Programming software for yaesu ft3900 ft 3900 ft3900. Satellite antenna system with tonna antennas and yaesu rotator g 5500 neven, 9a5yy. This is a very simple arduino library intended to make it possible to easily control yaesu s g 5500 controller and the elaz positioner that it connects to. News easyrotorcontrol rotators driven by intelligence. Yaesu g 5500 azimuthelevation rotator, wired for 117 or 220 v, for satellites wind load. It is the cleanest solution and still enables use of the switches on the yaesu controller if you wish. The yaesu gs232b grants digital control of almost all yaesu antenna rotators and comes equipped with its own pic18c452 microprocessor and a 10but analogtodigital converter.
Yaesu ft3900 ft 3900 ft3900 programming interface schematics for yaesu. Yaesu g5500 antenna rotator without cable and connector. If you elect to separate the elevation portion from the azimuth portion of this package an additional lower mast bracket gc038 will be required. The factorylubricated rotator unit is housed in weatherproof melamine resin coated diecast aluminum, to provide maintenancefree operation under all climatic conditions. 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. St2 is an advanced satellite antenna tracking interface for yaesu or similar rotor controllers. Introduction yaesu ft8900r operating manual expanded edition courtesy of w5jck page 6 of 77 introduction the ft.
Basically, it is a double conversion superheterodyne receiver empolying a crystal controlled con verter for a first mixer stage. St20417 is an usb device using so type smt packaged ch360g to create a virtual com port for your pc. Yaesu g 5500 g 5500 g5500 pdf user manual for yaesu g 5500 g 5500 g5500. It allows the rotator to be interfaced to ham radio deluxe or other programs that support the yaesu rotator command set. All the difficult and challenging software required for this project has been written by others. Set up your rotor as detailed in the instruction manual so that at maximum. Arduino library for interfacing with the yaesu g 5500 controller for elaz antenna positioners. Manual for yaesu other g5500 rotator free download. Yaesu g 5500 g 5500 g5500 instruction manual pdf service manual for. Yaesu sep kit g 5500 separation kit for g5400 g 5500 azimuth elevation rotators. The satnogs project has an arduino shield that, when combined with k3ng arduino code, can act as a yaesu g 5500 controller for little cost.
These units include the interface cables for the connections to the rotator controller and a pc serial port. W7kkes yaesu g5500 azel rotor repair rotor repair hints and links received from the amsatbb group here are some pictures from the repair of the g5500 azel rotor which had been installed for 2. K66vx5500u vx 5500 operating manual power the vx 5500 series are fullfeatured fm transceivers designed for flexible mobile and base station business communications in the vhf 5010 watts. Pstrotator antenna rotator software application for radio. Click here to download the corrected user manual for the g 5500 rotator. Please read this manual carefully before installing the rotators.
Download free pdf for yaesu g5500 rotator other manual. Yaesu g 5500 wiring antenna rotators g 5500 wiring. I have tried two 2 different brands of lnc in this installation. This software simply takes the output from one of the many satellite tracking programs and converts the heading information from the tracking program. This is an arduino based rotator interface that emulates the yaesu gs232a or gs232b interface, and the easycom protocol.
It is very important to know the voltage v provided by your rotator in order to properly set. Yaesu g 5500 azimuthelevation rotator systems are specially designed to accommodate horizontal crossbooms to mount pairs of vhf and uhf directional antennas for space communications. This controller uses the yaesu gs232 command set to control a yaesu g 5500 azel rotor. Presently, i am using nova tracking and ars interface software.
There are several ways you can interface to the yaesu rotators. However, the azimuth rotator fluctuates back and forth within 23 degrees. The yaesu g 5500 azel rotator is a popular rotor for use with ham satellites. The cabling was still ok, and the rotor motor tried to rotate, but no rotation happened. The first is a yaesu gdxa that i bought used from jack, w1wef, and is installed on the tower under the hexbeam. Method 1 preferred because it maintains the safeguards of the yaesu controller and enables the use of the yaesu switches.
Yaesu rotator computer controllers gs232b free shipping. So a new project was born, fixing my elevation rotor. The gs232b also includes a db9 male connector for connection to your computer through the rs232c port. It seemed to be an obvious solution to improve the boom length of the. Yaesu g5500 azimuthelevation rotator, wired for 117 or 220 v, for satellites wind load. Pstrotator is a windows program used to control antenna rotators also called rotors in azimuth and elevation or just azimuth figure 1.
The yaesu g5500 requires two six conductor control cables not supplied. The controller was designed to be compatible with the satpc32 tracking program and should work with any tracking program that supports the yaesu gs232 format. User manual 659 kb, manual addendum 8 kb, firmware update 429 kb, bulletin 10 kb aor sdu5600. Foxdelta st20318 satellite tracking interface for yaesu. The gs232b also includes a db9 male connector for connection to. Providing simultaneous control of 450 degrees of azimuth rotation and 180 degrees of elevation rotation, they are perfect for eme moon bounce and satellite communications installations. Rotor control box can be modified to operate on 220240 vac. Yaesu vr5000 service manual download, schematics, eeprom. Yaesu g650a g 650 a g650a pdf user manual and schematics for yaesu g650a g 650 a g650a. Yaesu g5500 azimuthelevation rotator systems g5500 free. Gs232a computer control interface for yaesu antenna rotators the gs232a provide digital control of most models of yaesu antenna rotatorsl from the serial port of an external personal computer. This unit includes a preset and no manual operation is allowed, so its necessary.
Mfj ldg sgc icom yaesu mizuho dentron kenwood sommerkamp. Interface for yaesu g5400 and g5600 antennarotators i started to deal with earthmoonearth communications in the middle of 2005. Manual for yaesu other g 5500 rotator free download. Automation of directional antenna positioning is possible with yaesu rotator computer controllers. Pstrotator antenna rotator software application for. The arduino series of boards is an excellent choice for a satellite rotor controller. The other is a g450a, which was originally purchased for the hexbeam, but now turns the 402cd that goes. I have a yaesu g 5500 elaz rotator and the ea4tx rcise interface board. Providing simultaneous control of 450 degrees of azimuth rotation and 180 degrees of elevation rotation, they are perfect for eme moon bounce and satellite. I used to use the hygain cd44 and ham2 series and have great luck with them.
Four momentary switches control the g 5500 azimuthelevation rotor system. Yaesu rotator computer controllers gs232b free shipping on. 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. Arduinobased amateur radio antenna rotator controller. Complete azel rotation system if youre just starting out in satellite operation, the g 5500 provides a complete azimuthelevation rotation system thats ideal for most all amateur applications. A highly stable variable oscillator is tuning the same range lineally on. It is two independent conventional motor driven rotors one for azimuth and one for elevation. This controller uses the yaesu gs232 command set to control a yaesu g5500. The azimuth rotator features a turning range of 450, while the elevation rotator has a rotation range of 180. The elevation rotator moves very smoothly and accurately as it should tracking designated satellites. The nowdiscontinued g5400b and g5600b replaced by the g 5500 provide 360 degree azimuth and 180 degree elevation control of medium and largesized unidirectional satellite antenna arrays under remote control from the station operating position. A variation on method 2 is to use just part of the yaesu controller system eg the output of the direction indication.
Satellite tracker interface by mark spencer, wa8sme. We have a customer who has problem to get remote control of a yaesu g 5500 rotator with a gs232b interface to work via the rrc1258mkii. One lower mast bracket is included with this rotor combination. I read this in manual for satcom application by neoklis kyriazis 5b4az. Introduction this article describes the pstrotator application software pstr. The rear panel of the control box has six screw terminals for azimuth and six terminals for elevation. I use nova for windows for my satellite tracking program into the 5500 s control box. I am using the yaesu g5500 i could not find a supplier of. Upon disassembly found the local salt spray and rain had intruded into the rotor assembly. View and download yaesu g5500 instruction manual online.
Home amateur radio yaesu g 5500 elevation rotor g 5500 rotor elevation rotor repair after only three years being outside, but rarely used, my g 5500 elevation rotor did not rotate any more. Project home rotor microcontroller motor controller yaesu g 5500 software virtual g 5500 ipoint. Yaesu g80027002800 sdx 8pin flat yaesu g5400 5500 5600 without dinconnector 2x rotorcard yaesu g5400 5500 5600 with dinconnector 8pin din. Help with remote control of a yeasu rotator via gs232b. It will provide clues for interfacing to other rotators. This particular project is designed to interface the yaesu g5500 rotor system to an ibm. Interface for yaesu g5400 and g5600 antennarotators. Yaesu rotator computer controllers are interface devices that link your yaesu rotator controller to your computer via rs232 com connection. Project home rotor microcontroller motor controller yaesu g 5500 software virtual g 5500 ipoint all the difficult and challenging software required for this project has been written by others. Rotor repair hints and links received from the amsatbb group. Personally i am not a fan of the u110 type rotators for azimuth use especially in high winds.
Our azimuthelevation combination rotator is ideal for space communication antennas. Azimuthelevation combination for space communication. Yaesu rotators that support this computer interface are models g2800dxadxc, g0dxadxc, g800dxa and g 5500. Since then many alternative, more costefficient alternatives have appeared on the home brew market. Buy yaesu g5500 azimuthelevation rotator, wired for 117 or 220 v, for satellites. Yaesu g5500 g 5500 g5500 pdf user manual for yaesu g5500 g 5500 g5500. Yaesu ftdx5000 sm service manual download, schematics, eeprom. The yaesu g550 provides 180 elevation control of unidirectional satellite antenna arrays under remote control from the station operating position.
Html translate pdf zoom download pdf 849 nw state road 45 newberry, fl 32669 usa phone. Yaesu gs232b computer control interface for antenna rotators vertex standard co. The g 5500 rotor system has variable resistors connected to the azimuth and elevation rotors that are turned along with the antenna. Yaesu gs232b computer controlinterface forantennarotators yaesu compui em controller gs232b o power 1. Help with remote control of a yeasu rotator via gs232b needed. Use the standard arduino process for installing and using this library. The 5500 is about the only game in town if you need an azel rotor for satellite work. Azimuthelevation combination rotator is ideal for space communication antennas. I prefer the inline type like the hygain bell shaped rotators or the yaesu s. I use a yaesu g2800dxa but i have a large array to worry about.
Yaesu ft3900 ft 3900 ft3900 user and service manual. Yaesu g5500 azimuthelevation rotator systems g5500. Each rotor is mechanicaly connected to a pot which provides an analog dc voltage proportional to the position of the rotor. The gs232a contains its own microprocessor with rom and ram memory, and a l0bit analogtodigital ad converter. Here are some pictures from the repair of the g 5500 azel rotor which had been installed for 2. Please click here to view the g5500 wiring diagram. Two 7 conductor metal plugs with weatherboots are included.
This page reports on how i interfaced to a friends g 5500 rotator. Yaesu g5500 g 5500 g5500 instruction manual pdf service manual for. The two factorylubricated rotator units are housed in weatherproof melamine resin coated diecast. Meguroku tokyo 1538644,japan vertex standaro us headquarters 10900walker sheet. Yaesu g 5500 g 5500 g5500 service manual and specs yaesu gs232a gs 232 a gs232a service manual and specs. View and download yaesu g 5500 instruction manual online. The yaesu g 5500 is ideal for space communication antennas as well as many other amateur applications. Firmware uses full ad and eprom capability of 876a and makes setup a smooth process.
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