Dummy Rig Xml

This document describes how to use the “rig.xml” file to specify interfacing to transceiver that only has hardware PTT that can be controlled using either RTS or DTR signal lines on a serial port. It is functionally equivalent to using the PTT specifiers on the Rig configuration tab. It provides an added benefit in that the "Rig Viewer" can be used to manually change the base frequency that the transceiver is tuned to.

The rig.xml for a dummy transceiver is simplicity itself. It consists of the following statements:

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<RIGDEF>
<RIG>No Rig - dummy specification</RIG>
<TITLE>Rig Control - NORIG</TITLE>
<PORT>
    <BAUD>1200</BAUD>
    <DEVICE>/dev/ttyS0</DEVICE>
    <ECHO>true</ECHO>
    <RETRIES>8</RETRIES>
    <TIMEOUT>250</TIMEOUT>
    <WAIT>10</WAIT>
    <DTRINIT>+12</DTRINIT>
    <DTRPTT>false</DTRPTT>
    <RTSINIT>-12</RTSINIT>
    <RTSPTT>true</RTSPTT>
    <RTSCTS>false</RTSCTS>
</PORT>
</RIGDEF>
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Instructions for setting up the port

BAUD	1200 (any valid number is OK
DEVICE	the full path to serial device; on Linux /dev/ttyS0 or on Windows COM1 for example
ECHO	FALSE (not used)
RETRIES	8 (not used)
TIMEOUT	50 (not used)
WAIT	10 (not used)
DTRINIT	if DTR used for PTT set this to the polarity with PTT disabled, ie: -12 V
DTRPTT	TRUE / FALSE to specify whether DTR used for PTT
RTSINIT	if RTS used for PTT set this to the polarity with PTT disabled, ie: -12V
RTSPTT	TRUE / FALSE to specify whether RTS used for PTT
RTSCTS	FALSE