Re: [wsjt-devel] Reading SWR from rig

[Bill S. <g4...@cl...>]

On 07/03/2019 17:01, Deisher, Michael wrote:
> Hi.  I hope this is not beyond the scope of WSJT-X but since you have built-in rig control features, here goes.  In the interests of having all important information on one screen is it possible to read the SWR during transmission and have an alert if the SWR is high.  I think this would be nice to catch sudden antenna issues (due to wind, etc) quickly.  If this is not currently supported, is there a way to send/receive custom messages to/from a rig while wsjtx is transmitting?
>
> Thanks!
>
> 73, Mike KK7ER

Hi Mike,

this is out of scope, the CAT control in WSJT-X works at a level of a 
basic virtual rig, reading the SWR is not available for many rigs and 
even where it is, it is not available via every CAT mechanism WSJT-X 
supports. Basically if it can't be done for all we are not going to 
support it unless it is a must-have feature for WSJT-X operation.

73
Bill
G4WJS.