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hamlib - (C) Frank Singleton 2000 (vk3fcs@ix.netcom.com) and (C) Stephane Fillod 2000-2003 The purpose of this project is to provide stable, flexible, shared libraries that enable quicker development of Amateur Radio Equipment Control Applications. Many Amateur Radio Transceivers come with serial interfaces that allows software to control the radio. This project will endeavour to provide shared libraries that greatly simplify the application programmers interaction with radio equipment. The shared libs will provide functions for both radio control, and data retrieval from the radio. The structure of the libraries will be as follows. (1) There will be 1 frontend library "libhamlib" that provides the generic API for user applications. (2) There will be "n" backend libraries that "wrap" rig specific communications inside frontend API. (3) Frontend lib will load (on demand) the appropriate backend lib as required. Frontend Library ---------------- libhamlib.so - frontend lib that provides generic API for all RIG types. This is what Application programmers will "see". Backend Examples are: --------------------- 1.hamlib-yaesu.so will provide connectivity to Yaesu FT 747GX Transceiver, FT 847 "Earth Station", etc. via a standard API. 2. hamlib-xxxx.so will provide connectivity to the Wiz-bang moon-melter 101A (yikes..) Hamlib will also enable developers to develop professional looking GUI's towards a standard control library API, and they would not have to worry about the underlying connection towards physical hardware. Initially serial (RS232) connectivity will be handled, but I expect that IP (and other) connectivity will follow afterwards. Recompiling ----------- Hamlib is entirely developped using GNU tools, under various Linux systems. That is, if you want to take part in the development of Hamlib, you'll need at least the following tools: * autoconf > 2.50 * automake > 1.7 * libtool > 1.5 * doxygen * cvs and ssh to connect to http://sourceforge.net/ There's also a README.betatester and README.developer files in this directory if you feel like hacking hamlib. However, if you just want to recompile the library, please refer to the INSTALL file. IMPORTANT: If autoconf or automake are installed on your system, make sure they are matching *at least* the version shown above. The Hamlib team is very interrested to hear from you, how Hamlib builds and works on your system, especially on non-Linux system or non-PC systems. We try to make Hamlib as portable as possible. Please report in case of problems at hamlib-developer@lists.sourceforge.net Patches are welcome too! And for those who were brave enough to read until then, but not lucky enough to rebuild the lib, there're good news. The RPM and deb packages are available at the sourceforge.net site. Enjoy! Take a look at tests/README for more info on simple examples. Also, take a look at http://sourceforge.net/projects/hamlib/ Here you will find a mail list, and the latest CVS releases. Feedback, questions, etc. about Hamlib are very welcome at the mail list: <hamlib-developer@lists.sourceforge.net> Have Fun / Frank S / Stephane F 73's de vk3fcs/km5ws / f8cfe