Downloads
I. If you want to test the SatPC32 programs you can download the present German or English version 12.10. 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.
Further, the previous program versions 12.9 can still be downloaded (sect. II an VII below).
What's
New in
Vers. 12.10, Release September 2023?
CAT control of the
IC-9700
The
Scope for the IC-9700
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.
II. Downloads
IMPORTANT: READ SECTION III (INSTALLATION) BELOW FIRST BEFORE ATTEMPTING TO INSTALL THE FOLLOWING DEMO PROGRAM
VERSION AFTER DOWNLOADING!
SatPC32
Demo V. 12.10, 46 MB, released September,
2023
Version 12.10 corresponds to previous version 12.9, but supports the new Keplerian data formats
CSV, KVN and XML in addition to the TLE Kepler data files (TLE = Two Line Elements). Files in these formats can be found on the Celestrak
website. The SatPC32 auxilirary file Celestrak.SQF provided with this release contains links to the Kepler files
"amateur.csv", "amateur.kvn" and "amateur.xml".
Note: If you restored your old data files with DataBackup after installation, Celestrak.SQF will no longer contain these links. To restore them, add the following lines to Celestrak.SQF (without the leading and trailing
quotes):
"https://celestrak.org/NORAD/elements/gp.php?GROUP=amateur&FORMAT=csv"
"https://celestrak.org/NORAD/elements/gp.php?GROUP=amateur&FORMAT=kvn"
"https://celestrak.org/NORAD/elements/gp.php?GROUP=amateur&FORMAT=xml"
You can start and edit Celestrak.SQF with the SatPC32 menu "?" > "Auxiliary
files".
Look also for
possible patch files (sect. VI below)!
III. Installation
To install SatPC32
on your PC proceed as follows:
1. Create a new folder on
your HD (using the Windows File Explorer or another file manager)
and name it (i.e.) SatSetup.
2. Download the appropriate program version using the links above.
3. Click on the
'Download' button of your browser (usually a blue down arrow).
Windows will display the name of the downloaded ZIP file.
Double click.on the file name. WinZip will now display
the content of the ZIP
file:
DataBackup.exe
Readme.txt
UpdateInstruction.txt
What's
New.txt
setup.exe .
Important: Don't try to run the setup program in thr WinZip window! You will get the message during installation that you need administrator rights, even if you are the administrator.
Click on 'Extract > On My PC' instead. and in the window that opens navigate to the folder you created and extract the files.
4. If this is the first installation of SatPC32 RIGHT click on *setup' and from the list that opens choose 'Run as Administrator'. Then follow the suggestions of the setup program.
5. Updating of older
program versions
The new program version can be installed
into the same program folder that contains the older program version. Unfortunately, the older installation has to
be removed first, however. Otherwise, the Installshield setup
program of SatPC32 V.12.8d will refuse to install the update
Your personal settings therefore 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.12.8d is finished. The program
'DataBackup.Exe' can be started from menu 'Programs' of your previous
version or in the SatSetup folder (see above)..
After
V. 12.8d has been installed run DataBackup again either from
the new SatPC32 menu 'Programs'.or in the SatSetup folder and
restore your settings.
6.
The file
Installation
& Setup of SatPC32 & SatPC32ISS
by
Bruce MacAlister, W4BRU, is a summary of the English manual. It
contains screenshots and hints about how to easily configure and use
the program. It is particularly helpful for users who prefer visual
information.
For
further information read these files::
Read
this before installing one of the files, please
and
Update
Instructions
If you run Windows
Vista or Windows 7, 8 or 10 (32- and 64-bit)
read the file Vista
and Windows 7 compatibility .
If your radio is tue ICOM IC-9700 please read the Installation
Guide by Stefan Wagner, VE4SW, for
more detailed instructions!
IV.
More
Downloads:
1.
Manual
(German, V. 12.8d 250 K, HTML-Format)
2. Manual
(English, V. 12.8d, 300 K, HTML-Format)
3 .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.
4. -
5. -
6. 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 later.
If you are using SatPC32 12.4 ... 12.7 download the older version DDESat32_12.4.
7.
AOS.Exe
(DOS-version): No longer available.
8. SuM programs
The
SatPC32 V. 12.8d setup program installs these programs
automatically.
9. ServerSDX update: Now installed by the setup program
10. TimeSync
Beginning
with program version 12.8b the setup program installs TimeSync
automatically. It can be started from the SatPC32 menu
"Programs".
Satellite operation requires a
highly accurate system time. TimeSync 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.
If you run an older SatPC32 progam
version you can download TimeSync with the link below. 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
11. Buffer interfaces
aa.
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.
bb.
Buffer interface
for antenna switch
If you want to
use the FUNCube Dongle Pro + (or another SDR) as satellite receiver
for U/V satellites (AO-07, AO-85) and V/U satellites
(FO-29, SO-50) as well you need to switch the VHF/UHF antennas. That
can be done via a Coaxial Transfer Switch. The voltage at the DTR pin
of the Radio 2 COM port can (optionally, see menu "Options")
be used to control this switch. The voltage of the DTR pin of
the Radio 2 COM port then changes when the user switches between U/V
and V/U satellites (U/V: low, V/U: high).
The
solution requires a buffer interface between the COM port and the
antenna switch relais, of course.
Schematic of a
1-transistor interface:
Interface
for antenna switch
V. 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
With the following link you can download data of the new Chinese XW-2 satellites. The data can easily be added to the files Doppler.SQF and AmsatNames.txt
SatPC32
data for the Chinese XW-2 satellites
VI. Patches
No
patch files required
VII. SatPC32
Demo
V. 12.9 (previous English version), 44MB,
released May, 2021, includes spectrum scope for the IC-9700, supports
rotor controller RT-21.
Unzip the downloaded file
into an empty folder on your HD. The folder will then contain the
setup program and the instruction files.
Please, read these files before you run the setup file.
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