
Version 1.1

	This is the short summary of JA6FTL TrakBox and TS-790 commands.

						Kohjin Yamada, JR1EDE
						7 Jan 1995

TrakBox;
~~~~~~~

	There are two serial lines for communication of routine
	works (kepller setup etc) to comminicate,
	or to receive the command in hostmode from other computer.
	The other serial line is used for control tranceiver.
	(There is no keyboard)

	There are two modes of standalone and hostmode.
	The standalone mode controls both antenna and radio.
		The radio control be made by serial line (usually 4800 baud)
		or TTL interface activating (clicking) the microphone's
		UP/DOWN frequency control.
		The satellites can be selected by a degital switch or
		even can be configured to select automatically.
		Or even, selected from the main menu.
	
	To enter hostmode from the main menu (main menu can be only
	entered when the digital rotary switch is set position 0),
	first enter '7' (numeric 7) without return key.
	(This digital switch is used for selecting satellite or main
	menu mode)
	
	In hostmode, TrakBox waits for the commands via a serial line.
		There are the following commands;
		TrakBox>> ?

		Command:MUxxx,MDxxx,FUxxx,FDxxx,AZxxx_ELxx,Sxxx,Txx,?A,?,Q

		TrakBox>> 
	
		The above example shows the actual use.
		TrakBox returns "TrakBox>> " (one space after ">>") prompt
		at each command completion.
		Note user must wait for this prompt to input the new command
		otherwise the previous command will be interrupted.

		At the prompt, all commands must be finished by the EOL
		(CR or NL). The carrige return does not require NL->CR/LF.
                It accepts both NL or CR.

		All commands are case insensitive.

		Mode command; 
		~~~~~~~~~~~~
		M plus U or D following with one of U L F
			Mode set to [Up|Down]link [Usb|Lsb|Fm]
		
		Frequency command; 
		~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
		F plus U or D following numerical eleven digits
			Frequency set to [Up|Down]link 14532012345
			i.e.; FD14532012345 will set Downlink frequency
			      to 145.32012345 MHz
			Actually, the result of the TRX depends on each
			TRX, TS-790 can only produce 145.3201 in FM mode
			and 145.32012 in SSB mode.
			(TS-790 step - 100Hz for FM and 10Hz for SSB)

		AZimuth and ELevation command;
		~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
		AZ plus 3 digits azimuth value plus SPACE (or ',' comma)
		and 2 digits elevation value ending with carrige return.
		(The SPACE, comma or TAB needed between AZxxx and ELxx)
			i.e.; AZ030 EL09 will set antenna azimuth 030
			      and elevation 09 and the configured value
			      of skew and/or band span are all effective.
		
		Remember this command be interrupted (ends) with any character
		input before the completion of the actual antenna settled.

		Send command;
		~~~~~~~~~~~~
		S plus ANY (yes any) characters can be sent to the serial
		line for radio control.
		The command (character) depends on it's own radio of cource.
		Please refer to the manufacturer manual.
			i.e; (TS-790 case)
			A character ';' (semi-colon) is the EOL
						 (end of character).
			
			STX; sends TX ON which means goto transmit mode.
			SRX; sends RX ON which means goto receive mode.
			
		Track command;
		~~~~~~~~~~~~~
		T plus "satellite number" which have entered at the
		configuration will bring to enter tracking mode for
		this paticuler satellite and starts to track by it's
		own caliculation. (same as standalone mode)
		This can be interrupted by entering
		'Q' key (without return key) and prompt comes back again.

		TrakBox>> T1



         ========== Realtime Tracking [1995/01/04] =========

  'E' Toggle rotor control  'Y' RTC zero adjust  'Q' Return to main menu
  'I' Initialize the TRX    'T' Tune TRX   'SPC/BS'  Next/Previous. sat.
  '1/2/3/4' Uplink channel  '+/-/0' Doppler compensation  '?' obj. sat.
     [Satellite: KO-23    ] 
     UTC     Azim.   Elev.   Range      Alt.   Lat.   Long.  Phase   Doppler
  HH:MM:SS   deg     deg      Km        Km     deg     deg   <256>      Hz
* 08:58:46  312.90  -85.86  14034.8   1315.8  -29.9   -34.0   62.5  +557/0


		?A command;
		~~~~~~~~~~
		'?A' or '?a' is antenna position commands.
		It returns present antenna value.
		TrakBox>> ?a
		        AZ= 536 / 38.8deg       EL= 117 / 14.0deg.

		? command;
		~~~~~~~~~
			Help

		Q command;
			go back to the main menu

		TrakBox>> q



        ****************************************
        *        TrakBox  8052  v3.30h         *
        *   (C) JAMSAT/JA6FTL   Oct.10 1994    *
        ****************************************

        ------ MAIN MENU ------

        1. Realtime Tracking.
        2. Display Schedule.
        3. Update Satellite Elements.
        4. Update Station Elements.
        5. Update Realtime Clock.
        6. Configuration.
        7. Host mode.
        8. Direct Antenna control.

        Select [1-8,S,M]: 



TS-790;
~~~~~~

	The serial control interface;
	~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
		4800BPS

		1 start bit, 8 bit, 2 stop bit, no parity

	TS-790 has two VFOs (A/B) in both MAIN and SUB channel.
	That is there are four VFOs selectable by the command.
	(Or by the front switch of cource)
	Only MAIN cahnnel can be used for transmitting and
	SUB channel for receiving.


	Some of the associated commands description;
	~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

	The case is insensitive.
	All commands must be ended by a character ';' semi-colon.

	DESTINATION command;
	~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~	
	One must first to send the VFO select command for the frequency
	control, which's called "destination control".
		DC plus channel
			0 for MAIN
			1 for SUB
		i.e. DC0; means the following any command(s) is treated
			  for the present VFO in MAIN cahannel.
	Usually, A VFO in MAIN and B VFO in SUB will be a good choice.
	After finishing the VFO select command, we can send both MODE
	and FREQUENCY command. (or even any command)

	Note if you want to send the commands both to MAIN and SUB
	at the same time, you should not forget to put DC command(s).
		i.e. DC0;command1;command2;DC1;command3;command4;
			The above example means command1 and command2 should
			be sent to MAIN whilst command3 and command4 should
			be sent to SUB at the same time.

	MODE command;
	~~~~~~~~~~~~
		MD plus one numeric digits
			1 = LSB
			2 = USB
			3 = CW
			4 = FM
			7 = CWN
		i.e. MD4; set to FM

	FREQUENCY command;
	~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
		FA plus eleven numeric digits
				00144000000 for 144 MHz
				^10GHz    ^1Hz
				Note preceeding 00s must be entered.
		i.e. FA00144000000; set to frequency VFO A to 144 MHz

	Now, as we have set the transmitter frequency,
	we go to set the receiver frequency here too. (if you wish)
	Before that, you must not forget to put DC command if you wish
	send this command at the same time. (see DESTINATION command)

		FB plus eleven numeric digits
			same as above, but use caution one must never
			send the same band. (144 MHz)
				00435000000 for 435 MHz
		i.e. FB00435000000; set to frequency VFO B to 435 MHz

	Final example for FO-20;
	~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
		Note each command should be separated by ';'
		and entered together.

		DC0;MD4;FA00145850000;DC1;MD2;FB00435910000;
		will set
			MAIN(TX): FM  145.850 MHz (VFO A)
			 SUB(RX): USB 435.910 MHz (VFO B)

		The above description can be used in TrakBox hostmode
		with the S command;

			SDC0;MD4;FA00145850000;DC1;MD2;FB00435910000;

