transponder
Revision as of 13:12, 2 April 2006 by 82.43.128.200 (talk) (Added note about the orbiter transponder really being a beacon, and removed the wikipedia transponder article as Orbiter's transponders are not the same thing.)
In Orbiter, most spacecraft and space stations have transponders (more realisically beacons). These allow precise velocity and location matching with the Docking HUD, usually as a precursor to precision docking with IDS.
To set a vessel's transponder frequency, using the COM/NAV Receiver MFD and edit the XPDR line.
To find a vessel's transponder frequency without changing focus to it, use the Object Info window (ctrl-I).
To track a transponder, use the COM/Nav Receiver MFD to tune a nav receiver to the transponder frequency. Then use the Docking MFD (with shift-n to select which receiver is in use) or the Docking HUD (with ctrl-R to select the receiver). Note that transponders do not have infinite range.