Re: [Hamlib-developer] Scan function.

[John R. <jpr...@gm...>]

On 17 Nov 2009, at 08:58, Stephane Fillod wrote:

> Hi John,
> 
> John Ronan skribis:
>> I went poking this morning and realised that there is a backend for the Icom 8500 in hamlib, excellent.  Does anyone know the status of this, does it need checking etc?  
> 
> The status is BETA. Most features should work, not fully tested though.
> Last changes are from 2004.
> 
>> I wish to do two things 1) read the frequency when it pauses scanning (which works) 2) Stop scanning (which works) 2) tell it to start scanning again (which doesnt).  
> 
> Does anoybody know how to do 3) using CI-V command?
> 
>> In rigctl, the scanning function that's there asks for an operation, and a memory, I don't understand the significance of the memory and in fact it won't continue without it being given.
> 
> The memory is needed for the SCAN PRIO and PROG.
> Simply pass dummy value 0 as channel for other scan ops.
> 
>> 
>> Rig command: g MEM 30
>> icom_scan: ack NG (0xfa), len=1
>> Scan fct: Channel: scan: error = Command rejected by the rig
> 
> Please, make sure you pass option -vvvvv  (5 v's) so as to get serial
> line traces. We need that in order to help you debug the command.
> Telling whether the receiver was in VFO or MEM mode would help too.
> 
>> Rig command: 
>> 
>> Hmm I just noticed I'm using 1.2.7, so I guess I should get the latest source first. So if someone could point me in the right direction and give me a push, I'll see where I can go with this.
> 
> You can download hamlib-1.2.10 from http://sourceforge.net/projects/hamlib
> or http://hamlib.org Previous versions are available for most Linux/BSD
> disto, hamlib-1.2.10 should come soon.

Ok, thanks to you both for your replies.  I can work on 3 myself.  The command seems to be in the handbook.  I'll try '0' later on and see what happens I but I think I tried it already and it failed.  I'll keep you posted.

Regards
John