The rpi is great for use with amateur ham radio projects because it is. When multiple applications are running, they sense each others presence and automatically interoperate to support your amateur radio dxing activities. Petr, cqrlogs developer, addresses this and suggests cqrlog is intended primarily for people who have access to their radios front panel. West mountain radio rigtalk usb for rig control interface. Extended control features a new generation of computerinterfaceable rigs now offers an even wider variety of computer control capabilities. Discussion in general technical questions and answers started by n4tii, may 9, 2008. Thank you so much for creating this excellent software. Fldigi and my software which i have named xo control continue to chat back and forth just fone, but wsjtx hangs after the first time you use it to set the radio bandfreq. With new digital technologies being used everyday open source software is the best way to stay cutting edge in this everchanging hobby. Any other rig control issues related to hamlib, report to the hamlib support list. A powerful, low cost, small size, singleboard computer sbc. I am trying to find a source for a kenwood rig control package known as kmij. Once i enable rig control in the software, the next time i open it the gui opens but it just locks up. Below the setting for connecting to the rig, external sites and other programs.
With version 4 he is fast enough to fulfill all tasks. It uses xmlrpc interface to communicate with coprograms. The program can only control icom, yaesu and kenwood transceivers at present. My rig control still works fine with fldigi, so i know it is not a problem with my serial port. With this i can control the further software installation via vnc or ssh. Cqrlog cat control for ft857d k5unx ham radio blog.
November 2019 i am a big friend of the small raspberry pi which and use this gladly for amateur radio. These apps allow you to log and control your transceiver, and in some cases, receivers via your pc. Welcome to trxmanager an original and innovative cat control, dxing and logging program for radioamateurs. Automating the control of various rig functions replaces human experience and multiple inputs from joysticks and switches with computerized inputs based on sensors and software. Tonight i was working on getting rig control working for my ft857d and cqrlog on linux. Here you can get the latest information about the software, and much more. Xmlrpc allows third party software to control various aspects of fldigi operation including but not limited to rig control. Applications and screen shots hamlibhamlib wiki github. Welcome to the third video on my log4om tutorial series. Geographic and azimuthal projection, ham prefix and qth lookup, cq and itu zones. As for serial parameters, just specify serial speed and leave other settings as default. This version is a full operating program, including rig control, cw keying, and dvk support.
Free, secure and fast windows ham radio software downloads from the largest open. Grig is a simple ham radio control cat program based on the ham radio control libraries hamlib. Installation of cqrlog is pretty straighforward on an ubuntubased system. Has gpio hardware interface with rs232, i 2 c, spi and digital io. Operator control side cw keyer new from firmware v 1. Trxmanagers extended control features support almost all of these available commands. Amateur radio transceiver control the radioreference wiki. Cqrlog, an advanced ham radio logger using the mysqlmariadb database.
N4py software is more than just a rig control program. High resolution world map software for amateur radio. Nearly 150 transceivers, including the oldest and the most recent are supported. Cqrlog is a free software application from the other subcategory, part of the. Not only does it maintain your contacts but keeps track of your. There are many ways and many software to make the raspi fit for ham radio. Runs a wide variety of open source linux software related to radio applications. The cqrlog program is a great, fullfeatured, contact log for amateur radio operators. Usb to rs232 male adapter cable with female converter for cat communcication on radios with a db9 for rs232 rig control connector. Hamlib libraries used by many software packages brand specific software most are written for windows sdr. So in mixw and hrd its possible so why not in fldigi. The most noticeable gain from automation is that the control system will not deviate from how it was trained to perform.
It supports all of tr logs advanced features, including advanced postcontest log processing and analysis. To avoid and reduce problems log4om has a wide range of functions which support the user and a very aggressive backup policy. It can read and set mode and frequency on your transceiver. It is intended to be highly generic presenting the user to the same graphical user interface regardless of which radio is being controlled. Rig control, make yourself part of the user group terminal. We recently announced a new product called rigtalk. This time i am going over the set up of rig control and cat to control your radio with the software.
This should get you started with cqrlog for linux update. Compare the best free open source windows ham radio software at sourceforge. Cqrlog is an advanced ham radio logger based on mysql database. A lot of times, when i read posts like this, or watch youtube videos, people ignore the hardware side and just focus on the software side of things. The latest version of the users manual is always available for download here at the web site. On the preference dialog, click trx control tab, then, specify the path to rigctld binary.
An advanced ham radio logger based on firebird database. Petr, the author of the software, maintains a launchpad repo and instructions on using it to install. Wa9ony amateur ham radio raspberry pi computer projects. Oddly, that was discussed a little while ago on the hamlib developer list. Resources listed under radio control category belongs to software main collection, and get. Amateur applies here to the radio service, not the programs. How can i ascertain the correct port in this os which is linux mint 18. N6tr has created a free version of his software, that has all of the powerful features of the full release. Hamradiodeluxe or a similar rig control software at the control site. However, we have had several inqueries to our help desk about the function provided by rigtalk compared to rigblaster. It was working fine after the upgrade to version 1. On the page omnirig settings i am ask for information such as rig type, port, baud, data bit, parity and stop bits all of which are in the oll manual. Looking for kenwood rig control software qrz forums.
My questioin is is anyone else doing rig control using hamlib and the tcpip port of. Nextcloud to keep everything synced to my own server. Chirp for programming added my own code to make it work with the ts850 trusted qsl for lotw. I upload to lotw in daily batches using my own software which handles log exports, adif assembly, signing with tqsl, and submission via email. Like any software, log4om v2 is not perfect, despite the best efforts of the team. Turn that off at the rig, and from what others say, itll work ok. I use fldigi for rig control and logging for phone and digital modes. Cqrlog might not look very appealing but all its functions just work great. If you are unable to use dvd media, you may request the software on a three 3 cd set.
Petr, the author of the software, maintains a launchpad repo and instructions on using it to install the software. I mainly was looking for a logger with lotw support and rig control but it does a whole lot more than just that. It is best described as the usb version of the icom ct17 serial interface. A dvd of the rigblaster software collection is the standard media. Since remote control features vary from rig to rig, the best way to find out what your rig can do is to play with the demo. If rig control is enabled, the led to the right of the rig control onoff button will be colored green if communication has been established with the selected rig, the led to the right of the rig selection label will be colored green. Now cqrlog should run and you can adjust your individual setup. Control your transceiver over the internet the cheap and. For the past year ive been running my home station operations on windows 10 using the suite of software available in ham radio deluxe. All audio and data communication goes true the rrc. I asked on the supportgroup but i gave up when i saw the answer. Rig control is available whenever the logging form is displayed. Nice multimode software but its not possible to setup an usb connection to key the rig in cw.
A quick video of using a raspberry pi to control my icom 706. The interface cable from the rig to the computer is an rs232 to usb. I have a yaesu ft950 and ive verified that hamlib is working very will with it rigctl works fine and so do fldigi, etc. Dxlab is a freeware suite of eight interoperating applications that can be installed independently in any order.
Rrc1258mkii also supports the civ protocol used by almost every icom radio. Have got rig control working with the ic7300 but if i open the trx window and then close it, it loses connection to the rig and frequency doesnt update. Catbkt is a multirig cat control program for windows or linux with wine. Atlas copco enabling automation rig control system. This is the data interface that is also used by the program flrig, a fldigi companion transceiver control program. Buy logic 9 amateur radio logging software and much more. My rig control works 100% aok with direct usb interface setting in. Heres the big reason why you would want to use the cqrlogs rig control autopopulation of qso freqency and mode and maybe some other fields. The lack of a good ham radio logging program is the only thing that keeps me. The team dedicate their free time to support log4om users so please ensure that you read the forums and manuals before requesting support. The midamerica gnulinux networkers conference magnetcon will be may 67, 2011 at the st. Additionally, cqrlog appears to have some rig control functionality build into it too, so maybe it fills the control gap for me of course the issues i saw. Warning out of oem specific vk codes, changing to unassigned.
Provides radio control based on hamlib libraries currently support of. Keep in mind that cqrlog has many dependencies, including mysql mariadb. When ordering online, in the comments section of the order form, type in request 3 cd set. If you want to use tmate2 or flexcontrol or behringer dj controller and autotuners and amps and four or five different panadapter programs and winkeyer, then n4py software is your only choice.
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