Re: [Hamlib-developer] Problems with ICOM IC-7200 and Yaesu FT-857

[Nate B. <n0...@n0...>]

* On 2013 10 Oct 04:38 -0500, Wolfgang wrote:
> Hello,

Hi Wolf.

> first I want to express my pleasure with this fine Software. I do
> several software projects for our local HAM group nad I have now
> started to port all my software from Windows to Linux which means to
> rewrite all my software. Tha is how I cam e across Hamlib. Things
> work great!

Thanks for the kind words.

> But I ran into three problems:
> 
> - I am not able to see if my rig has "Split on" or "Split off". I
> can set and read all parameters for Split-mode, but the seems to be
> no way to find out if "Split" is switched to "On" or "Off"...
> Is there really no way to read the spilt status or do I need better glasses?

the rig_get_split_vfo() function should return the split status, unless
the individual radio doesn't expose that information.

> When using the command "1" I can get a dump of all stuff for a rig.
> I found two errors:
> 
> - The ICOM IC-7200 shows  a Mode list like that:
> 
> Mode list: AM CW USB LSB RTTY CWR RTTYR PKTLSB PKTUSB
> My _ICOM IC-7200 has no Mode "PKTLSB" nor "PKTUSB"_...

PKTLSB is a often synonym for AFSK on LSB, ditto for PKTUSB through a
dedicated DATA port.

> - The Yaesu FT-857D shows this Mode list:
> 
> Mode list: AM CW USB LSB RTTY FM WFM CWR
> I _miss the mode "PKTFM"_...
> 
> (Ok, the Yaesu says "DIG" for RTTY - and "PKT" for "PKTFM" but that
> is no problem)
> 
> Can I edit the modes list for the rigs?

At this time only in the source code and then recompile.

> Thank you for reading this!

Thanks for using Hamlib.  We're always open to ideas to improve Hamlib
and make it more useful for software authors.

73, de Nate >>

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