Time Error

Steve GJ6WRI

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Oct 15, 2025, 6:28:58 AMOct 15

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Good morning. I'm experiencing a timing error and I've attached a screen shot and my log in hope you can see what happened and when. In this example, I started the rotator and rig control and lastly the SkyRoof app. I didn't select any satellite, I just left it as it was when it opened.

73 Steve

SkyRoof_20251015.txt

Alex VE3NEA

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Oct 15, 2025, 9:17:17 AMOct 15

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CAT control works fine, according to your screenshot, but rotctld.exe returns error -8 ( Protocol error ), as can be seen in the log. This means that when rotctld talks to the rotator, it does not receive a reply, or receives a wrong reply, or it is not even able to start communication with the rotator. You can ask for help with this on the Ham Radio Control Libraries / Discussion page.

Alex VE3NEA

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Oct 15, 2025, 9:22:56 AMOct 15

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With rotctl.exe you can control the rotator manually. This program accepts commands from the terminal, not from a network connection.

Steve GJ6WRI

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Oct 15, 2025, 10:58:26 AMOct 15

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****Problem Solved!****

Thank you so much for your guidance Alex.

The default baud rate of the ERC-M controller is 9600 and I tried changing it to 4800 and increasing it to 19200 to no avail.

BUT, setting it to 38400 has made all the difference. NO ERRORS and more importantly, an extremely happy Ham!

Above all, I thank you because I have learnt something new, and that doesn't happen very often these days as the grey matter slows!

TU 73 Alex de GJ6WRI Steve

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