What's new in WXtrack 3.8.50.1105
Feb 6, 2022
- High visibility choice after satellite font choice forces bold text and solid background
- Get sort Kepler display by age working
- Handle no Kepler data found when all are too old
New in WXtrack 3.8.48.1100 (Jul 8, 2021)
- Add Kepler Updater in Tools menu, remove obsolete Kepler Manager reference, better handling of certain artificial Keplers, improved sort-by-frequency in Kepler view form, add GLONASS and BeiDou to View|RadarPlor (may require Kepler data from CelesTrak), optional display of icon at home location (icon must be in file Home.ico in WXtrack directory, simple sample supplied from Emjois, your choice of size etc., update SPID tracker to all possible gearing options (1° to 0.1°), add short delay after sending a SPID command, add COM ports up to COM22, remember days-to-predict between runs, widen various date/time pickers, add Meteor-M satellites as having an AVHRR-like scanner, add option to close program from the command-line even if tracking, update Help to point to https://groups.io/g/SatSignal and show correct user name, enhanced caption clarity on tab controls, experimental: track geostationary satellites (on Tracker|Options), right-click satellite for larger text on primary, add satellite name & location to caption if tracker options Large track text checked, option for tracker click-on-satellite for frequency change (see: Tracker, Options, Radio, Manual switch), correct country boundary download URL, update Tools|ISS weather URLs, add Tools|My weather for user option URL, correct error when no satellites are assigned to a bank, refine full-screen code (F11).
New in WXtrack 3.8.46.1071 (Apr 23, 2019)
- Add pass-box for Sentinel 3A in ScanOffsets.ini (treat as being in the "weather satellite" class), in View|Radar plot add Galileo satellites, add count of navigation satellites visible (you will need the Keplers from e.g. CelesTrak - galileo.txt), enlarge View|Radar plot display, provide hints for long satellite names in the Available list, use 10 GHz as default for geostationary Doppler, restore SPID half-degree support, in Tracker Test form add slower updates for geostationary satellites and add 0.5 degree offset tweaks, enhancements in Kepler update form. Temporarily: display DDE RX mode in the tracker status box (for debugging).
New in WXtrack 3.8.32.1019 (Jan 6, 2015)
- Allow control of dual-view status panel window with right-click on the panel area.
New in WXtrack 3.8.30.1017 (Dec 19, 2014)
- Add option not to send Doppler corrections for receivers with AFC in hardware or software
- Add right-click status bar option to show or hide Moon range and rate in the status bar
New in WXtrack 3.8.29.1015 Beta (May 23, 2014)
- Add option not to send Doppler corrections (for receivers with effective AFC in hardware or software).
New in WXtrack 3.8.28.1014 (Apr 7, 2014)
- Includes all the changes featured in the previous Beta versions
New in WXtrack 3.8.27.1008 Beta (Jan 30, 2014)
- Update Park Tracker for DDE-connected trackers
- add seconds to UTC display
New in WXtrack 3.8.27.1007 Beta (Jan 28, 2014)
- add beta to ISS panel display
- neaten ISS orbit display (approximately three orbits from the ascending node)
- more work on ISS orbit numbers.
New in WXtrack 3.8.27.1004 Beta (Jan 23, 2014)
- confirm correct ISS orbit numbers
New in WXtrack 3.8.27.1003 Beta (Jan 22, 2014)
- Update Park Tracker for DDE-connected trackers
New in WXtrack 3.8.27.1002 Beta (Jan 16, 2014)
- Add seconds to UTC display.
New in WXtrack 3.8.27.1001 (Jan 3, 2014)
- Update Park Tracker for DDE-connected trackers.
New in WXtrack 3.8.26.1000 (Dec 28, 2013)
- ISS updates (add pass number in day, font and colour set from ISS options dialog, terminate ISS Russian station names with an "R", apply TDRS colour for T174W, use period as decimal separator in panel, ground path changed to -0.5/+2.5 orbits, option for altitude units display), start support for Combi-Track rotator controller (assumes azimuth is on unit A and elevation on unit B, only G (goto) commands are issued), allow antenna azimuth offset from -60° up to +240°, add "intense" choice for night-time shading including terminator line, restore Options| Satellite font in registered version.
New in WXtrack 3.8.25.999 (Dec 4, 2013)
- ISS updates (add pass number in day, font and colour set from ISS options dialog, terminate ISS Russian station names with an "R", apply TDRS colour for T174W, use period as decimal separator in panel, ground path changed to -0.5/+2.5 orbits, option for altitude units display), start support for Combi-Track rotator controller (assumes azimuth is on unit A and elevation on unit B, only G (goto) commands are issued), allow antenna azimuth offset from -60° up to +240°, add "intense" choice for night-time shading including terminator line, restore Options| Satellite font in registered version.
New in WXtrack 3.8.24.989 (Sep 20, 2013)
- Double-click on pass list has two functions (double-click alone goes to World Map tab, Ctrl-double-click goes to Ground Path tab, the pop-up hint on the pass-list box shows these options, make omit stale data setting in months [it was in years, maximum is now 1200 months (it was 100 years), you might need to check your setting].
New in WXtrack 3.8.22 (Sep 20, 2013)
- Add tracker maximum elevation limit option (registered), in visible pass prediction, add compass direction at "Appear" and "Disappear" times (registered), support SDR# program via DDEtracker, restore "Radio" tab in Tracker Options, relax tolerance for geostationary in tracker test, grey out Save Snapshot if not registered, replace UK miles with nmi in status hint, replace symbol for nautical miles with "nmi" to hint at Nautical Miles International.
New in WXtrack 3.8.20 (Sep 20, 2013)
- Honour +3 orbits ground track display request, restore Next Pass displays in manual mode, handle missing radio modes more elegantly, correct southern hemisphere moon phase display.
New in WXtrack 3.8.18 (Sep 20, 2013)
- More information with the Tracker Status box pop-up hint (WiSPDDE displays uplink & downlink frequencies & modes), when user changes radio modes a 4-second delay should cause WiSPDDE to pick up the change (an hour-glass is displayed while this happens).
New in WXtrack 3.8.4.920 (Feb 11, 2010)
- Add Frequencies display panel when maximised
- allows multiple frequencies per satellites to be displayed, and these are the Doppler-shifted values (registered version, 1280 pixel wide display)
- add Kepler data summary as a popup hint to the satellite selector combo-box (registered version)
- add user-choice satellites to View|GPS prediction
- add View|Solar noon option (rather new and untested, so please check results)
- add IT9SLJ "text tracker"
- add ISS status panel (registered version) with eclipse-boundary markers, gridlines, clock, blackboard, TDRS-rename & label position
- omit well-known names
- other cosmetic enhancements,
- remove text transparency with bold satellite fonts (experimental)
- provide control of minimum elevation in Ephemeris prediction
- right-click map controls panel to select what is displayed
- add FAQs-on-the-Web Help menu
- prevent "jumping labels"
- stop access violation at startup.
New in WXtrack 3.8.2.893 (Feb 11, 2010)
- Add Options|Show|Sun & Moon|Moon overlays Sun choice (Moon on top)
- merge track-large-text pop-up options with the main World Map pop-up menu, reduce flicker on World Map and Flight tabs. Build with Delphi 2009.