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rouggy 031fcbd543 docs(rotator): name the Green Heron RT-21, which was already supported
The RT-21 speaks the Hy-Gain DCU-1 command set in its default protocol
setting, and internal/rotator/dcu1 has driven that since it landed —
AP1nnn/AM1 to point, AI1 to read back, over a COM port or over TCP.
Nothing was missing except a way to find it: "Green Heron" sat in a
parenthesis after "Hy-Gain DCU-1", which an operator scanning the list
for RT-21 does not see.

So the dropdown leads with the controller people actually own, and the
hint says the two things that decide whether it works: the RT-21's
protocol must be set to DCU-1 / Rotor-EZ (on GS-232 it belongs to the
GS-232 entry instead), and with the Ethernet option TCP reaches it
directly rather than through a serial-over-IP bridge, which is what the
hint used to imply was necessary.

The package doc now also records what is NOT here: the native Green
Heron protocol is a third command set, with 0.1° readback and a real
stop, and writing it from memory is exactly the mistake this repo warns
about for wire protocols.
2026-09-10 18:58:04 +02:00

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// Package dcu1 drives rotator controllers that speak the Hy-Gain DCU-1 protocol,
// over a serial COM port (or a raw TCP socket, e.g. a serial-over-IP bridge).
//
// DCU-1 is used by the Hy-Gain DCU-1, the Green Heron RT-21, the Idiom Press
// Rotor-EZ, and the RotorCard DXA (hamsupply) for Yaesu DXA rotors. It is a
// DIFFERENT command set from Yaesu GS-232 (see internal/rotator/gs232):
// semicolon-terminated, azimuth only.
//
// The RT-21 selects its protocol on the controller, and only its DCU-1 /
// Rotor-EZ setting is this one — an RT-21 left on GS-232 belongs to the gs232
// package instead. With the Ethernet option it is a TCP endpoint in its own
// right, so the TCP transport below reaches it without a serial-over-IP
// bridge. Its NATIVE Green Heron protocol is a third command set, with 0.1°
// readback and a real stop, and is not implemented here.
//
// Commands (';' terminated — roundTrip appends the ';'):
//
// AP1nnn set the target bearing nnn (000-359)
// AM1 rotate to the target (some controllers move on AP1 alone; AM1 is
// harmless and makes the Rotor-EZ/DCU-1 variants that need it work)
// AI1 query the current bearing → the reply carries the 3-digit azimuth
//
// The base DCU-1 set has no dedicated stop; Stop re-commands the current bearing,
// which halts rotation.
package dcu1
import (
"fmt"
"io"
"net"
"regexp"
"strconv"
"strings"
"time"
"go.bug.st/serial"
)
const (
dialTimeout = 3 * time.Second
ioTimeout = 2 * time.Second
)
// Client is a stateless per-call sender, mirroring the gs232/pst/rotgenius idiom.
// Exactly one of (Host, Port) or ComPort is used.
type Client struct {
Host string
Port int
ComPort string // serial transport: "COM5" etc.
// Baud varies by controller (a Hy-Gain DCU-1 is 4800; Green Heron / RotorCard
// can differ). Zero keeps 4800.
Baud int
}
// New returns a TCP Client (a serial-over-IP bridge in front of the controller).
func New(host string, port int) *Client {
if host == "" {
host = "127.0.0.1"
}
if port <= 0 || port > 65535 {
port = 4001
}
return &Client{Host: host, Port: port}
}
// NewSerial returns a Client over the controller's COM port.
func NewSerial(comPort string, baud int) *Client {
return &Client{ComPort: comPort, Baud: baud}
}
// roundTrip opens a connection, sends one ';'-terminated command and (when
// wantReply) reads until a 3-digit bearing is present. cmd must NOT carry the
// ';'.
func (c *Client) roundTrip(cmd string, wantReply bool) (string, error) {
var conn io.ReadWriteCloser
if c.ComPort != "" {
baud := c.Baud
if baud <= 0 {
baud = 4800
}
sp, err := serial.Open(c.ComPort, &serial.Mode{BaudRate: baud})
if err != nil {
return "", fmt.Errorf("open rotator %s @ %d baud: %w", c.ComPort, baud, err)
}
_ = sp.SetReadTimeout(200 * time.Millisecond)
conn = sp
} else {
nc, err := net.DialTimeout("tcp", net.JoinHostPort(c.Host, strconv.Itoa(c.Port)), dialTimeout)
if err != nil {
return "", fmt.Errorf("connect DCU-1 %s:%d: %w", c.Host, c.Port, err)
}
_ = nc.SetDeadline(time.Now().Add(ioTimeout))
conn = nc
}
defer conn.Close()
if _, err := conn.Write([]byte(cmd + ";")); err != nil {
return "", fmt.Errorf("send %q: %w", cmd, err)
}
if !wantReply {
return "", nil
}
buf := make([]byte, 64)
var sb strings.Builder
deadline := time.Now().Add(ioTimeout)
for time.Now().Before(deadline) {
n, err := conn.Read(buf)
if n > 0 {
sb.Write(buf[:n])
// The DCU-1 reply carries the bearing as three digits (framing varies —
// ";nnn", "nnn;", "+0nnn"). Stop once we have them rather than on a
// specific terminator, so any flavour reads cleanly.
if azRe.MatchString(sb.String()) {
break
}
}
// A serial read that times out returns (0, nil) — keep polling until the
// overall deadline; a real error ends the read.
if err != nil {
break
}
}
line := strings.TrimSpace(sb.String())
if line == "" {
return "", fmt.Errorf("no reply to %q", cmd)
}
return line, nil
}
// GoTo points the antenna at az (0-359): set the target, then rotate.
func (c *Client) GoTo(az int) error {
az = ((az % 360) + 360) % 360
if _, err := c.roundTrip(fmt.Sprintf("AP1%03d", az), false); err != nil {
return err
}
_, err := c.roundTrip("AM1", false)
return err
}
// Stop halts rotation. The base DCU-1 set has no stop command, so re-command the
// current bearing — the controller stops when the target equals where it is.
func (c *Client) Stop() error {
az, _, err := c.Heading()
if err != nil {
return err
}
_, err = c.roundTrip(fmt.Sprintf("AP1%03d", az), false)
return err
}
// azRe matches the 3-digit bearing in any of the DCU-1 reply framings.
var azRe = regexp.MustCompile(`(\d{3})`)
// Heading queries the current azimuth. Returns the raw reply for diagnostics.
func (c *Client) Heading() (az int, raw string, err error) {
raw, err = c.roundTrip("AI1", true)
if err != nil {
return 0, raw, err
}
m := azRe.FindStringSubmatch(raw)
if m == nil {
return 0, raw, fmt.Errorf("unrecognised azimuth reply %q", raw)
}
az, _ = strconv.Atoi(m[1])
return az % 360, raw, nil
}