Re: [wsjt-devel] when starting WSJT-X rig defaults to "ADAT www.adat.ch" and not the wanted rig

[Arkadiusz M. <ar...@ma...>]

On 27/07/2025 03:18, Peter Sumner via wsjt-devel wrote:
> Hi,
>   for some time now (all of the 2.7 variants and now 2.8) when I open 
> WJST-X or swap between configurations, I end up with a rig control error 
> and the current rig is shown to be "ADAT www.adat.ch <http:// 
> www.adat.ch>" and not the previously selected FLRIG setting.

Old thread but...

That's because wsjt-x remembers rig by name in config. Rig names come 
from hamlib library. Hamlib has stable rig IDs (number) but not names 
(string). Names can change.

wsjt-x has few flaws regarding handling of its config file:

- if wsjtx finds unknown rig in its config it won't tell anything to the 
user and it will instead use ADAT silently as ADAT is just first on the 
list (been there, was debugging why the hell my config stopped working 
and that issue wasn't obvious because I wasn't expecting silent changes)

- it remembers rigs in config by name (which are not stable) instead of 
using IDs (which are stable in hamlib)


and FLrig name has changed in hamlib recently. Twice. First from "FLRig" 
to "W1HKJ FLRig" and later to "FLRig FLRig".


ps. wsjt-x should have search bar in rig config - it's a pain to find 
the right option there for fist time

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