TRLog
[Top] [All Lists]

Re: [Trlog] Rig Control Problem

To: alan.dove@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [Trlog] Rig Control Problem
From: w9cf@arrl.net
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2022 19:16:00 -0700
List-post: <mailto:trlog@contesting.com>
If you are using the linux version and the Icom code doesn't work,
the easiest solution is to install hamlib and use the rigctld option. I
typically use that anyway since you can then have other programs interact
with the rig.

73 Kevin w9cf

On Wed, Feb 16, 2022 at 06:45:03PM -0500, Alan Dove wrote:
> Hey, folks:
> 
> Next problem: I can't get rig control to work. TR finds my Winkeyer
> without trouble, but apparently my Icom IC-7200 isn't one of the
> supported models in the standard TR code - putting "IC7200" as my rig
> causes the program to crash, citing an error on that line of
> LOGCFG.DAT. Telling it I have an IC781 instead gets past that problem,
> but then it's not reading the frequency or changing it.
> 
> I tried changing the 7200's CI-V address to the same as the default for
> the 781 (26), but that didn't fix it either. So I went to hamlib, which
> I already had installed and working for Fldigi and CQRlog.
> Unfortunately, after entering the appropriate parameters in LOGCFG.DAT
> as described in the documentation, I still don't get any interaction
> between the rig and the application. 
> 
> I can transmit CW via the Winkeyer (my rig is set up for QSK), but
> without receiving frequency information from the rig, the logger
> becomes a lot less useful. What else do I need to try to get TR working
> with hamlib?
> 
> -- 
>           --Alan (AB1XW)
> 
> --
> Alan Dove, Ph.D.
> alan.dove@gmail.com
> 917.273.0544
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Trlog mailing list
> Trlog@contesting.com
> http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/trlog
_______________________________________________
Trlog mailing list
Trlog@contesting.com
http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/trlog

<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>