[DogParkList] MacLoggerDX and ...

[Don Agro]

Hi Brian,

On Monday, November 18, 2002, at 08:59  PM, Brian Short wrote:

> I am a new user of MacLoggerDX and it is a great program.
> (Using a 500MHz PowerMac G4 with 4 serial ports, OSX.2)

Glad you are enjoying it.

> That said, I have a few observations or thoughts or ...
>
> First, I was a long time LogWindows user (from Win3.1)
> and that program allows clicking on a spot to set the VFO
> as well as to view the antenna bearing, etc.  Similar to
> selecting a spot from the "DX Spots" list.  Any thought
> given to allowing one to click on a spot directly?

Sure, that's an easy one, good idea... a mouse over would do what it 
currently does, a click would act according to the current auto-tune, 
or auto-lookup settings - as if that spot had just come in.

> Also, is there any way to select a larger font for the spots?

Do you mean on the map, or in the status line just above the map ?

> LogWindows supports pointing my antenna also, with the
> HyGain DCU-1.  Any thought given to supporting rotor controllers?

We don't want the antenna swinging around with every spot, but I could 
put in a one-shot button that would point the antenna to the current 
beam heading when pushed, it would require a possible third serial port 
and settings, but that isn't a problem.

MacDopplerPRO has a number of Rotor Controller drivers in it to control 
satellite azimuth-elevation rotors, so adding the button and drivers 
would be fairly simple, but the GS-232 serial computer interface to the 
G-5400 rotors is quite expensive.

Does your rotor have a RS-232 interface ? and if so, can you send me 
the command protocol to control it ?

Thanks for the ideas Brian, I appreciate the feedback.



73 Don Agro VE3VRW

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