feat(tci): the transmit meters, and no temperature invented

TX_POWER and TX_SWR are read-only commands the radio answers when asked,
so they are asked for on each poll of a KEYED radio and not at all
otherwise: a receiving station pays nothing for meters nobody is watching.
Both appear next to the S-meter only while transmitting, because showing
them the rest of the time would show the last thing that happened as if it
were now.

An SWR of 0 draws as '—' rather than as 1.0. A perfect match on an antenna
nobody has measured is the one reading an operator should never be handed.

There is no temperature. The protocol's command list has TX_POWER and
TX_SWR and nothing thermal at all — so rather than leave the question
hanging, it is written down where the next person will look for it. A
temperature invented from something else, on a transmitter, is exactly the
kind of number somebody would trust.
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2026-08-26 21:14:58 +02:00
parent 01d0b8f22b
commit 1201b44908
7 changed files with 66 additions and 14 deletions
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@@ -68,6 +68,17 @@ type TCIPanelState struct {
// several times a second while receiving.
SMeter int `json:"smeter"`
// TXPowerW and TXSWR are the transmit meters. READ-ONLY in TCI, and only
// answered while transmitting — asked for on every poll of a keyed radio,
// see ReadState.
//
// There is no temperature in this protocol. The command list has TX_POWER
// and TX_SWR and nothing thermal at all, so a temperature reading here would
// have to be invented, and an invented temperature on a transmitter is the
// kind of number somebody trusts.
TXPowerW float64 `json:"tx_power_w"`
TXSWR float64 `json:"tx_swr"`
// Modulations is what this radio will accept, straight from its own
// announcement, so the mode buttons are the radio's and not a guess.
Modulations []string `json:"modulations,omitempty"`
@@ -194,6 +205,14 @@ func (t *TCI) handlePanel(name string, get func(int) string, args string) bool {
if forRX0() {
p.Lock = yes(get(1))
}
case "tx_power":
if v, err := strconv.ParseFloat(strings.TrimSpace(get(0)), 64); err == nil {
p.TXPowerW = v
}
case "tx_swr":
if v, err := strconv.ParseFloat(strings.TrimSpace(get(0)), 64); err == nil {
p.TXSWR = v
}
case "rx_smeter":
if n, ok := num(get(1)); ok && forRX0() {
p.SMeter = n