[JAVA3D] Setup of Local Coordinate System/axisOfTransform

Here my Problem...if anyone can help I'd greatly appreciate it. I have a RotPosPathInterpolator attached to an object in my VirtualUniverse that moves my object around my virtualUniverse in a global sense (ie its a satellite orbiting the earth)...but I don't know how to rotate it based on a local

[JAVA3D] Changing Alpha's Internal Clock

I was wondering if anyone knew how to change alpha from using the computer's clock to time animation/interpolators to a external clock pulse. Instead of using the computer's clock, I would like to be able to control alpha's value by saying the time is 'Now' and then sometime later, independant of t