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Hamlib - (C) Frank Singleton 2000 (vk3fcs@ix.netcom.com)
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(C) Stephane Fillod 2000-2011
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(C) The Hamlib Group 2000-2013
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Why does Hamlib need beta-testers?
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Hamlib is developed by a team of radio enthusiasts around the world, for
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fun, much in the spirit of ham radio. (Note that it is not restricted for
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ham usage only). There are a great deal of protocols and rigs around the
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world developers may not own. However, protocols may be available, so
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backends can be implemented, but cannot always be tested by developers.
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That's where beta-testers are so precious. On top of that, I've been told
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that there's no such sure thing like bug free code.
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Feedback and improvement requests are also valuable.
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Okay, you volunteer as beta-tester, how to proceed?
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===================================================
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First of all, you can start testing official releases. They are easier to
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test because they come in precompiled and packaged (.rpm, .deb, etc.) but
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they have the drawback of being older than the Git repository. Reports from
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these versions are still very appreciated. Please send them to the
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hamlib-developer@lists.sourceforge.net mailing list.
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However, the development of Hamlib is still very active, so it's better to
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test from the latest Git version of the code. And, depending on feedback
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you make, developers can commit a fix, so you can try out the change soon
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after, without waiting for the next official version.
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To proceed, you will have first to obtain either a daily snapshot or a check
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out the latest sources from the Git repository, then rebuild the Hamlib
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package and finally test it with your rig. Don't worry, it's much simpler
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than it looks, despite the size of the package.
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Pre-requisite:
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- some kind of internet access
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- POSIXish compiler toolchain (gcc, make, C library development headers,
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etc., see README.developer for a complete list and building from a Git
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checkout)
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So here we go:
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Daily Git master branch snapshots:
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Download the latest Git master branch snapshot from:
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http://n0nb.users.sourceforge.net
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You'll find a tarball with a name like
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hamlib-3.0~git-30e58df-20121009.tar.gz, i.e. a check out made 09 Oct 2012
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With a Git SHA1 of 30e58df (The SHA1 is a signature of each commit. Each is
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unique and as our project is small, the first seven characters for the full
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40 character SHA1 are likely unique. The shorthand SHA1 is automatically
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generated and may become longer in the future.), ready for building using
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the familiar "three step" (see below). Each morning by about 1130z a new
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snapshot is generated and uploaded and the prior day's version is removed.
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The advantage of the Git snapshot is that you won't need as many tools
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installed to build Hamlib as the work of the GNU Build System has already
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been done. Most of the other packages listed below will be needed. If you
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tell the 'configure' script to build certain parts of Hamlib like
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documentation or scripting language bindings the relavent optional packages
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will be needed. See 'configure --help' for more information.
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Here is a list of development packages needed for a complete build of the
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library (Debian package names are listed, other distributions may differ):
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* Gnu C (gcc) or any C99 compliant compiler # gcc --version
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* Gnu make (or any modern one, BSD okay) # make --version
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N.B. The Debian and derivatives (Ubuntu and friends) 'build-essentials'
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package will install a number of tools and minimize the number of packages
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that need to be installed manually.
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Optional, but highly recommended for a complete build:
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* GNU C++ (g++) # g++ --version
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* swig (for bindings) 1.3.14+ # swig -version
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* perl devel # h2xs
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* tcl devel # tcltk-depends
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* python devel # python-config
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* libxml2 devel # xml2-config --version
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* libgd2 devel # gdlib-config --version
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* libusb devel # libusb-config --version (not 1.0.0!)
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* libreadline devel # ver 5.2 or newer
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* Git for connection to hamlib.git.sourceforge.net
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N.B The libusb package is required for building most of the 'kit' backend.
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The older version is needed, not 1.0.0 or higher. Debian and derivatives
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package libusb 0.1.12 which is what is needed.
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Documentation:
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* Doxygen
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Git master branch daily snapshot build:
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=======================================
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Reading the INSTALL file in top directory will explain in more detail how
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to do the following commands.
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./configure [--prefix=$HOME/local]
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make
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make install
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The prefix argument is optional. Convention is that local packages be
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placed in /usr/local away from distribution installed packages This is the
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default location for the snapshots so it may be disregarded unless you wish
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to install Hamlib elsewhere. The example above would install Hamlib to
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the user's home directory under the 'local' subdirectory.
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Other useful options are '--with-perl-binding' or '--with-python-binding' or
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'--with-tcl-binding' if you are interested in Swig binding support for
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those scripting languages If you are unsure it is safe to ignore these
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options.
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NOTE! If Hamlib has not been previously installed as a locally built
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package you will need to make sure that 'ldconfig' is configured correctly
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and run after 'make install'. Most modern distributions have an
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/etc/ld.so.conf.d/ directory where local configuration can be made. Later
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versions of Debian and derivatives have a file named 'libc.conf' in this
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directory. The contents of libc.conf are:
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# libc default configuration
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/usr/local/lib
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If your system does not have such a file, one will need to be created and
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then 'ldconfig' will need to be run as the root user so that applications
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using the Hamlib libraries can find them.
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To delete the binary files from the source directory after compiling:
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make clean
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To also remove the Makefiles and other build files generated by 'configure',
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along with the binary files as above:
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make distclean
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The configure script will need to be run again as above.
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The above commands will clean things up so Hamlib can be compiled with other
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configure script options.
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To remove Hamlib from your system:
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sudo make uninstall
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Note that due to a limitation in a Perl support script that if the Perl
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binding is built and installed that not all of the files under
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/usr/local/lib/perl/PERL_VERSION will not be removed.
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Git checkout:
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=============
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Please read the beginning of README.developer file, especially Section 1 which
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details the Git checkout, the required tools and versions (very important or
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make won't even work!), and how to use the autogen.sh script.
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Structure:
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==========
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For the brave who want to peruse the contents, here are what all the
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subdirectories are for (these are just a sample as more are added from time to
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time):
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alinco,aor,icom,
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jrc,kachina,kenwood,
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pcr,tentec,uniden,
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winradio,
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yaesu,etc: rig backends
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easycomm,rotorez,
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sartek, etc: rotator backends
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dummy: virtual dummy rig and rotator, for developer's use.
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lib: library for functions missing on your system
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libltdl: wrapper for shared module loader
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bindings Perl, Python, Tcl, and Visual Basic bindings
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c++,kylix: C++ and Kylix bindings
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doc: documentation base and scripts to extract from src
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include/hamlib: exported header files go here
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include: non-distributed header files go there
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src: Hamlib frontend source directory
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tests: rigctl/rotctl and various C programs for testing
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Testing Hamlib:
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===============
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Don't attempt to test Hamlib from the source directory unless you're a
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developer and you understand the side effects of *not* installing freshly
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generated objects (basically having to mess with LD_LIBRARY_PATH and
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.libs). Do an 'sudo make install' to install the libraries in the system
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area. (You did run 'sudo ldconfig' after 'sudo make install', right?)
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So here we go. First of all, identify your rig model id. Make sure
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/usr/local/bin (or the path you set --prefix to above) is in your $PATH, as
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your shell has to be able to locate rigctl.
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Run 'rigctl -l' to get a list of rigs supported by Hamlib.
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If you cannot find your radio in the list, please report to the
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hamlib-developer mailing list. The protocol manual and rig specifications
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will help us a lot.
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You found your rig's ID? Good! You're almost ready to use rigctl.
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Have a quick look at its manual page:
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man rigctl
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or:
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man -M /usr/local/man rigctl
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or simply:
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rigctl --help
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Let's say you own an Icom IC-756:
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rigctl -vvvvv -r /dev/ttyS0 -m 326
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The -vvvvv is very important since this will increase verbosity, and give
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precious traces to developers if something goes wrong. At this level, the
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protocol data exchanged will also be dumped to the screen. Some backends
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produce a useful amount of data regarding function calls and critical
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variables with the -vvvv option without all the protocol data.
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Unless some problem shows up, you should be presented with a menu
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like "Rig command: ". Enter "?" followed by return to have the list
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of available commands. 'Q' or 'q' quits rigctl immediately.
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Most wanted functions to be tested are:
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'_' get misc information on the rig
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'f' get frequency
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'F' set frequency, in Hz
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'm' get mode
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'M' set mode (AM,FM,CW,USB,etc. and passband width in Hz)
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'v' get vfo
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'V' set vfo (VFOA, VFOB, etc.)
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f,F get_freq/set_freq try various (<1MHz, <30Mhz and >1GHz)
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v,V get_vfo/set_vfo VFOA, VFOB
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m,M get_mode/set_mode FM, USB, LSB, CW, WFM, etc.
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passband is in Hz (pass 0 for default)
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G vfo_op UP, DOWN
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_ get_info should give remote Id and firmware vers
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NB: some functions may not be implemented in the backend or simply not
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available on this rig.
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When reporting to the hamlib-developer mailing list, please include traces
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and also comments to tell developers if the action performed correctly on
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the rig.
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Tip: Traces can be hard to cut and paste sometimes. In that case, there's a
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handy tool for you: script(1) (the (1) is not a part of the command, rather
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it is a Unix convention telling which section of the manual it is found, in
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this case section 1, user commands. e.g. 'man 1 script'). It will make a
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typescript of everything printed on your terminal and save it to the file
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you give it.
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$ script my_rig_traces.txt
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Script started, file is my_rig_traces.txt
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$ rigctl -vvvvv -r /dev/ttyS0 -m 326
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rig:rig_init called
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rig: loading backend icom
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icom: _init called
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rig_register (309)
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rig_register (326)
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rig:rig_open called
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Opened rig model 326, 'IC-756'
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Rig command: q
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rig:rig_close called
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rig:rig_cleanup called
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$ exit
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exit
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Script done, file is my_rig_traces.txt
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$
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And then send my_rig_traces.txt to the hamlib-developer mailing list.
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Some models need S-meter calibration, because the rig only returns raw
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measurement. It's easy, it takes only 10mn. Here's how to proceed:
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1. Fire up the rigctl program released with the Hamlib package,
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and pass along options as needed (serial speed, etc.).
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2. Tune to some frequency reporting S0 to the radio S-Meter.
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3. At rigctl prompt, issue "get_level" ('l' in short) of the level
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RAWSTR.
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4. Write down the S-level read on radio front panel, and the RAWSTR
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value retrieved.
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5. Repeat from step 2 with S9 and S9+60dB. Actually the more plots,
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the better, otherwise Hamlib does interpolation.
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6. Send the table to the hamlib-developer mailing list and it will be
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added in the next release of Hamlib.
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NB: It is well known the S-Meter of any given radio is far from being
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accurate. For owners with a fully equipped lab, you may want to make the
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above-mentioned measurements with a good signal generator and a set of
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calibrated attenuators. Greg W8WWV has an insightful page about S-Meter
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calibration:
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http://www.seed-solutions.com/gregordy/Amateur%20Radio/Experimentation/SMeterBlues.htm
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Okay folks, test as much as you can, in the weirdest situations if
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possible. There is a special prize for those who find 'Segmentation fault'
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and other nasty bugs.
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Needless to say, patches are also very welcome (see README.developer). :-)
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Stephane - F8CFE and The Hamlib Group
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