Icom 7300 RUMLogNG Fldigi Applescript For Beginners
Installing Fldigi
It's easy enough to install Fldigi on the Mac, just download it and click on the icon (downloaded file), it'll take care of the rest. On some of these applications, we have to actually drag and drop the new app (Fldigi) into "Applications" in "Finder". An alternative is adding it to your desktop or dock.
Once installed there are a few basic things in Fldigi to configure. In my video below, look at the "Rig Control" tabs and go to XML-RPC, check that and hit initialize. That's what we'll use for rig. Take a look at PTT and see how I set it up on mine. Instead of having RUMLogNG do PTT, I have it setup separately in Fldigi with the serial port PTT. This works with the Icom 7300 using just the USB cable. Please look at the video and the photos.
Finally for Fldigi we need to set the "PortAudio", so go to Configure and select "Sound Card". Then go to "Audio" and "Devices". I have "port audio" checked and the, USB Audio CODEC, in the fields next to it.
Fldigi Waterfall and Tune
That should do it for Fldigi. If everything is working you should see the waterfall and when you hit the "Tune" button (top right corner) it'll key the transmitter. On mine the frequency doesn't display until I turn the tuning dial on the radio, so if you don't see the frequency displayed in Fldigi, tune you radio dial a little and see if the frequency shows up. If it still doesn't, restart Fldigi and try it again.
RUMLogNG Fldigi Applescript
This is the fun part. Download the Applescript from the link below or you can load the script from here. Copy or move it to the "scripts" folder in the .fldigi (hidden) folder. If you can't see the folder, see the link below and it will help you display the hidden folders.
Once it is in the scripts folder we need to create a button on the Fldigi macro toolbar.
That is easier said than done, but also easier to show than tell you, so please take a look at the video.
MacLoggerDX
I'm going to start using MacLoggerDX next. A few of you have asked about it, so I splurged and bought the program. So far, so good. It's a nice looking app, but it ain't FREE!
Let me know if you have trouble with the RUMLogNG Fldigi Applescript or if you got it working by commenting below.
Best 73 - Rich, K0PIR
Resources:
RUMLogNG FAQ to download the AppleScript
This is where I got the execute macro for the "LOG" button in Fldigi
How to show hidden files and folder Mac OS X and Sierra
Thanks for the great Mac videos. They have helped me get everything running except for the logging from fldigi to RUMlogNG. I’ve put the script in the fldigi scripts folder and created the script command for the macro button, but nothing happens when I attempt to log a QSO. There doesn’t seem to be much out there for the new RUMlogNG version 4 and fldigi logging. Wonder if something has changed in this version?
Hi Ron,
Nice to hear from you and thanks for commenting. I have not used RUMLogNG with Fldigi in a long time so I’ll bet things have changed.
This link is what I used.
This is what is in my Macro. It is a little different because of the script name. You’ll also notice the opening and closing tag (EXEC) are missing. The comment will not allow them so please include them in your macro. My macro:/usr/bin/osascript $HOME/.fldigi/scripts/FldigiToRUMlogNG.applescript &
Name your script the same as mine in both places and try it. I remember it was tricky. You should visit the RUMLogNG forum. I’m sure Tom can help.
Rich, K0PIR