_lo_offset”: “100e3”,
“satnogs_log_level”: “DEBUG”,
“satnogs_rf_gain”: “38”,
“satnogs_rig_ip”: “127.0.0.1”,
“satnogs_rot_baud”: “9600”,
“satnogs_rot_model”: “202”,
“satnogs_rot_port”: “/dev/ttyACM0”,
“satnogs_rx_samp_rate”: “2.048e6”,
“satnogs_scheduler_log_level”: “DEBUG”,
“satnogs_soapy_rx_device”: “driver=rtlsdr”,
“satnogs_station_elev”: “483”,
“satnogs_station_id”: “3990”,
“satnogs_station_lat”: “45.581”,
“satnogs_station_lon”: “-89.5”

[PE0SAT]

Good afternoon,

Some remarks:

• Can you share more log information, we now only see the result and not the reason for this behavior.
• You mention that you will not use a rotor but I do see that a rotor is configured, at the moment rotor support is not yet working, see missing features.

More generic support can be found at the below link.

SatNOGS trouble shooting wiki

[haig123]

I will post after the next pass

I originally configured a rotator, however, I disabled this as these observations are on a GeoSat.1

I will add the rotator when I enable the VHF and UHF antennas.

Yes, I have reviewed the trouble shooting steps.

thank you

[haig123]

If this is not the log output you want , please tell me which one.

Tim Boyle haigboyle@gmail.com
10:03 AM (2 minutes ago)
to me

DEBUG satnogsclient.scheduler.tasks Observer args: {‘observation_id’: 11311864, ‘tle’: {‘tle0’: ‘0 GOES 18’, ‘tle1’: ‘1 51850U 22021A 25087.20770810 .00000093 00000-0 00000+0 0 9994’, ‘tle2’: ‘2 51850 0.0227 319.6391 0000261 118.2309 45.7707 1.00271810 11335’}, ‘observation_end’: datetime.datetime(2025, 3, 28, 15, 2, tzinfo=tzlocal()), ‘frequency’: 1679900000, ‘mode’: ‘FM’, ‘baud’: None}
DEBUG satnogsclient.scheduler.tasks Spawning observer worker.
INFO satnogsclient.observer.observer Begin observation 11311864 …
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.observer Start rotctrl thread.
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.observer TLE: {‘tle0’: ‘0 GOES 18’, ‘tle1’: ‘1 51850U 22021A 25087.20770810 .00000093 00000-0 00000+0 0 9994’, ‘tle2’: ‘2 51850 0.0227 319.6391 0000261 118.2309 45.7707 1.00271810 11335’}
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.observer Observation end: 2025-03-28 15:02:00+00:00
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.worker Tracking initiated
Exception in thread Thread-6:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “/usr/lib/python3.9/threading.py”, line 954, in _bootstrap_inner
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.observer Start rigctrl thread.
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.observer Rig Frequency 1679900000
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.observer Observation end: 2025-03-28 15:02:00+00:00
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.worker Tracking initiated
rig_init: rig does not have rx_range!!
network_open: hoststr=127.0.0.1, portstr=4532
connect to 127.0.0.1:4532 failed, (trying next interface): Network error 111: Connection refused
network_open: failed to connect to 127.0.0.1:4532
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.orbital Observer data: {‘lon’: -89.5, ‘lat’: 45.581, ‘elev’: 483}
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.orbital Satellite data: {‘tle0’: ‘0 GOES 18’, ‘tle1’: ‘1 51850U 22021A 25087.20770810 .00000093 00000-0 00000+0 0 9994’, ‘tle2’: ‘2 51850 0.0227 319.6391 0000261 118.2309 45.7707 1.00271810 11335’}
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.orbital Calculated data: {‘alt’: 0.35110583901405334, ‘az’: 4.133316993713379, ‘rng’: 39543064.0, ‘rng_vlct’: -0.03153010830283165, ‘ok’: True}
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.worker Initial frequency: 1679900000
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.worker Rigctld msg: 1679900000
rig_get_vfo: no rig and/or vfo? rig=0xf0a00680, vfo=0xf13fe230
self.run()
File “/usr/lib/python3.9/threading.py”, line 892, in run
self._target(*self._args, **self._kwargs)
File “/usr/local/lib/python3.9/dist-packages/satnogsclient/observer/worker.py”, line 119, in _communicate_tracking_info
rotator = Rotator(settings.SATNOGS_ROT_MODEL, settings.SATNOGS_ROT_BAUD,
File “/usr/local/lib/python3.9/dist-packages/satnogsclient/rotator.py”, line 23, in init
self.rot_name = getattr(Hamlib, model)
AttributeError: module ‘Hamlib’ has no attribute ‘202’
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.orbital Observer data: {‘lon’: -89.5, ‘lat’: 45.581, ‘elev’: 483}
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.orbital Satellite data: {‘tle0’: ‘0 GOES 18’, ‘tle1’: ‘1 51850U 22021A 25087.20770810 .00000093 00000-0 00000+0 0 9994’, ‘tle2’: ‘2 51850 0.0227 319.6391 0000261 118.2309 45.7707 1.00271810 11335’}
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.orbital Calculated data: {‘alt’: 0.35110583901405334, ‘az’: 4.133316993713379, ‘rng’: 39543064.0, ‘rng_vlct’: -0.031530603766441345, ‘ok’: True}
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.worker Initial frequency: 1679900000
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.worker Rigctld msg: 1679900000
rig_get_vfo: no rig and/or vfo? rig=0xf0a00680, vfo=0xf13fe230
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.orbital Observer data: {‘lon’: -89.5, ‘lat’: 45.581, ‘elev’: 483}
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.orbital Satellite data: {‘tle0’: ‘0 GOES 18’, ‘tle1’: ‘1 51850U 22021A 25087.20770810 .00000093 00000-0 00000+0 0 9994’, ‘tle2’: ‘2 51850 0.0227 319.6391 0000261 118.2309 45.7707 1.00271810 11335’}
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.orbital Calculated data: {‘alt’: 0.35110583901405334, ‘az’: 4.133316993713379, ‘rng’: 39543064.0, ‘rng_vlct’: -0.03153109923005104, ‘ok’: True}
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.worker Initial frequency: 1679900000
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.worker Rigctld msg: 1679900000
rig_get_vfo: no rig and/or vfo? rig=0xf0a00680, vfo=0xf13fe230
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.orbital Observer data: {‘lon’: -89.5, ‘lat’: 45.581, ‘elev’: 483}
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.orbital Satellite data: {‘tle0’: ‘0 GOES 18’, ‘tle1’: ‘1 51850U 22021A 25087.20770810 .00000093 00000-0 00000+0 0 9994’, ‘tle2’: ‘2 51850 0.0227 319.6391 0000261 118.2309 45.7707 1.00271810 11335’}
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.orbital Calculated data: {‘alt’: 0.35110583901405334, ‘az’: 4.133316993713379, ‘rng’: 39543064.0, ‘rng_vlct’: -0.031531594693660736, ‘ok’: True}
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.worker Initial frequency: 1679900000
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.worker Rigctld msg: 1679900000
rig_get_vfo: no rig and/or vfo? rig=0xf0a00680, vfo=0xf13fe230
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.orbital Observer data: {‘lon’: -89.5, ‘lat’: 45.581, ‘elev’: 483}
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.orbital Satellite data: {‘tle0’: ‘0 GOES 18’, ‘tle1’: ‘1 51850U 22021A 25087.20770810 .00000093 00000-0 00000+0 0 9994’, ‘tle2’: ‘2 51850 0.0227 319.6391 0000261 118.2309 45.7707 1.00271810 11335’}
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.orbital Calculated data: {‘alt’: 0.35110583901405334, ‘az’: 4.133316993713379, ‘rng’: 39543064.0, ‘rng_vlct’: -0.03153209388256073, ‘ok’: True}
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.worker Initial frequency: 1679900000
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.worker Rigctld msg: 1679900000
rig_get_vfo: no rig and/or vfo? rig=0xf0a00680, vfo=0xf13fe230
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.orbital Observer data: {‘lon’: -89.5, ‘lat’: 45.581, ‘elev’: 483}
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.orbital Satellite data: {‘tle0’: ‘0 GOES 18’, ‘tle1’: ‘1 51850U 22021A 25087.20770810 .00000093 00000-0 00000+0 0 9994’, ‘tle2’: ‘2 51850 0.0227 319.6391 0000261 118.2309 45.7707 1.00271810 11335’}
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.orbital Calculated data: {‘alt’: 0.35110583901405334, ‘az’: 4.133316993713379, ‘rng’: 39543064.0, ‘rng_vlct’: -0.031532589346170425, ‘ok’: True}
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.worker Initial frequency: 1679900000
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.worker Rigctld msg: 1679900000
rig_get_vfo: no rig and/or vfo? rig=0xf0a00680, vfo=0xf13fe230
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.orbital Observer data: {‘lon’: -89.5, ‘lat’: 45.581, ‘elev’: 483}
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.orbital Satellite data: {‘tle0’: ‘0 GOES 18’, ‘tle1’: ‘1 51850U 22021A 25087.20770810 .00000093 00000-0 00000+0 0 9994’, ‘tle2’: ‘2 51850 0.0227 319.6391 0000261 118.2309 45.7707 1.00271810 11335’}
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.orbital Calculated data: {‘alt’: 0.35110583901405334, ‘az’: 4.133316993713379, ‘rng’: 39543064.0, ‘rng_vlct’: -0.03153308480978012, ‘ok’: True}
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.worker Initial frequency: 1679900000
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.worker Rigctld msg: 1679900000
rig_get_vfo: no rig and/or vfo? rig=0xf0a00680, vfo=0xf13fe230
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.orbital Observer data: {‘lon’: -89.5, ‘lat’: 45.581, ‘elev’: 483}
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.orbital Satellite data: {‘tle0’: ‘0 GOES 18’, ‘tle1’: ‘1 51850U 22021A 25087.20770810 .00000093 00000-0 00000+0 0 9994’, ‘tle2’: ‘2 51850 0.0227 319.6391 0000261 118.2309 45.7707 1.00271810 11335’}
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.orbital Calculated data: {‘alt’: 0.35110583901405334, ‘az’: 4.133316993713379, ‘rng’: 39543064.0, ‘rng_vlct’: -0.03153359889984131, ‘ok’: True}
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.worker Initial frequency: 1679900000
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.worker Rigctld msg: 1679900000
rig_get_vfo: no rig and/or vfo? rig=0xf0a00680, vfo=0xf13fe230
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.orbital Observer data: {‘lon’: -89.5, ‘lat’: 45.581, ‘elev’: 483}
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.orbital Satellite data: {‘tle0’: ‘0 GOES 18’, ‘tle1’: ‘1 51850U 22021A 25087.20770810 .00000093 00000-0 00000+0 0 9994’, ‘tle2’: ‘2 51850 0.0227 319.6391 0000261 118.2309 45.7707 1.00271810 11335’}
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.orbital Calculated data: {‘alt’: 0.35110583901405334, ‘az’: 4.133316993713379, ‘rng’: 39543064.0, ‘rng_vlct’: -0.031534094363451004, ‘ok’: True}
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.worker Initial frequency: 1679900000
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.worker Rigctld msg: 1679900000
rig_get_vfo: no rig and/or vfo? rig=0xf0a00680, vfo=0xf13fe230
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.orbital Observer data: {‘lon’: -89.5, ‘lat’: 45.581, ‘elev’: 483}
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.orbital Satellite data: {‘tle0’: ‘0 GOES 18’, ‘tle1’: ‘1 51850U 22021A 25087.20770810 .00000093 00000-0 00000+0 0 9994’, ‘tle2’: ‘2 51850 0.0227 319.6391 0000261 118.2309 45.7707 1.00271810 11335’}
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.orbital Calculated data: {‘alt’: 0.35110583901405334, ‘az’: 4.133316993713379, ‘rng’: 39543064.0, ‘rng_vlct’: -0.0315345898270607, ‘ok’: True}
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.worker Initial frequency: 1679900000
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.worker Rigctld msg: 1679900000
rig_get_vfo: no rig and/or vfo? rig=0xf0a00680, vfo=0xf13fe230
INFO satnogsclient.observer.observer Start gnuradio thread.
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.orbital Observer data: {‘lon’: -89.5, ‘lat’: 45.581, ‘elev’: 483}
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.orbital Satellite data: {‘tle0’: ‘0 GOES 18’, ‘tle1’: ‘1 51850U 22021A 25087.20770810 .00000093 00000-0 00000+0 0 9994’, ‘tle2’: ‘2 51850 0.0227 319.6391 0000261 118.2309 45.7707 1.00271810 11335’}
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.orbital Calculated data: {‘alt’: 0.35110583901405334, ‘az’: 4.133316993713379, ‘rng’: 39543064.0, ‘rng_vlct’: -0.03153509274125099, ‘ok’: True}
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.worker Initial frequency: 1679900000
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.worker Rigctld msg: 1679900000
rig_get_vfo: no rig and/or vfo? rig=0xf0a00680, vfo=0xf13fe230
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.orbital Observer data: {‘lon’: -89.5, ‘lat’: 45.581, ‘elev’: 483}
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.orbital Satellite data: {‘tle0’: ‘0 GOES 18’, ‘tle1’: ‘1 51850U 22021A 25087.20770810 .00000093 00000-0 00000+0 0 9994’, ‘tle2’: ‘2 51850 0.0227 319.6391 0000261 118.2309 45.7707 1.00271810 11335’}
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.orbital Calculated data: {‘alt’: 0.35110583901405334, ‘az’: 4.133316993713379, ‘rng’: 39543064.0, ‘rng_vlct’: -0.03153558820486069, ‘ok’: True}
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.worker Initial frequency: 1679900000
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.worker Rigctld msg: 1679900000
rig_get_vfo: no rig and/or vfo? rig=0xf0a00680, vfo=0xf13fe230
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.orbital Observer data: {‘lon’: -89.5, ‘lat’: 45.581, ‘elev’: 483}
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.orbital Satellite data: {‘tle0’: ‘0 GOES 18’, ‘tle1’: ‘1 51850U 22021A 25087.20770810 .00000093 00000-0 00000+0 0 9994’, ‘tle2’: ‘2 51850 0.0227 319.6391 0000261 118.2309 45.7707 1.00271810 11335’}
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.orbital Calculated data: {‘alt’: 0.35110583901405334, ‘az’: 4.133316993713379, ‘rng’: 39543064.0, ‘rng_vlct’: -0.03153608366847038, ‘ok’: True}
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.worker Initial frequency: 1679900000
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.worker Rigctld msg: 1679900000
rig_get_vfo: no rig and/or vfo? rig=0xf0a00680, vfo=0xf13fe230
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.orbital Observer data: {‘lon’: -89.5, ‘lat’: 45.581, ‘elev’: 483}
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.orbital Satellite data: {‘tle0’: ‘0 GOES 18’, ‘tle1’: ‘1 51850U 22021A 25087.20770810 .00000093 00000-0 00000+0 0 9994’, ‘tle2’: ‘2 51850 0.0227 319.6391 0000261 118.2309 45.7707 1.00271810 11335’}
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.orbital Calculated data: {‘alt’: 0.35110583901405334, ‘az’: 4.133316993713379, ‘rng’: 39543064.0, ‘rng_vlct’: -0.03153658285737038, ‘ok’: True}
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.worker Initial frequency: 1679900000
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.worker Rigctld msg: 1679900000
rig_get_vfo: no rig and/or vfo? rig=0xf0a00680, vfo=0xf13fe230
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.orbital Observer data: {‘lon’: -89.5, ‘lat’: 45.581, ‘elev’: 483}
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.orbital Satellite data: {‘tle0’: ‘0 GOES 18’, ‘tle1’: ‘1 51850U 22021A 25087.20770810 .00000093 00000-0 00000+0 0 9994’, ‘tle2’: ‘2 51850 0.0227 319.6391 0000261 118.2309 45.7707 1.00271810 11335’}
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.orbital Calculated data: {‘alt’: 0.35110583901405334, ‘az’: 4.133316993713379, ‘rng’: 39543064.0, ‘rng_vlct’: -0.03153708204627037, ‘ok’: True}
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.worker Initial frequency: 1679900000
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.worker Rigctld msg: 1679900000
rig_get_vfo: no rig and/or vfo? rig=0xf0a00680, vfo=0xf13fe230
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.orbital Observer data: {‘lon’: -89.5, ‘lat’: 45.581, ‘elev’: 483}
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.orbital Satellite data: {‘tle0’: ‘0 GOES 18’, ‘tle1’: ‘1 51850U 22021A 25087.20770810 .00000093 00000-0 00000+0 0 9994’, ‘tle2’: ‘2 51850 0.0227 319.6391 0000261 118.2309 45.7707 1.00271810 11335’}
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.orbital Calculated data: {‘alt’: 0.35110583901405334, ‘az’: 4.133316993713379, ‘rng’: 39543064.0, ‘rng_vlct’: -0.031537577509880066, ‘ok’: True}
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.worker Initial frequency: 1679900000
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.worker Rigctld msg: 1679900000
rig_get_vfo: no rig and/or vfo? rig=0xf0a00680, vfo=0xf13fe230
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.orbital Observer data: {‘lon’: -89.5, ‘lat’: 45.581, ‘elev’: 483}
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.orbital Satellite data: {‘tle0’: ‘0 GOES 18’, ‘tle1’: ‘1 51850U 22021A 25087.20770810 .00000093 00000-0 00000+0 0 9994’, ‘tle2’: ‘2 51850 0.0227 319.6391 0000261 118.2309 45.7707 1.00271810 11335’}
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.orbital Calculated data: {‘alt’: 0.35110583901405334, ‘az’: 4.133316993713379, ‘rng’: 39543064.0, ‘rng_vlct’: -0.03153807669878006, ‘ok’: True}
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.worker Initial frequency: 1679900000
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.worker Rigctld msg: 1679900000
rig_get_vfo: no rig and/or vfo? rig=0xf0a00680, vfo=0xf13fe230
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.orbital Observer data: {‘lon’: -89.5, ‘lat’: 45.581, ‘elev’: 483}
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.orbital Satellite data: {‘tle0’: ‘0 GOES 18’, ‘tle1’: ‘1 51850U 22021A 25087.20770810 .00000093 00000-0 00000+0 0 9994’, ‘tle2’: ‘2 51850 0.0227 319.6391 0000261 118.2309 45.7707 1.00271810 11335’}
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.orbital Calculated data: {‘alt’: 0.35110583901405334, ‘az’: 4.133316993713379, ‘rng’: 39543064.0, ‘rng_vlct’: -0.031538572162389755, ‘ok’: True}
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.worker Initial frequency: 1679900000
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.worker Rigctld msg: 1679900000
rig_get_vfo: no rig and/or vfo? rig=0xf0a00680, vfo=0xf13fe230
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.orbital Observer data: {‘lon’: -89.5, ‘lat’: 45.581, ‘elev’: 483}
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.orbital Satellite data: {‘tle0’: ‘0 GOES 18’, ‘tle1’: ‘1 51850U 22021A 25087.20770810 .00000093 00000-0 00000+0 0 9994’, ‘tle2’: ‘2 51850 0.0227 319.6391 0000261 118.2309 45.7707 1.00271810 11335’}
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.orbital Calculated data: {‘alt’: 0.35110586881637573, ‘az’: 4.133316993713379, ‘rng’: 39543064.0, ‘rng_vlct’: -0.03153906762599945, ‘ok’: True}
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.worker Initial frequency: 1679900000
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.worker Rigctld msg: 1679900000
rig_get_vfo: no rig and/or vfo? rig=0xf0a00680, vfo=0xf13fe230
Found Rafael Micro R820T tuner
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.orbital Observer data: {‘lon’: -89.5, ‘lat’: 45.581, ‘elev’: 483}
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.orbital Satellite data: {‘tle0’: ‘0 GOES 18’, ‘tle1’: ‘1 51850U 22021A 25087.20770810 .00000093 00000-0 00000+0 0 9994’, ‘tle2’: ‘2 51850 0.0227 319.6391 0000261 118.2309 45.7707 1.00271810 11335’}
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.orbital Calculated data: {‘alt’: 0.35110586881637573, ‘az’: 4.133316993713379, ‘rng’: 39543064.0, ‘rng_vlct’: -0.031539566814899445, ‘ok’: True}
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.worker Initial frequency: 1679900000
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.worker Rigctld msg: 1679900000
rig_get_vfo: no rig and/or vfo? rig=0xf0a00680, vfo=0xf13fe230
[INFO] Opening Generic RTL2832U OEM :: 42939399…
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.orbital Observer data: {‘lon’: -89.5, ‘lat’: 45.581, ‘elev’: 483}
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.orbital Satellite data: {‘tle0’: ‘0 GOES 18’, ‘tle1’: ‘1 51850U 22021A 25087.20770810 .00000093 00000-0 00000+0 0 9994’, ‘tle2’: ‘2 51850 0.0227 319.6391 0000261 118.2309 45.7707 1.00271810 11335’}
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.orbital Calculated data: {‘alt’: 0.35110586881637573, ‘az’: 4.133316993713379, ‘rng’: 39543064.0, ‘rng_vlct’: -0.03154006227850914, ‘ok’: True}
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.worker Initial frequency: 1679900000
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.worker Rigctld msg: 1679900000
rig_get_vfo: no rig and/or vfo? rig=0xf0a00680, vfo=0xf13fe230
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.orbital Observer data: {‘lon’: -89.5, ‘lat’: 45.581, ‘elev’: 483}
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.orbital Satellite data: {‘tle0’: ‘0 GOES 18’, ‘tle1’: ‘1 51850U 22021A 25087.20770810 .00000093 00000-0 00000+0 0 9994’, ‘tle2’: ‘2 51850 0.0227 319.6391 0000261 118.2309 45.7707 1.00271810 11335’}
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.orbital Calculated data: {‘alt’: 0.35110586881637573, ‘az’: 4.133316993713379, ‘rng’: 39543064.0, ‘rng_vlct’: -0.031540557742118835, ‘ok’: True}
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.worker Initial frequency: 1679900000
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.worker Rigctld msg: 1679900000
rig_get_vfo: no rig and/or vfo? rig=0xf0a00680, vfo=0xf13fe230
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.orbital Observer data: {‘lon’: -89.5, ‘lat’: 45.581, ‘elev’: 483}
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.orbital Satellite data: {‘tle0’: ‘0 GOES 18’, ‘tle1’: ‘1 51850U 22021A 25087.20770810 .00000093 00000-0 00000+0 0 9994’, ‘tle2’: ‘2 51850 0.0227 319.6391 0000261 118.2309 45.7707 1.00271810 11335’}
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.orbital Calculated data: {‘alt’: 0.35110586881637573, ‘az’: 4.133316993713379, ‘rng’: 39543064.0, ‘rng_vlct’: -0.03154105693101883, ‘ok’: True}
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.worker Initial frequency: 1679900000
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.worker Rigctld msg: 1679900000
rig_get_vfo: no rig and/or vfo? rig=0xf0a00680, vfo=0xf13fe230
Found Rafael Micro R820T tuner
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.orbital Observer data: {‘lon’: -89.5, ‘lat’: 45.581, ‘elev’: 483}
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.orbital Satellite data: {‘tle0’: ‘0 GOES 18’, ‘tle1’: ‘1 51850U 22021A 25087.20770810 .00000093 00000-0 00000+0 0 9994’, ‘tle2’: ‘2 51850 0.0227 319.6391 0000261 118.2309 45.7707 1.00271810 11335’}
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.orbital Calculated data: {‘alt’: 0.35110586881637573, ‘az’: 4.133316993713379, ‘rng’: 39543064.0, ‘rng_vlct’: -0.031541552394628525, ‘ok’: True}
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.worker Initial frequency: 1679900000
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.worker Rigctld msg: 1679900000
rig_get_vfo: no rig and/or vfo? rig=0xf0a00680, vfo=0xf13fe230
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.orbital Observer data: {‘lon’: -89.5, ‘lat’: 45.581, ‘elev’: 483}
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.orbital Satellite data: {‘tle0’: ‘0 GOES 18’, ‘tle1’: ‘1 51850U 22021A 25087.20770810 .00000093 00000-0 00000+0 0 9994’, ‘tle2’: ‘2 51850 0.0227 319.6391 0000261 118.2309 45.7707 1.00271810 11335’}
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.orbital Calculated data: {‘alt’: 0.35110586881637573, ‘az’: 4.133316993713379, ‘rng’: 39543064.0, ‘rng_vlct’: -0.03154204785823822, ‘ok’: True}
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.worker Initial frequency: 1679900000
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.worker Rigctld msg: 1679900000
rig_get_vfo: no rig and/or vfo? rig=0xf0a00680, vfo=0xf13fe230
[R82XX] PLL not locked!
[INFO] Using format CF32.
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.orbital Observer data: {‘lon’: -89.5, ‘lat’: 45.581, ‘elev’: 483}
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.orbital Satellite data: {‘tle0’: ‘0 GOES 18’, ‘tle1’: ‘1 51850U 22021A 25087.20770810 .00000093 00000-0 00000+0 0 9994’, ‘tle2’: ‘2 51850 0.0227 319.6391 0000261 118.2309 45.7707 1.00271810 11335’}
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.orbital Calculated data: {‘alt’: 0.35110586881637573, ‘az’: 4.133316993713379, ‘rng’: 39543064.0, ‘rng_vlct’: -0.031542543321847916, ‘ok’: True}
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.worker Initial frequency: 1679900000
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.worker Rigctld msg: 1679900000
rig_get_vfo: no rig and/or vfo? rig=0xf0a00680, vfo=0xf13fe230
[ERROR] ./lib/tcp_rigctl_msg_source_impl.cc:147: Could not connect at rigctl server 127.0.0.1
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.orbital Observer data: {‘lon’: -89.5, ‘lat’: 45.581, ‘elev’: 483}
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.orbital Satellite data: {‘tle0’: ‘0 GOES 18’, ‘tle1’: ‘1 51850U 22021A 25087.20770810 .00000093 00000-0 00000+0 0 9994’, ‘tle2’: ‘2 51850 0.0227 319.6391 0000261 118.2309 45.7707 1.00271810 11335’}
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.orbital Calculated data: {‘alt’: 0.35110586881637573, ‘az’: 4.133316993713379, ‘rng’: 39543064.0, ‘rng_vlct’: -0.03154304251074791, ‘ok’: True}
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.worker Initial frequency: 1679900000
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.worker Rigctld msg: 1679900000
rig_get_vfo: no rig and/or vfo? rig=0xf0a00680, vfo=0xf13fe230
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.orbital Observer data: {‘lon’: -89.5, ‘lat’: 45.581, ‘elev’: 483}
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.orbital Satellite data: {‘tle0’: ‘0 GOES 18’, ‘tle1’: ‘1 51850U 22021A 25087.20770810 .00000093 00000-0 00000+0 0 9994’, ‘tle2’: ‘2 51850 0.0227 319.6391 0000261 118.2309 45.7707 1.00271810 11335’}
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.orbital Calculated data: {‘alt’: 0.35110586881637573, ‘az’: 4.133316993713379, ‘rng’: 39543064.0, ‘rng_vlct’: -0.0315435416996479, ‘ok’: True}
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.worker Initial frequency: 1679900000
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.worker Rigctld msg: 1679900000
rig_get_vfo: no rig and/or vfo? rig=0xf0a00680, vfo=0xf13fe230
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.orbital Observer data: {‘lon’: -89.5, ‘lat’: 45.581, ‘elev’: 483}
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.orbital Satellite data: {‘tle0’: ‘0 GOES 18’, ‘tle1’: ‘1 51850U 22021A 25087.20770810 .00000093 00000-0 00000+0 0 9994’, ‘tle2’: ‘2 51850 0.0227 319.6391 0000261 118.2309 45.7707 1.00271810 11335’}
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.orbital Calculated data: {‘alt’: 0.35110586881637573, ‘az’: 4.133316993713379, ‘rng’: 39543064.0, ‘rng_vlct’: -0.0315440371632576, ‘ok’: True}
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.worker Initial frequency: 1679900000
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.worker Rigctld msg: 1679900000
rig_get_vfo: no rig and/or vfo? rig=0xf0a00680, vfo=0xf13fe230
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.orbital Observer data: {‘lon’: -89.5, ‘lat’: 45.581, ‘elev’: 483}
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.orbital Satellite data: {‘tle0’: ‘0 GOES 18’, ‘tle1’: ‘1 51850U 22021A 25087.20770810 .00000093 00000-0 00000+0 0 9994’, ‘tle2’: ‘2 51850 0.0227 319.6391 0000261 118.2309 45.7707 1.00271810 11335’}
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.orbital Calculated data: {‘alt’: 0.35110586881637573, ‘az’: 4.133316993713379, ‘rng’: 39543064.0, ‘rng_vlct’: -0.03154453635215759, ‘ok’: True}
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.worker Initial frequency: 1679900000
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.worker Rigctld msg: 1679900000
rig_get_vfo: no rig and/or vfo? rig=0xf0a00680, vfo=0xf13fe230
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.observer Tracking stopped.
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.worker Tracking stopped.
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.worker Tracking stopped.
INFO satnogsclient.observer.observer Observation 11311864 finished.
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.observer Rename encoded file for uploading finished
DEBUG satnogsclient.observer.observer Creating waterfall plot.
DEBUG satnogsclient.waterfall Reading waterfall file
ERROR satnogsclient.observer.observer Waterfall data array is invalid

[PE0SAT]

Hi Tim,

This seems to be the reason of everything going wrong:

network_open: hoststr=127.0.0.1, portstr=4532
connect to 127.0.0.1:4532 failed, (trying next interface): Network error 111: Connection refused
network_open: failed to connect to 127.0.0.1:4532

Port 4532 belongs to rigctld and that is responsible for Doppler correction.

So it seems something is wrong with the rigctld docker container that is being used by the client container.

sudo docker ps -f 'name=^satnogs_' --format "table {{.Names}}\t{{.Status}}"

Looking at the meta data of one of your obs

https://network.satnogs.org/observations/11311865/#tab-metadata I see you altered the rigctl-host: "127.0.0.1" value, this should be equal to the name of the rigctld container and not 127.0.0.1

Jan | PE0SAT

[haig123]

Isn’t 127.0.0.1 the loopback ie local host? I don’t think I touched that parameter. What should it be ?

[haig123]

@PE0SAT

sudo docker ps -f ‘name=^satnogs_’ --format “table {{.Names}}\t{{.Status}}”

Is this what you wanted to look at?

wt8d@headless:~/hamlib-4.5.5 $ sudo docker ps -f ‘name=^satnogs_’ --format “table {{.Names}}\t{{.Status}}”
NAMES STATUS
satnogs_rigctld Up 19 hours
satnogs_satnogs-client Up 19 hours

[Acinonyx]

I can see in your support report that the default value of rigctld in the SATNOGS_RIG_IP option has been overridden to 127.0.0.1. You should remove it in satnogs-setup to revert to the default or replace it with rigctld explicitly. You can find this option under Advanced -> Radio submenu.

Also, I can see that SATNOGS_ROT_* options are enabled although you mentioned that you don’t have any rotator at the moment. These options should also be removed. Be aware that on the dockerized release that you are running, rotator support is not available yet. Remove these options as well as the HAMLIB_UTILS_ROT_* options. You can find these options under Advanced -> Rotator and Advanced -> Hamlib submenus respectively.

P.S. Options that have been overridden from the default can be easily identified by an asterisk (*) preceding their description.

[PE0SAT]

@haig123

satnogs_rigctld

Is is, but when using virtual solutions like docker setup there are more “localhost” definitions.
change rigctl-host: "127.0.0.1" with rigctl-host: "satnogs_rigctld"

[haig123]

Will do and revert

thank you

[haig123]

Does FALSE = enabled? That is what I have it set to

Thank You

[Acinonyx]

When configuring boolean options in satnogs-setup, you will be prompted to choose between Yes and No:

• Yes corresponds to true
• No corresponds to false

The actual effect - whether a feature is enabled or disabled - depends on the specific meaning of the option, so read the descriptions carefully.

If an asterisk appears right before the description, then it means that the option has been overridden from the default.

[haig123]

The HAMLIB_UTILS_ROT_ENABALED setting was and is FALSE. That is why I asked the question. I don’t have a choice of 0 or 1 or True or False , I selected No and the selection wrote [False] I will remove any parameters that are associated with Rotator function.

Thanks
Tim

[haig123]

Well , it didn’t fail, so we are getting somewhere. I am trying a different freq. same sat, I will let you know.

Thank you for the help

BTW what build should I look at to install as I have the rotator and antennas ready to go after I get the static SAT bugs worked out?

Tim

[PE0SAT]

@haig123

3990

Hi Tim,

Great to see it is working.

If I am wrong I hope someone will correct me, the current docker install seems to have an issue with serial connected devices. If you have a rotor that supports the rotcld you can configure a remote controlled rotor on this SatNOGS client as a workaround.

Jan | PE0SAT

[haig123]

@PE0SAT

rotcld

So , run the daemon on a separate machine and call via TCP ?

thanks

Tim

[PE0SAT]

Indeed, that should be a temporary workaround

[SA2KNG]

or run it in a separate stack…
create and enter a directory for it, like ~/rotator
copy to file docker-compose.yml :

services:
  rotctld:
    image: librespace/hamlib:4.0
    user: '999'
    read_only: true
    environment:
      MODEL: "202"
      SERIAL_SPEED: "9600"
      SET_CONF: "min_az=0,max_az=360,min_el=0,max_el=90"
      ROT_FILE: "/dev/rotator"
    ports:
      - '4533:4533'
    device_cgroup_rules:
      - 'c 188:* rwm'
    devices:
      - '/dev/ttyACM0:/dev/rotator'
    restart: 'unless-stopped'
    command: 'rotctld'
    stop_grace_period: 1s

you need to change the line with the device mapping to /dev/rotator, but only on the left side of the colon.
the format is <source>:<target> and only change source.

you can change the MODEL, SERIAL_SPEED and SET_CONF as you like, the ROT_FILE should not be touched.

bring it up with docker compose up -d and down with docker compose down when you don’t need it.
check the logs with docker compose logs -f
and query it with docker compose exec -it rotctld rotctl -m 2 like enter the p command:

Rotator command: p
Azimuth: 179.00
Elevation: 147.00

edit: depending on compose version, you might need to change docker compose to docker-compose