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-/*  hamlib - Copyright (C) 2000 Frank Singleton
- *
- * rigcaps.h - Copyrith (C) 2000 Frank Singleton and Stephane Fillod
- * This program defines some rig capabilities structures that
- * will be used for obtaining rig capabilities,
- *
- *
- * 	$Id: rigcaps.h,v 1.1 2000-09-14 00:50:55 f4cfe Exp $	 *
- *
- *
- * 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, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
- * 
- */
-
-/*
- * Basic rig type, can store some useful
- * info about different radios. Each lib must
- * be able to populate this structure, so we can make
- * useful enquiries about capablilities.
- */
-
-#ifndef _RIGCAPS_H
-#define _RIGCAPS_H 1
-
-#include <riglist.h>	/* list in another file to not mess up w/ this one */
-
-#include <rig.h>
-
-typedef struct rig RIG;	/* forward reference to <rig.h> */
-struct rig_state;
-
-
-enum serial_parity_e {
-	RIG_PARITY_NONE = 0,
-	RIG_PARITY_ODD,
-	RIG_PARITY_EVEN
-};
-
-enum rig_type_e {
-	RIG_TYPE_TRANSCEIVER = 0,	/* aka base station */
-	RIG_TYPE_HANDHELD,
-	RIG_TYPE_MOBILE,
-	RIG_TYPE_RECEIVER,
-	RIG_TYPE_SCANNER,
-	RIG_TYPE_COMPUTER,		/* eg. Pegasus */
-	/* etc. */
-	RIG_TYPE_OTHER
-};
-
-/* development status of the backend */
-enum rig_status_e {
-	RIG_STATUS_ALPHA = 0,
-	RIG_STATUS_BETA,
-	RIG_STATUS_STABLE,
-	RIG_STATUS_NEW
-};
-
-#ifdef __GNUC__
-typedef unsigned long long int freq_t; /* in Hz, must be >32bits for SHF! */
-#else
-typedef struct {
-	unsigned long int val[2];
-} freq_t;
-#endif
-
-typedef unsigned int rig_mode_t;
-
-/* Do not use an enum since this will be used w/ rig_mode_t bit fields */
-#define RIG_MODE_AM		(1<<0)
-#define RIG_MODE_CW		(1<<1)
-#define RIG_MODE_USB	(1<<2)	 /* select somewhere else the filters ? */
-#define RIG_MODE_LSB	(1<<3)
-#define RIG_MODE_RTTY	(1<<4)
-#define RIG_MODE_FM		(1<<5)
-#define RIG_MODE_WFM	(1<<6)
-#define RIG_MODE_NFM	(1<<7)	/* should we distinguish modes w/ filers? */
-#define RIG_MODE_NAM	(1<<8)	/* Narrow AM */
-#define RIG_MODE_CWR	(1<<9)	/* Reverse CW */
-
-
-#define RIGNAMSIZ 30
-#define RIGVERSIZ 8
-#define MAXRIGPATHLEN 100
-#define FRQRANGESIZ 30
-
-
-/* put together a buch of this struct in an array to define 
- * what your have access to 
- */ 
-struct freq_range_list {
-		freq_t start;
-		freq_t end;
-		unsigned long modes;	/* OR'ed RIG_MODE_* */
-		int low_power;	/* in mW, -1 for no power (ie. rx list) */
-		int high_power;	/* in mW, -1 for no power (ie. rx list) */
-}
-
-/* Basic rig type, can store some useful
-* info about different radios. Each lib must
-* be able to populate this structure, so we can make
-* useful enquiries about capablilities.
-*/
-
-/* The main idea of this struct is that it will be defined by the backend
- * rig driver, and will remain readonly for the application
- */
-struct rig_caps {
-rig_model_t rig_model; /* eg. RIG_MODEL_FT847 */
-char model_name[RIGNAMSIZ]; /* eg "ft847" */
-char mfg_name[RIGNAMSIZ]; /* eg "Yeasu" */
-char version[RIGVERSIZ]; /* driver version, eg "0.5" */
-enum rig_status_e status; /* among ALPHA, BETA, STABLE, NEW  */
-enum rig_type_e rig_type;
-unsigned short int serial_rate_min; /* eg 4800 */
-unsigned short int serial_rate_max; /* eg 9600 */
-unsigned char serial_data_bits; /* eg 8 */
-unsigned char serial_stop_bits; /* eg 2 */
-enum serial_parity_e serial_parity; /* */
-struct freq_range_list rx_range_list[FRQRANGESIZ];
-struct freq_range_list tx_range_list[FRQRANGESIZ];
-int (*rig_init)(RIG *rig);	/* setup *priv */
-int (*rig_cleanup)(RIG *rig);
-int (*rig_probe)(RIG *rig); /* Experimental: may work.. */
-int (*set_freq_main_vfo_hz)(struct rig_state *rig_s, freq_t freq, rig_mode_t mode);
-/* etc... */
-
-};
-
-/*
- * example of 3.5MHz -> 3.8MHz, 100W transmit range
- *   tx_range_list = {{3500000,3800000,RIG_MODE_AM|RIG_MODE_CW,100000},0}
- *
- */
-
-
-#endif /* _RIGCAPS_H */
-