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Commander can be configured to interoperate with the SatPC32 satellite tracking application. In this form of interoperation, SatPC32 directly and exclusively controls your transceiver; Commander
interacts with with SatPC32 to track your transceiver's uplink frequency, downlink frequency, and mode, making these available to other applications just as it does when directly controlling a transceiver
obtains the current satellite name from
SatPC32, and makes this available to other applications
to satisfy LoTW, AO-07 is reported to other applications as AO-7, and ISS is reported to other applications as ARISS
computes the satellite mode from the uplink frequency and downlink frequency, and makes this available to other applications
To configure Commander to interoperate with SatPC32,
on the Configuration window's General tab, set the Radio panel's Model selector to SATPC32
a SATPC32 panel will appear in the upper-right corner of Commander's Main window showing
connection status
if not connected to SatPC32, a Connect button
if connected to SatPC32 with its active satellite above the horizon, the name and mode of that satellite
panels and buttons not used when interoperating with SatPC32 will be hidden or disabled
if SatPC32 is not already running
start SatPC32
after SatPC32 is running, click the Connect button in Commander's SATPC32 panel