Rotor Control
Antenna rotor positioning and tracking
Quick Guide
- Use the Search field to find a celestial target
- Click Point At to move the rotor to the target's current position
- The compass shows the current rotor position (cyan) and target (amber dashed)
- Stop halts rotor movement immediately
- Park returns the rotor to its configured home position
Protocol
AstroLock communicates with your rotor via the rotctld TCP protocol (Hamlib). Ensure rotctld is running and accessible from the API server.
p - get position
P az el - set position
S - stop
q - close