Re: [Hamlib-developer] Rigctl status output on FT-920

[Stephane F. <f8...@fr...>]

On Sun, Oct 27, 2002, Nate Bargmann wrote:
> Rig command: f
> ft920:ft920_get_freq called 
> ft920: read pacing = 0 
> TX 5 bytes
> 0000     00 00 00 00 0e .....
> TX 5 bytes
> 0000     00 00 00 03 10 .....
> RX 28 bytes
> 0000     09 00 3b d8 50 00 00 00 00 10 00 00 00 00 0b 00
> ..;.P...........
> 0010     6e 04 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
> n...........
> ft920:  freq = 10000000 Hz  for VFO = 129 
> Frequency: 10000000
> 
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Opcode of 10, P1 of 03 is telling the '920 to return two fourteen byte
> records, one for VFO A and the other for VFO B.
> 
> According to the manual, the returned data for the first six bytes is as
> follows:
> 
> Byte 1		Band data (undocumented, but seems to start at 06 for
> 		160m, 09 for 75m, and 09 for 40m.)

you're right, it appears undocumented. However, Hamlib probably won't
ever need it.

> Bytes 2 - 5	Operating frequency in hex.  in the first 14 byte
> 		segment above, 00 3b d8 50 works out to 3.922000 MHz
 
okay, it's no big-endian BCD like the ft847. This is plain 32 bits
big-endian integer.
I've commited something for ft920_get_freq, can you give it a try and
tell me what you get (with comm traces, I have no yeasu).
If you need any other special commands for arrlss, let me know.

73
Stephane