added ppm-error config template

common.sh

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/bash
+##!/bin/bash
 
 ## debug
 # set -x
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ log() {
 
     #log here
     echo "${log_priority} : ${log_message}"
-    echo $(date '+%d-%m-%Y %H:%M') "${log_priority} : ${log_message}" >> /var/log/noaa.log
+    echo $(date '+%d-%m-%Y %H:%M') $0 "${log_priority} : ${log_message}" >> /var/log/noaa.log
 }
 
 ## current date and folder structure

schedule_meteor.sh

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ var2=$(echo "${PREDICTION_END}" | cut -d " " -f 1)
 MAXELEV=$(predict -t "${NOAA_HOME}"/predict/weather.tle -p "${1}" | awk -v max=0 '{if($5>max){max=$5}}END{print max}')
 
 while [ "$(date --date="@${var2}" +%D)" = "$(date +%D)" ]; do
-	log "Pass prediction in progress" "INFO"
+	log "Pass prediction for $1 in progress" "INFO"
 	START_TIME=$(echo "$PREDICTION_START" | cut -d " " -f 3-4)
 	var1=$(echo "$PREDICTION_START" | cut -d " " -f 1)
 	var3=$(echo "$START_TIME" | cut -d " " -f 2 | cut -d ":" -f 3)

schedule_sat.sh

@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ var2=$(echo "${PREDICTION_END}" | cut -d " " -f 1)
 
 MAXELEV=$(predict -t "${NOAA_HOME}"/predict/weather.tle -p "${1}" | awk -v max=0 '{if($5>max){max=$5}}END{print max}')
 
+log "Looking for passes of $1" INFO
+
 while [ "$(date --date="@${var2}" +%D)" = "$(date +%D)" ]; do
 	START_TIME=$(echo "$PREDICTION_START" | cut -d " " -f 3-4)
 	var1=$(echo "$PREDICTION_START" | cut -d " " -f 1)
@@ -38,6 +40,8 @@ while [ "$(date --date="@${var2}" +%D)" = "$(date +%D)" ]; do
 		echo "${NOAA_HOME}/receive.sh \"${1}\" $2 ${SATNAME}${OUTDATE} "${NOAA_HOME}"/predict/weather.tle \
 ${var1} ${TIMER} ${MAXELEV}" | at "$(date --date="TZ=\"UTC\" ${START_TIME}" +"%H:%M %D")"
 		sqlite3 $HOME/raspberry-noaa/panel.db "insert or replace into predict_passes (sat_name,pass_start,pass_end,max_elev,is_active) values (\"$SATNAME\",$var1,$var2,$MAXELEV, 1);"
+	else
+		log "Max. elevation ${MAXELEV} too small for configured ${SAT_MIN_ELEV}" DEBUG
 	fi
 	NEXTPREDICT=$(expr "${var2}" + 60)
 	PREDICTION_START=$(predict -t "${NOAA_HOME}"/predict/weather.tle -p "${1}" "${NEXTPREDICT}" | head -1)

templates/noaa.conf

@@ -11,5 +11,6 @@ LON=change_longitude
 BIAS_TEE="enable_bias_tee"
 DELETE_AUDIO="true"
 FLIP_METEOR_IMG="true"
-GAIN="-g 50"
+GAIN="-g 50"		#leave out for auto-gain
+PPM_ERROR=0
 SCHEDULE_ISS="false"