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WMROTOR
Antenna Control for WaveMail

WMROTOR

Features
  • WMROTOR is a software to control Antenna Rotor Controllers
  • WMROTOR works with WaveMail
  • WMROTOR rotates the antenna to the configured azimuth depending on the call (selcall) of the remote station
  • WMROTOR sends the necessary command over a serial port to the Rotor Controller
  • Several Rotor Controllers of same or different types can be connected at the same time
  • The azimuth can be configured for every call (selcall) of remote stations
  • After disconnecting, WMROTOR instructs the Rotor Controller to return to a configurable Default Azimuth
  • Up to 7 Rotor Controllers can be connected if several radio modems are operated by WaveMail
  • WMROTOR allows configuration of communication parameters and command format to match different types of Antenna Rotor Controllers
  • Output to Rotor Controllers and response from controllers can be displayed
  • WMROTOR is a 16-bit Windows application that runs on Windows 3.1x, Win95, Win98, Win2000, Win NT4, WinXP
WMROTOR
Example of WaveMail and WMROTOR with 2 modems and 2 Antenna Rotor Controllers (in most applications only 1 antenna rotor controller is needed, but this example shows that several antenna rotor controller can be connected).
How WMROTOR works
WaveMail automatically starts WMROTOR if WaveMail is configured for this and if WMROTOR is found. Once per second WaveMail sends the status of its modems to WMROTOR. For those modems for which a corresponding Rotor Controller is configured, WMROTOR monitors the status of the modem. If the modem is connected or establishing a connection with a remote station, then WMROTOR looks up the configured azimuth for the call (selcall) of the remote station and sends the corresponding command over a serial port to the Rotor Controller. After the modem disconnects, WMROTOR instructs the Rotor Controller to return to a Default Azimuth.