ASatLogger Satellite Serial port Help.

ASatLogger can capture serial port data from TNC2 compatible or
KISS TNC's, log the data to disk, and gate valid APRS packets to
the APRS Internet system.

Requirements:
TNC2 compatible or KISS TNC, includine D7/D700/D710
Serial port.
Internet connection (optional).

This version is setup specifcally to capture data from
PCSat, GO-32, Echo and the International Space Station.

See the regular ASatLogger Help file by clicking on main menu 
selection "Help" to configure ASatLogger Internet, user and
"My Station" settings.
 


"Serial port" Tab Quick Start:
  
  1.  Click on "Setup Port" to configure your serial port.
      Select the port, set baud rate, set parity to none,
      Stop bits to 1, and select "Terminate Lines with CR"
      for regular TNC mode or "KISS" for KISS TNC's.
      Click on "Save" button to save serial port settings.
      click "Open Port" button to open the serial port.
      Click on the "X' in the upper right corner to close
      the serial port dialog.
  2.  You can log all serial port data to disk by checking
      "Log serial data".
  3.  You can log all serial port telemetry data to disk by
      checking "Log Serial Telemetry".
  4.  Check "Gate Valid APRS packets to APRS-IS" if you want
      to send received Satellite packets to the APRS-IS 
      when connected to an APRS-IS server.  See the regular 
      ASatLogger help file for details.
  5.  See TNC Help for details on TNC setup.
 
Logging Quick Start:
  
  1. "Log all packets containing".  This check box will cause
     ASatLogger to log any packet that contains text in the
     "Log Text in Packet" combo box to disk.  The file name will be
     similar to the entered text, with the exception of certain
     characters that will be removed.

  2. "Log Text in Packet".  Any packet that contains text entered 
     into this combo box will be saved to disk if "Log all packets
     containing" is checked.  After entering new text and 
     hitting the enter key or exiting the combo box, a dialog
     will appear and ask you to confirm that you want to add
     the text to the log text list.

  3. The "Include in Log" radio buttons allow you to specify
     if a time stamp is included in the log file and the
     type of time stamp.  Options are None, UTC time, and
     local time.

  4. See the regular ASatLogger Help file for details on logging
     packets received from the Internet to disk.


ASatLogger disk files:
  ASatLogger can be configured to log APRS-IS packets to disk.
  The logged files can be viewed via Menu selection "File, View 
  logged data".  The "View File" window allows you to select 
  individual files for viewing, editing and can be used to filter 
  packets in files, and change display formats.  The "View File" 
  window has a help menu selection containing detailed info.

  ASatLogger file name formats:
  LYYYYMMDDxxxx.txt.
  Every log file name starts with an L, contains the date in
  YEARMONTHDAY format, and has an optional descriptive name and
  a .Txt extension.

  ASatLogger capture file Name examples:
  L20071030ANDE.txt contains all packets containing the lettere
  ANDE (including ANDE-1 etc) in the "Log Text in packet" Combo box.

  L20071030ARISS.txt contains all packets containing the lettere
  ARISS in the "Log Text in packet" Combo box.

  L20050730SerialLog.txt contains all packets received
  over the serial port.

  L20050730Telemetry.txt contains all Telemetry packets received
  over the serial port.
  

  Capture file format:
  The actual format depends on the "Log incoming Text" tab, 
  "Include in log header" radio button settings.

  If "No time in header" is selected, the file will only contain the
  raw APRS packet.

  If "UTC time in header" or "Local time in header" is selected each
  line will contain the source of the data, datetime captured, and
  the raw packet.

  Examples:
  Packet captured on serial port, using UTC time stamp.
  !S 16:50:41 !PCSAT2>APRLTM,SGATE:T# IGNORE ASatLogger A side test
  packet   Packet captured from Internet, using UTC time stamp.
  !T 16:53:39 !KC9XG>APRS,PC2XXB:> IGNORE ASatLogger B side test digi 
  packet

 Filtering captured text files:
  The View File menu selection, "Remove", "Header / TimeStamp" can be 
  used to remove the time stamp from the displayed file.

  The View File menu Selection, "Remove", "APRS Header" can be used to
  remove the APRS header, leaving only the packet payload.  The "Header /
  TimeStamp" should be removed before removing the APRS header.

  The View File menu Selection "Remove", "Text" can be used to remove
  entire lines/Packets that contain user entered text.

  The "include or reject lines that contain" text box is used in 
  conjunction with the "Include" or "Reject" radio buttons and the
  "Apply" button to filter the displayed data.

  The "Sort" button can be used to sort the displayed text.

  Displayed text can be Printed, displayed in Hex format, Control char
  format and saved to a new file name.

  Filters only affect displayed text, not the actual disk file. If you
  wish to save a raw file to a new file name, or save a filtered file to
  a new file name, press the "Save File" button.


NOTES:
  ASatLogger is copyright 2007-2008 William Diaz, KC9XG
  APRS is a trademark of Bob Bruninga, WB4APR

Contact info:

Bill
KC9XG
william.diaz@comcast.net
http://www.billdiaz.dynip.com
815-838-1194 home
815-207-3769 cell

For more Sat info:
http://www.ew.usna.edu/~bruninga/astars.html