quisk-kc4upr/quisk_hardware_sdr8600.py

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from __future__ import absolute_import
# Please do not change this hardware control module for Quisk. Instead copy
# it to your own quisk_hardware.py and make changes there.
# See quisk_hardware_model.py for documentation.
#
# This hardware module sends the IF output of an AOR AR8600
# to the input of an SDR-IQ by RfSpace
#
# Note: The AR8600 IF output in WFM mode seems to tune in 10kHz increments
# no matter what the step size, even though the display reads a
# different frequency.
import time
import _quisk as QS
import serial # From the pyserial package
# Use the SDR-IQ hardware as the base class
from quisk_hardware_sdriq import Hardware as BaseHardware
class Hardware(BaseHardware):
def __init__(self, app, conf):
BaseHardware.__init__(self, app, conf)
self.vfo_frequency = 0 # current vfo frequency
self.tty_name = '/dev/ttyUSB0' # serial port name for AR8600
self.serial = None # the open serial port
self.timer = 0.02 # time between AR8600 commands in seconds
self.time0 = 0 # time of last AR8600 command
self.serial_out = [] # send commands slowly
def open(self):
self.serial = serial.Serial(port=self.tty_name, baudrate=9600,
stopbits=serial.STOPBITS_TWO, xonxoff=1, timeout=0)
self.SendAR8600('MD0\r') # set WFM mode so the IF output is available
# The AR8600 inverts the spectrum of the 2 meter and 70 cm bands.
# Other bands may not be inverted, so we may need to test the frequency.
# But this is not currently implemented.
QS.invert_spectrum(1)
t = BaseHardware.open(self) # save the message
BaseHardware.ChangeFrequency(10700000, 10700000)
return t
def close(self):
BaseHardware.close(self)
if self.serial:
self.serial.write('EX\r')
time.sleep(1) # wait for output to drain, but don't block
self.serial.close()
self.serial = None
def ChangeFrequency(self, rx_freq, vfo_freq, source='', band='', event=None):
vfo_freq = (vfo_freq + 5000) / 10000 * 10000 # round frequency
if vfo_freq != self.vfo_frequency and vfo_freq >= 100000:
self.vfo_frequency = vfo_freq
self.SendAR8600('RF%010d\r' % vfo_freq)
return rx_freq, vfo_freq
def ChangeBand(self, band): # Defeat base class method
return
def SendAR8600(self, msg): # Send commands to the AR8600, but not too fast
if self.serial:
if time.time() - self.time0 > self.timer:
self.serial.write(msg) # send message now
self.time0 = time.time()
else:
self.serial_out.append(msg) # send message later
def HeartBeat(self): # Called at about 10 Hz by the main
BaseHardware.HeartBeat(self)
if self.serial:
chars = self.serial.read(1024)
#if chars:
# print chars
if self.serial_out and time.time() - self.time0 > self.timer:
self.serial.write(self.serial_out[0])
self.time0 = time.time()
del self.serial_out[0]