Hamlib/tests/rigctld.8

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.TH RIGCTLD "8" "January 9, 2008" "Hamlib" "Rig Control Daemon"
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.SH NAME
rigctld \- Hamlib rig control daemon
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B rigctld
[\fIOPTION\fR]...
.SH DESCRIPTION
The \fBrigctld\fP program is an EXPERIMENTAL \fBHamlib\fP rig daemon that 
handles TCP client requests. This allows multiple user programs to share one 
radio. Multiple radios can be controlled on different TCP ports. The syntax 
of the commands are the same as \fBrigctl\fP. It is hoped that \fBrigctld\fP 
will be especially useful for languages such as Perl, Python, and others.
.PP
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\fBrigctld\fP communicates to a client through a TCP socket using text
commands shared with \fBrigctl\fP. The protocol is simple, commands are sent
to \fBrigctld\fP on one line and \fBrigctld\fP responds to "get" commands with
the requested values, one per line.  A response may contain one to three lines 
of values plus one line containing "END".  Each line is terminated with a 
newline '\\n' character.
.PP
Keep in mind that \fBHamlib\fP is BETA level software. 
While a lot of backend libraries lack complete rig support, the basic functions
are usually well supported.  The API may change without publicized notice, 
while an advancement of the minor version (e.g. 1.1.x to 1.2.x) indicates such
a change.
.PP
Please report bugs and provide feedback at the e-mail address given in the 
REPORTING BUGS section.  Patches and code enhancements are also welcome.
.SH OPTIONS
This program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long
options starting with two dashes (`-').

Here is a summary of the supported options:
.TP
.B \-m, --model=id
Select radio model number. See rig model list (use 'rigctl -l').
.TP
.B \-r, --rig-file=device
Use \fIdevice\fP as the file name of the port the radio is connected.
Often a serial port, but could be a USB to serial adapter.  Typically 
/dev/ttyS0, /dev/ttyS1, /dev/ttyUSB0, etc.
.TP
.B \-p, --ptt-file=device
Use \fIdevice\fP as the file name of the Push-To-Talk device using a
device file as described above.
.TP
.B \-d, --dcd-file=device
Use \fIdevice\fP as the file name of the Data Carrier Detect device using a
device file as described above.
.TP
.B \-P, --ptt-type=type
Use \fItype\fP of Push-To-Talk device.
Supported types are RIG, DTR, RTS, PARALLEL, NONE.
.TP
.B \-D, --dcd-type=type
Use \fItype\fP of Data Carrier Detect device. 
Supported types are RIG, DSR, CTS, CD, PARALLEL, NONE.
.TP
.B \-s, --serial-speed=baud
Set serial speed to \fIbaud\fP rate. Uses maximum serial speed from rig
backend capabilities as the default.
.TP
.B \-c, --civaddr=id
Use \fIid\fP as the CI-V address to communicate with the rig. Only useful for 
Icom rigs. 
.br
NB: the \fIid\fP is in decimal notation, unless prefixed by 
\fI0x\fP, in which case it is hexadecimal.
.TP
.B \-L, --show-conf
List all config parameters for the radio defined with -m above.
.TP
.B \-C, --set-conf=parm=val[,parm=val]*
Set config parameter.  e.g. stop_bits=2
.br
Use -L option for a list.
.TP
.B \-t, --port=number
Use \fInumber\fP as the TCP listening port. The default is 4532.
.TP
.B \-l, --list
List all model numbers defined in \fBHamlib\fP and exit.
.TP
.B \-u, --dump-caps
Dump capabilities for the radio defined with -m above and exit.
.TP
.B \-o, --vfo
Set vfo mode, requiring an extra VFO argument in front of each appropriate
command. Otherwise, VFO_CURR is assumed when this option is not set.
.TP
.B \-v, --verbose
Set verbose mode, cumulative (see DIAGNOSTICS below).
.TP
.B \-h, --help
Show a summary of these options and exit.
.TP
.B \-V, --version
Show the version of \fBrigctld\fP and exit.
.PP
\fBN.B.\fP Some options may not be implemented by a given backend and will
return an error.  This is most likely to occur with the \fI\-\-set-conf\fP 
and \fI\-\-show-conf\fP options.
.pp
Please note that the backend for the radio to be controlled, 
or the radio itself may not support some commands. In that case, 
the operation will fail with a \fBHamlib\fP error code.
.SH COMMANDS
Commands can be sent over the TCP socket either as a single char, or as a 
long command name plus the value(s) on one '\\n' terminated line. See 
PROTOCOL.
.PP
Since most of the \fBHamlib\fP operations have a \fIset\fP and a \fIget\fP method,
an upper case letter will be used for \fIset\fP method whereas the 
corresponding lower case letter refers to the \fIget\fP method.  Each operation
also has a long name, prepend a backslash to send a long command name.
.PP
Example (Perl): `print $socket "\\dump_caps\\n";' to see what the radio's
backend can do.
.PP
Please note that the backend for the radio to be controlled, 
or the radio itself may not support some commands. In that case, 
the operation will fail with a \fBHamlib\fP error message.
.PP
Here is a summary of the supported commands:
.TP
.B F, set_freq
Set frequency, in Hz.
.TP
.B f, get_freq
Get frequency, in Hz.
.TP
.B M, set_mode
Set mode/passband: AM, FM, CW, CWR, USB, LSB, RTTY, RTTYR, WFM, AMS, 
PKTLSB, PKTUSB, PKTFM, ECSSUSB, ECSSLSB, FAX, SAM, SAL, SAH, DSB.

The passband is the exact passband in Hz, or 0 for the default.
.TP
.B m, get_mode
Get mode/passband.
.TP
.B V, set_vfo
Set VFO: VFOA, VFOB, VFOC, currVFO, VFO, MEM, Main, Sub, TX, RX.
.TP
.B v, get_vfo
Get current VFO.
.TP
.B J, set_rit
Set RIT, in Hz.
.TP
.B j, get_rit
Get RIT, in Hz.
.TP
.B Z, set_xit
Set XIT, in Hz.
.TP
.B z, get_xit
Get XIT, in Hz.
.TP
.B T, set_ptt
Set PTT, 0 or 1.
.TP
.B t, get_ptt
Get PTT status.
.TP
.B R, set_rptr_shift
Set repeater shift: "+", "-" or something else for none.
.TP
.B r, get_rptr_shift
Get repeater shift.
.TP
.B O, set_rptr_offs
Set repeater offset, in Hz.
.TP
.B o, get_rptr_offs
Get repeater offset.
.TP
.B C, set_ctcss_tone
Set CTCSS tone, in tenth of Hz.
.TP
.B c, get_ctcss_tone
Get CTCSS tone, in tenth of Hz.
.TP
.B D, set_dcs_code
Set DCS code.
.TP
.B d, get_dcs_code
Get DCS code.
.TP
.B I, set_split_freq
Set TX frequency, in Hz.
.TP
.B i, get_split_freq
Get TX frequency.
.TP
.B X, set_split_mode
Set transmit mode/passband: AM, FM, CW, CWR, USB, LSB, RTTY, RTTYR, WFM, AMS, 
PKTLSB, PKTUSB, PKTFM, ECSSUSB, ECSSLSB, FAX, SAM, SAL, SAH, DSB.

The passband is the exact passband in Hz, or 0 for the default.
.TP
.B x, get_split_mode
Get transmit mode/passband.
.TP
.B S, set_split_vfo
Set split mode, 0 or 1, and transmit VFO.
.TP
.B s, get_split_vfo
Get split mode and transmit VFO.
.TP
.B N, set_ts
Set tuning step, in Hz.
.TP
.B n, get_ts
Get tuning step.
.TP
.B U, set_func
Set func/status:
FAGC, NB, COMP, VOX, TONE, TSQL, SBKIN, FBKIN, ANF, NR, AIP, APF, MON, MN,
RF, ARO, LOCK, MUTE, VSC, REV, SQL, ABM, BC, MBC, AFC, SATMODE, SCOPE, 
RESUME, TBURST, TUNER.
.TP
.B u, get_func
Get func status.
.TP
.B L, set_level
Set level/value:
PREAMP, ATT, VOX, AF, RF, SQL, IF, APF, NR, PBT_IN, PBT_OUT, CWPITCH, RFPOWER,
MICGAIN, KEYSPD, NOTCHF, COMP, AGC, BKINDL, BAL, METER, VOXGAIN, ANTIVOX. 
SLOPE_LOW, SLOPE_HIGH, RAWSTR, SQLSTAT, SWR, ALC, STRENGTH.
.TP
.B l, get_level
Get level value.
.TP
.B P, set_parm
Set parm/value:
ANN, APO, BACKLIGHT, BEEP, TIME, BAT, KEYLIGHT.
.TP
.B p, get_parm
Get parm value.
.TP
.B B, set_bank
Set bank.
.TP
.B E, set_mem
Set memory channel number.
.TP
.B e, get_mem
Get memory channel number.
.TP
.B G, vfo_op
Perform VFO operation:
CPY, XCHG, FROM_VFO, TO_VFO, MCL, UP, DOWN, BAND_UP, BAND_DOWN, LEFT, RIGHT,
TUNE, TOGGLE.
.TP
.B g, scan_op
Perform scan operation/channel: STOP, MEM, SLCT, PRIO, PROG, DELTA, VFO, PLT.
.TP
.B H, set_channel
Set memory channel data. Not implemented yet.
.TP
.B h, get_channel
Get memory channel data.
.TP
.B A, set_trn
Set transceive mode (reporting event): OFF, RIG, POLL.
.TP
.B a, get_trn
Get transceive mode (reporting event).
.TP
.B Y, set_ant
Set antenna number (0, 1, 2, ..).
.TP
.B y, get_ant
Get antenna number (0, 1, 2, ..).
.TP
.B *, reset
Reset.
.TP
.B b, send_morse
Send morse symbols.
.TP
.B 0x87, set_powerstat
Set power status.
.TP
.B 0x88, get_powerstat
Get power status.
.TP
.B _, get_info
Get misc information about the rig.
.TP
.B 1, dump_caps
Not a real rig remote command, it just dumps capabilities, i.e. what the 
backend knows about this model, and what it can do.  TODO: Ensure this is
in a consistent format so it can be read into a hash, dictionary, etc.
.TP
.B 2, power2mW
Converts a power value in a range of \fI0.0 ... 1.0\fP to the real transmit 
power in milli-Watts.  The \fIfrequency\fP and \fImode\fP also need to be 
provided as output power may vary according to these values.
.TP
.B w, send_cmd
Send raw command string to rig. 
.br
For binary protocols enter values as \\0xAA\\0xBB

.SH EXAMPLES
Start \fBrigctld\fP for a Yaesu FT-920 using an USB-to-serial adapter and
backgrounding:
.PP
$ rigctld -m 114 -r /dev/ttyUSB1 &
.PP
Start \fBrigctld\fP for a Yaesu FT-920 using a USB to serial adapter while
setting baud rate and stop bits and backgrounding:
.PP
$ rigctld -m 114 -r /dev/ttyUSB1 -s 4800 -C stop_bits=2 &
.PP
Connect to the already running \fBrigctld\fP, and set current frequency to 14.266 MHz:
.PP
$ echo "\\set_freq 14266000" | nc localhost 4532
.SH PROTOCOL
The \fBrigctld\fP protocol is intentionally simple. Commands are entered on
a single line with any needed values. In Perl, reliable results are obtained
by terminating each command string with a newline character, '\\n'.
.PP
Example \fIset\fP (Perl code):

print $socket "F 14250000\\n";
.br
print $socket "\\\\set_mode LSB 2400\\n";   # escape leading '\\'
.PP
Responses from \fBrigctld\fP are text values and match the same tokens used
in the \fIset\fP commands. Each value is returned on its own line. To
signal the end of a response the "END\\n" string is sent.
.PP
Example \fIget\fP (Perl code):

print $socket "f\\n";

"14250000\\n"
.br
"END\\n"
.PP
Most \fIget\fP functions return one to three values. A notable exception is
the \fIdump_caps\fP function which returns many lines of key:value pairs.
Future work will focus on making this output compatible with assignment to a
hash, dictionary, or other key:value variable.
.SH DIAGNOSTICS
The \fB-v\fP, \fB--version\fP option allows different levels of diagnostics
to be output to \fBstderr\fP and correspond to -v for BUG, -vv for ERR, 
-vvv for WARN, -vvvv for VERBOSE, or -vvvvv for TRACE.  
.PP
A given verbose level is useful for providing needed debugging information to
the email address below.  For example, TRACE output shows all of the values
sent to and received from the radio which is very useful for radio backend
library development and may be requested by the developers.
.SH SECURITY
No authentication whatsoever; don't leave this TCP port open wide to the Internet.
Please ask if stronger security is needed.
.SH BUGS
The daemon is not detaching and backgrounding itself.

Much testing needs to be done.
.SH REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <hamlib-developer@lists.sourceforge.net>.
.br
We are already aware of the bugs in the previous section :-)
.SH AUTHORS
Written by Stephane Fillod and the Hamlib Group
.br
<http://www.hamlib.org>.
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2000-2008 Stephane Fillod and the Hamlib Group.
.PP
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.
There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY
or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR rigctl (1),
.BR hamlib (3)