Downloads

1 a. If you want to test the  SatPC32 programs you can  download the present  German or English version 12.8b. The program will be installed as Demo version.  The only restricition of the Demo: The user's QTH coordinates can not be stored for the main program SatPC32.Exe,  but have to be entered at every  program start. 

What's New  in Vers. 12.8b ?

The full versions can be activated by entering a registration code. The code can be obtained from 

AMSAT- DL  (European users), 
AMSAT-UK  (users in Great Britain or  
AMSAT-NA  (North American users).  

The files themthelves contain detailed information  on how to purchase the code..

The included programs SatPC32ISS, Wisat32, WinAOS, WinListen, SuM and SuMListen (see page 'Software') are full versions. 

2. Downloads

Read this before you dowload one of the files, please. 

If you run Windows Vista or Windows 7 (32- and 64-bit) read also the file Vista and Windows 7 compatibility .



SatPC32 Demo  ( English version,  32 MB, for European users) 

SatPC32 Demo  ( English version,  32 MB, for North American users) 
 . 
SatPC32-Demo   ( German version,  32 MB)

Look also for possible patch files (sect. 7 below)!

Manual  (English, V. 12.8b,  300 K, HTML-Format) 
Manual  (German, V. 12.8b,  250 K, HTML-Format)

Manual  (English, V. 12.5, 500 K, PDF-Format, illustrated by DJ1KM)
Manual (German, V. 12.5,  500 K, PDF-Format, illustrated by  DJ1KM)

3. Installation 
Unzip the downloaded file into an empty folder on your HD and proceed as described in the file "Read this before your download .....", see above. . 

IMPORTANT: Under Windows Vista and Windows 7 (32- and 64-bit) right click on the filename "setup" and from the list that opens choose "Run as administrator".

Updating of older  program versions
Program version 12.8b can be installed over versions 12.8, 12.8a (that means into the same program folder that contains the older program version).  Unfortunately, the Installshield setup program of SatPC32 V.12.8b deletes all program data of versions. 12.8 and 12.8a, however. Your personal settings  will be lost. The program 'DataBackup.Exe' allows you to easily  save your settings via mouse click and then to restore them after the installation of V.12.8b is finished.  The program 'DataBackup.Exe' is contained in the SatPC32Demo ZIP files that can be downloaded with the links above.The  files contain also the file UpdateInstruction.txt  Unzip the downloaded file into an empty folder on your HD.  Read the UpdateInstructions.txt. or click on  Update Instructions and run DataBackup  before you start the setup program. 

After V. 12.8b has been installed DataBackup can also be started from the SatPC32 menu "Programs". Add a line "DataBackup" (without quotation marks) to the list of the  auxilary. file "Program.SQF". The file can be opened and edited from the SatPC32 menu "?", "Auxiliary Files".  

Don't install SatPC32 12.8b  over 12.7 or older versions but into a completely empty program folder!
 
Up to V. 12.7 the program  stored program data in the SatPC32 program folder and several sub folders. That can cause problems under Windows Vista and Windows 7, however. Beginning with  V. 12.8 the program  therefore  stores data in a data folder 'SatPC32' and several sub folders in a Windows system folder for application data.   For detailed hints read the   Update Instructions, please.


4. FAQs
With possible questions or problems  read the FAQs file, please.  The file contains answers to frequently asked  questions - for example on how to update Keplerian data - and solutions for known problems.  

The file that can be downloaded with this link will continuously be completed and therefore possibly be newer than the file  that comes with SatPC32. 

 

5. More Downloads

a.
The Space-Track TLE Retriever by Dr. T.S. Kelso is a very comfortable  tool which allows users with an active Space Track account to easily download Space Track data sets and use them to generate standard CelesTrak data sets  that can be used with SatPC32.  

Downlod  the SpaceTrackTLE-Retriever

HalloKepler by Gerd Riesner, DB3DH, is a similar comfortable program. 

Downlod  HalloKepler


b. DDESat32 Vers. 12.8 (full version). 
DDESat32 is an interface program to be used with Wisp32. The program is in German  but easy to understand  by  everyone (see the description and screenshots on the page 'Software'). 

To install the program unzip the downloaded file into an empty folder on your HD. Start the setup program in that folder and follow the instructions.

For detailed information read the DDESat32  Manual (English).

Download DDESat32   for use with SatPC32 V. 12.8 and 12.8a.

If you are using SatPC32 12.4 ... 12.7  download the older version  DDESat32_12.4.


c.
The program AOS.Exe  (DOS-version) can be downloaded (for free), either in German or in English. The program creates lists in chronological order of the audibility times of satellites.
AOS V. 3.0 (German)  (159 K)
AOS V. 2.5 (English)  (68 K)

d. SuM programs
The SatPC32 V. 12.8 setup program installs  these programs automatically.   

e. ServerSDX for Yaesu compatible azimuth (only) controllers
The ServerSDX.Exe file that comes with SatPC32 is designed to steer Yaesu GS-232B compatible rotor controllers  for azimuth/elevation rotors. The program doesn't work with controllers for azimuth-only rotors, for example the Alfa Spid RAK rotors.  With the link below you can download a special ServerSDX.Exe file that can be used to steer such azimuth rotors. 
First save your present ServerSDX.Exe file. You will find  it in the sub folder "SDX" in the SatPC32 program folder (usually  C:\Program Files\SDX).  Then unzip the downloaded file into that sub folder and restart SatPC32.

Server SDX for azimuth rotors

e. TimeSync
Satellite operation requires a highly accurate system time.  With the link below you can download the tool TimeSync.  It synchronizes the PC's system clock  with one of the internet time servers. This way you can ensure  that the PC's  system time is accurate.  

Extract the TimeSync setup program from the downloaded ZIP file and save it somewhere on your HD. Start it by double clicking on the file name "TimeSyncSetup.Exe"  and follow the instructions. 
IMPORTANT: Under Windows Vista and Windows 7 the setup program must be started with the option "Run as Administrator". To do so right click on the program name and in the list that opens choose that option. 

The setup program generates an icon (shortcut) on the desktop. To start TimeSync double click on the icon. For further instructions  click on the "Help" button in the TimeSync program window. . 

Download TimeSyncSetupE.ZIP  

f. Buffer interfaces
Buffer interface for Labjack U12

Buffer interface for Labjack U3

For rotor control with the Labjack U12 and U3 an interface is required that buffers the output terminals of the U12 and U3  vs. the rotor control box. Unfortunately the readymade 'Piggyback' from NLSA is no longer available.  With the 2 links above you can download the schematic diagrams of this homemade interface which also show how to connect it to the U12 and U3.  The interface can easily be duplicated, the only component is  a ULN2003AN. I don't have a PC board, however.  I mounted the chip and the 8-pin DIN connector on a small piece of conductor board, see picture

6. Accy      
 How to add data for  new satellites
The data files that come with SatPC32 contain data for many important radio amateur satellites. Data for other satellites must be added manually to the existing data files. For detailed hints see the "Tutorial" by Wayne Estes, W9AE. It can be displayed from the FAQs file, sect. 1a. 

With the link below you can download data of the lately launched  SO-67 and HO-68. The data can be added to the existing data files Doppler.SQF, SubTone.SQF and AmsatNames.txt.

SatPC32 data for SO-67 and HO-68


7. Patches 

Modified SatPC32, SatPC32ISS and Wisat .exe files.
Important: These files are only needed for setup files which have been downloaded before Dec. 14th, 2011. 

With the links below you can download mofied exe files of SatPC32, SatPC32ISS and Wisat32 that fix some errors of v. 12.8b. 
First save the present files, for example rename them. The files are located in the SatPC32 program folder (usually C:\Program Files\SatPC32).Then unzip the downloaded file into that folder. 

Fixed errors
a. 
If Cat control of the ICOM IC-9100 is made via the USB port of the radio it is most important to first close SatPC32 or at least to disable CAT control (C-) before the radio is turned off.  Otherwise an error message will appear  (DCB error). With SSB satellites this message will even be repeated every second (because the program tries to poll the VFO once per second). If this happens press the 'Return' key of the keyboard  to  close the message window and simultaneously try to shut down SatPC32 via the mouse. 

The 3 modified files trap this error. If the radio is turned off while CAT control is active the program disables CAT control and can be terminated nomally. If you want to continue CAT control first close SatPC32, then turn on the radio, then restart the program

If the error stays on the radio should be controlled via the traditional CI-V port. That works flawlessly but  requires a serial (physical or "virtual") port of the PC and a CAT interface for level conversion RS-232/TTL, for example the ICOM CT-17. For PCs without a physical serial port -  for example Laptops -  a "CAT cable" is an easy, inexpensive  solution. The CAT cable is  a combination of a USB-to-Serial adapter and a CAT interface that connects the radio directly to a USB port of the PC. It  requires an appropriate driver of the USB-to-Serial adapter, however, see also Vista and Windows 7 compatibility.

I obtained my cable from Landolt Computer, a German dealer (http://www.landolt.de/info/afuinfo/icom_cat.htm).   It works flawlessly under Windows  XP, Windows Vista  and Windows 7, 32- and 64-bit.

b. With window size 3 (W3) the world map can be stretched. If the map size has been enlarged or reduced the results of the locator function will become wrong. Therefore this function becomes disabled if the map is stretched. To enable the function  click on W1 - W3.   

c. The info line at the bottom of menu "CAT" displays the data line of the chosen satellite in Doppler.SQF(only SatPC32). If the file contains multiple entries for this satellite the info line will show a wrong satellite name if the users selects the 2nd or a further entry. That has also been fixed. 

d. With SatPC32ISS the position of the AOS and LOS times below the world map has been adjusted. The term "max. Elev." has been removed. This program doesn't calculate the maximum. elevation. 

 

SatPC32 12.8b  Patch english  (English  version for  European. users)

SatPC32 12.8b  Patch english NA (English version for American users)

SatPC32 12.8b Patch deutsch  (German version)

 

 

 

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