Re: [Hamlib-developer] ICOM 735 and other radios .... can I help?

[Stephane F. <f4...@fr...>]

On Wed, Sep 12, 2001, dar...@bt... wrote:
> I have just joined the forum and am interested in testing the libs on a
> variety of other radios. 

Welcome Darren. Hamlib was just expecting hams like you!
Sorry for the late answer, I was in vacation. What sad news are coming
from USA :(  Our friends over there know already how we stand together.

> I am interested in starting with the Icom 735 for the development of an open
> source Web-based radio control project (which doesn't seem to exist). I have
> access to the following HF radios which may help the team. They are: 
> 
> FT1000D 
> FT1000MP 
> FT990 
> IC775 
> 
> With work I can get others (HF and VHF) but if I can get the IC735 going
> that will be a start. 

Wow! That's terrific. Actually, what's lacking to Hamlib is testing.
That's going to be of great help. Have you access to a Kenwood rig?
BTW, the Web-based radio control project looks quite interresting too.
We'll discuss that later. If it's a sourceforge project, don't forget
to give us its name on this forum.

> I have already started using the libs on a development platform, but haven't
> found much on how to "add a new radio" to the sources. Has anyone got a
> "dummy" guide to adding a new radio in? I'd guess my skill level is beginner
> to intermediate in terms of C/C++, Linux but am always prepared to read. 

So you're ready to go. I have some internal notes on how to add a new backend,
and how to add a new rig to an existing backend. Yeah, I should clean that
up a bit, format in HTML and release it in the Documentation corner..
In the mean time, I've commited of the IC-735 and IC-775 
to the CVS repository. Let me know how the IC-735 works with Hamlib, 
this is the oldest CI-V rig from Icom, and it has some particularities.

Cheers,

73, Stephane - F8CFE