qdxcat

Implements CAT control for the QRPLabs QDX transceiver.

Serial port interfacing is cross-platform via the pySerial package.

Examples

Auto-detect serial port (default):

import qdxcat
qdx = qdxcat.QDX()

Specify serial port (Windows):

import qdxcat
qdx = qdxcat.QDX('COM42')

Disable auto-detect, specify serial port later (Unix):

import qdxcat
qdx = qdxcat.QDX(autodetect = False)
qdx.set_port('/dev/ttyXXX')

Perform auto-detect later:

import qdxcat
qdx = qdxcat.QDX(autodetect = False)
qdx.autodetect()

Get and set frequency:

import qdxcat
qdx = qdxcat.QDX()

qdx.get(qdx.VFO_A)
qdx.set(qdx.VFO_A, 7078000)

Manage PTT:

import qdxcat
qdx = qdxcat.QDX()

# turn ptt on and off manually
qdx.ptt_on()
qdx.ptt_off()

# toggle ptt state
qdx.toggle_ptt()
# transmit something here
qdx.toggle_ptt()

See qdxcat.QDX.COMMANDS for a full list of supported commands.

Install

Install the qdxcat package and dependencies using pip:

pip3 install qdxcat

Note: Linux operating systems may require that a user be added to the dialout group to access serial ports without sudo. Check if the current user is a member of the dialout group using the groups terminal command. If dialout is not listed, add the user USERNAME to the group using the following terminal command:

sudo usermod -a -G dialout USERNAME

A restart may be required for group changes to take effect.

Software Beta State

This software is still under development and should be considered a beta release.