Technical > Sharing Radios, Rotors and Keyers

Radio

RSS allows multiple radios to be connected and controlled. Each radio is connected through a unique USB port. One rig is assigned to each account. Another account can share the same radio, but the connection is slightly different.

There are two ways to share a radio in use on another account.

1.Open a new browser window and sign in using the other account's username and password. The keyer and rotor assigned to the main account are always available in newly opened browsers connected to the same account.

2.Instead of a physical radio and USB port (ttyUSBn) in Settings>Radio>Basic or Advanced for the second account, select Hamlib, NET rigctl, as the manufacturer and radio. In Port, enter the port number for the main account's Radio number you want to use. Port numbers start with 4532 for Radio 1, and go up 2 for each Radio number. Radio 2 will be 4534, etc. So if account 3 wants to use the radio already connected for account 2, enter 4534 as the port number. You can also see the rigctl port to use in SETTINGS>System>Rigctl Port.

Use option 2 if you wish to use Hamlib in another program, and have RSS connected to the same radio. Fldigi and WSJT-X, provided with RSS, can be the primary rig control program. Once Fldigi/WSJT-X are running and in control of the radio, connect RSS to Hamlib Net rigctl with the same port, usually 4532, used by the other program.

You can do it the other way around. RSS can be the controlling program, set up Fldigi or WSJT-X so they follow RSS by using Hamlib Net rigctl in the other program with the port number as above.

Rotors

Each account has a unique rotor. If you have more than one rotor but only one radio, you can set up a second account using Option 2, above, and assign the second rotor to that account. Rotors use a port one above the radio port. If the radio port is 4532, the rotor port is 4533.

Keyers

RSS supports the internal RigPi Keyer, keying through radio CAT commands, and external K1EL WinKeyers.

Only one account can use RigPi Keyer. If you log into that account with a second or third browser (option 1, above), the assigned keyer will do fine. If you have an account for a second or third radio, use CW keying via CAT, or use an external WinKeyer connected through a USB port.

CAT CW Keying does not echo characters back to RSS so the Transmitted CW box in the Keyer window will remain blank. Not all prosign CW characters are accepted by CAT Keying.