fodtrack(8)

fodtrack8

Driver for the fodtrack rotor interface

Usage

fodtrack

Overview

This program simulates an Easycom rotor interface. It read its configuration parameters from the file /etc/fodtrack.conf. It reads the headings in the form of AZ10.0 EL45.0 and outputs it to an parallel port. When started it displays a small status text, creates the file /tmp/fodtrackdevice - which contains the pseudo device used - and goes into the background.

Files

/etc/fodtrack.conf
/tmp/fodtrackdevice

Examples

To run this program type:

fodtrack

After that you can start predict with predict -a `cat /tmp/fodtrackdevice` and you will be able to turn your antennas in predict single track using your fodtrack device

Releases

Unchanged in 7 releases since Debian 3.1 (Sarge).

  1. 3.1–9

Authors

Luc Langehegermann <[email protected]>

From predict 2.2.3-4+b2 in Debian 9 (Stretch). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.