Ground Station (GCS) or PC side

Ethernet:

Connects to GCSD5, a PC or to local network or Internet through a switch.

RCBus:

For XLRS devices such as GCSD4V2, GCSD5 or GCSDual or CURCB to USB converter.

USB:

For PC or other devices. Through CURCB module supplied with SATPRO V2.

Notes:
Internally the SATPRO has an Ethernet switch with several connections: 2 Ethernet for radio modem or video, 1 for SATPRO and 1 output for GCS or PC or Internet.
The SATPRO V1 is very similar to the V2, except that it has only one Ethernet connection for radio modem or video.
Depending on the order, the SATPRO V2 is supplied with the CURCB and CTRCB modules. (For example, if you buy only the SATPRO without XLRS equipment, the CURCB and CTRCB modules are supplied so that you can make the SATPRO compatible with devices from other brands.
The CURCB module is also used to update the firmware of the SATPRO V2.

Connections Operation

Ethernet:

The radiomodem’s ethernet data with its IP, goes through the internal switch of the SATPRO to the ethernet connection for the Ground Control Station (GCS), PC or local network.

You will have direct and transparent access to the radiomodem’s ethernet.

You can send commands and telemetry to the SATPRO at your IP.

Serial Port:

The data from the radio modem serial port (38400b), converted by SATPRO through the ethernet for the GCS, PC or local network with the SATPRO V2 IP. You can also send commands to the SATPRO via USB through the CURCB module.

It is advisable that on the GCS or PC side, for RC, commands and telemetry, you only use the ethernet, as it is very fast and stable.

The CURCB module is used only for firmware updates and in some cases as ethernet redundancy, only for RC and telemetry or serial port connection data, not video.

Automation

Ethernet:

The SAPRO is prepared to follow the vehicle automatically if you use the Mavlink protocol through the serial port.

You can also automate it with your own software application since the necessary commands are text and very simple.

If necessary, you can control it manually with the XLRS_SATPRO software, which will also help you learn and test the proper functioning of the system.

With Mavlink:

If you use the MAVlink protocol via the radio modem serial data, the SATPRO tracker antenna can use the position of the vehicle (UAV, UGV, etc.) to position itself automatically.

For this you will need to set the HOME reference position. This can be achieved in several ways:

From the SATPRO GPS. Continuously (if moving) or fixed (only once established).

From the HOME of the UAV or vehicle.

These options and much more are configured from the XLRS_SATPRO software for Windows.

If you use Mavlink you will be able to see the GPS position of the vehicle and other data on the SATPRO display.

Without Mavlink:

If you do not use the MAVlink protocol, to position the tracker you will have to provide through an ethernet port (GCS or PC) of the SATPRO configured in CMD mode, position commands such as “DX 35”, “DY 15”. You can do this with your own software or with the XLRS_SATPRO software that is sent when you purchase the SATPRO.

There are many more commands available to provide position information and tracker features that can be seen in the manual or intuitively in the XLRS_SATPRO software.