Added universal printhex header and functions. Changed radio traffic to

log to new category "rigTraffic".

printhex.h

@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+#ifndef PRINTHEX_H
+#define PRINTHEX_H
+#include <QByteArray>
+#include <QString>
+
+#include "logcategories.h"
+
+QString inline getHex(const QByteArray &pdata)
+{
+    QString head = "---- Begin hex dump -----:\n";
+    QString sdata("DATA:  ");
+    QString index("INDEX: ");
+
+    for(int i=0; i < pdata.length(); i++)
+    {
+        sdata.append(QString("%1 ").arg((unsigned char)pdata[i], 2, 16, QChar('0')) );
+        index.append(QString("%1 ").arg(i, 2, 10, QChar('0')));
+    }
+
+        sdata.append("\n");
+        index.append("\n");
+
+    QString tail = "----- End hex dump -----\n";
+    return head + sdata + index + tail;
+}
+
+void inline printHexNow(const QByteArray &pdata, const QLoggingCategory &cat)
+{
+    QString d = getHex(pdata);
+    // These lines are needed to keep the formatting as expected in the log file
+    if(d.endsWith("\n"))
+    {
+        d.chop(1);
+    }
+    QStringList s = d.split("\n");
+    for(int i=0; i < s.length(); i++)
+    {
+        qDebug(cat) << s.at(i);
+    }
+}
+
+#endif // PRINTHEX_H

rigcommander.cpp

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 #include "rigidentities.h"
 #include "logcategories.h"
+#include "printhex.h"
 
 // Copyright 2017-2020 Elliott H. Liggett
 
@@ -307,8 +308,10 @@ void rigCommander::prepDataAndSend(QByteArray data)
     if(data[4] != '\x15')
     {
         // We don't print out requests for meter levels
-        qDebug(logRig()) << "Final payload in rig commander to be sent to rig: ";
-        printHex(data);
+        qDebug(logRigTraffic()) << "Final payload in rig commander to be sent to rig: ";
+        //printHex(data);
+        //printHex(data, logRigTraffic());
+        printHexNow(data, logRigTraffic());
     }
 
     emit dataForComm(data);
@@ -1390,7 +1393,8 @@ void rigCommander::parseCommand()
     {
         // We do not log spectrum and meter data,
         // as they tend to clog up any useful logging.
-        printHex(payloadIn);
+        qDebug(logRigTraffic()) << "Received from radio:";
+        printHexNow(payloadIn, logRigTraffic());
     }
 
     switch(payloadIn[00])

wfmain.cpp

@@ -8201,15 +8201,13 @@ void wfmain::messageHandler(QtMsgType type, const QMessageLogContext& context, c
     out << context.category << ": " << msg << "\n";
     out.flush();    // Clear the buffered data
 
-    if(QString(context.category) != QString("rigTraffic"))
-    {
-        text.append(context.category);
-        text.append(": ");
-        text.append(msg);
-        logTextMutex.lock();
-        logStringBuffer.push_front(text);
-        logTextMutex.unlock();
-    }
+    text.append(context.category);
+    text.append(": ");
+    text.append(msg);
+    logTextMutex.lock();
+    logStringBuffer.push_front(text);
+    logTextMutex.unlock();
+
 }
 
 void wfmain::on_customEdgeBtn_clicked()

wfview.pro

@@ -238,6 +238,7 @@ HEADERS  += wfmain.h \
     cwsender.h \
     loggingwindow.h \
     prefs.h \
+    printhex.h \
     rigcommander.h \
     freqmemory.h \
     rigidentities.h \