The software

The system has been designed using C++ and Qt, the Qt was used to create the GUI which is the main windows of the project where it contains the visual graphic of the earth and surrounded by orbits. The program can work with two options either automatically or manually to select the desired satellite when choosing the manual option the user should enter some configuration for a specific satellite, therefore, the program can be able to track it when it enters the range of the antenna. Finally, the window will contain the exact time zone and location of the user to confirm that it is the real-time of the customer and the satellite.

As mentioned before the work has been done using C++ on Linux environment, the API has been used to call the chosen configuration, and since the project deals with communication I2C used to make the communication protocol faster, all this has been transferred into the Raspberry pi to make everything work together.

The following packages were installed and they were essential to make sure that the system is working and performed as wanted.