fllog

Log fldigi QSO on MacLoggerDX

This simple program is called from a fldigi macro to log your QSO on MacLoggerDX.

The program fllog can log QSOs to MacLoggerDX locally or through the network.

For more information on how to use that program, go to https://0x9900.com/logging-on-macloggerdx-with-fldigi/

Installation

$ pip install fllog

Once the program is installed, you must create a macro in fldigi to log the QSO.

<EXEC>/usr/local/bin/fllog pipe</EXEC>

Replace /usr/local/bin with the path to the program.

Usage

Running the program fllog with the option --help will give you the complete list of options.

$ fllog --help
usage:
fllog [pipe | udp]

This program is a companion program to log from fldigi to MacLoggerDX.

Create a macro "LOG" in fldigi with the following line:
<EXEC>/usr/local/bin/fllog [mode]</EXEC>

 > Replace /usr/local/bin with the path to the program.

The mode can be either "udp" or "pipe"
For more information, call "fllog --help" on a terminal

For example:
<EXEC>/usr/local/bin/fllog udp --ipaddress 127.0.0.1 --port 2237</EXEC>

fldigi to MacLoggerDX logger

positional arguments:
  {pipe,udp}
    pipe                The log will be sent using a pipe command
    udp                 The log will be sent using UDP

options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -a ADIF, --adif ADIF  Backup the log entries into an AIDF file
  -d, --debug           Dump the fldigi environment variables

The arguments for the subcommand udp are:

options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -i IPADDRESS, --ipaddress IPADDRESS
                        Macloggerdx ip address [default: 127.0.0.1]
  -p PORT, --port PORT  Macloggerdx port number [default: 2237]

Macro example

<NAME>, Thank you for the QSO on <BAND> / <MODE>.
I look forward to seeing your signal on my waterfall, 73.
QSL: LoTW, DIRECT
<ZDT> <CALL> de <MYCALL> sk
<RX>
<EXEC>/usr/local/bin/fllog pipe</EXEC>
<LOG>

The following example is the macro I use on my Linux machine to log the fldigi contact to MacLoggerDX running on my Mac.

In the following example, fldigi logs the contact to the machine 192.168.10.175, using the default port, and also saves the contacts into the file /home/fred/logbook.adif.

Note: The arguments --adif and --debug are global arguments and need to be placed before the mode (pipe|udp).

<NAME>, Thank you for the QSO on <BAND> / <MODE>.
I look forward to seeing your signal on my waterfall, 73.
QSL: LoTW, DIRECT
<ZDT> <CALL> de <MYCALL> sk
<RX>
<EXEC>/usr/local/bin/fllog --adif /home/fred/logbook.adif udp --ipaddress 192.168.10.175</EXEC>
<LOG>