"WiSP DDE Client" is the name given to a small
Win98/2000 application written in order to provide control for rig and rotor interfaces from WiSP, Station Program, WinOrbit, Nova for Windows, SatPC32 and other satellite tracking programs.
Windows provides a very handy way of passing information among applications: Dynamic Data Exchange or DDE. Thanks to this, applications running concurrently can exchange any kind of information, for example the name of the satellite which is being tracked, its position, up and downlink frequencies and operating modes. WiSP DDE Client takes advantage of this and works as a sofware interface between the tracking program (the one making orbit calculations) and your rotor and radio hardware interfaces.
WiSP DDE Client accepts DDE information from WiSP, AmSAT-BDA's Station Program, EA4TX's ARS, WinOrbit, Nova for Windows, SatPC32 and Satscape. Station sends only rotor positions data thru DDE so no rig control is possible in this case.
Currently supported rotor interfaces are: GS-232, FODTrack, CI-V, IF-100 and TrakBox. CI-V rotor interface is one that connects to the same CT-17 box as every Icom rig, so a single serial port can be used to drive rotors and radios.
Radios supported are: IC-821, IC-970, IC-275, IC-475, IC-746, IC-R7000, IC-R8500, PCR-1000, FT-847, FT-817, FT-100, FT-736, AR-5000, AR-8000, TH-D7, TM-D700, TS-790 and TS-2000.
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