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2019-05-15
2019-05-29
  • Kent Powell

    Kent Powell - 2019-05-15

    *WARNING*** newbie
    I have Gpredict controlling a rotor via hamlib. I need to enter the following data each time to setup hamlib before opening Gpredict.

    rotctld -m 202 -r /dev/ttyACM0 -s 9600 -C timeout=500 -vvvvv

    I want to setup a shell script icon on the desktop that will enter this data when selected and then open Gpredict. Is this possible?

     
  • Cameron McKay

    Cameron McKay - 2019-05-28

    Kent,

    Try adding:

    rotctld -m 202 -r /dev/ttyACM0 -s 9600 -C timeout=500 &

    to your /etc/rc.local file.

    Suggestion is NOT to use -vvvvv as the additional debug data can confuse GPredict. The & is to force the daemon to run in the background.

    That way you don't have to do anything, it all just happens when you boot up.

    Hope this helps/works.

     

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