The AG3352 GNSS engine in the RYS352A ships at 115200 8N1 per
the datasheet spec table. 9600 was a generic assumption that
would cause the UART to read garbage and never acquire a fix.
RYS352A GPS on UART2 (GPIO5/6) with PPS interrupt (GPIO7),
MPU-9250 IMU and BMP388 barometer on shared I2C bus (GPIO8/9).
Sensor data exposed via dedicated BLE service with binary
notify characteristics alongside the existing NUS serial bridge.
Sensors degrade gracefully if not wired.
MPU-9250 provides magnetometer (auto north alignment), accelerometer
(elevation verification), and gyroscope (slew quality). BMP388 provides
pressure and temperature for atmospheric refraction correction at low
elevation angles. Both share I2C bus on GPIO8/9.
NimBLE-based Nordic UART Service (NUS) bridge on ESP32-S3-DevKitC-1.
Transparent passthrough: BLE client writes → UART1 TX → RS-422 → G2,
and G2 → RS-422 → UART1 RX → BLE notifications. USB serial serves as
debug monitor and fallback input.
Uses two MAX485 modules (one locked TX, one locked RX) with a SparkFun
BSS138 level converter for 3.3V/5V translation. Wiring schematic and
RJ-12 pinout documented in docs/ble-bridge-wiring.md.
Extend the rotctld wire protocol with three new commands that enable
signal strength measurement through the Carryout G2's DVB subsystem:
- R [n]: Read RSSI (handles motor→dvb→rssi→motor menu dance internally)
- L: Enable LNA for signal reception (one-time pre-scan setup)
- D: Discover capabilities (returns CAPS:rssi,lna for G2, empty for others)
Non-G2 protocols return RPRT -6 (not available) for R and L commands.
The menu state invariant is maintained after every operation so P commands
continue to work between RSSI reads.
Implement CarryoutG2Protocol based on cdavidson0522/winegard-sky-scan:
prompt-terminated reads via '>' char, 115200 baud RS-422, h <id>
motor homing, DVB/RSSI signal strength measurement. Update CLAUDE.md
with G2 variant column, NVS index 20, dvb sub-commands, and wiring
differences. CLI now accepts --firmware g2.
Add Carryout and Trav'ler Pro to firmware variant table, SK-1000
physical specs, error messages, calibration procedures, emergency
stow notes, motor behavior details, and Gpredict setup config.
Note leap-frog bug is also present in Pro repo.
HAL 0.0.00 kills the search task via the OS task manager (os -> kill Search)
rather than the ngsearch submenu used by HAL 2.05. Boot signal is NoGPS only.
Source: saveitforparts/Travler_Rotor upstream repo.
CLAUDE.md now includes firmware variant comparison table, full command
reference, NVS indices, RS-485 pinout, and cable wiring notes.
Extract Gabe Emerson's Trav'ler rotor scripts into a proper Python
library with firmware protocol abstraction (HAL 2.05 + HAL 0.0.00),
Hamlib rotctld TCP server, Click CLI, and isolated leap-frog algorithm
with the elevation copy-paste bug fixed.
