Nov 172008
Fldigi-DXLabs Gateway is a bridging application for use with the Digital Modes application
Fldigi by Dave Freese W1HKJ and the DXLabs suite by Dave Bernstein AA6YQ.
Fldigi-DXLabs Gateway works with the following DXLabs applications.
DXKeeper
Qso’s logged in Fldigi will transfer to DXKeeper when the Save QSO Button is pressed. Ability to lookup previous contacts with the callsign entered in Fldigi’s callsign field.
Commander
Commander
Frequency and Mode information is transferred to Fldigi automatically to act as Fldigi’s Rig Control.
DXView
Callsigns entered into Fldigi’s callsign field will trigger a lookup in DXView using the callsings information.
Spotcollector
When Fldigi-DXLabs Gateway is set in SpotCollector to be the Digital Mode Application, Clicking on Spots in SpotCollector will send the spot information to the gateway for setting the correct mode and frequency in Fldigi.
The current versions of Fldigi can be found on www.w1hkj.com.
Please note: You MUST be using at least version 3.20.b1 or later for the gateway to function correctly….
Current Version: 1.4.5
Full Install Download:FldigiDXLabsGatewayFullInstallv145.zip
Update Download:FldigiDXLabsGatewayUpdate.zip
There is now a new Update available for the Fldigi-DXLabs Gateway.
The new version is 1.2.0 and includes the following changes:
1.2.0 (11/28/2008)
1.Connects to DXKeepers TCP Server for logging
2.Allows choice of logging Rig Frequency or Rig + Audio Frequency.
3.Allow choice when Logging a RTTY contact to log the Center Frequency or the Mark Frequency.
4.Adds better error checking to make sure Fldigi.exe is in the actual path indicated.
5.Corrects issue of terminating Fldigi upon closing and causing error messages.
6.Allows Rig Control to be with Fldigi and still allow connecting to DXKeeper and DXView.
The full install and the update are available by clicking the links above or on or Software page at the top.
73′s Rick N2AMG
Hello
Best wishes for 2009
Great bridge programs (tested Mixw and others)
Many thanks RICK !!!
For FLDIGI I cannot get the frequency on the waterfall
TX (FT2000) is correct connected to Commander
Does someone has the parameters I need to set in FLDIGI ?
Regards from Belgium
Guido ON4BAG
Guido..
In Fldigi under the Rig settings click on the Ext tab and place a checkmark in the box that says use XML-RPC connection. This will allow the frequency data from Commander to be sent over to Fldigi.
Rick
Have tried it but FLDIGI does not keep the value
of the checkmar.
I do a save and afterwards
Go out of fldigi and then it dissepear
Guido
Goto my software page at the top of the website and you will find the current version of Fldigi. Download the version for your OS and I think your problems will be cured.. They released a newer version correcting some issues but never posted it to their website. I have it available here…
Hi Rick,
It works now correctly with the FLDIGI version on your
website
Super : I can now work with my FT2000 en FLDIGI thanks
to your bridge (no config file forseen by FLDIGI for FT2000)
MANY THANKS
Regards from Belgium
Guido ON4BAG
Glad it’s working now for you Guido. Stay tuned in the next few weeks there is a new version of Fldigi coming down the line that has improved greatly. Lots of neat new things in it…
Good afternoon,
I am a long time user of DX Labs and a new user of fldigi. I love the way the software looks and works, and was anxious to utilize my existing log. I installed the gateway version above, and am able to have rig control with commander, and the call sign I put in fldigi is looked up in DXKeeper, but after I finish the qso and hit the save button on the fldigi log, it does not go to DXKeeper. I have tried to research here, and read at length the help file, but I was unsuccessful. Any ideas?
Thanks
Bill W1WRH
Hi Rick,
I am trying to configure FLDIGI to make it work with my FT2000. I cannot configure the PTT. I have been using micro BAND DECODER from MicroHAM. To transmit I use a footswitch. This is not very professional. Do you have any idea how configure this soft ?
Many thanks or your help
Bert
Bert..
I’m not sure if the FT2000 can have it’s PTT controlled via the CAT interface or not. if it can then you can set that on the rig control tabs of either Rigcat or Hamlib in the config section of Fldigi. If it can not be controlled via the CAT you will need to add a simple 1 transistor PTT circuit that uses a com port or USB port with a serial adapter. I do not think the banddecoder has the PTT capability that the other Microham devices do..
73 Rick
I have uploaded a new version of the Fldigi-DXLabs gateway. This is a needed download if you want to use the newly released version of Fldigi. This update contain the following changes:
1. Changes functioning to work with Fldigi v3.11 or later.
2. Allows frequency to be changed from within Fldigi and updates Commander.
3. Adds Debug mode to help diagnose errors.
4. Moves settings from registry to .ini file
5. Allows logging via DDE or TCP.
The new version of Fldigi can be downloaded at http://www.w1hkj.com or on this web site in the software link a the top of this page.
rick,
runing fldigi 3.11.ap, your gateway 1.3, DXkeeper 7.8.
data ( like call sign, etc) is passed to DXkeeper, but when I finish qso and log it, either via macro or using button, no log entries is added to DXkeeper.. tried both tcp and dde. no joy. Any ideas what I am doing wrong ?
vy 73, de ku1t
DearN2AMG,
I try to connect FLdigi and DXLabs Commander. It seems that it works, but when I try to change frequency both in Fldigi or Commander, I’ll get following errormessage:
“Server returned a fault. Code is ‘-503′, description is ‘Call XML not a proper XML-RPC call. element value ’7077600,0′ is not a valid floating point number. Garbage (not sign, digit, or period)starting at ‘,0″
Do you have any idea, what could be the reason? My Windows locale is Estonian and it’s decimal separator is not . but , by default.
Best regards, Tõnis, ES5TF
The download link is not working? Any suggestions?
The link has now been fixed and the application also has been updated to version 1.4.0. If you are using an older version of the gateway you will need to download version 3.20.b1 or later from the Fldigi website.
I’m loving DXLab and have already converted many DX buddies to this suite. It’s
awesome and I “almost” have everything configured.
Radio: Flex 5000A using Virtual Audio Cable (VAC) for digital modes. Using
FlDigi with the DXLab FlDigi Gateway for Commander and SpotCollector. I would
like the Gateway to set the Flex to Digital Upper (DIGU) for any digital QSO but
it always sets it to USB. I’ve tried all the settings in the Gateway and can’t
seem to make DIGU the default. Am I doing something wrong or is the Gateway not
Flex radio aware? The reason I use digital upper is that it places the radio in
VAC mode, provides level controls, and bypasses any ALC circuitry.
Thanks in advance for any tips on how to have the Gateway/Commander set the Flex
5000A to DIGU.
By the way, I started out trying WinWarbler but it doesn’t see the transmit VAC
port in the Soundcard set up so I abandoned that program.
Thanks in advance,
Vry 73,
Mack de WB4MAK
There is a bug with the gateway. If I launch fldigi as a stanalone it loads and works fine, rig control working. If it is loaded via the gateway I have to open rig control config and check hamlib and initialize. I tried with hamlib and cat with same results each way.
Thank you for the program,
Bob N3PPH
I have a request, would it be possible to have the gateway feed info back to fldigi? With the new beta there is a new macro to export to google maps if you have the call and locator. Since DXView has this info it would be nice if it passed it along.
Bob N3PPH
Rick,
When I start fldigi gateway everything connects okay and it appears to work. Problem is it takes all of my ststem resources. The windows task manager says that the cpu is at 100% and eveything runs very slow. If I kill FLDIGI then the cpu usage falls to around 15%. If I kill the gateway then the cpu usage also falls to around 15%. The cpu is a Celeron 2.4 ghz and I have 512 mb ram.
Help please.
Al AA&cu
Thanks for the great software.
Hello, I also am having trouble. If I load the new fldigi by itself it works fine. Try the gateway with commander and I loose fldigi tx and it puts my freq from 14.0 to 140.0 mhz. If I go in and set gateway to fldigi control, it resets my setting for hamlib or xml rig control. I prefere commander control but have tried many combinations with no luck.
When I press the save QSO button in Fldigi, the log information is not transfered to DXKeeper. Entering a callsign in Fldigi does query DXKeeper correctly for previous QSOs. I’m using the latest versions of all programs. Any help would be appreciated.
I posted the following in the fldigi group and Dave’s response is also included.
I just had a qso which started 23:54 on the 31st and ended on the 1st.
When I looked at my log the dates were flashing red, begin was 4/1 at
23:54 and end was 4/2 at 00:09. I changed them to the correct dates and
times and all was well. I do not know if it is a bug with DXKeeper or
the fldigi bridge but I thought I would bring it to your attention.
>>>DXKeeper logs the start and end dates specified by the FLDigi bridge.
My version is 1.4.0.5 dated 10/12/2010
73,
Bob N3PPH
Hi
Trying Fldigi-Dxlabs-Gateway with DX Keeper and when I try to save contact I get
” Log via TCP/IP Error: Connection is forcefully rejected ”
Any ideas ?
Regards to all
Stephen
All now working, thanks very much.
Stephen
Two annoying bugs remain for me. The one listed above, every time I have a QSO which goes from 23xx to 00xx the next day my log has the dates wrong.
The second error is that whenever I close fldigi with DXLabs still up I get frequency error message, the commander window readout turns yellow and I have to change frequency to clear it. I am running latest of all DXLab apps, Windows 7 and using a serial port to control my Icom 706MKII.
73,
Bob N3PPH
Rick,
What’s the best way to set up a new version of Fldigi with the Gateway? I usually download the newest version but keep the current one just in case the newest one has issues. Gateway “grabs” the older one.
Do I just delete the older one and let the Gateway grab the new one, or is there a way withing Gateway to tell it which version of Fldigi to open?
Thanks for a great program.
73,
Bill, K7JBQ
New problem cropped up. When I open the gateway it never goes past waiting for fldigi to load. Fldigi loads in normal time and works normally but no interaction with the gateway. I hit cancel and the settings window pops up and the waiting window remains. I tried to click set fldigi path and reset settings both of which just cause the window to go busy. I re downloaded the update and installed but this had no effect on the problem. Windows 7 64 bit.
73,
Bob N3PPH
Rick,
When using the Gateway and operating split (particularly), I’m having this happen a lot of times:
Frequency A will jump to Frequency B. The FT-890 still shows Split, but both VFOs are on the transmit frequency..
Nauturally, this happens most frequently about the time the DX answers me.
Any idea what might be causing this, and is there any known fix?
Thanks es 73,
Bill
I am using the latest ver of FLDIGI and I like it a lot….but, the the auto logging doesn’t put in the complete frequency…it always leaves out the 28. or 14. etc. before the digits of the actual freq within the 28 mhz etc band…..how do I correct this? are you going to provide a fix? I know have in FLDIGI log more than a doesn’t contacts and have no idea what band they were in……frustrating….Dave KA7OBU
I am using a Flex 3000 rig. As a stand-alone , Fldigi works FB. When I use your gateway I have problems…
When I am setting up gateway, do I check off “commander” or “Fldigi”?
I have checked off “Flidigi”. Is this my problem?
TNX for your comments and guidance.
Vy 73,
Gerald de VO1YYT
Hi Rick,
I have set up the DXLab programs all OK; and I can use Flidigi through Commander, but I cannot change frequencies on my Flex Radio 3000
With Fldigi on stand-alone I use ports 6 & 7.
Do I used these same ports with Gateway or other ports?
I need some guidance as to how to get Flidigi and gateway working to gether…
Do you have documents that I could view or whatever??
Any comments?
TNX,
Vy 73,
Gerald de VO1YYT
GM Rick,
I would like to reinstall your Fldigi-DXLAB bridge…
Where can I locate the complete program?
TNX,
Season’s Greetings and a very Happy and Healthy New Year 2012.
Gerald de VO1YYT