Radio control

FreeDATA provides 4 different ways of controlling your radio: no radio/vox, hamlib/internal, hamlib/external instance, serial ptt

no radio / vox

If selected, no radio will be used.

hamlib/internal

Usage of shipped rigctld network binary. Recommend usage.

hamlib/external instance

Usage of an external rigctld network binary. Don't forget starting the rigctld server with the correct paramters.

serial ptt

Control your radio via serial commands - only PTT triggering is available!

Hamlib/Rigctld commands

If you want to run rigctld on your own, you can use the following documentation as help

List devices to get device id

rigctld -l

Start rigctld daemon

rigctld -m <device id> -r <port>

Troubleshooting

Click 'copy to clipboard' button in hamlib settings tab. Paste command info a terminal/cmd prompt window. Add -vvvv argument to see detailed hamlib output.

Example for IC-705

rigctld -m 3085 -r /dev/ttyACM0

Command	Values/Example	Description
-m	3085	Hamlib device id
-r	/dev/ttyUSB0	Port to radio
-s	9600	Serial speed
-t	4532	Rigctld port
--set-conf=	serial_handshake=None	Additional settings, comma separated
--set-conf=	rts_state=OFF	Additional settings, comma separated
--set-conf=	dtr_state=OFF	Additional settings, comma separated
--set-conf=	data_bits=8	Additional settings, comma separated
--set-conf=	stop_bits=1	Additional settings, comma separated

Example for Flex Radio 6xxx

rigctld --model=2036 --port=4532 -r <slice hostname/ip of SmartSDR CAT>:<slice tcp port>

i.e. rigctld --model=2036 --port=4532 -r localhost:60000 (Use custom args textbox for -r localhost:60000 command; leaving everything else set to ignore)

Command	Values/Example	Description
-m	2036	Hamlib device id
-t	4532	Rigctld port

Example for DigiRig Interface

rigctld -p COMX -P RTS