Use Options/config/Sat-ctrl to enter the all serial control string that will be needed. Control strings are NOT placed in the schedule. Here is a typical string with a carriage return character (CR) at the end:

P02*A154.00*^M

Any control character (^A thru ^Z) can appear anywhere in the string. The SS32 software does not have to be restarted if a string is added or changed.

Once the set of all satellite control strings are entered, each one needs to be associated with a four-character name. The name replaces the code number and therefore MUST be exactly four characters. Much as the AX events are named and then referred to in the schedule, these string, too, can be referenced in the schedule using the "CS" ("control satellite") prefix. For example, if you have named a satellite control string with the label "3333", then the following prefix+code in the schedule would cause that string to be sent serially at the time indicated:

CS3333

Satellite control events appear in the Real-time table and--as with all RT events--are removed from the schedule upon loading and therefore cannot be inserted manually while a schedule is running. However, see below for how to use a hot key for the same purpose.

Using options/config/serial, the desired baud rate and the device called "SCC/USC16" must be indicated for the correct serial port in order for serial command strings to be sent in this fashion.

A special category called "%%%" has been created to allow a hot key to refer to one of these satellite control string labels. A hot key programmed for catcode "%%%3333", for example, would sent the control string associated with this label to the serial port (assuming a serial port has been properly designated). Currently the hot key does not blink or otherwise provide feedback to the user that a command has been sent.

Satellite Control events appear in the *.AIR log.