feat(sat): point the antenna — EasyComm II az/el rotator

EasyComm is what satellite rotator controllers agreed on, so a box that
works with SatPC32, Gpredict or Hamlib works here. Serial or TCP, and its
own settings rather than the HF rotator's: an az/el pair is a different
machine on a different port, and an operator who has both must not have
to choose.

A great many EasyComm controllers — the Arduino trackers above all —
accept commands and never say a word back. That is legal and common, so a
silent controller is not treated as a broken one: it is still driven, and
the last commanded position is reported in its place, marked as commanded
rather than read. A stuck rotator must not be able to hide behind an
order it never carried out, which is why the panel shows the antenna's
position beside the satellite's.

The 450° overlap is the reason a satellite rotator is worth having, so it
is used: a pass crossing north continues past 360 instead of unwinding
three quarters of a turn with the antenna sweeping the ground. Below the
configured elevation the mast is left alone — the numbers are right all
the way round the orbit, but a rotator that chases a satellite through
the far side of the earth spends the night turning, and a mast has a
finite number of turns in it.
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commit 90e363f49e
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@@ -1429,6 +1429,8 @@ export function TestQRZUpload():Promise<string>;
export function TestRotatorDevice(arg1:main.RotatorDevice,arg2:number):Promise<void>;
export function TestSatelliteRotator():Promise<string>;
export function TestStationDevice(arg1:main.StationDevice):Promise<main.StationTestResult>;
export function TestUltrabeam(arg1:main.UltrabeamSettings):Promise<void>;
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@@ -2790,6 +2790,10 @@ export function TestRotatorDevice(arg1, arg2) {
return window['go']['main']['App']['TestRotatorDevice'](arg1, arg2);
}
export function TestSatelliteRotator() {
return window['go']['main']['App']['TestSatelliteRotator']();
}
export function TestStationDevice(arg1) {
return window['go']['main']['App']['TestStationDevice'](arg1);
}