Re: [Hamlib-developer] Need help, rigctl utility is working but rigctld daemon is not working

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On Wednesday, March 5, 2025 2:51:36 PM Eastern Standard Time Stephen Gabelich 
wrote:
> I’m having trouble getting rigctld to work
> 
> I’m running DragonOS and I currently have hamlib version 4.7 installed and
> my rig is a TX-500
> 
> rigctl -m 2050 -r /dev/ttyUSB0 <all commands> work
> rigctld -m 2050 -r /dev/ttyUSB0 nothing works; it hangs, i.e., does not

That's what it is supposed to do.  To use rigctld, start it as a background 
task, like:
rigctld -m 2050 -r /dev/ttyUSB0 &

Then, in your application(s), use "hamlib dummy" (model 2) and "localhost" to 
connect to rigctld

Maybe even easier - some of the logging apps will start rigctld for you.  I 
start it from cqrlog, and then other apps (wsjt, etc) can use the same 
rigctld.

> return to the command prompt
> 
> sudo systemctl restart rigctld  gave me this error (: Unit rigctld.service
> not found)
> 
> I created the following a file (someone else’s idea), which didn’t help
> /etc/systemd/system/rigctld.service
> [Unit]
> Description=rigctld Hamradio rig controler
> After=syslog.target network.target
> [Service]
> Type=simple
> ExecStart=/usr/bin/rigctld -m 2050 -r /dev/ttyUSB0
> User=rigctld
> Group=rigctld
> [Install]
> WantedBy=multi-user.target
> I’m not a Linux expert and I’m out of ideas
> Thanx
> Steve AJ6TL

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