On Tue, 8 Jan 2002 01:21:02 +0100
Stephane Fillod <f4...@fr...> wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 07, 2002, Joop Stakenborg wrote:
> > I have tested the ts870 with a couple of buttons (notch, vox, beat,
> > proc, nb, nr, agc and lock) and the rig_get_func function.
> > Tests were done with minicom and a small c program, linked with
> > hamlib.
>
> I still have to code in kenwood_set_func...
>
Maybe I can give you a hand here. I'll have a look at it.
> > RIG_FUNC_FAGC is bit weird on the ts-870.
> > With most kenwood rigs this would be a button (I am guessing),
> > which would return status 0/1 if the fourth character is a '4'
> > (see kenwood.c, line 585).
>
> NB: part of the protocol documentation I have comes from the TS2000 manual.
> There may be some differences between rig models..
>
> > With the ts870 it is not a button, but a knob, which returns a
> > value between 0 and 255. Should I write a private function for
> > this in ts870s.c?
>
> Not exactly. There's a RIG_FUNC_FAGC, and a RIG_LEVEL_AGC.
> This is because some rigs only have on/off FAGC, and some others have
> different levels (e.g. fast/medium/slow), or even AGC delay settable in
> milliseconds.
> I'm wondering if GT0 on the TS870S is for FAGC disabled.
>
So the way to go for this rig is disable FAGC in FUNCTIONS and
write a get_level for the agc level. I'll have a look into this.
> > I think the problems with the hamlib headers, which
> > I described in an earlier mail, are appearing after running
> > automake.
>
> yep, I noticed you have automake-1.4-p4, and Hamlib requires automake-1.5
> at least.
>
Ah, I see. debian sid seems to support both automake 1.4 (automake package)
and automake 1.5 (automake1.5 package). I will install the newer one.
Hopefully I won't suffer from compatiblility problems.
>
> Thanks for the patch and report!
>
Glad to help out.
I must say that hamlib is nicely written!
> Cheers,
> Stephane F8CFE
>
Joop PA4TU
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