Trouble using PASSUPDT
Judy May (tandembike@worldnet.att.net)
Thu, 16 Jul 1998 15:35:34 -0400
I am trying to use PASSUPDT for the first time and have experienced a
few problems. I was hoping some experienced users might offer me some
solutions or tips. I am running it in a DOS window on Win 95 using a
Pentium 120. My new data is a file called molczan.tle, from Mike
McCant's web site. The old data is a subset of a file called elset.els,
from Acapella Publishing.
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Problem #1: Error message says new data not found. Example data
appears below. Why does it not see the new data?
New data:
Iridium 52 3.0 0.0 0.0 6.0 d
1 25171U 98010C 98189.00440080 -.00000094 +00000-0 -40661-4 0 01195
2 25171 086.3951 001.4106 0002032 093.0344 267.1099 14.34215633020190
Old data that should be updated:
Iridium 52
1 25171U 98010C 98183.00430111 +.00000367 +00000-0 +12388-3 0 01187
2 25171 086.3966 003.9208 0001659 086.8522 273.2861 14.34219880019335
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Problem #2: Error message asks if I want to Replace. I believe that is
because the element set number is not greater than the old one. My
question is, how can that occur? Who sets the element set number, and
why isn't it consistant?
New data:
Iridium 57 3.0 0.0 0.0 6.0 d
1 25273U 98019B 98189.35908390 .00000007 00000-0 -45663-5 0 682
2 25273 86.3994 298.0846 0002078 69.5236 290.6182 14.34216248 14384
Old data that should be updated:
Iridium 57
1 25273U 98019B 98182.87060669 -.00000135 +00000-0 -55432-4 0 00845
2 25273 086.3973 300.7933 0001918 072.8420 287.2985 14.34216236013450
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Problem #3: I down loaded a file elset file from the VSOHP FTP page,
called new_molc. I stripped the comments off of the top and bottom of
the file, and saved it. When I try to use it as input to PASSUPDT, the
program hangs, never giving me the <press any key> message to continue.
Any idea what about the file could cause this?
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Thanks for any help you can offer. I'm really hoping I haven't made a
silly mistake!
_~O __O Judy May tandembike@worldnet.att.net
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