Re: [Tlf-devel] Pre-release of TLF-1.0.0

[Rob Vance]

Rein,

I have successfully compiled this version (1.0.0) on Ubuntu 9.04.  No complaints from the compiler.  

A couple of early observations:

- I cannot get the TLF to control the rig.  rigctl from the command line tested successfully on my radio (model 204 on Hamlib 1.2.8).  Verbose mode (tlf -v) tells me...

        Welcome to tlf-0.9.31 by PA0R!!

reading country data
reading configuration data
Opening config file logcfg.dat
reading contest rules file: rules/10M_ver1
Using contest rules file:  rules/10M_ver1
reading multiplier data
reading callmaster data
Cannot find initial exchange file
No initial exchange file
No Hamlib library, using native driver
Rignumber is 204
Rig speed is 57600
Keyer is cwdaemon
     A: Phone message #1 is /home/rob/tlf/sounds/n6rob.ogg

I have also started with tlf -d (debug mode for rigctl) but the output is exactly the same as tlf -v.

The rig control portion of logcfg.dat says...
#                               #
#  RADIO CONTROL                #
# (comment out if not present)  #
# Rigmodel = Hamlib index, here #
#           for ten tec OMNI VI #
#################################
#
RADIO_CONTROL
RIGMODEL=204
RIGSPEED=57600
RIGPORT=/dev/ttyS0
#RIGPORT=/dev/ttyUSB2
#
SSBMODE
#
#RIT_CLEAR
#
SHOW_FREQUENCY
#

I have verified using rigctl from the command line that /dev/ttyS0 is the correct port address, and the rig is set to 57.6K.

- I can't get the voicekeyer to work, but I speculate that it may be because the radio is not communicating effectively with tlf - but I am not certain of this.  The CW keyer plays the side tone just fine.  I haven't tested the lp0 with a voltmeter to see if it's actually keying the rig (cwdaemon 0.9.4 had a problem with this before).  But I will test that later.  I have tested the audio files using the play from the command line with the exact same paths as I used in logcfg.dat and they play correctly.

I have attached my logcfg.dat and rule files; but I don't know if the list server will accept them.

I am hoping to use TLF for the ARRL 10M contest in a couple of weeks, any guidance before then would be appreciated.  As always, thank you very much for creating tlf!

73,

Rob, N6ROB


-----Original Message-----
From: Rein Couperus <address@hidden>
To: address@hidden
Subject: [Tlf-devel] Pre-release of TLF-1.0.0
Date: Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:14:33 +0100

A prerelease of TLF-1.0.0 is available at http://hermes.esrac.ele.tue.nl/TLF/alpha for testing.

This release should prevent segfaults on ubuntu 9.04 and 9.10.

Several bugs were fixed by NC1C and DL1JBE.

When you want to compile it on UBUNTU, you will need to install build-essential, libncurses5-devel, 
and automake 1.9, then do a ./configure, make and sudo make install.

happy testing, 73

Rein PA0R

logcfg.dat
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10M_ver1
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