man satctl () - monitor and control mobilsat dish

NAME satctl

satctl - monitor and control mobilsat dish

SYNOPSIS

 satctl
 satctl search
 satctl stow
 satctl stop
 satctl panel
 satctl getpos > file
 satctl setpos < file
 satctl clearlastpos
 satctl autocompasscal n n
 satctl dishlight on|off
 satctl stats
 satctl move

DESCRIPTION

Monitor or control a mobilsat dish. If run without any parameters, displays a constantly updating status display for the dish. Parameters can be used to initiate a search, stow, and stop the dish, and to display a virtual front panel.

The getpos and setpos commands can be used to store the current satellite position and to return to a stored position. The clearlastpos command clears the stored last satelite position. The autocompasscal command performs automatic compass calibration using the given degree offset and number of steps. The dishlight command turns the blue lights off and on. The stats command displays transmit and receive statistics from the modem.

The move command allows you to manually move a mobilsat sattellite dish. Use the left and right arrow keys to rotate the dish's azimuth, and the up and down arrow keys to change its elevation. To change the skew of the dish, use pageup and pagedown. To change the number of degrees moved by each keypresses, use the number keys, period, and backspace to edit the stepping number that appears on screen.

AUTHOR

Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net> =cut