Version 5.4.4
By Guy Roels ON6MU
Welcome
to the UISS homepage!
This program has been designed for
packet communication with ISS
(International Space Station), PCSat, ANDE or
'compatible' satellites with ease...
Ideal for any UI packet communication (unproto).
You can digi or connect the satellites with
UI-frames complete with TX-data (text),
APRS location and/or APRS messages, bulletins,
news, mail, APRS-IS satgate etc...
Although designed for HAM operators communicating
with satellites,
can UISS also be used for normal radioamateur
basic packet operations or APRS too.
Powerful features allows you easy monitoring of
any type of AX25 packet traffic.
Plots the heard stations on a map using UISS
module: UI-MapView!
Works in all Windows versions or Linux (using emul
software).
Discover the unique features of UISS today...
The software is free for HAM's
and non-commercial purposes, but if you do use it
and
want extra professional features and several
special options then please:
.**
become a beta-tester, translate the manual or
contribute to the ham-community in some special
way **.
.** or
send me a donation to support this and future
UISS projects (Pro-Edition) **.
Flash News
*** UISS version 5.4.4
released november 22nd 2021 ***
.
HAM Radio Links
.My ISS Shadow Award Experiment
also using UISS
.
Click
here to find out more about
UISS
and the ET Shadow Experiment
UISS for
Windows: what does it do
This program has
been designed for easy packet radio communication
(by HAM radio operators) with ISS (International
Space Station), PCSat, PSAT or 'compatible'
satellites...and specially for any type of UI
packet communication (unproto).
You can digi the sats like NO44, ISS... with
UI-frames (unproto) headers or complete with
TX-data (text), APRS location and/or APRS
messages, bulletins, news, mail etc...
Of course you can use the program for basic
normal packet or for easy monitoring of any
packet radio traffic, connecting to your local
node or bbs etc.
You can connect (licensed radioamateurs only
ofcourse) and send pre-defined BBS commands or
activate a beacon. The beacon has many special
features not found in any other program. UISS has
been developed for easy use, and programmed for
high speed and low use of system resources.
APRS functionality has been
implemented! So you can send your location to be
put on the right place on the APRS maps. With
UI-MapView, an external UISS-Module, you can view
the received station on a map!
Use it as an APRS messenger to send and receive
APRS messages!
Filter out all unwanted receiving
packet frames with special build-in filters!
Special digi options easy to use
are implemented. A automatic MHeard-list of all
stations that are being received is viewed and
can be saved and transmitted.
With the internal Notebook you can
enter all information you need or want about ISS,
satellites or packet in general...Ideal to keep
those notes in handy (like Post-It)
A build-in alarm guard can be set
to monitor and log a special callsign, a specific
word, a character or digipeated packets. Ideal
for use when ISS, callsings or a particular part
of data has been received! All packets can be
logged to disk at any time.
UISS has a full BBS build in! It
supports several external and remote commands.
All commands are compatible with the commands
used by GP (Graphic Packet) and uses the same
operating as GP.
Special advanced packet radio
beacon features implemented.
The program uses the AGW Packet
Engine so you can use this program with any modem
installed that is supported by AGWPE!! Soundcard,
Baycom, TNC's etc. UISS has LAN capabilities
making it work over a LAN or even via Internet!
UISS also support the UZ7HO Soundmodem, Direwolf
etc... No need for a modem, these use just your
soundcard!
Selectable RX- and TX Ports, uses
very little system resources. You can even
multiple instances of UISS, allowing to use
independent settings for each copy!
All stations are displayed on any
map available with the build-in UI-map-viewer.
Maps can be converted from UI-View (see download
section).
An available module from LU4EG
sets up UISS to act as a IGate, hence allowing
APRS TCPIP Igate traffic!
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Any suggestions or comments are a great help for
future versions.
I'm also looking for people who would like to
translate the manual
to French, Dutch or German (other languages also
very welcome).
Some
of the features of UISS:
Easy to use
Designed for easy
packet radio communication with ISS,
PCSat or other 'compatible' (APRS)
satellites...
Easy to send
UI-frames (unproto), send location in
APRS format (GPS)...
Receive and send
APRS messages (APRS messenger) etc.
APRS compatible
functionality and visual station location
(UI-MapView add-on)
Store all
reception data and packet radio frames
LAN features
implemented (TCP/IP)!
Show stations on
maps that can be converted from UI-View
Make a complete
reception report of your received packet
session
View only data
from received packet frames
Filters: apply
filters to receive the packets you want
to see
Beacon with
advanced features, beacon on heard,
scheduled activation, and remote control
Automatic counts
and logs a list of all stations heard
with details
Complete BBS with
BBS commands (compatible with Graphic
Packet)
Internal Notebook
to keep those notes in handy
Sound Alarm when
a specified callsign, or a word(s), a
digipeated frame, a message is received
and log to disk
Disable/Enable
stations that want to connect you
Send heard
stations list in one click of a button
Send multiple
lines with (or without) special ascii
code characters
Packet radio
beacon that can be used to TX live data
from third party software.
Works with any
type of modem and baudrates that AGWPE
supports
Program your own
UISS modules!
Remote control
Selectable RX-
and TX Ports
Possible to log
automatically all- or digipeated received
packets to disk
Optimized code
lets UISS run even on slow Pc's!
With UI-MapView,
an external UISS-Module, you can view
each received station on a map!
Run multiple
instances of UISS, allowing to use
independent settings for each copy!
Beacon on heard
(Intelligent Beacon)
Transmit multiple
lines of text in unproto
Import images
from other programs, and live view of
OrbiTron satellite tracker
IGate capable
and much much
more....
.Thanks to all
who supported UISS!
Credits.
UISS-Module
programmers:
Dany LU4EG (UISS-Orb,
UISS-SatGate, UISS-Map creator and UISS-GPS)
Nigel G4DCQ (UISS-MultiTelem)
Currently Active
Beta-testers:
Nigel G4DCQ
Mary ON2DHT
Translators:
IK3ZGB (Italian)
LU7DSU (Spanish),
SQ2QB
(Polish),
CU2BJ & CX2PI (Portuguese)
EA1URO
(website)
Mirror of UISS
downloads:
André, PE1PQX
And special thanks to
people who donated to the UISS Project or to
AMSAT do to UISS!
Also, thanks to everybody using UISS,
and those who mailed me their appreciation,
suggestions and comments about UISS!
Thank you all, really true HAM-spirit!
UISS and the ISS ET Shadow Experiment
UISS is also recommended for use
with the ET Shadow Experiment
As of UISS version 5.1 a Shadow Experiment
Wizzard has been build-in!
The Space Plasma Experiment Central
Research Institute for Machine Building
(TsNIIMASH)
Current Participants of the Shadow Experiment [participants]
Read more about the ET Shadow Experiment [iss
shadow experiment]
More info about the ET Shadow Experiment [VK3UKF]
Instructions on how to perform the Shadow
Experiment: [here]
UISS BEACON
Detailed explanation of the UISS
beacon features for use with the ISS Shadow
Experiment
[Beacon manual in English] -- [Beacon manual in Russian]
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