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OpsLog/internal/rotator/gs232/gs232.go
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rouggy da886de189 feat: support ERC rotator controllers through the existing GS-232A backend
An ERC (Easy Rotor Control, incl. ERC Mini) emulates Yaesu GS-232A/B, which is
exactly what the backend written for the microHAM ARCO already speaks — azimuth
out (Maaa), azimuth in (C), stop (S), which is the whole of what was asked for.
So this is two small gaps rather than a new backend:

  - Serial speed was hardcoded to 9600. An ARCO's virtual COM ignores it, but an
    ERC runs at whatever its own configuration sets, and a mismatch reads as a
    dead rotator. It is now selectable beside the COM port.
  - The entry was called "microHAM ARCO", so an ERC owner would never have found
    it. It is named after the PROTOCOL now: "GS-232A controller (microHAM ARCO,
    ERC…)".

The help text states the condition plainly in both languages, because it is the
one thing that will otherwise waste an evening: an ERC left on Hy-Gain DCU-1
speaks a different command set and simply will not answer.

Untested on hardware — I have no ERC here, and the GS-232 path itself is proven
on a real ARCO.
2026-07-30 11:07:57 +02:00

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// Package gs232 drives rotator controllers that speak the Yaesu GS-232A
// protocol, over a raw TCP socket or a serial COM port.
//
// Any controller set to GS-232A works, which is most of them: the microHAM ARCO
// natively, and the ERC family (Easy Rotor Control — ERC Mini, ERC interface),
// which EMULATES GS-232A/B over its USB port. An ERC can also be configured for
// Hy-Gain DCU-1, a different command set entirely, so it must be set to GS-232.
//
// On the ARCO: both its LAN "CONTROL PROTOCOL" setting (a TCP port) and
// its USB port ("USB CONTROL PROTOCOL", a virtual COM where the baud rate is
// irrelevant) can be set to speak Yaesu GS-232A — so OpsLog controls it
// directly, no PstRotator in between. ARCO accepts up to four parallel LAN
// connections, and commands are single CR-terminated lines, so short
// per-call connections (same idiom as the other rotator backends) work fine.
//
// GS-232A subset used:
//
// Maaa<CR> move to azimuth aaa (000-450)
// S<CR> stop rotation
// C<CR> query azimuth — replies "+0aaa" (GS-232A) or "AZ=aaa" (GS-232B
// flavour); both are parsed.
package gs232
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 pst/rotgenius idiom.
// Exactly one of (Host, Port) or ComPort is used, per Transport.
type Client struct {
Host string
Port int
ComPort string // serial transport: "COM5" etc.
// Baud matters on some controllers. An ARCO's USB virtual COM ignores it, but
// an ERC (Easy Rotor Control) runs at whatever rate its own configuration
// sets — commonly 9600 or 19200 — and a mismatch reads as a dead rotator.
// Zero keeps the historical 9600.
Baud int
}
// New returns a TCP Client with sane defaults applied for empty fields. There
// is no standard port: the number is whatever the user typed into the ARCO's
// LAN CONTROL PROTOCOL setting — 4001 is only a placeholder.
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 talking over the ARCO's USB virtual COM port. The
// baud rate is irrelevant on USB per the ARCO manual (8N1 framing matters); we
// open at 9600 which also suits a real RS-232 hookup left at its default.
func NewSerial(comPort string, baud int) *Client {
return &Client{ComPort: comPort, Baud: baud}
}
// roundTrip opens a connection (TCP or serial per the client's config), sends
// one CR-terminated command and (when wantReply) reads one CR/LF-terminated
// reply line.
func (c *Client) roundTrip(cmd string, wantReply bool) (string, error) {
var conn io.ReadWriteCloser
if c.ComPort != "" {
baud := c.Baud
if baud <= 0 {
baud = 9600
}
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 ARCO %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 + "\r")); 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])
if strings.ContainsAny(sb.String(), "\r\n") {
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 the given azimuth (0-359). GS-232A takes M000-M450
// (overlap rotators accept >360); we normalise to [0,360).
func (c *Client) GoTo(az int) error {
az = ((az % 360) + 360) % 360
_, err := c.roundTrip(fmt.Sprintf("M%03d", az), false)
return err
}
// Stop interrupts any in-progress rotation.
func (c *Client) Stop() error {
_, err := c.roundTrip("S", false)
return err
}
// azRe matches both reply flavours: "+0aaa" (GS-232A) and "AZ=aaa" (GS-232B).
var azRe = regexp.MustCompile(`(?:\+0|AZ=)(\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("C", 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
}