Kenwood TS850 controled bij HAMLIB

[pa3dsc]

I connect my TS850 to the /dev/ttyS0
Sometimes gMFSK starts correct but mostly there are some errors at startup:

In the qMFSK window:
"Hamlib init: rig_get_freq failed: Invalid parameter"

In the terminal window:
pa3dsc@largo:/usr/bin$ gmfsk
kenwood_get_freq: unsupported VFO 536870912

hamlib is enabled (hamlib 1.2.1, gMFSK 0.6,  slackware-10.1)

With the minicom program I can communicate with the TS850 no problem.

Back to hamlib
I don't change anything and there are different outputs at the same command.

Bad:
pa3dsc@largo:~$ rigctl -r /dev/ttyS0 -m 209 f
kenwood_transaction: Unexpected reply 'FA00014070360'
kenwood_transaction: Unexpected reply '4070360'
kenwood_transaction: Command is not correctly terminated '70360  '
kenwood_transaction: Command is not correctly terminated 'IF0001'
kenwood_get_freq: unsupported VFO 536870912
get_freq: error = Invalid parameter

Good:
pa3dsc@largo:~$ rigctl -r /dev/ttyS0 -m 209 f
14070360

I like to have my gMFSK correct working with hamlib.
Maybe is an stable result from rigctl the sollution.

I'm not a programmer. Still I like to use gMFSK. (hamlib)

Look a like problem is mentioned in:
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=8203860
But I don't find the sollution.

Can anybody help me?

73 martin pa3dsc

[Martin Ewing, AA6E]

I suggest that there may be a delay when opening the connection to the rig.  Possibly it takes a while for your serial port to stabilize.  If you run rigctl interatively, i.e., wait a little while before giving the "f" command, do you always get the right answer?

Also, try running with the -vvvvv option (rigctl -m ... -r ... -vvvvv to get verbose debugging information and report it here.

I am running gMFSK with no particular problems with the Orion.

73, Martin AA6E