Wavelog Radio Hardware Interface

Are you lazy typing frequency and mode each time you are logging a QSO using fantastic web-based Wavelog logger? And you also don't want to connect your radio to the regular computer and fiddle with all the CAT software, that needs to be running each time you turn on the radio?

If the answer is yes, this little, standalone, ESP32-based device got you covered!

The device currently supports radios that are connected via UART-based CAT control port (Serial COM port).

Radios that can be controlled only through Bluetooth, Wi-fi, Ethernet or USB (This is especially the case of recently released radios) are not supported.

Features:

• Easy to build
• Standalone device, no PC connected to the radio is needed
• Supports radios that has UART-based CAT control port and are supported by Omnirig
• Automatically reports current frequency (both TX and RX) and mode to Wavelog
• If the radio driver file supports it, it can also report the rig RF power setting
• Exposes XML-RPC server for use with Cloudlog Offline app
• Exposes API server that can be used to set frequency via HTTP call
• With the help of websockets proxy server, the radio can QSY to the frequency of Wavelog's DX Cluster spot on click (if the radio driver file supports it)
• Automatically reconnects to wi-fi in case connection is lost

Supported radios

In theory, all radios that has UART-based CAT control port and are supported by Omnirig should work. This is because this device uses radio commands stored in omnirig ini driver files to read & control the radio. This makes this device vendor-and-model-independent as long as the radio has UART-based CAT control port and you use the correct UART voltage level-shifter for connecting this device to the radio (if applicable).

Tested radios

Those are the radios known to be 100% working with the device, because somebody has tested them already. If you tested the your radio and it is missing in this list, raise the issue and we will add it here.

• Icom IC-7300

How to build the HW

For instructions how to build the device, see the dedicated Wiki page.

How to install firmware to the device

For instructions where to get and how to flash the firmware, see the dedicated Wiki page.

Possible future plans

• It would be cool to have custom hardware board :)