Rotor version 1.1.3 released
Tom Lindner (DL2RUM) has released version 1.1.3 of Rotor, a full-featured antenna rotor control app for macOS.
Rotor can control up to 9 rotors. It is able to track stations and satellites automatically with both azimuth and elevation and currently supports SPID, Yaesu (GS-232A/B), DCU-1 and EasyComm rotor protocols. In connection with the Ham Radio Logger RumLogNG or WSJT-X Rotor can control your antenna direction fully automatically.
Rotor predicts satellites passes for the next seven days for your location and calculates sked times for a given satellite to a dx location. It shows positions, footprints and ground tracks on a 2D or 3D map.
Key features:
- controls up to nine rotors (easily to extent if someone uses more)
- supports often used rotor protocols (azimuth and elevation)
- customisable azimuth indication – use your own background map or any other graphic
- supports bidirectional antennas and antennas mounted with an offset
- full automatic control from RUMlog and WSJT-X (JTDX) over network
- manual control from RUMlogNG
- user presets for azimuth ans elevation
- direct numerical or grid square entry or just a mouse click to move antenna
- Moon and satellite tracking
- satellite path predictions and illustration, sked predictions over satellite
- doppler shift correction for IC-705/9700 using RUMlogNG
What’s new in version 1.1.3:
- Fixed a problem when using a 32u4 based Arduino for the SARCNET controller – Tnx Klaus, 9V1KG
Version 1.1.2:
- Support for Prosistel controllers (azimuth and elevation) – Tnx Andrea, IU3MIK
- Elevation support for the GS-232A and GS-232B protocols, tested with the ERC-M controller – Tnx Frank, DH4FR / PA4FR
Rotor is available free of charge via the Mac App Store.
