Re: [Hamlib-developer] Hamlib vs Python

[Black M. <mdb...@ya...>]

I made an issue for improving the python API -- it is lacking in many functions.  But it will be quite a while before I have chance to improve this...
You can subscribe to this issue and you'll get notification when updates are done to fix that....could be many months...no promises....
https://github.com/Hamlib/Hamlib/issues/1624

But rigctld can provide all the information.
Here's an example to get frequency and split status

import socket

# Hamlib rigctld configuration
HOST = 'localhost'  # Change to the IP of the machine running rigctld if needed
PORT = 4532         # Default port for rigctld

def send_command(command):
    """Sends a command to rigctld and returns the response."""
    with socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM) as s:
        s.connect((HOST, PORT))
        s.sendall(command.encode() + b'\n')
        response = s.recv(1024).decode().strip()
    return response

def get_frequency():
    """Gets the frequency from rigctld."""
    return send_command('f')

def get_mode():
    """Gets the mode from rigctld."""
    return send_command('m')

def get_split_status():
    """Gets the split status from rigctld and parses the response."""
    response = send_command('s')
    parts = response.split()
    if len(parts) == 2:
        split_on = parts[0]  # Split on/off status
        transmit_vfo = parts[1]  # Transmit VFO
    else:
        split_on = "Unknown"
        transmit_vfo = "Unknown"
    return split_on, transmit_vfo

# Fetch and display frequency, mode, and split status
frequency = get_frequency()
mode = get_mode()
split_on, transmit_vfo = get_split_status()


print(f"Frequency: {frequency} Hz")
print(f"Mode: {mode}")
print(f"Split Status: {'On' if split_on == '1' else 'Off'}")
print(f"Transmit VFO: {transmit_vfo}")


Mike W9MDB