Magic Static : It is a question for another day for me. I'm not familiar with VBoxes, GBoxes, ASC1's, etc.
Do they only respond to GotoNn commands, or also to sort-of GotoX commands (as in: “move +222 counts from zero position”)?
Or if they can be fed with a calculated table, with count positions?
Otherwise you maybe might need to use the controlboard of a H-Hmotor supporting GotoX, and feeding it with the newly calculated Goto
linear)-commands or so.
But as my expertise doesn't lie there, I'd be dependent on the input of others on that point.
Other than that:
the actuator-length-calculation can help with outlining your dish with no due south satellite available, as USALS already does.
And you'd have an indication of at what actuator length to find a satellite; or, with reverse calculating, what satellite you found at a certain actuator length.
all: (He, there is a user called 'all'? But he/she is not very active. I meant 'all you readers'
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For the rest I would think: if there were a USALS-like program for linear actuators, what would be easier: finding and storing some 30-something satellite positions, or measuring 5 distances on the actuator/mount, entering them in the program, and hitting 'Return'?
I don't know the answer to this question, though.
I do know that I find USALS not really 'universal', as it only serves H-Hmotors, and not also (e.g.) linear actuators.
I wrote my previous post mainly as a future reference to my findings on the systematics for the angular-linear calculation. To indicate that it isn't hard at all, contrary to what sometimes is suggested.
Don't know how much time I would like to invest in this project though, if there isn't much interest.
Greetz,
A33