Ft897 on serial port

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Ft897 on serial port

frspin opened this issue 9 years ago · comments

Ubuntu 14.04 - 64 bit
Ft897 connected to /dev/ttyUSB0 at 38400
Command:

wl2k connect winmor:DB0ZAV@7048500

give:

2015/10/07 21:14:24 ft897 ready. Dial frequency is 17.870.00 MHz.
2015/10/07 21:14:24 QSY winmor: 7048500
2015/10/07 21:14:24 Unable to QSY: Hamlib rig not loaded.

Initial rig frequency is correct so I suppose that rig config is OK.
Winmor TNC is running under Wine.
It is my fault or a bug?

Regards
Franco Spinelli
IW2DHW

Martin Hebnes Pedersen · Answer 1 · Thu Oct 08 2015 04:02:53 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Hi Franco,

could you please try @7048.500 instead of @7048500?

The unit for frequency is KHz, and that should probably be better
documentet I guess.

If this resolves the issue for you, then that misleading error message
definitely is a bug, hehe.

Thanks for reporting the issue!

73 de LA5NTA

Martin Hebnes Pedersen · Answer 2 · Thu Oct 08 2015 04:06:50 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

One more thing: How does your config look? Have you defined which rig winmor should use?

frspin · Answer 3 · Thu Oct 08 2015 04:09:59 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Il 07/10/2015 22:02, Martin Hebnes Pedersen ha scritto:

Hi Franco,

could you please try @7048.500 instead of @7048500?

The unit for frequency is KHz, and that should probably be better
documentet I guess.

If this resolves the issue for you, then that misleading error message
definitely is a bug, hehe.

Same issue.

Command:

wl2k connect winmor:DB0ZAV@7048.500

give

2015/10/07 22:05:03 ft897 ready. Dial frequency is 17.870.00 MHz.
2015/10/07 22:05:03 QSY winmor: 7048.500
2015/10/07 22:05:03 Unable to QSY: Hamlib rig not loaded.

And this is my config.json file:

{
"mycall": "IW2DHW",
"secure_login_password": "",
"auxiliary_addresses": [],
"locator": "JN45OP",
"motd": [
"Open source WL2K client - github.com/LA5NTA/wl2k-go"
],
"connect_aliases": {},
"listen": null,
"hamlib_rigs": {
"ft897": {
"network": "serial",
"address": "/dev/ttyUSB0?model=123&baudrate=38400"
}
},
"ax25": {
"port": "",
"beacon": {
"every": 3600,
"message": "Winlink P2P",
"destination": "IDENT"
}
},
"serial-tnc": {
"path": "/dev/ttyUSB0",
"baudrate": 9600,
"type": "Kenwood"
},
"winmor": {
"addr": "localhost:8500",
"inbound_bandwidth": 1600,
"rig": "",
"ptt_ctrl": false
},
"telnet": {
"listen_addr": ":8774",
"password": ""
},
"schedule": null
}

But, if getting frequency is working, dialog with rig is correct.

Regards

Franco Spinelli
IW2DHW

Martin Hebnes Pedersen · Answer 4 · Thu Oct 08 2015 04:26:23 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Yes, the hamlib config looks good and the rig communication seems to work properly. To put it short: the application is loading the rig, but does not know that the rig is associated with winmor :)

If you add "rig":"ft897" under the "winmor" section in your config I believe things should start working properly :)

Example:

 "winmor": {
    "addr": "localhost:8500",
    "inbound_bandwidth": 1600,
    "rig": "ft897",
    "ptt_ctrl": false
  },

Martin Hebnes Pedersen · Answer 5 · Thu Oct 08 2015 04:29:38 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Please let me know if this resolves your problem. I think the error message you got could be more descriptive of the actual problem, so I will try to fix that.

frspin · Answer 6 · Thu Oct 08 2015 04:44:01 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Il 07/10/2015 22:29, Martin Hebnes Pedersen ha scritto:

Please let me know if this resolves your problem. I think the error
message you got could be more descriptive of the actual problem, so I
will try to fix that.

Yes, this solve the problem.
Obviously I have tested this without a real audio connection from TCN to
rig.

This is on my console:

2015/10/07 22:39:03 ft897 ready. Dial frequency is 17.870.00 MHz.
2015/10/07 22:39:03 QSY winmor: 7048.500
2015/10/07 22:39:05 Connecting to winmor:DB0ZAV@7048.500...
2015/10/07 22:39:07 WINMOR TNC v1.5.8.0 initialized
2015/10/07 22:39:45 Unable to establish connection to remote: Connect
timeout
2015/10/07 22:39:46 QSX winmor: 17870.000

There is a documentation of this config file?
Is "ptt_ctrl" related to ptt control with CAT command?

Regards and tank you

Franco Spinelli
IW2DHW

Martin Hebnes Pedersen · Answer 7 · Thu Oct 08 2015 04:56:51 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Glad to hear that it resolved the issue. The log output looks like everything is working as expected.

Yes, there is some documentation related to the config file at https://godoc.org/github.com/LA5NTA/wl2k-go/cmd/wl2k/cfg. It is no proper documentation describing the overall json structure, but all fields and the meaning is described there.

See also https://github.com/LA5NTA/wl2k-go/wiki/Building-from-source#example-configuration-file

My main focus regarding documentation has been on the related libraries for now.

Regarding ptt_ctrl: Yes, set it to true and you have enabled CAT ptt control for winmor :)

frspin · Answer 8 · Thu Oct 08 2015 05:01:31 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Il 07/10/2015 22:56, Martin Hebnes Pedersen ha scritto:

Glad to hear that it resolved the issue. The log output looks like
everything is working as expected.

Yes, there is some documentation related to the config file at
https://godoc.org/github.com/LA5NTA/wl2k-go/cmd/wl2k/cfg. It is no
proper documentation describing the overall json structure, but all
fields and the meaning is described there.

See also
https://github.com/LA5NTA/wl2k-go/wiki/Building-from-source#example-configuration-file

My main focus regarding documentation has been on the related libraries
for now.

Regarding ptt_ctrl: Yes, set it to true and you have enabled CAT ptt
control for winmor :)

OK
I will read this documentation and do some more test using a "real"
audio connection to my rig.

There is some usage of rmslist.json file?

Regards

Franco Spinelli
IW2DHW

Martin Hebnes Pedersen · Answer 9 · Thu Oct 08 2015 05:14:13 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Sounds great, be sure to send me an email over winlink with your progress :)

There is some usage of rmslist.json file?

I'm not sure I understand what your question is, but the rmslist.json file is the file backing the command "rmslist". If you run wl2k rmslist help you'll get some usage help. It basically lists all RMS and lets you search by callsign to look up frequencies etc. In the future I hope we are able to add path quality and related info under this command :)

frspin · Answer 10 · Thu Oct 08 2015 15:28:53 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

2015-10-07 23:14 GMT+02:00 Martin Hebnes Pedersen notifications@github.com
:

Sounds great, be sure to send me an email over winlink with your progress
:)

Yes, I will do it

There is some usage of rmslist.json file?

I'm not sure I understand what your question is, but the rmslist.json file
is the file backing the command "rmslist". If you run wl2k rmslist help
you'll get some usage help. It basically lists all RMS and lets you search
by callsign to look up frequencies etc. In the future I hope we are able to
add path quality and related info under this command :)

I have seen rmslist command. I suppose this is updatet by Internet.
I need to study all options for selecting only station with a specific mode
(i.e. winmor) and a specific range (locator based)

Regards

Franco Spinelli
IW2DHW

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