feat: Ultrabeam over USB, Paper QSL from the awards grid, per-role schemas

Ultrabeam on a serial port never worked, and three faults were stacked so
each hid the next:

  - Stop() did not wait for the poll loop, so a stopped client kept the COM
    port. Every later client then failed with "Serial port busy" — the
    program holding it being OpsLog itself.
  - startUltrabeam tore the old client down CONCURRENTLY with starting the
    new one, and "Test connection" built a second client on a port already
    ours. Harmless over TCP, fatal on a port with one owner.
  - A silent serial port returns (0, nil) and bufio retries that a hundred
    times: a 4 s timeout became ~7 minutes of a frozen poll loop logging
    nothing.

The controller then answered at once. Confirmed on hardware: the USB cable
presents TWO COM ports, only the second reaches the controller, and only at
19200 baud — so the speed is pinned in code (an FTDI cable opens at any
speed, and a wrong one is indistinguishable from a dead controller) and the
port field says which one to pick. The first exchange after each connect is
hex-dumped, which separates silence from a wrong baud from a misread frame.

Databases now carry only the tables their role needs. Every target used to
get the whole migration set, so a shared MySQL logbook grew settings and
station_profiles tables nothing ever wrote to — an operator inspecting the
server could not tell which copy was authoritative. Statements are filtered
by role, unknown tables are kept in both (fail-safe), and existing databases
are cleaned once, dropping only EMPTY tables. Settings → Database gains a
Compact button, since SQLite frees pages inside the file and never shrinks it.

Also:
  - Awards: the callsigns behind a cell open the QSL Manager on Paper QSL,
    searched, ready for the card dates.
  - The record button no longer goes missing after an update: whether manual
    recording is possible is a per-profile question that was asked once, at
    startup, before the profile was known.
  - Alert rules and filter presets confirm that they were saved.
  - Spot clicks on the radio panadapter carry the POTA park into F3.
  - The build gate is re-checked wherever the active callsign can change; it
    ran at startup alone, and a fresh install has no callsign then.

frontend/src/App.tsx

@@ -891,6 +891,13 @@ export default function App() {
     QSOAudioPlayOnAir().catch((e: any) => setError(String(e?.message ?? e)));
   };
   const refreshManualRecReady = () => { QSOAudioManualReady().then(setManualRecReady).catch(() => {}); };
+  // Asked at mount, and asked AGAIN once the backend is really up (see the
+  // initial grid load) and on every profile change. The audio devices are a
+  // per-profile setting, so this question cannot be answered before the active
+  // profile is known — and a "no" then was final, which is why the record button
+  // went missing for a whole session after an update, when startup does more
+  // work and the first ask loses the race. Opening and closing the audio panel
+  // was the only way back.
   useEffect(() => { refreshManualRecReady(); }, []);
   const startManualRecording = () => {
     QSOAudioManualStart().then((active) => {
@@ -1104,6 +1111,17 @@ export default function App() {
   };
   // QSL Manager is a closable tab opened on demand from Tools → QSL Manager.
   const [qslTabOpen, setQslTabOpen] = useState(false);
+  // A callsign sent to the QSL Manager's Paper QSL view from elsewhere (the
+  // awards grid). The counter makes two clicks on the same callsign two
+  // requests — the panel is force-mounted and would otherwise see no change.
+  const [qslPaperReq, setQslPaperReq] = useState<{ call: string; n: number } | undefined>(undefined);
+  function openPaperQSLFor(call: string) {
+    const c = call.trim().toUpperCase();
+    if (!c) return;
+    setQslTabOpen(true);
+    setActiveTab('qsl');
+    setQslPaperReq((r) => ({ call: c, n: (r?.n ?? 0) + 1 }));
+  }
   const [qslDesignerOpen, setQslDesignerOpen] = useState(false);
   const [eqslQsoId, setEqslQsoId] = useState<number | null>(null); // QSO being sent as eQSL
   function closeQslTab() {
@@ -3087,6 +3105,7 @@ export default function App() {
         // Same race, same fix: the toolbar options were read once at mount,
         // possibly before the profile was active, and a "no" then was final.
         refreshChaseNew();
+        refreshManualRecReady();
       } else if (!ok && alive && tries++ < 360) {
         // Quick retries at first (normal startup connects in ~2 s); then keep
         // trying for several minutes, because the very first migration against a
@@ -3641,6 +3660,8 @@ export default function App() {
       setGridPrefsProfile(id ?? null);
       setActiveProfileId(typeof id === 'number' ? id : null);
       loadStation(); loadLists(); loadCATCfg(); reloadWk(); loadMainPanes(); loadProfileList();
+      // The sound devices are per profile: one may record and the next not.
+      refreshManualRecReady();
       // The chat is per shared logbook — clear the previous profile's messages
       // and reload for the new logbook (or hide if it isn't a MySQL log).
       setChatMsgs([]); chatSeen.current.clear(); setChatOnline([]); setChatUnread(0);
@@ -7688,6 +7709,7 @@ export default function App() {
               <TabsContent value="qsl" forceMount className="mt-0 flex flex-col min-h-0 flex-1 data-[state=inactive]:hidden">
                 <QSLManagerPanel
                   onEditQSO={openEdit}
+                  paperRequest={qslPaperReq}
                   // The same row actions the Recent QSOs grid offers. Only the
                   // selection-based exports: exporting "the filter" would mean
                   // the Recent-QSOs filter, not the rows shown here.
@@ -7793,7 +7815,8 @@ export default function App() {
             </TabsContent>
 
             <TabsContent value="awards" className="flex-1 min-h-0 p-0">
-              <AwardsPanel onEditQSO={openEdit} onAwardsChanged={() => setAwardsVersion((v) => v + 1)} />
+              <AwardsPanel onEditQSO={openEdit} onAwardsChanged={() => setAwardsVersion((v) => v + 1)}
+                onPaperQSL={openPaperQSLFor} />
             </TabsContent>
 
             {statsTabOpen && (

frontend/src/components/AlertsModal.tsx

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useState } from 'react';
+import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from 'react';
 import { Bell, Plus, Trash2, Volume2, Mail, Eye, X, Search } from 'lucide-react';
 import {
   Dialog, DialogContent, DialogHeader, DialogTitle, DialogDescription,
@@ -102,17 +102,40 @@ export function AlertsModal({ onClose, bands, modes, countries }: {
     return alerts.Rule.createFrom({ ...d, [key]: next });
   });
 
+  // Saving used to be silent: the dialog stays open and the rule looks exactly
+  // as it did a second earlier, so there was nothing to tell an operator whether
+  // the click had registered. A line that says so, and clears itself.
+  const [savedMsg, setSavedMsg] = useState('');
+  const savedTimer = useRef(0);
+  function flashSaved(text: string) {
+    setSavedMsg(text);
+    window.clearTimeout(savedTimer.current);
+    savedTimer.current = window.setTimeout(() => setSavedMsg(''), 3000);
+  }
+  useEffect(() => () => window.clearTimeout(savedTimer.current), []);
+
   async function save() {
     if (!draft) return;
     if (!draft.name.trim()) { setErr(t('altm.giveName')); return; }
-    try { const saved = await SaveAlertRule(draft); await refresh(); loadDraft(saved as Rule); setErr(''); }
-    catch (e: any) { setErr(String(e?.message ?? e)); }
+    try {
+      const saved = await SaveAlertRule(draft);
+      await refresh();
+      loadDraft(saved as Rule);
+      setErr('');
+      flashSaved(t('altm.saved', { name: draft.name.trim() }));
+    } catch (e: any) { setErr(String(e?.message ?? e)); }
   }
   async function del() {
     if (!draft) return;
     if (!draft.id) { loadDraft(null); return; }
     if (!window.confirm(t('altm.deleteConfirm', { name: draft.name }))) return;
-    try { await DeleteAlertRule(draft.id); loadDraft(null); await refresh(); }
+    try {
+      const name = draft.name;
+      await DeleteAlertRule(draft.id);
+      loadDraft(null);
+      await refresh();
+      flashSaved(t('altm.deleted', { name }));
+    }
     catch (e: any) { setErr(String(e?.message ?? e)); }
   }
 
@@ -257,6 +280,7 @@ export function AlertsModal({ onClose, bands, modes, countries }: {
                 {/* Editor actions */}
                 <div className="flex items-center gap-2 px-3 py-2 border-t border-border/60">
                   {err && <span className="text-[11px] text-danger flex-1 truncate">{err}</span>}
+                  {!err && savedMsg && <span className="text-[11px] text-success flex-1 truncate">{savedMsg}</span>}
                   <div className="flex-1" />
                   <Button variant="ghost" size="sm" className="text-danger" onClick={del}><Trash2 className="size-3.5" /> {t('altm.delete')}</Button>
                   <Button size="sm" onClick={save}>{t('altm.saveRule')}</Button>

frontend/src/components/AwardsPanel.tsx

@@ -68,7 +68,11 @@ function ProgressBar({ worked, confirmed, total }: { worked: number; confirmed:
 // detection only means anything for those — see the Missing refs button.
 type AwardListItem = { code: string; name: string; valid?: boolean; bands?: string[]; emission?: string[]; scoped?: boolean };
 
-export function AwardsPanel({ onEditQSO, onAwardsChanged }: { onEditQSO?: (id: number) => void; onAwardsChanged?: () => void } = {}) {
+export function AwardsPanel({ onEditQSO, onAwardsChanged, onPaperQSL }: {
+  onEditQSO?: (id: number) => void;
+  onAwardsChanged?: () => void;
+  onPaperQSL?: (call: string) => void;
+} = {}) {
   const { t } = useI18n();
   const [awardList, setAwardList] = useState<AwardListItem[]>([]);
   // Computed results are cached per award code — each award is scanned only the
@@ -604,7 +608,7 @@ export function AwardsPanel({ onEditQSO, onAwardsChanged }: { onEditQSO?: (id: n
       </div>
 
       {cell && current && (
-        <CellQSOModal code={current.code} cell={cell} modeClass={modeFilter === 'all' ? '' : modeFilter} onClose={() => setCell(null)} />
+        <CellQSOModal code={current.code} cell={cell} modeClass={modeFilter === 'all' ? '' : modeFilter} onClose={() => setCell(null)} onPaperQSL={onPaperQSL} />
       )}
       {showMissing && current && (
         <MissingQSOModal code={current.code} name={current.name} onClose={() => setShowMissing(false)} onEditQSO={onEditQSO} />
@@ -835,7 +839,14 @@ function MissingQSOModal({ code, name, onClose, onEditQSO }: { code: string; nam
 }
 
 // CellQSOModal lists the QSOs behind one award-grid cell (reference × band).
-function CellQSOModal({ code, cell, modeClass, onClose }: { code: string; cell: { ref: string; band: string; name?: string }; modeClass: string; onClose: () => void }) {
+function CellQSOModal({ code, cell, modeClass, onClose, onPaperQSL }: {
+  code: string; cell: { ref: string; band: string; name?: string }; modeClass: string;
+  onClose: () => void;
+  // Send this callsign to the QSL Manager's Paper QSL view. Chasing a
+  // confirmation starts here — an unconfirmed entity, the contact behind it —
+  // and used to continue by retyping the callsign into another tab.
+  onPaperQSL?: (call: string) => void;
+}) {
   const { t } = useI18n();
   const [qsos, setQsos] = useState<any[]>([]);
   const [loading, setLoading] = useState(true);
@@ -872,7 +883,15 @@ function CellQSOModal({ code, cell, modeClass, onClose }: { code: string; cell:
                 {qsos.map((q, i) => (
                   <tr key={q.id ?? i} className="border-b border-border/30">
                     <td className="py-1 px-3 font-mono">{fmt(q.qso_date)}</td>
-                    <td className="py-1 pr-2 font-mono font-semibold">{q.callsign}</td>
+                    <td className="py-1 pr-2 font-mono font-semibold">
+                      {onPaperQSL ? (
+                        <button type="button" className="hover:underline text-primary"
+                          title={t('awp.paperQslTip')}
+                          onClick={() => { onPaperQSL(String(q.callsign ?? '')); onClose(); }}>
+                          {q.callsign}
+                        </button>
+                      ) : q.callsign}
+                    </td>
                     <td className="py-1 pr-2">{q.band}</td>
                     <td className="py-1 pr-2">{q.mode}</td>
                     <td className="py-1 pr-3 text-muted-foreground">{[isQSLConfirmed(q.lotw_rcvd) && 'LoTW', isQSLConfirmed(q.qsl_rcvd) && 'QSL', isQSLConfirmed(q.eqsl_rcvd) && 'eQSL'].filter(Boolean).join(', ')}</td>

frontend/src/components/FilterBuilder.tsx

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { useEffect, useMemo, useState } from 'react';
+import { useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from 'react';
 import { Plus, Trash2, Save, FolderOpen, X } from 'lucide-react';
 import { writeUiPref } from '@/lib/uiPref';
 import { Dialog, DialogContent, DialogHeader, DialogTitle, DialogFooter } from '@/components/ui/dialog';
@@ -192,6 +192,17 @@ export function FilterBuilder({ open, initial, onApply, onClose }: Props) {
 
   function apply() { onApply(buildFilter()); }
 
+  // Same silence as the alert rules: the preset landed in the list, but the list
+  // is not where the operator is looking when they press Save.
+  const [savedMsg, setSavedMsg] = useState('');
+  const savedTimer = useRef(0);
+  function flashSaved(text: string) {
+    setSavedMsg(text);
+    window.clearTimeout(savedTimer.current);
+    savedTimer.current = window.setTimeout(() => setSavedMsg(''), 3000);
+  }
+  useEffect(() => () => window.clearTimeout(savedTimer.current), []);
+
   function saveCurrentPreset() {
     const name = presetName.trim();
     if (!name) return;
@@ -199,6 +210,7 @@ export function FilterBuilder({ open, initial, onApply, onClose }: Props) {
     savePresets(next);
     setPresets(next);
     setPresetName('');
+    flashSaved(t('fltb.presetSaved', { name }));
   }
   function loadPreset(name: string) {
     const f = presets[name];
@@ -335,6 +347,7 @@ export function FilterBuilder({ open, initial, onApply, onClose }: Props) {
           <Button variant="outline" size="sm" className="h-8" disabled={!presetName.trim()} onClick={saveCurrentPreset}>
             <Save className="size-3.5 mr-1" /> {t('fltb.savePreset')}
           </Button>
+          {savedMsg && <span className="text-[11px] text-success truncate">{savedMsg}</span>}
         </div>
         </div>
 

frontend/src/components/QSLManagerModal.tsx

@@ -134,9 +134,14 @@ export type GridActions = {
   onDelete?: (ids: number[]) => void;
 };
 
-export function QSLManagerPanel({ onEditQSO, actions }: {
+export function QSLManagerPanel({ onEditQSO, actions, paperRequest }: {
   onEditQSO?: (id: number) => void;
   actions?: GridActions;
+  // A callsign to open the Paper QSL view on, sent from elsewhere in the app
+  // (the awards grid). Carries a counter rather than being a bare string: the
+  // panel is force-mounted and keeps its state, so asking twice for the SAME
+  // callsign has to be two requests, not one unchanged prop.
+  paperRequest?: { call: string; n: number };
 } = {}) {
   const { t } = useI18n();
   const [service, setService] = useState('lotw');
@@ -198,6 +203,27 @@ export function QSLManagerPanel({ onEditQSO, actions }: {
   }, [paperCall]);
 
 
+  // Honour an incoming request: switch to Paper QSL, fill the callsign, search.
+  // The search runs from the effect below once paperCall has actually changed —
+  // searchPaper closes over paperCall, so calling it here would search the
+  // PREVIOUS callsign.
+  // The pending request's callsign, so the search fires for THAT callsign and
+  // for nothing else: the effect below also wakes on every keystroke in the
+  // field, and searching on each of them would query the log letter by letter.
+  const pendingPaperCall = useRef('');
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const call = paperRequest?.call?.trim().toUpperCase();
+    if (!call) return;
+    setService('paper');
+    setPaperCall(call);
+    pendingPaperCall.current = call;
+  }, [paperRequest?.call, paperRequest?.n]);
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!pendingPaperCall.current || paperCall !== pendingPaperCall.current) return;
+    pendingPaperCall.current = '';
+    searchPaper();
+  }, [paperCall, searchPaper]);
+
   async function applyPaper() {
     const ids = paperRows.filter((r) => paperSel.has(r.id)).map((r) => r.id);
     if (ids.length === 0) return;

frontend/src/components/SettingsModal.tsx

@@ -3589,7 +3589,7 @@ export function SettingsModal({ onClose, onSaved, initialSection, onMainPaneChan
           {isSerial ? (
             <div className="grid grid-cols-3 gap-3">
               <div className="space-y-1 col-span-2">
-                <Label>{t('hw.motorCom')}</Label>
+                <Label>{t('hw.motorCom')}{!isSteppir && <span className="ml-1.5 font-normal text-muted-foreground">{t('hw.motorComUb')}</span>}</Label>
                 {/* A list AND a text field, which is why this is a Combobox and
                     not the Select the other serial devices use: the port for a
                     USB adapter that is currently unplugged does not appear in
@@ -3613,12 +3613,19 @@ export function SettingsModal({ onClose, onSaved, initialSection, onMainPaneChan
               </div>
               <div className="space-y-1">
                 <Label>{t('hw.motorBaud')}</Label>
-                <Select value={String(ultrabeam.baud || 9600)} onValueChange={(v) => setUltrabeam((s) => ({ ...s, baud: parseInt(v, 10) || 9600 }))}>
-                  <SelectTrigger className="h-9"><SelectValue /></SelectTrigger>
-                  <SelectContent>
-                    {[1200, 4800, 9600, 19200].map((b) => <SelectItem key={b} value={String(b)}>{b}</SelectItem>)}
-                  </SelectContent>
-                </Select>
+                {/* The Ultrabeam answers on 19200 and on nothing else, so there is
+                    no choice to offer — an FTDI cable opens at any speed, and a
+                    wrong one is indistinguishable from a dead controller. */}
+                {!isSteppir ? (
+                  <Input className="h-9 font-mono" value="19200" readOnly disabled />
+                ) : (
+                  <Select value={String(ultrabeam.baud || 9600)} onValueChange={(s2) => setUltrabeam((s) => ({ ...s, baud: parseInt(s2, 10) || 9600 }))}>
+                    <SelectTrigger className="h-9"><SelectValue /></SelectTrigger>
+                    <SelectContent>
+                      {[1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, 19200, 38400, 57600, 115200].map((b) => <SelectItem key={b} value={String(b)}>{b}</SelectItem>)}
+                    </SelectContent>
+                  </Select>
+                )}
               </div>
             </div>
           ) : (