[Trlog] TRlog-Linux 0.52 Radio Settings for TCI support question

[w9cf at arrl.net]

I am unsure how the Expert rig works, but I'll make some assumptions
and maybe this can help. TR currently interfaces with rigctld by using
a command like:

RADIO ONE TYPE = rigctld;4532;/dev/ttyTS590sg_a;2037;115200;38;timeout=500;

which forks rigctld as a subprocess receiving on port 4532. The other
entries are options to rigctld. TR then forks ncat and sends
hamlib rigctld commands to ncat which are sent to the rigctld port.

If what you want is to have TR just send rigctld commands to the port
without starting a rigctld process, you could either:
1. Change the code or help us change it for this purpose.
2. Use a dummy rigctld that does nothing.

For 2, I just tried the following.
1. Added the line
RADIO ONE TYPE = rigctld;4532;/dev/ttyTS590sg_a;2037;115200;38;timeout=500;
everything but the rigctld and 4532 will be ignored, but something needs
to be in those slots.
2. In the directory where you plan to run trlog, create the file
rigctld containing

#!/bin/sh
sleep infinity

and make this file executable
chmod +x rigctld

3. Start trlog with
PATH=`pwd`:$PATH trlog

Since the working directory is at the front of the path for this command,
TR will fork the dummy rigctld process, and then start sending hamlib
commands to the port specified above, i.e 4532.

73 Kevin w9cf

On Sun, Jul 10, 2022 at 03:20:43PM -0500, Carlin Royal wrote:
> Hello and thank you for reading this email.
> 
> To the point: Can TRlinux interface with the localhost (127.0.0.1:4532
> hamlib/rigctl default) someway that I am missing versus something like
> /dev/xxx?
> 
> I am trying to setup TRlinux 0.52 with an ExpertSDR QRP transceiver. The SDR
> has NO physical Com ports for CAT control, but offers settings for the use
> of Virtual Com Ports in their software ExpertSDR2 and with the help of
> tt0tty (a Linux virtual com port solution) I could and have had everything
> working for some time now. In TRlinux, simply setting :
> 
> RADIO ONE TYPE = TS480
> RADIO ONE CONTROL PORT = SERIAL /dev/tnt1
> RADIO ONE BAUD RATE = 57600
> 
> The above will work just fine on ExpertSDR2, (and yes the SDR appears as a
> TS480 for hamlib purposes with CAT) but I cannot use that with ExpertSDR3,
> as there is no virtual com ports. Lately, I have been testing/using the
> newer ExpertSDR3 software, and it appears they are going away from even
> Virtual Com Ports and using strictly there own interface called Transceiver
> Connection Interface or TCI support linked here:
> https://github.com/maksimus1210/TCI
> 
> I installed the "tciadapter" software that interfaces rigctl/hamlib linked
> here: https://github.com/ftl/tciadapter ,, and it works great with CQRlog so
> it seems I have everything setup correctly,, but when trying to make the
> necessary changes to the CFG file in TRlinux, I cannot get them to
> communicate for rig data. I have tried several things, but TRlinux just
> fails and doesn't start. Examples below:
> 
> RADIO ONE CONTROL PORT = SERIAL localhost:4532
> 
> RADIO ONE CONTROL PORT = SERIAL localhost
> 
> RADIO ONE CONTROL PORT = SERIAL 127.0.0.1:4532
> 
> RADIO ONE CONTROL PORT = SERIAL 127.0.0.1
> 
> ETC ETC
> 
> Am I missing something really easy here, I am still wanting to communicate
> with Hamlib/rigctl as far as I understand like CQRlog is doing, but TRlinux
> just doesn't start with the above examples?
> 
> I have attached two PNG files, on of the running tciadapter service, and one
> of the CQRlog settings that work.
> 
> THANKS!!!!
> 
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