diseqc: Cannot disable Limits

[a33]

Just looked at this approach.
Funny, to calculate the rotation angle as the longitude difference, plus a correction.
Hadn't thought of that as a method, previously.
But if it works, it works.


A few questions (I like to be curious):
1. Did you discover, why they define os = rcentrum?

2. I see that you define sitelat and sitelon input in degrees and minutes, instead of decimals? Most people would use decimals, I daresay.

3. Any reason why you don't use radius=6371 instead of 6378? And use rcentrum=42164, directly (without horb)?

4. Did you discover, in what cases abs(landa*180/pi) > 90 ; so that the error value sets in?
Edit: just when the longitude difference is too large?
(In my calculator, I calculate till 'invisible/below horizon', from the calculated elevation angle. So that leads to my 'error message'.)



Greetz,
A33

 

[xforze]

Hi a33,

sorry for late Response but I cant answer that. I just gave the Javascript Function to someone who is good in C-Programming and got the ready Function back.
Until yet, I can say its working fine, I never experienced Problems with rotating to a Satellite

Best regards, Thomas

 

[a33]

OK, thanks for the reply.
I just tried, and I didn't know it was so easy to extract a Java-script from a webpage!

Still it's a pity that the STAB doesn't allow you to get to 75E (HourAngle -69.15).

Greetz,
A33