From cbef79b87356a7833ff340cd878355a76a5e7ccf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mike Black W9MDB <mdblack98@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2022 08:31:15 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Make rigctld powerstat query only when able and ETIMEOUT
 occurs https://github.com/Hamlib/Hamlib/issues/1085

---
 tests/rigctld.c | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tests/rigctld.c b/tests/rigctld.c
index 2effba68d..924211645 100644
--- a/tests/rigctld.c
+++ b/tests/rigctld.c
@@ -1237,8 +1237,11 @@ void *handle_socket(void *arg)
 
             if (retcode != 0) { rig_debug(RIG_DEBUG_VERBOSE, "%s: rigctl_parse retcode=%d\n", __func__, retcode); }
             // update our power stat in case power gets turned off
-            rig_get_powerstat(my_rig, &powerstat);
-            rig_powerstat = powerstat;
+            if (retcode == -RIG_ETIMEOUT && my_rig->caps->get_powerstat) // if we get a timeout we might be powered off
+            {
+                rig_get_powerstat(my_rig, &powerstat);
+                rig_powerstat = powerstat;
+            }
         }
         else
         {