Ken Eaton GW1FKY brings news that the reset attempt on COMPASS-1, late Tuesday, February 28, appeared to be successful. Further information at http://www.dk3wn.info/p/?p=26334
At 20:27 Feb. 29 Mike DK3WN posted this update: Better news … Alan, ZL2BX could command COMPASS at 19:25 UTC – all thresholds commands were accepted.
COMPASS went into eclipse at 19:45 and into sunlight at 20:17 UTC. I sent the thresholds at 20:20 UTC and got an confirmation beep for all commands 🙂
So COMPASS is now in Emergency Mode and the beacon intervall is 8 minutes.
Fingers crossed….
Earlier Post Feb 28: COMPASS-1 needs your help
2012-02-27 23:16 UTC nothing heard JA0CAW 2012-02-27 23:38 UTC nothing heard VK5HI 2012-02-28 00:50 UTC nothing heard JA0CAW 2012-02-28 02:28 UTC nothing heard JA0CAW 2012-02-28 00:58 UTC FF032802180000210000900000 JA1GDE -------------------------------------------------------------------- Solar Cell Voltage 5.00 V Solar Panel 6 Cur (+Z) 18.82 mA Solar Panel 2 Cur (+Y) 0.00 mA Solar Panel 3 Cur (-X) 150.59 mA Solar Panel 4 Cur (-Y) 12.55 mA Solar Panel 5 Cur (-Z) 250.98 mA EPS Reset Counter 0 Power Level Critical Battery Capacity Heater Active Battery Heater ON Power Safe Counter 0 Emergency Mode Counter 0 Battery Voltage 2.82 V Battery Current 0.00 mA Battery Temperature 0 °C --------------------------------------------------------
That means COMPASS did a complete restart and the thresholds for heater and battery voltages should be new set.
Can anyone try to send the following DTMF sequences to COMPASS-1 (if in sunlight), please :
uplink: 145.980 MHz FM confirmation beep on 437.275 MHz CW ** 13 # 200 # ** 14 # 200 # ** 15 # 178 # ** 16 # 170 #
If you have no possibilities to send DTMF tones with your transceiver, you can download here a very simple DTMF controller for COMPASS. Simply hold the microphone in front of your loudspeaker and press the buttons.
Download: http://www.dk3wn.info/files/compass_dtmf.zip
