rigplane 2.1.2

Python library for controlling Icom transceivers over LAN (UDP) — no wfview/hamlib required

rigplane

v2.0.0 — renamed from icom-lan. The package, console script, repo, and docs now ship as rigplane. Existing from icom_lan import ... calls keep working through a deprecation shim. Migration guide: rigplane.dev/migrate.

rigplane is a multi-vendor radio control library and Web UI — Python asyncio core plus a self-contained browser front-end. It speaks Icom CI-V (LAN UDP and USB), Yaesu CAT, and Kenwood-style CAT, with stable backends for IC-7610, IC-7300, and Yaesu FTX-1, and profile-based support for IC-705, IC-9700, Xiegu X6100, and Lab599 TX-500. Direct connection to your radio: no wfview, no hamlib daemon, no RS-BA1. A capability-driven runtime renders the same Web UI and rigctld-compatible network bridge across every backend that honours the public Radio protocol. Tested in production against WSJT-X, fldigi, and JS8Call.

Quickstart

pip install rigplane
rigplane web                # auto-discovers a radio on the LAN
# open http://localhost:8080

Or as a library:

import asyncio
from rigplane import create_radio, LanBackendConfig

async def main():
    async with create_radio(LanBackendConfig(host="192.168.1.100",
                                             username="user",
                                             password="pass")) as radio:
        await radio.set_frequency(14_074_000)
        await radio.set_mode("USB")
        print(await radio.get_s_meter())

asyncio.run(main())

Full guides: getting started, CLI, public API surface.

Supported radios

Radio	Transport	Status	Notes
Icom IC-7610	LAN, USB CI-V	Stable, primary	Dual receiver MAIN/SUB, full Capability surface
Icom IC-7300	USB CI-V	Stable	Single receiver, USB-only
Yaesu FTX-1	USB CAT	Stable	17 modes, VHF/UHF, C4FM, audio FFT scope
Icom IC-705	LAN (WiFi)	Community-validated	CI-V 0xA4
Icom IC-9700	LAN, USB CI-V	Profile only	VHF/UHF/SHF
Xiegu X6100	USB CI-V	Profile only	IC-705 compatible, QRP
Lab599 TX-500	USB Kenwood CAT	Profile only	QRP, minimal CAT

Radio capabilities are declared in rigs/*.toml — adding a new model is typically a profile change, not Python code. Three protocol families are supported: CI-V (Icom binary), Kenwood CAT (text), Yaesu CAT (text). See adding a new radio.

Why 1.0

• Public API stability commitment. The Tier 1 surface — the Radio protocol, the capability protocols (AudioCapable, ScopeCapable, MetersCapable, LevelsCapable, StatePollable, RigctldRoutable, UsbAudioCapable, …), create_radio / BackendConfig, and the local-extensions/ host API — is now under SemVer. See docs/api/public-api-surface.md.
• Capability-driven multi-radio architecture. Implement the relevant Capability Protocols and your backend slots into the runtime, Web UI, and rigctld layers without any of those layers knowing about your radio. See ARCHITECTURE.md.
• 5,600+ unit tests. import-linter enforces 11-layer package boundaries; mypy is clean across the public surface; ruff lints in CI.
• Verified against the digital-mode ecosystem. WSJT-X, fldigi, and JS8Call golden-replay tests pass over the rigctld bridge with full per-VFO routing.

Web UI

rigplane web boots a self-contained HTTP + WebSocket server. The frontend is a Svelte 5 single-page app served from the same process; no native shell, no Electron, no Tauri — just a browser tab.

Four user-facing skins resolve from frontend/src/skins/registry.ts:

• Desktop v2 — default skin: dual-RX VFO, scope + waterfall, meters dock, control panels.
• LCD Scope — alternative dual-RX layout with vintage-LCD typography and the same scope + meters dock.
• LCD Cockpit — single-RX or dual-cockpit variants with retro LCD styling, telemetry strip, AmberScope (also resolves under the legacy amber-lcd alias).
• Mobile — chip-scroll IA, persistent guarded PTT FAB, container-query responsive layout.

Architecture

src/rigplane/ is organised into 11 layered Python packages (core/, commands/, profiles/, audio/, scope/, dsp/, runtime/, backends/, web/, rigctld/, cli/) with explicit boundaries enforced by import-linter. Higher layers depend on lower ones; siblings are independent. See ARCHITECTURE.md for the layout and per-layer charters in src/rigplane/<layer>/LAYER.md.

Extensibility is centred on Capability Protocols in rigplane.radio_protocol. A new backend implements the protocols it supports; consumers (Web UI, rigctld, CLI, third-party scripts) feature-detect via isinstance(radio, ScopeCapable) and never branch on backend identity. The Radio protocol plus the capability suite is the stable contract between the open core and downstream consumers.

The frontend extension surface lives at frontend/src/lib/local-extensions/ — a Tier 1 contract for embedders shipping panels, dock items, or keyboard scopes into the open-core shell.

Documentation

• Quickstart
• CLI reference
• Public API surface (Tier 1 stability)
• Adding a new radio (TOML profiles)
• Architecture overview
• Open-core policy
• Diagnostic reports guide — how to send a one-click bug report when you hit an issue.
• Protocol internals
• Security

License

MIT — see LICENSE. Protocol knowledge derived from the wfview project's reverse-engineering work; this is an independent clean-room implementation, not a derivative of wfview's GPLv3 code. Icom™ and IC-* product names are registered trademarks of Icom Incorporated, used here for nominative fair-use compatibility identification only — this project is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Icom.

rigplane is the open-core half of a planned product split. A proprietary commercial layer (rigplane-pro) is under active development and will integrate with this library through the public Radio protocol and the local-extensions/ host API. Open-core constraints — no telemetry, headless mode is sacred, no hollowing out — are codified in docs/architecture/open-core-policy.md.

Status

KN4KYD's personal project. Production-grade for IC-7610 (the author's daily driver) and the Yaesu FTX-1; secondary radios are validated against the same Capability Protocols but receive less hardware-in-the-loop time. Issues, profile contributions, and field reports are welcome.

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