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- Installation
- ------------
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- There are 2 files that must be installed on your Palm Pilot
- in order to use PocketSat:
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- PocketSat_trial.prc (or PocketSat_reg.prc) - the PocketSat application.
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- Mathlib.prc - Rich Heubner's invaluable double precision math library.
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- A third file, sampsats.pdb, is a PocketSat input database
- containing some (almost certainly out-of-date) sample
- satellite orbit data. You can either install this database to
- play with, or ignore it and go to the PocketSat web site
- ( http://www.emmgraphics.com/pilot ) to get current data.
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- Full documentation is available in the docs directory and at the PocketSat web site.
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- Release Notes
- -------------
- V2.2 - 29 November, 2000
- - Fixed a bug when calulating passes for periods less than 3 hours
- long overlapping either sunrise or sunset.
- - Fixed the very infrequent but fatal "Bad Category" error.
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- V2.1 - 11 November, 2000
- - Added GMT+13 timezone for New Zealand during Daylight Savings Time
- - Fixed the "between 0 and -1 degrees Lat or Lon" bug (again.)
- - Selected pass is now maintained even if it scrolls off the screen
- - Fixed inverted bitmaps
- - Fixed a bug that could hang "visual pass" searches at very high (or low)
- latitudes
- - Added section to docs to describe "twilight" preference
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- V2.0 - 14 June, 2000
-
- - Added user-customizable color support including night-vision
- preserving "red mode." The same version works with both color
- and B&W devices.
- - Merged PocketSat.prc and SGPLib.prc into a single file.
- - Now allows multiple selectable observer locations.
- - Changed Latitude and Longitude entry (now takes N/S and E/W instead of +/-)
- - Added new optimizations.
- - Removed "visibility optimizations" as a preferences choice.
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- V1.5 - 10 August, 1999
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- - Added the ability to set alarms that go off at or near the
- beginning of a pass.
- - Added tests to make sure there is enough memory before
- performing operations that need it.
- - Progress bar now shows completed fraction of entire calculation
- instead of just one satellite.
- - If "All Passes" is selected in Preferences, pass "goodness" in
- main list just reflects maximum altitude, not visibility. This
- is for radio people.
- - Added 24:00 to time choices dialog.
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- V1.4 - 15 June, 1999
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- - Satellites are organized into PalmOs categories.
- - You can now add to a pass list, without clearing the results of
- previous calculations.
- - Added half-hour timezones.
- - The Pass Details form can now be copied to the clipboard.
- - Added a visibility optimization to test for times when the Sun is
- "too low."
- - The Pass Details form now shows 9 points, rather than 5.
- - If no satellites are selected, the program will tell you so if you try
- to perform a calculation.
- - The Satellites database is no longer backed up during a HotSync.
- This saves a lot of time.
- - Fixed a bug that prevented you from entering a longitude or latitude
- between 0 and -1 degree (kind of a bear for people in London.)
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- V1.3 - 23 April, 1999
- - Fixed DB import bug which could cause a crash if extra data was
- at the end of an import database
- - Added GMT+9.5 timezone for South Australia
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- V1.1 - 30 March, 1999
- - Added live elevation/azimuth display to plot.
- - Import process now rejects high-orbit satellites.
- - Added 'invert plot' option to prefs.
- - Added a "No satellites in list, use import feature..." message
- to satellites form.
- - Changed time zones from '-2' to 'GMT-2' for clarity.
- - Revamped memo import.
- - Added potentially useful error messages to both import methods.
- - Both import methods now verify data checksums.
- - 'Thru' time now gets immediately set to requested end time
- rather than waiting for calculation to complete.
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- V1.0 - 11 March, 1999 - Initial release
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