diff --git a/src/rot-ctrl-window.c b/src/rot-ctrl-window.c
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+++ b/src/rot-ctrl-window.c
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+/* -*- Mode: C; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: t; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/*
+  Gpredict: Real-time satellite tracking and orbit prediction program
+
+  Copyright (C)  2001-2007  Alexandru Csete, OZ9AEC.
+
+  Authors: Alexandru Csete <oz9aec@gmail.com>
+
+  Comments, questions and bugreports should be submitted via
+  http://sourceforge.net/projects/groundstation/
+  More details can be found at the project home page:
+
+  http://groundstation.sourceforge.net/
+ 
+  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+  (at your option) any later version.
+  
+  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+  GNU General Public License for more details.
+  
+  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+  along with this program; if not, visit http://www.fsf.org/
+*/
+#include <gtk/gtk.h>
+#include <glib/gi18n.h>
+#include "sat-log.h"
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+#  include <build-config.h>
+#endif
+
+#incude "rot-ctrl-window.h"
+
+
+/** \brief Open rotator control window */
+void rot_ctrl_window_open ()
+{
+    if (window_is_open) {
+        /* window may be hidden so bring it to front */
+        
+        return;
+    }
+    
+    /* create the window */
+    
+}
+
+/** \brief Close rotator control window */
+void rot_ctrl_window_close (void);
+{
+    if (window_is_open) {
+        
+    }
+    else {
+        sat_log_log (SAT_LOG_LEVEL_BUG,
+                     _("%s: Rotor control window is not open!"),
+                     __FUNCTION__);
+    }
+}
+
+
diff --git a/src/rot-ctrl-window.h b/src/rot-ctrl-window.h
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+/* -*- Mode: C; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: t; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/*
+  Gpredict: Real-time satellite tracking and orbit prediction program
+
+  Copyright (C)  2001-2007  Alexandru Csete, OZ9AEC.
+
+  Authors: Alexandru Csete <oz9aec@gmail.com>
+
+  Comments, questions and bugreports should be submitted via
+  http://sourceforge.net/projects/groundstation/
+  More details can be found at the project home page:
+
+  http://groundstation.sourceforge.net/
+ 
+  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+  (at your option) any later version.
+  
+  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+  GNU General Public License for more details.
+  
+  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+  along with this program; if not, visit http://www.fsf.org/
+*/
+#ifndef ROT_CTRL_WINDOW_H
+#define ROT_CTRL_WINDOW_H 1
+
+void rot_ctrl_window_open (void);
+void rot_ctrl_window_close (void);
+
+#endif