Okay. It was misconfiguration. I changed the radio type to full-duplex. Now gpredict is in control, pushes the radio into SPLIT mode and successfully controls both UP and DOWN frequencies. while I can transmit with the rig’s PTT. I’m very happy with the result!
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Hello!
I’m playing with gpredict’s radio control features. For rigctld I use kappanhang which connects to the radio via wifi and runs rigctld on 4532.
In gpredict my radio control options are
Radio-type: half duplex
PTT status: read PTT
VFO Up/Down: N/A
With these options gpredict successfully controls my rig’s TX and RX frequency IF I talk via the computer. However, if I want to talk through the radio’s PTT, only the RX frequency is in control, but the TX frequency.
It looks like gpredict knows the PTT status when I talk on the PC, but doesn’t know it if I use the radio’s PTT. It might be possible that kappangang’s rigctld doesn’t correctly report the PTT status, however get_ptt function seems implemented and I’m not quite sure how to verify this.
Anyone with IC-705, kappanhang and gpredict, I’ll be glad to share your config options and etc.
73 de LZ1MZK
PS:
Gpredict is 2.3-72-gc596101-3
705:
main cpu 1.26
others needed?
kappanhang should be the latest version.
Hello,
I’m about to buy an IC-705. I’m trying to configure Gpredict on my computer so It can control VFO A and B for Doppler correction in split mode with a friend’s IC-705. I’ve read you succed so please, could you share all the configuration so I can do the same thing ? I tried with an USB cable and rigctld with no success (rigctld -m 3085 -r /dev/ttyACM0 -t 4532 -s 115200).
Then Gpredict connects to kappanhang. Gpredict → Edit → Preferences → Interfaces → (Radios tab).
My settings are:
Name: ic-705 /use whatever/
Host: localhost
Port: 4532
Radio type: full-duplex
PTT status: Read PTT
VFO Up/Down: MAIN ^ / SUB v
LO down: 0
LO up: 0
Signalling: AOS and LOS are not checked.
Please keep me updated with your progress.
73 de LZ1MZK
I still need some clarification: Do I have to use rigctld to connect to the IC-705, or does Kappanhang allow to do without it? If I have to use rigctld, which command line should I use?
Once again, thanks you very much for your help because I didn’t found any clear solution on Internet.
gpredict works directly through kappanhang. No use of rigctl. In my previous post I gave options that you should put in gpredict. Take a note for “port” and “host”. “Localhost” is the same computer where you work, and port is the port that kappanhang opens (while running). Kappanhang creates kind of serial port (read the docs, it is well explained).
kappanhang has it’s own rigtctl implementation (read the docs). Just pay attention once kappanhang connects to the IC-705 what ports are open.
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On the other side, for example if you wish to use fldigi, then I configure flrig to connect to kappanhang on port 4531. Pay attention. Kappanhang communicates with some programs on port 4532 (these are hamlib programs) and with other software on 4531.
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So you first run kappanhang, it should successfully connect to the radio (you will see this, it is very obvious). Then you open gpredict. In gpredict there is a sandwitch button (for my config it is in the upper fight corner of the radar), a menu opens where you’ll see “Radio control”. A new window opens, there you should find the configuration of your radio that you did already in the settings (my previous post). And then you should click “engage”. Then gpredict will be connected to your radio through kappanhang.
Pay attention for the menu I mention. I forgot about it in my previous post. And also do not forget to click “engage” in order to actually connect to the radio.
