Relay automatic control and the band-change outbound rows both hang off the rig
state, which is right when there IS a rig: changing Band in the entry strip
pushes a QSY, the new state comes back through the CAT callback, and the relays
follow from there — which is why this works for anyone with rig control.
Without a CAT connection nothing is pushed and nothing comes back, so a station
whose rig OpsLog does not control changed band and the antenna switch sat
exactly where it was. Reported as automatic control not working; it was never
told the band had changed.
The entry selector now says so itself, but only when the CAT push did not
happen, and never when the band or frequency lock is on: a lock means the entry
is deliberately decoupled from the rig, and moving an antenna to match a contact
logged from last year is worse than doing nothing.
The frequency is passed as unknown on that path — a band selector gives a band
and nothing else, and rules written on a frequency RANGE are left alone rather
than evaluated against a made-up dial reading.
The de-duplication of "is this a new band" is now shared by both sources, so a
station that has both does not command its switch twice for one QSY.
Also: the same credit line as the QSL e-mail now closes the default recording
e-mail body, on the same terms — a default in the template, so a stored one is
untouched.
Closing OpsLog dropped the CAT, whose frequency went to 0; the auto-control
read that as out of range and switched the relay OFF, then ON again at the next
launch. Now a rule is skipped entirely when the frequency/band is unknown (CAT
off), so relays keep their state across a close. And on the first evaluation
after launch/save it reads the boards' LIVE state and only switches a relay
that isn't already in the wanted position — no more clunk when it's already
correct.
Automatically switches the Station Control relay boards from the rig's
current frequency / band. Each relay carries one rule: off (manual), a
frequency window (ON inside [lo,hi] kHz, OFF outside), or a set of bands
(ON on those bands, OFF elsewhere). Evaluated on every CAT frequency/band
change; a relay is only switched when its desired state actually changed,
so tuning within a range doesn't hammer the board.
A cached atomic flag keeps the CAT hot path a no-op when the feature is off
(important during FT8 slice churn). Saving re-applies from the live
frequency so a changed rule takes effect immediately.
New Settings → Hardware → Relay auto-control section: master enable plus a
per-relay mode (Off / Frequency / Band) with kHz range inputs or band
chips, per configured relay board. i18n EN + FR. Azimuth/Time modes (the
other two PstRotator tabs) are left for later.
rouggy