Re: [Hamlib-developer] ROTCTld usb0 issue on pi5

[Bob N. <bn...@gm...>]

Randy,
 I updated HAMLIB with:
1.Open the Raspberry Pi Desktop
2.Open the browser by clicking the Globe in the toolbar.
3.Navigate to the Hamlib folder in Github to get the latest Beta version
(you can also select the latest release version):
https://github.com/Hamlib/Hamlib
4.Click the green Code button, then Download ZIP.
5.Right-click over the Hamlib-master.zip button at the bottom of the
browser and select Show in folder.
6.In the Downloads folder right-click Hamlib-master.zip and select Extract
here.
7.Close the Downloads folder and the browser.
8.Open Terminal by clicking the >_ black icon at the top of the Desktop.
9.Type these commands:
cd /home/pi/Downloads/Hamlib-master
./bootstrap
./configure
make
sudo make install

It said it was version 4.7 but when I ran  rotctld -vvvvv -m 2401 -r
/dev/ttyUSB0, it worked but said this
rotctld, Hamlib 4.5.4 Jan 10 01:31:41Z 2023 SHA=921cc5

Upside is its working, just not sure what version I now have.
Happy Monday
Bob W1RPQ

On Sun, Apr 13, 2025 at 11:15 PM Nate Bargmann <n0...@n0...> wrote:

> * On 2025 13 Apr 18:38 -0500, Bob Nazro wrote:
> > Randy helped me with:
> > sudo ln -s /dev/ttyUSB0 /dev/ttyS0
> > This crested the TTYL port and it ran rotctld . Thanks for everyone's
> help.
>
> That is a workaround, but it seems the true bug may be in the rotator
> backend that you're using.  The version of Hamlib on your system is
> quite old, 4.5.4 as I recall, that was released well over two years ago.
> Quite a bit of work has taken place since then, I'm unsure how much was
> directed at the backend you're using.  Anyway, should you get the chance
> to upgrade to a newer version, it would be nice to know if it accepts
> 'ttyUSB0' because on your version what I saw it acts like it's hard
> coded for 'ttyS0'.
>
> The current stable release is 4.6.2 and I plan to release 4.6.3 at the
> end of the month.  Unfortunately, those probably won't be available in
> Raspberry Pi OS until it updates to the next stable version of Debian.
>
> 73, Nate
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