The Modular Ground Station Controller is an application built on an open framework that supports interactive or automated ground station control based on predicted satellite passes. The application consists of a number of independently operating modules communicating through a specific event bus. The cross-platform binary is available for any operating system which supports Mono or .NET.

2007-11-19 Alpha release created! Just in time for the article I wrote for the AMSAT Journal. Binary and Installer packages available for windows. Linux and OS X versions to come as soon as I work through some mono inconsistencies.

Features

• Flexible console or GUI based interface
• 24 hour AOS/LOS charts
• Doppler correction with passband tuning
• Automatic transverter offset tuning
• Automatic rotator control
• Automatic track initiation for selected satellites
• Multi-satellite polar plots
• Multi-platform binary with support for Windows and Linux

Supported Hardware

The application is currently in prototype form and needs more hardware support, but I have little of my own. If you are interested in helping either by supplying specifications, testing, or writing some modules, please let me know. If you would like me to consider adding support for your hardware, simply log an issue and provide a link to the technical specifications.

• Icom CI-V compatible tuners
• Yaesu GS-232B rotators