Flrig 1.4.7 Download
Phillipp Schneeberger
flrig is open source, so you can check the flrig.txt file and flrig/src/rigs/xiegu/Xiegu-G90.cxx at master w1hkj/flrig (github.com) to see if they are keeping up with the firmware changes. I have experience doing that for a different radio.
If I put the WFview connected to the radio (IC7300) via USB, and connect the flrig to the virtual port, the operation is very unstable, and slow. Behind FLrig, I have CQRLOG and digital data programs, and they work very hard.
The problem is generally flrig polls too much information too frequently and overwhelms the IC7300 when connected via wfview. As many of the functions provided by flrig are also provided by wfview, I question whether you need flrig at all? There is also the option of grig if you need basic rig control (which will connect over rigctld)
Using flrig to control your radio has benefits: You can just point programs who support flrig to use flrig for CAT control and have flrig handle the connection via COM port to the radio. This also has the benefit that multiple programs can CAT control your radio at the same time (e.g. JS8 and WSJT-X or fldigi), which is not possible using direct CAT control (because a COM port can only be used by one program at the same time).
You can create config files for each of your radio and desktop links pointing to these config files. This enables you to have a "double tap to load flrig for IC7300" and a "double tap to load flrig for x6100" (for example) on the desktop. No fussing around with configs, changing com ports, speeds, and other things while hooking up another radio.
This is why I went this route - I don't want to fuss around changing N1MM if I'm using my logging laptop at home with the 7300 or on the road portable with my x6100. Just connect the USB, fire up flrig and have N1MM talk to that instead of the radio directly.
1) Start flrig. Configure to your liking.
2) Doubleclick your new shortcut. After the admin prompt, you will have a new program in your taskbar, minimized. This will just sit there.
3) Start up N1MM. Watch as it clicks your radio and CAT control is working via flrig.
Dark magic. I'm kidding, of course:
The new shortcut you created is a library of hamlib which connects to your local flrig (-m 4) and emulates a Kenwood TS-2000. It takes everything that flrig does and emulates the TS-2000 equivalent, as if there really was a TS-2000 present. This virtual TS-2000 is then connected to a COM port (-R COM6) using a baud rate of 19200 (-S 19200).