hi Bill
i can run some tests
here windows XP and Icom 746 and.Ham radio Deluxe
73
Pedro - CT1EKD
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Somerville" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, October 05, 2013 7:22 PM
Subject: [Wsjt-devel] CAT Herding - call for volunteers.
Hi All,
sorry for the long post.
For some time I have been working on an enhanced configuration dialog for
WSJTX. This has grown
in scope to include an enhanced rig interface as well.
To test my changes I need to run with as many different rig and rig
interface combinations as possible.
This is where you can help me out, currently I'm at the stage where I have
the framework in place
to support direct control of rigs using the hamlib library, via DX Lab
Suite Commander, via Ham Radio Deluxe
and, via OmniRig. None of these interfaces is perfect and they all leak
rig implementation details to a
greater or lesser extent. Add to this the vagaries of rig manufacturers
CAT command sets which seem
to be different on each and every rig model. This means that I cannot even
guarantee basic functionality
until I have a test run on a rig/interface combination.
Rather than use the WSJT-X program as a test tool, I have written a small
test application that runs the
new configuration dialog and is able to exercise the basic rig
manipulations and queries we need. The test
application has extensive instrumentation built in so I can analyse
results of a test and hopefully update
the code to fix defects and to accept new rig/interface combinations
quickly.
What I am looking for is a few volunteers who are willing to try the test
program on their station to gather
data. Currently I have a Windows build only, I am happy to make a Linux or
Mac build if required but would
prefer to start with Windows. I intend to use Dropbox to deploy the
software and gather the results, if you
are a Skype or ooVoo user that would help too, or phone on HF (propagation
permitting), or VHF/UHF of you
are local to me in the UK. For complex issues I also use Mikogo desktop
sharing but this isn't essential since
I think the instrumentation built into the test application will be
sufficient.
I intend to extend the test to the whole user community, but for now,
since the instrumentation generates
copious log files, I will target a few key radio models which will
hopefully eliminate the largest number of
defects. Then I will reduce the instrumentation level and seek a wider
user base.
Just to demonstrate the difficulties I face http://youtu.be/Pk7yqlTMvp8 ;)
So can you help me, what rig and interface do you have, can you spare time
to run some tests?
Currently I have coverage of Icom (IC-756), Yaesu (FT-2000) and Elecraft
(K2 & K3).
73
Bill
G4WJS.
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