Tower shock absorber joint g2800dxa the ga3000 is a tremendous aid in prolonging the life of your tower and rotator when turning very large arrays. Yaesu sep kit g5500 separation kit for g5400 g5500 azimuth elevation rotators. Hi folks, i have a g5500 rotator and gs232b controller. The elevation rotator moves very smoothly and accurately as it. All trademarks mentioned on this page and in the code are property of their. I have a yaesu g5500 elaz rotator and the ea4tx rcise interface board. This question is very similar yaesu g5400b rotator controller problem, with a bit of a twist. Please click here to view the g5500 wiring diagram.
Method 1 preferred because it maintains the safeguards of the yaesu controller and enables the use of the. Yaesu gsdx g sdx gsdx service manual and specs yaesu g2800dxa g 2800 dxa g2800dxa service manual and specs yaesu g2800dxc g 2800 dxc g2800dxc service manual and specs yaesu g5500 g. Use the standard arduino process for installing and. Rotor repair hints and links received from the amsatbb group. The yaesu g5500 azel rotator is a popular rotor for use with ham satellites. Describe your experience with the yaesu g5500 azel and tell us why you give it the rating you did required. Control of both axis requires two 6conductor cable runs. Yaesu g5500 azimuth elevation rotator combo for satellite work. How to connect dual 5pin gs232 to a single 8pin g5500 rotator. Yaesu g5500 azimuthelevation rotator systems g5500. The yaesu g5500 is ideal for space communication antennas as well as many other amateur applications. Arduino library for interfacing with the yaesu g5500. W9ke satellite tracker g5500 project home rotor microcontroller motor controller yaesu g5500 software virtual g5500 ipoint.
Yaesu g5500 azimuthelevation rotator, wired for 117 or. Arduino rotator computer interface and controller radio. I have done all the calibration and the controller appears to be working fine. The yaesu g 5500 is ideal for space communication antennas as well as many other amateur applications. Having got used to the g5500 the next challenge was how to automate the antenna tracking. Since then many alternative, more costefficient alternatives have appeared on the home brew market.
All the difficult and challenging software required for this project has. Before i had access to a g5500 i did include the control codes in the shack unit software and provided a special menu item. The cheap rotor controller is a full function usb controller for the yaesu g5500 rotor system that. I also have a yaesu g5500 controller used for azimuth and elevation. Rotator controller using arduino and pstrotator g4hsk. Project home rotor microcontroller motor controller yaesu g5500 software virtual g5500 ipoint. Other useful information would include your experience with similar products, infomation.
It is two independent conventional motor driven rotors one for azimuth and one for elevation. Satellite antenna system with tonna antennas and yaesu rotator g5500 neven, 9a5yy. Introduction this article describes the pstrotator application software pstr. W9ke satellite tracker software project home rotor microcontroller motor controller yaesu g5500 software virtual g5500 ipoint. Tennozu parkside building 258 higashishinagawa, shinagawaku, tokyo 1400002 japan yaesu usa 6125 phyllis drive, cypress, ca 90630. Arduino library for interfacing with the yaesu g5500 controller for elaz antenna positioners. Using a yaesu g5500 or as part of our ariss telebridge station a spidras azel rotor the manual flip mode takes full advantage. Discussion in satellite and space communications started by kd9isn, sep 6, 2019. The azimuth rotator features a turning range of 450, while the elevation rotator has a rotation range of 180. The g5500 control box has a connector on the back that allows complete control of the rotors through. The yaesu g5500 provide 450 azimuth and 180 elevation control of medium and largesize unidirectional satellite antenna arrays under remote control from the station operating position. I am driving the controller through a usbrs232 converter prolific pl2303 converter from a raspberry pi.
Yaesu g5500 azimuthelevation rotator systems are specially designed to accommodate horizontal crossbooms to mount pairs of vhf and uhf directional. Hrd yaesu g 5500 control ham radio deluxe peer support. Each rotor is mechanicaly connected to a pot which provides an analog dc voltage proportional to the position of the rotor. The azimuth rotator features a turning range of 450, while the elevation. I was using the old fodtrack parallelportdrivendosbased controllersoftware. Ive been using rotctld with yaesu g5500 and gs232b, and its been working great. Satellite tracker interface american radio relay league. The g5500 features an interface jack for computer control and a full azimuthelevation. Here are some pictures from the repair of the g5500 azel rotor which had been installed for. The g 5500 features an interface jack for computer control and a full azimuthelevation rotation system with a rotation range of 180 degrees from the elevation rotator and a turning range of 450 degrees from the azimuth rotator.
Review of commercial rotator controllers hardware libre space. Com document library gs2328 computer control interface for yaesu antenna rotators i he gs2328 provtdl digital control of most models of yae. Buy yaesu g5500 azimuthelevation rotator, wired for 117 or 220 v, for satellites. How to connect dual 5pin gs232 to a single 8pin g5500. This project is by no means unique, numerous interface. I needed the hardware to interface between the shack. One of the big enhancements for me is the manual flip mode for rotor control. The yaesu g5500 requires two six conductor control cables not supplied. Pstrotator antenna rotator software application for radio astronomy whitham d. Hamlibdeveloper rc2800prkx2su support by rotctlrotctld. The calibration software has a basic method similar to the fox delta, and a more precision method you take voltage measurements every 15 deg if your rotator is nonlinear my old g5400 has become ornery so this helps. If nothing happens, download github desktop and try again.
Wifi telnet to serial bridge was added lately and rotor can be controlled with pstrotor software remotely. To get around the need to constantly wire up the g5500 controller every time i wanted to use it, i took the route of using a raspberry pi3 as a tcp serial server, which isnt so hard todo using. The yaesu g5500 azel rotator is a popular rotor for use with ham. Its heavyduty rubber bumpers eliminate the metaltometal fatigue that, over time, can damage tower installation, and it conveniently mounts between the rotator and the towers rotor shelf. My rotator interface for a yaesu g5500 is still a bag of parts on my workbench, so i did not test that functionality yet, but i will post an update when i do. Yaesu g450a mediumduty rotator systems are the entrylevel rotator and controller that are perfect for small hf beams, a tribander or vhf and uhf antennas up to about 10 sq. I have a yaesu gs232 computer interface which has two 5pin slots, one for elevation and one for azimuth. G4hsk has a nice page documenting his project using this code, the pstrotator control software, and a yaesu g5500 rotator. From stationary multifeature communications equipment to portable devices, we have led the ham radio market for nearly half a century. Pstrotator antenna rotator software application for.
Yaesu g5500 azimuthelevation rotator systems are specially designed to accommodate horizontal crossbooms to mount pairs of vhf and uhf directional antennas for space communications. Download free pdf for yaesu g5500 rotator other manual. I was very active on satellites so have a ft736, trackbox, g 5500 rotator, landwehr preamps etc. Interface for yaesu g5400 and g5600 antennarotators. Interface for yaesu g5400 and g5600 antennarotators i started to deal with earthmoonearth communications in the middle of 2005. Presently, i am using nova tracking and ars interface software. Yaesu g5400b rotator controller problem stack exchange. The yaesu g5500 provide azimuth and elevation control of medium and largesize unidirectional satellite antenna arrays under remote control from the station.
Home amateur radio yaesu g5500 elevation rotor g5500 rotor elevation rotor repair after only three years being outside, but rarely used, my g5500 elevation rotor did not rotate any more. I spent a long time researching what people were using. Im currently facing a little problem with our yaesu controller. If youre just starting out in satellite operation, the g5500 provides a complete azimuthelevation rotation system thats ideal for most all amateur applications. Satellite television free delivery possible on eligible purchases. Complete azel rotation system if youre just starting out in satellite operation, the g5500 provides a complete azimuthelevation rotation system thats ideal for most all amateur applications. Adms3 software software program memories and other setting of the yaesu vr500 radio. Works with windows 7 32 and 64 bit or windows 8 and 8. This particular project is designed to interface the yaesu g5500 rotor system to an ibm computer running the nova satellite tracking software. G 5500 g 800 g 800dxa g 800sa yaesu the radio the yaesu brand is well known among ham radio aficionados and is synonymous with premium quality ham radios.
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