Omnirig?
Posted: 29 Nov 2022, 19:27
I am thinking of moving to Log4om from N3FJP. I like how easy N3FJP is to use but primarily I am a Mac user but I resigned myself to using Windows in the shack. Log4om comes highly regarded and I want to read my log from my Mac. SQLite3 makes that very easy. I actually purchased Ham Radio Deluxe when I heard they were moving to SQLite3, but here it is almost 18 months later and I am still waiting. Log4om has that feature today. By the way, I asked N3FJP years ago if they would consider migrating to SQLite3 and they declined.
I am an avid SKCC and POTA chaser, and none of the logging programs will read the SKCC membership file and populate my log with information. So I am stuck using SKCCLogger and my plan is to actually write a simple entry program and find a way to automatically import my QSOs as I enter them into Log4om. I found that Log4om supports a UDP-based API, and that's how I plan to interface to Log4om.
My question is about Omnirig. I would like to query the rig for frequency and mode. This means my simple logging capture program needs to talk to the rig. If I used Omnirig, Log4om and my capture program can run concurrently. My research reveals that Omnirig V2 is actually a different product from a different developer and not that many other software vendors are supporting V2. By the way, has the Log4om team ever considered exposing the rig info in the UDP API?
May I ask why Log4om has not embraced Omnirig V2? I saw a post from G4POP in 2018 that said the creator of V2 was unresponsive to email requests for information. Is this the main reason? I notice that V1 is open source, and V2 is not. Could this be part of the reason?
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Ted Cowan, NA7C
Affiliated Club Coordinator
Utah Section, ARRL
I am an avid SKCC and POTA chaser, and none of the logging programs will read the SKCC membership file and populate my log with information. So I am stuck using SKCCLogger and my plan is to actually write a simple entry program and find a way to automatically import my QSOs as I enter them into Log4om. I found that Log4om supports a UDP-based API, and that's how I plan to interface to Log4om.
My question is about Omnirig. I would like to query the rig for frequency and mode. This means my simple logging capture program needs to talk to the rig. If I used Omnirig, Log4om and my capture program can run concurrently. My research reveals that Omnirig V2 is actually a different product from a different developer and not that many other software vendors are supporting V2. By the way, has the Log4om team ever considered exposing the rig info in the UDP API?
May I ask why Log4om has not embraced Omnirig V2? I saw a post from G4POP in 2018 that said the creator of V2 was unresponsive to email requests for information. Is this the main reason? I notice that V1 is open source, and V2 is not. Could this be part of the reason?
_________________________
Ted Cowan, NA7C
Affiliated Club Coordinator
Utah Section, ARRL