Oops...I just checked again. Looks like DNEPR OBJECT AE is now in *both* amateur.txt and in cubesat.txt. I'll update amateur and see if I get it.
73, Burns W2BFJ On Thu, Dec 26, 2013 at 8:10 PM, Alan <wa4...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Burns, > > There are two issues here, groups and source files. In this case, the > groups are a part of SatPC32. > They have names like Standard, Diverse, NOAA, etc. The newest version of > SatPC32 allows you to create > your own group names. > > Then there are the source files from CelesTrak which group satellites by > function. The CelesTrak > groupings are things like amateur.txt, cubesat.txt, noaa.txt, and > tle-new.txt for launches in the > preceding 30 days. For instance, after launch AO-73 was in the tle-new > file at first, and either has > or will soon be moved to the amateur.txt file. Note the amsat.all file is > created by merging the data > from several source into ones which are of interest specifically to hams. > In one sense, that is the > most convenient, but unlike the Trak files it is only updated weekly. > > Now, in SatPC32 you can assign a source file to a group. For instance, > amateur.txt to Standard, > tle-new.txt to Diverse, etc. One and only one source, though there are > manual ways to merge them. > You only need to do this assignment once. So assume you have assigned the > tle-new.txt to Diverse, and > then selected the satellites you want, including AO-73. To get AO-73 you > select Satellites, then > Groups, then Diverse and OK it, and you will then have AO-73 and whatever > other new satellites > displayed. Since Diverse is not the default group, you will need to > select the group once each time > you start SatPC32, but not the source file. Note that when AO-73 moves to > amateur.txt, it will > autmatically become available in the Standard list, assuming you have > assigned amateur.txt as the > Standard source file. > > 73s, > > Alan > WA4SCA > > > <-----Original Message----- > <From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org > <[mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Burns Fisher > <Sent: Thursday, December 26, 2013 5:08 PM > <To: AMSAT BB > <Subject: [amsat-bb] Help with SATPC32 (maybe groups) please > < > <Hi Everyone, > < > <I've used SatPC32 for a number of years, but I have been using it in > <"simpleton" mode, it would seem. Now that AO-73 is in the > <"cubesat.txt" > <keps file rather than amateur, I apparently have to take the > <next step in > <my education about this program. > < > <Here the current general question: How do "groups" work. I > <have googled, > <and the term seems to be used both for Celestrak groups and > <for the groups > <in SatPC32 (e.g. Diverse, Standard, etc). I mean the SatPC32 > <groups. What > <I want to do is to have a number of satellites selectable with > <the A,B,C... > <buttons in the lower right. But right now, I have to pull down the > <satellites menu and select "cubesat.txt" to get AO-73 and > <"amateur.txt" to > <get, say, VO-52 and SO-50. And whenever I switch to a new > <keps file, all > <the satellites I have selected as current for the previous > <file disappear > <from the right column. > < > <Somehow, I suspect that 'groups' are the answer to this, but I > <can never > <get the "edit" function under groups to do anything terribly > <useful. It > <looks like I can edit "standard", for example, so that if > <selected, it uses > <the satellites selected from amateur.txt or cubesat.txt but not both. > < > <Ok, so when I get into a pickle like this, it is usually > <because I don't > <understand the concept or the model that the program is using. > < So rather > <than (or as well as) "click x, select y, edit xxx.txt" the > <kind of help I > <hope I can get would be include "how are groups supposed to be > <used?" And > <by the way, I have read the manual, and it again seems to assume that I > <know what groups are supposed to be. > < > <Thanks in advance, > < > <Burns, W2BFJ > <_______________________________________________ > <Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of > <the author. > <Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur > <satellite program! > <Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > < > > _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
