IC705 disconnects intermittently with WSJT-X active due to rigctl error

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Hello,

I have a IC705, connected it per instructions to wfview on Ubuntu and that works great. However, when connecting wsjt-x via the rig control server, I get disconnects especially when transmitting. The log always show this error message:

2021-11-08 19:34:53.800 INF rigctld: Unimplemented command "X PKTUSB -1"
2021-11-08 19:35:03.867 INF rigctld: 38 disconnected
2021-11-08 19:35:03.868 INF rigctld:  session connected:  38
2021-11-08 19:35:03.954 INF rigctld: Unimplemented command "X PKTUSB -1"
2021-11-08 19:35:14.033 INF rigctld: 38 disconnected
2021-11-08 19:35:14.034 INF rigctld:  session connected:  38
2021-11-08 19:35:14.127 INF rigctld: Unimplemented command "X PKTUSB -1"
2021-11-08 19:35:24.188 INF rigctld: 38 disconnected
2021-11-08 19:35:24.188 INF rigctld:  session connected:  38

Has anybody observed this before or knows what the problem could be?

73

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Hi Andrej.

That’s because you have split mode (rig) configured in WSJT-X (X is the rigctld command to set split mode) and it is not currently implemented in wfview. If you select split mode ‘fake it’, it should work ok.

Thanks

Phil

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Ah, I see. I put it into that mode, because WSJT-X can’t find the rig at all when I use “Fake it” in the Split Operation section.
Hm, let me go back and check all the settings.

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You may need to manually disable Split on the rig itself as if split mode is enabled in WSJT-X, it will set this on the rig and then fail to connect to wfview over rigctld.

73 Phil

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Yeah, that seems to be the case.

For reference, in the IC 705:

Menu → Set → Function → Split → Quick SPLIT: OFF

Thank you for your help and 73,
DL5PSY