ONLINE_COMPASS
OnlineCompass: http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/onlinecompass.zip ComEmulDrv: http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/ComEmulDrv3.zip My onlinekiss.ini: 8,19200,N,8,1 ntp.nict.jp Cf: http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/cp4deco1.htm http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/cp4deco2.htm -------------------------------------------------------------------------- I eliminated the uplink command and frequency from the explanation below. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- AW: onlinecompass From: "Mike Rupprecht" To: "Mineo Wakita" Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2008 11:19:14 +0100 Dear Mineo, Of course, you can use OnlineCompass with Soundcard. We and our friendseven in JA using MixW for doing that. A simple way is to contact Testu (JA0CAW), Iji (JA6PL) or Toshio(JA1GDE). They are very active and I think they request data every day (around 0100 UTC) But for you the procedure here in English - how to request housekeepingdata and decode 4k8 MSK with MixW. After launch we started with 1k2 AFSK because we had no possibility to decode 4k8 MSK ( no hardware TNC or modem). But we found a pretty easy way to decode the MSK telemetry based on soundcard and MixW. I think, we should start with decoding. Attached I send you a wav filewith 4k8 MSK. If you have MixW already installed (and maybe you are still familiar with MixW) you can playback the audio file and try to decodethe packets. Attached a screenshot and a sound file for testing the 4k8 MSK mode. I suggest to set your soundcard sample rate to 22050 -> ( MixW ->Configure -> sound device settings). For decoding of real traffic from your transceiver it is necessary touse the DATA OUT (or ACC) port of you transceiver. The headphone jackdoesnft work. The audio signal is filtered and so itfs very important to get the signal as wide as it is. And thatfs the point at the discriminator output. If you work with 9k6 packet you can use this output. The main settings are: CUSTOM AFSK, Baud rate 4875, Tone1- 2400, Tone 2- 4800 Hz. To get the raw data into our software (or other terminal software to get the kiss file) you should use the TNC emulation of MixW. You should install the Com Emulation Driver. The steps are following: 1. Open "System" from Control Panel 2. Select "Hardware" tab 3. Click "Device Manager" 4. Locate "MixW serial port bridge" under "Multi-port serial adapters" 5. Right-click on it and choose "Properties" 6. Select Properties tab 7. Choose first and second emulated ports for each pair WARNING: Choosing ports which already exist may cause driverconflicts! 8. Click OK and reboot the computer (Emulated ports DO NOT appear under "Ports (COM & LPT)" in ControlPanel) Choose for example: COM7 in MixW -> Terminal Emulation COM8 in OnlineCompass (change settings in onlinekiss.ini) You donft need a special soft/hardware ? I will send you all whatyou need to command COMPASS. The very first step is done if you can decode the packets :-) The next one is get the decoded data into our software. For this we usethe TNC Emulation of MixW. You should install a COM Emulation driver, which bridges a virtual COM port to another. So you will have a pair of 2 new virtual COM ports. One port is used by MixW and the second one is usedby my Software ONLINE_COMPASS. The software decodes the byte stream and show all the telemetry valuesand generates a KISS file. If you get the data on your screen out first goal is achieved :-) To request data from COMPASS we use DTMF tones. At the moment I do the following. I run the DTMF software on my laptop, press the regardingbutton and hold the microphone simply in front of the loudspeaker ? thatfsit and it works. There are a lot of commands for different tasks. We start withrequesting of Housekeeping information. The command is ******. If you send this DTMF sequence to COMPASS shewill answer with a short burts of 2 packets with actually housekeeping data. The uplink frequency is 14*.*** MHz (FM). The Downlink frequency is 43*.*** MHz (CW/USB) - this is also the beacon frequency (CW every 4 minutes).If your command is successfully received by COMPASS you will hear a short confirmation beep on this frequency. FM downlink frequency is 43*.*** MHz. The requested data will be send on this frequency. But the FM transmitter is only active in full sunlight. To check your uplink, you can request a CW test beacon with ******. You will hear a CW beacon at 43*.*** MHz. And you can request a 4k8 MSK test packet to check your MixW settings with ******. In this case you will receive the packet on 43*.*** MHz (FM) In both cases you have to send the DTM tone (FM) on 14*.*** MHz. I think that's all for the very first start. I hope that's not too much information. You can play around and try to get some data from COMPASS. If you have any questions please ask me. Also if you need some *.ocx files if my software will not run on your system. There are some hints on my website. It's in german but I believe you can understand the steps. http://www.dk3wn.info/mixw_kiss.shtml http://www.dk3wn.info/software.shtml http://www.dk3wn.info/p/index.php Thank you very much again and best 73, Mike PS: If you need a DTMF software I will send you a file or see here: http://www.polar-electric.com/DTMF/Index.html -----Ursprungliche Nachricht----- Von: Mineo Wakita Gesendet: Sonntag, 21. Dezember 2008 02:21 An: mike-rupprecht Betreff: onlinecompass Hello Mike, Can we use this 'onlinecompass.exe' using TNC only, not SoundCard? JE9PEL, Mineo Wakitahttp://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/compass_4k8_msk.wav How to install and setup 'ComEmulDrv' and how to emulate COM port by JE9PEL 1. Open Control_Panel of Windows_XP 2. Open 'Hardware Add' 3. Click Next after openning Wizard 4. Check 'Yes, Hardware connecting' 5. Click Next after choosing 'New Hardware Device adding' 6. Check 'Install from Hardware List' 7. Click Next after choosing 'Multi-port serial adapters' 8. Click 'Disk Use' and Click 'Browse' 9. Open [ComEmulDrv.inf] in 'ComEmulDrv3.zip' 10. Clisk OK without caring 'Floppy Disk...' message. 11. Install 'MixW serial port bridge' 12. Continue without caring 'WIndows XP...' message 13. Complete 14. Open Control_Panel of Windows_XP 15. System - Hardware - Device Manager 16. Locate 'MixW serial port bridge' under "Multi-port serial adapters' 17. Right-click on it and choose 'Properties' 18. First emulated port - COM7 Second emulated port - COM8 19. MixW2 - Mode - Packet - Mode settings - General - Check 'Emulate KISS TNC on TNC emulation port' 20. MixW - Mode - Mode Settings - Modem - VHF Custom AFSK, Boad rate 4875, Tone 2450-4850 21. MixW2 - Configure - TNC settings - Port COM7 22. MixW2 - Configure - TNC emulation - Port COM7 23. Rewrite 'onlinekiss.ini' of ONLINE_COMPASS 8,19200,N,8,1 ntp.nict.jp 24. Port - COM8 on 'ONLINE_KISS - File - TNC Setup' 25. Complete
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