Add park to rotorez.c
Fix rig power on/off from rigctl cmd line and rigctld
Enable async mode by default to prevent WSJT-X crash on IC9700 with transceive on
Fix IC7610 get_powerstat to disable it -- cannot read power status
Fix K3 K22 command error for remote operations
Fix Gemini DX1200 gemini_set_level
Fix async I/O to not call flush
Change EX startup commands for Yaesu rigs to allow errors...Win4Yaesu not recognizing EX commands
Fix jst145 set_freq and get_freq
Restore tcflush as some odd behavior was seen that tclush fixes
Fix XG3 operations
Separate the validation cmd in newcat.c to allow rig post_write_delay to be in effect
Increase post_write to 20ms for FT710
Add attenuator level control for TS890
Update SMeter/SWR tables for TS890
Add fix for TMD700
Improve FT-857 get_vfo response when error occurs
Allow FT-857 to use cached vfo on get_vfo when error occurs reading EEPROM
Fix FTDX10 FT710 set_level AF
Fix FT-450D detection
Fix VFO A/B swapping for gpredict -- hopefully better behavior for VFO swapping rigs Should avoid setting RX freq while TX and avoid TX freq while RX
Fix QRP QDX PTT to new TQ command due to firmware changes
Remove EX103 check for FTDX5000
Fix K3/K3S VFOB setting of mode/width
Fix AGC level display in rigctld
Change FTDX10 to no serial handshake
Add TS2000 to has_ps exception
Add FT991 to 60M exception
Fix get_powerstat bad call in rigctl_parse.c
Really fix CM108 ptt_bitnum usage
Fix Elecraft power2mW precision/accuracy
Fix power on/off/on for Icom rigs with rigctld power_on=0

Older stable releases

As these versions are still found in many Linux/BSD distributions, their information is included.

4.5.4

Release notes

Version 4.5.4 2023-01-10

Fix CM108 ptt setting for non-default usage
Fix power on/off for Icom rigs with rigctld power_on=0
Fix get_powerstat status return for non-PS kenwood rigs
Fix FT-710, FTDX10, FTDX101D/MP usage on 60M
Fix timing on NRD-535D
Fix AGC levels with rigctld
Fix FTDX3000 EX039 error
Fix Elecraft power2mW operation
Fix rig_power2mW so it checks all ranges
Allow rigctld to start with autopower_on=0 to avoid startup timeouts when rig is powered off
Fix dummy device to work with grig by disallowing empty u call
Fix ID5100 and promote to stable and hopefully ID4100 too
Remove get_powerstat from Icom ID-5100,ID-4100,ID-31,ID-51 and fix get/set freq in all

4.5.3

Release notes

Version 4.5.3 2022-12-31

Fix serial.c for hardware flow control on Linux and MacOSx
Add QRPLabs QCX/QDX rig -- not quite a TS480
Fix QRP QRDX firmware bugs in IF message so PTT works now
FTDX5000 will now remember startup front/read settings and restore it
Fix FTDX5000 write_delay with microham
Fix grep error on MingW build

4.5.2

Release notes

Version 4.5.2 2022-12-23

Fix PowerSDR ability to do commands while powered off
Fix TX-500 operations
Fix FTDX5000 to return to MIC input on closing
Fix rig.c calling rig_get_mode when backend does not have get_mode
Fix kenwood_ts890_get_level
Add Prosistel D elevation CBOX az to fix problem with azimuth control
Fix FT736R gpredict usage by adding cached get_freq
Fix get_powerstat problem with Log4OM/Flex and others
Fix -R option to not need argument
Fix -R option to close rig on last rigctld client disconnect
Add FTDX1200 to rigs that need to ensure PTT is off before changing frequency
Add --disable-parallel configure option for mingw builds on Linux

4.5.1

Release notes

Version 4.5.1 2022-12-08

FT2000, FTDX3000/D, FT891, FT991, FT950, FTDX5000 now set CAT TOT to 100ms
Add missing NB2 setting to FT-950, FTDX-1200, FTDX-3000, FTDX-5000, FTDX-9000
Add missing meter reading to TS-890S -- thanks to Geore Baltz N3GB
Fix FT736 VFOB freq and mode set
Added send_raw to rigctl -- see rigctl man page
Fix AGC Level dumpcaps on most rigs
Fix rig_send_raw to return bytes read, fill buffer, and also work with fixed length response/null terminator
Change all Kenwood rigs to 500ms serial timeout
Fix dumpcaps filter printout to only show declared filters
Fix triggering PTT on XGComms device on Linux
Fix level_gran in all rigs
Add RIG_FUNC_TUNER to flrig.c
Fix FT-991 level_gran (needs to be done for lots of rigs)
Fix man page rigctl to show units for LEVEL items
Fix Flex6xxx if_len
Fix FLRig set_ptt
Fix missing KEYSPD to TS890
rigctl W command can now use a singled char terminator like ; that allows for variable length responses with no timeout -- e.g. W FA; ;
New RIG_LEVEL_USB_AF to control audio gain from rig to computer -- to allow AGC function in software using RF and USB_AF
Add RIG_LEVEL_AGC_TIME to allow AGC/OFF to be set for IC-7300, IC-9700, IC-705
Add RIG_FUNC_OVF_STATUS to get overflow status for IC-7300, IC-9700, IC-705, and IC-R8600

4.5

Release notes

Version 4.5 2022-10-30

New rotator utility
Add FT-710
Add Rohde&Schwartz EK89X receiver
Add Xeigu X5105
Add Gemini DX-1200 HF-1K Amplifiers
Kenwood rigs should now support AI command packets
Add FT-990UNI for older 990 ROMs 1.2 and earlier
Add FT-650
Add get_separator and set_separator and -S option for rigctld -- node-red applicability
Add GRBLTRK rotor project -- two axis rotor
enum meter_level_e is deprecated and will be removed in 4.6
Add SDRPlay SDRUno rig -- can now use Data/Pkt in WSJTX
Add ability to use cat_string to FLRig via the "w" and "W" commands
Add -B/--mapa2b to rigctlcom Allows rigctlcom to map set_freq on VFOA to VFOB instead This will allow CW Skimmer to work with some rigs (e.g. IC7300) using FM mode on VFOA and CW mode on VFOB and split mode transmit on VFOB. Clicking on CW Skimmer will change VFOB instead of VFOA to allow working dxpeditions where the fox is staying on frequency
Add password capability to rigctld via -A switch. rigctld -A will produce a consistent shared key for any specific password that can used in \password and rig_set_pas TBD The shared key can also be placed in .hamlib_settings
Asynchronous rig data output handling to support transceive and spectrum data. Mikael, OH3BHX Example for the IC-7300 to multicast on port 20001 and provide async rig information rigctld --port=20001 --model=3073 --serial-speed=115200 --rig-file=/dev/serial/... --set-conf=rts_state=OFF --set-co Also, spectrum data output needs to be enabled with: \set_func SPECTRUM 1
See new set_conf option async for some Icom rigs
Multicast UDP packet output for asynchronous data. Mikael, OH3BHX
Rig state poll routine to serve commonly used data like frequency and mode from cache. Mikael, OH3BHX
deprecated hamlib_port_t at front of rig_state structure -- new one at end of structure
New rig_send_raw to send/read raw command to rig
New RIG_LEVEL_BAND_SELECT for Yaesu rigs
New rig_get_conf2 to replace rig_get_conf buffer overflow potential
New rot_get_conf2 to replace rot_get_conf buffer overflow potential
Added Barrett 4050 -- not functional yet
Added TCI 1.X -- not functional yet
Added TM-V71(A)
Added IC-F8101
Added JRC JST-145 and JST-245
Added Xiegu X108G, G90, and X6100
Added CODAN Envoy and NGS
Added Lab599 TX-500
Added GOMSPACE GS100
Deprecated: rigctl commands \set_trn (A) and \get_trn (a) as they never worked as intended
Deprecated: field rig_caps.transceive and RIG_TRN_* macros

4.4

Release notes

Version 4.4 2021-12-02

Icom rigs now default filter 2 when setting PKTUSB but user can override
Fix FTDX9000 meter readings
Add Android sensor as a rotator
Added rig_get_vfo to some Icom rigs that have XCHG or 0x25 command capability
Added ability to build hamlib with docker
Added M0NKA mcHF URP rig
Faster serial i/o noticeable on higher baud rates
IC7300/9700/7800/785x set_clock/get_clock routines added -- no auto set yet
Yaesu FT1200/891/991/DX10/DX101/DX101MP set_clock/get_clock routines added

4.3.1

Release notes

Version 4.3.1 2021-09-14

Bug fix release
- Do not do vfo_fixup on satmode rigs
- Fix compilation of misc.c with gmtime_r replacement function for mingw
- Fix python build. For some reason casting tp vfo_t in the RIG_VFO_N macro broke the swig parsing
- Append the missing information to build hamlib v4.3 for Android NDK
- Change set_icom_set_mode_with_data to not change mode unless necessary
- Since Icom rigs default to filter 2 if a filter is not selected we will do the same when turning on data mode
- Fix segfault in kenwood_set_vfo
- scripts: Update example in readme, since 4.0 817 is 1020
- Make testlibusb.c compatible with libusb < 1.0.23
  
  Note: On systems with libusb < 1.0.23 a warning will be emmitted but compliation should proceed without error.
- Update testlibusb.c warning to "may be" instead of "will be"
- Change kenwood to only set VFOA default on 1st rig_open call

4.3

Release notes

Version 4.3 2021-09-01

libusb-1.0.23 or greater is now required or use --without-libusb
Generating documentation now requires GNU source-highlighter.
Added IC-575
Less VFO swapping of newer Icom rigs -- zero swapping in WSJTX and JTDX
Dual rotator control in rotctl -R option
Started work on simulators -- very crude right now but usable to debug some things
Overhaul of rig split -- reverse split (VFOA=RX VFOB=TX) should work for rigs capable of it Starting VFO does not matter -- rig will end up on RX VFO
```
S VFOA 1 VFOB
S VFOB 1 VFOA
S Main 1 Sub
S Sub 1 Main
```

4.2

Release notes

Version 4.2 2021-05-17

New rig_get_mode_bandwidths -- returns token set for bandwidths for a given mode:

Rig command: \get_mode_bandwidths CW
Mode=CW
Normal=500Hz
Narrow=50Hz
Wide=2400Hz

New rig_get_info -- returns token set for all vfos where order does not matter This is a string return to allow for easy future expansion without changing the API New tokens may be introduced and can be skipped if not used by clients:
```
Rig command: \get_rig_info
VFO=Main Freq=145000000 Mode=None Width=0 RX=1 TX=1
VFO=VFOB Freq=145000000 Mode=FM Width=15000 RX=0 TX=0
Split=0 SatMode=0
Rig=Dummy
App=Hamlib
Version=20210429
CRC=0xf49f4708
```

New rig_get_vfo_info:

Rig command: \get_vfo_info VFOA
Freq: 145000000
Mode: None
Width: 0
Split: 0
SatMode: 0

FILPATHLEN has changed to HAMLIB_FILPATHLEN.
USRP lib and gnuradio are deprecated and will be removed in 5.0
Added Radan rotator
Added Malachite SDR
Major rework for PRM80
Add twiddle_timeout and twiddle_rit --set-conf options:
```
rigctld --set-conf=twiddle_timeout=5,twiddle_rit=1
```
- This will set the twiddle timeout to 5 seconds and turn on twiddle_rit.
- For twiddle timeout VFOB will not be polled for 5 seconds after VFO twiddling is detected.
rigctld --twiddle is deprecated and will be removed in 5.0 along with get_twiddle and set_twiddle.
Rework Doxygen manual including default layout for Doxygen 1.9.1. So far the amplifier, rotator, and utilities API sections have been updated. The rig (radio) section remains to be updated.

4.1

Release notes

Version 4.1 2021-01-31

rigctld and rigs should be more robust for disconnect problems.
Several fixes for Icom and Yaesu rigs.
Nobody should need to use rig->caps or rig->state anymore.
- If you need a variable added please contact us.
- Note that rig->state abstraction is not implemented yet...no need known
New rig_get_caps_int and rig_get_caps_cptr functions to replace using caps->values.
New rig_get_function to replace using caps->function pointers.
Fix shared library problem with WSJTX, JTDX, and JS8Call.
New model Barrett 950.

ABI incompatibility with prior releases! At a minimum client software will need to be recompiled. Client software and end users need to be aware that all rig model numbers have changed. See rigctl -l for the complete list.

Version 4.0 2020-12-24

API/ABI changes, advance ABI to 4 0 0.
Add GPIO and GPION options for DCD. Jeroen Vreeken
New backend: ELAD FDM DUO. Giovanni, HB9EIK.
New RIG_LEVEL_RFPOWER_METER_WATTS level
All channel functions now take a vfo argument
New rotator backend: iOptron. Bob, KD8CGH
New model: Icom IC-R8600. Ekki, DF4OR
New utility: rigctlcom. Mike, W9MDB
New model: FT847UNI for unidirectional early serial numbers. Mike, W9MDB
Remove GNU Texinfo files and build system dependency.
Rig model numbers have changed to allow future growth
Fix a lot of static code analysis errors and warnings. Mike, W9MDB
Rearrange directory structure to put rigs and rotators sources under their own subdirectories. Mike, W9MDB
rig_get_channel changed to add read_only flag.
rigctl(d) f command also returns VFO now.
caching of vfo, frequency, mode, and ptt speeds up rigctld for all.
caching of kenwood/yaesu "IF" speeds up polling from WSJTX/JTDX.
rig_get_channel now has read_only flag but it still needs to be implemented based on rig behavior, so if you use rig_get_channel you may get a RIG_ENIMPL error to contact us for fixing it.
New rig backend for Elecraft K4.
New rig backend for PowerSDR (Flex and Apache users).
Many fixes and enhancements. Mike, W9MDB and many contributors
PTT port is no longer shared by default, use --set-conf=ptt_share=1 to enable

3.3

Release notes

Version 3.3 2018-08-12

New models, R&S xk2100, TRXMAnager, Meade LX200
HTML manual is now generated at make dist so users don't need GNU Info tools installed. TNX Greg, N1DAM for the suggestion.
Handle longer udev generated file names up to 512 characters
Add debug time stamps with new -Z option and --debug-time-stamps options to rigctl, rotctl, rigctld, and rotctld utilities.
rigctld/rotctld continue working after serial or TCP device disappears.
Updates and fixes to FT-817, K3, IC-7300, AOR 3030, TM-D710, OMNI VII, TH-D72, Flrig, TS-590, piHPSDR, TS-2000, and netrigctl.
Update utility manual pages (section 1) and remove their reference material from the Info manual so it only needs to be update in one file.
Add new general project manual pages (section 7) and edit the Info manual to match. These should not change much so keeping them in sync should not be too much of a burden. The Info manual may be removed at some point in the future.
Last planned release of the present API/ABI. Future releases will require recompilation and relinking by client programs using the C library interface (programs that only use the network daemons should be unaffected).

3.2

Release notes

Version 3.2 2018-03-15

New models, IC-7850/IC-7851 in IC-785x. Mike, W9MDB
Fix ft991_get_mode, Mike, W9MDB
New model, FT-891. Mike, W9MDB
New Barrett 2050 backend, Mike, W9MDB
New Flrig backend, Mike, W9MDB
New model, IC-M710, Mike, W9MDB
Build instructions and test script for Python3
Rename autogen.sh to bootstrap and don't call configure
micro-ham support. Christoph, DL1YCF
New rotator, SPID MD-01/02 in ROT2 mode, Norvald Ryeng, LA6YKA
New model, Flex 6400/6600, Mike, W9MDB
New model, IC-7610, Mike, W9MDB
Add support for CM108B PTT, Max Lock
Many other bug fixes and enhancements

3.1

Release notes

Version 3.1 2016-12-31

Fix kenwood_set_mode for ts590s and mode CW, RTTY or AM. Tks Tom, DL1JBE
Proper IPV6 and dual stack networking. Bill, G4WJS
Add a new command line option --no-restore-ai (-n) to rigctl. Bill, G4WJS
Fix missing PKTUSB mode setting code for FT-817 & FT-897. Bill, G4WJS
New Prosistel rotor backend from IZ7CRX
Install daemon man files to man1. Nate, N0NB
Migrate from libusb-0.1 to libusb-1.0. Stephane, F8CFE
Added support for Icom IC-2730. robinolejnik
Added support for the Icom IC-7300. Mike, W9MDB
Add send_morse to icom rigs. Mike, W9MDB
added instructions how to compile on OSX. DH1TW
New Perseus model. Stephane, F8CFE
Added Lua binding and demo script. Ervin, HA2OS
Added test to support Flex 6300. Bill, KB4AAA
Many bug fixes and feature enhancements to the code base. See the Git commit log for complete details.

3.0.1

Release notes

Version 3.0.1 2016-01-06

Fix kenwood_set_mode for ts590s and mode CW, RTTY or AM. TNX Tom, DL1JBE
Increase retries for many Kenwood radios. Validate Yaesu newcat commands. TNX Bill, G4WJS

3.0

With the release of Hamlib 3.0 a new numbering scheme has been adopted. Essentially, 3.0 can be thought of as Hamlib 1.3.0 with just the leading "1." dropped from the version numbering scheme. Care has been taken to keep 3.0 binary compatible with the 1.2 releases. As a result, programs linked to any of the later 1.2.X releases should work with 3.0 without recompiling.

Release notes

Version 3.0 2015-09-20

Kill RPC backends and rpc.rigd/rpc.rotd
Remove -e|--end-marker option from rigctld and rotctld
Build system updates--remove obsolete macros, autogen.sh now runs autoreconf to invoke Autotools to bootstrap the build system, libltdl is installed into the source tree as a part of the build system bootstrap and is included in the source tarball, ABI version is set to be compatible with the 1.2 series, all Autotools installed files are copied rather than symlinked and put in the build-aux directory, building rigmem and rigmatrix are now user selectable at configure run time, building static libraries are disabled by default. Fixed TCL binding installation, fixed Perl binding build so it is not invoked by make dist and clean up build files. Cleaned up bindings builds to occur in alphabetical order. Use new ax_pkg_swig macro and update ax_python_devel macro. Test for presence of pkg-config before testing for pkg-config use.
Implement new RIT/XIT activation/deactivation through rig_get/set_func()
IC-PCR1500/2500 default write_delay to 0, IC-746/756, IC-PCR8500 fixes, pcr.c, pcr1500.c: Add DSP support. TNX Paul, KE7ZZ
WinRadio G313 updates. TNX Julian Campbel
Readline editing and history support added to rigctl interactive mode. Implement options for reading and writing history file.
Readline editing and history support added to rotctl interactive mode. Implement options for reading and writing history file.
A new manual draft written in Texinfo added. Both GNU Info and single HTML files are built and distributed, requires makeinfo.
Android build system support. See android/README.android. Android Makefile fragments are included in source tarballs.
Monolithic library, thanks to Remi Chateauneu for the majority of the work! This allows enabling of a single static library so static libs are enabled by default. Removes dependency on libltdl.
Fixes to easycomm, TNX Steve AI4QR.
Fixes to port handling allowing PTT and CAT on the same port. TNX Bill, G4WJS.
New Peaberry models V1 and V2 added to kit backend. TNX ON8VQ and R2AEE.
New IC-7100 model. TNX Martin, CT1IQI.
Use AC_CHECK_LIB macro to search for libusb rather than rely on pkg-config. Preserve environment variables LIBUSB_CFLAGS and LIBUSB_LIBS as user precious variables. Two features, --with-xml-support and --enable-usrp still rely on pkg-config so only invoke pkg-config when either or both of these features are selected. Only the Winradio g313 model uses libdl so test for it only when Winradio backend is enabled.
New IC-M700PRO, IC-M710, IC-M802.
New Icom ID-5100 model.
New rotor, cnctrk by KI4SBL
Many backend fixes and updates from many contributors (see Git log for complete details).

1.2.15.3

Release notes

Version 1.2.15.3 2012-11-01

Fix configure.ac so that rigctld/rotcld work on Win32 platform
Add NSIS script to build executable installer on Win32 platform
Remove unsupported commands on IC-756 (non-Pro model) from AK6I
Fix set_split in netrigctl.c to properly accept the split value. TNX, N2ADR.
IC-R8500: Add RIG_LEVEL_AF to has_set_level. TNX John, EI7IG
ADAT updates from Frank, DG1SBG, needed for stable operation.

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