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[joshua besneatte <besneatte@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Laura,

All the "syntax" below is essentially the same. In Linux everything is a
file, so when you plug
your rig in it gets associated a file link, eg /dev/ttyUSB0

However, depending on the device and system, it might end up in a different
place. The below
examples that didn't work, didn't work because the people that gave the
suggestions expected
you to know that /dev/rig means "refer to the device file of your rig".

When you first plug in your USB device that connects to your rig, it is
attached to a file in the /dev
folder. It is not necessarily the same every time you plug it in. This is
especially true if you have more than one
of the same/similar type of device. If you unplug a usb serial device and
immediately plug it back in
it will get the next number, eg /dev/ttyUSB1. You can find out where your
device got attached to the
file-system by running the command:

dmesg

from the command line after you plug the device in.

If you are referencing the device via a script or want it to have a static
name you will need to set up a
udev rule. Something like on this page:
http://hintshop.ludvig.co.nz/show/persistent-names-usb-serial-devices/

The syntax is not cut and paste though. If you plug in your device and then
send me the output of:

lsusb

and the last 10 lines or so of

dmesg

I can help you set up a udev rule so that your device will always have a
symlink at something like /dev/ham-rig
We will also be able to ensure the device has the correct permissions to be
able to interact with all of your software.

I hope you find this useful. I am a long time Linux user but am new to the
whole HAM scene, so I don't know much
about the software you are using... at least not yet. You are using the
software I just installed and am about to use.
Hopefully this can be a good learning experience for both of us. I am
taking my Tech and maybe the General exam
tomorrow so I will have a call sign soon and can begin testing.

-Joshua


> *CORRECT CO*DE for me: *rigctl -m 104 -r /dev/ttyUSB0 set_freq %d*
> Some others I tried, based on other users, none of these worked:
> * rigctl -m 104 -r /dev/*rig
> * set_freq %d *
> *rigctl -m 104 -r /dev/tty/USB0 set_freq %d **rigctl -m 104 -r
> /dev/ttyUSB0 set_freq %d*
>
> With each time I found another user giving another syntax - I'd first try
> that - then try other radio codes, then try different settings - it was so
> hard to tell if the problem was my syntax or my rig code or something else
> I had no way of determining.  All along, I was just not getting the right
> info.  Now it's working.
>
> Finally getting it to work was a short-lived happiness, however, as now I
> find it conflicts with fldigi and my woes are beginning again.
>
> THIS is why I wanted to try to run a program like DXLabs, where all the
> components work together without conflict.  I want to run a dx cluster,
> digital radio control and the ability to send CW, which was a three week
> process to figure out in Ubuntu.  Finally found out:, to send CW, I have
> to be in Packet (USB) mode. Why? Maybe my confusion is just from too many
> years of running windows software to control my radios. But it really seems
> there aren't many great software solutions for hams in linux.
>
> I'm currently running FLDigi, Klog & XDX. I miss all the other pieces of
> DXLabs (or HRD, from back in the day, now it's bloated and no fun). Where's
> the contest software? Like N1MM or similar?
>
> If any of you have some lists of software you use and enjoy in Linux,
> please share them. I'm more than willing to learn something new - but I am
> having trouble finding them.
>
> My original question was how to use windows software under wine and still
> use com ports, as the windows software doesn't see ttyUSB0 as an option. I
> didn't get that answered - so instead I'm trying to use the limited
> software available in ubuntu and I'm hopeful there's more out there I have
> not yet found.
>
> Now, back to the frustration of trying to work a deaf special event
> station on 17 meters.
>
> 73 and thanks for all the help.
>
> Lahra, KT9X
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