Cat control error?

[SM5MEK]

I cant get frequence, band or mod from radio to logbook via wrl cat control. Is there any settings i must do ? Operating wndows 10 and 11 on diff. pc and rig is ic7300. App.wrl radio league is the log.

[K4AZE]

@SM5MEK Keeping in mind the cat control app is still in beta, I’ve wrote up some instructions on how to get it to work properly. Below are those instructions. Also, we’ve just pushed a couple of small changes to the cat control app that were causing an issue with the new logbook templates. That should be live in about 20 mins from the time of this post.

WRL Cat Control / WSJTX / GridTracker / QRZ Integration Steps:

WRL Cat Control / WSJTX / GridTracker / QRZ Integration Steps:

1)Goto the hamlib site and make sure you’ve got the latest hamlib version installed (this may or may not be necessary BUT it is a step i did) - If your on windows download the .exe - Release Hamlib 4.6.2 · Hamlib/Hamlib · GitHub)

2)Start the following apps in the following order. Start WRL Cat Control first (then connect to your radio and make sure its connected then start WSJTX listening after making sure the port is set like in the screenshot labeled “WORKING-WSJTX-WRL-catControl-SETTINGS”), then start Grid Tracker, Then start WSJTX or JTDX (whichever you prefer).

3)Then go into the settings for GridTracker and under ‘General’ set the ports to match the screenshot i’ve attached labeled “WORKING-GRIDTRACKER-SETTINGS-1”. Then goto the “Logging” tab and set two things that are highlighted red in the screenshot labeled “WORKING-GRIDTRACKER-SETTINGS-2”. NOTE: since there is no WRL option in GridTracker i enabled the last option that says “HRD Logbook” and tied it to the same port. Again, this may or may not be necessary but this is what I did.

4)Then go to your WSJTX / JTDX settings and go to the “Radio” tab and make sure its set to hamlib as well as click the “Update Hamlib” button at the bottom of the screen (this is highlighted red in the screenshot “WORKING-WSTJX-rigSETTINGS”) NOTE: after clicking the ‘update hamlib’ button you’ll need to close and reopen WSTJX)

5)Then reopen the WSTJX Settings and goto the “Reporting” tab in WSJTX and make sure everything is setup the same way it shows in the screenshot “WORKING-WSJTX-reportingSETTINGS”

Then make a contact, once the logging window pops up in WSJTX add your power and comment (if you add this information) and click the ok button to log the QSO. After about a second or so the contact will show up in your WRL logbook and it will show up in your QRZ logbook.

If you hover over the images it will show you the filename (to follow along with the instructions) Let me know if you have any issues.

Thanks & 73
Brad K4AZE