AB6A RigCtl 1.4

New: rotators and amplifiers

Devices now carry a type, and Hamlib's split between transceivers, rotators
and amplifiers follows from it — they use different daemons, model tables,
default ports and protocols.

Type	Daemon	Default port	Models	The menu shows
Radio	rigctld	4532	312	frequency and mode
Rotator	rotctld	4533	57	azimuth and elevation
Amplifier	ampctld	4531	5	SWR

• Configure radios… gains a Type picker. Choosing one reloads the model list
  from that type's Hamlib table and re-seeds the port from its default.
• Ports are assigned from each type's default and step over the others', so
  adding a second radio no longer claims 4533 — the port a rotator will want.
• Baud and CI-V are transceiver settings; CI-V is not passed to rotctld or
  ampctld, which have no such option.
• The CLI matches: ab6a-rigctl models rotator, a type prompt when adding a
  device, and t reporting azimuth/elevation or SWR as appropriate.

Existing configurations are unaffected — a profile without a type is a radio.

Requires Hamlib

brew install hamlib

Tested against Hamlib 4.7.2, including its dummy rotator and amplifier backends.

Install

Download, unzip, drag AB6A RigCtl.app to /Applications. Signed with a
Developer ID and notarized, ticket stapled. Apple Silicon, macOS 26 or later.

Help

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