On 16/11/2021 14:07, Sam W2JDB via wsjt-devel wrote:
I also wondering about the multiple
'ID' requests, is that your version of heartbeat ? Just wondering.
Hi Sam,
the Kenwood protocol does not respond to CAT commands that set things,
so there is a problem with reading any invalid response ('?') since we
have no way of knowing how long to wait for a response which may never
come. Hamlib gets around this ambiguity with a simple device, after CAT
commands that do not elicit a reply when they work, a basic command that
does elicit a reply is sent. Then we can read a reply and either get the
command failed reply (and discard the expected reply), or the expected
reply from the second command. This simple technique means that CAT
commands can proceed without any wait time, despite extra traffic being
sent.
Other CAT protocols are more robust and always send either an ACK or
NACK response to all commands, so with them there is no ambiguity.
73
Bill
G4WJS.
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