#!/bin/bash # # Author : Gaston Gonzalez # Date : 30 June 2026 # Purpose : Wrapper script for starting modem73 with PnP support # # Preconditions: # 1. Supported radio and audio interface are connected and properly detected # # Postconditions: # 1. modem73 started with sane defaults MODEM73_CONF_FILE="${HOME}/.config/modem73/settings" usage() { echo "usage: $(basename $0) [options]" echo " " echo " reliability - Max reliability (Slower Speed) [BPSK]" echo " balanced - Balanced (Reliability and Speed) [QPSK]" echo " speed - Max speed (Lower Reliability) [8PSK]" echo "" echo " [options]" echo " --headless - Run modem73 headless" } HEADLESS="" MODE="" CALLSIGN="N0CALL" for arg in "$@"; do case "$arg" in --headless) HEADLESS="--headless" ;; reliability|balanced|speed) if [[ -n "${MODE}" ]]; then et-log "Only one mode may be specified." usage exit 1 fi MODE="$arg" ;; *) echo "Unknown argument: $arg" usage exit 1 ;; esac done if [[ -z "${MODE}" ]]; then et-log "Can't started modem73. Mode not specified." usage exit 1 fi [[ -z ${ET_LOG_DIR} ]] && ET_LOG_DIR="${HOME}/.local/share/emcomm-tools" [[ ! -e ${ET_LOG_DIR} ]] && mkdir -p ${ET_LOG_DIR} start() { update_config if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]; then systemctl is-active --quiet rigctld if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then et-log "Can't start modem73. rigctld not running. Ensure radio is selected." notify_user "Can't start modem73. rigctld not running." exit 1 fi ALSA_DEVICE=$(et-system-info et-audio-card) INPUT_AUDIO=$(modem73 --list-audio | grep input | grep $ALSA_DEVICE | cut -d":" -f3) OUTPUT_AUDIO=$(modem73 --list-audio | grep output| grep $ALSA_DEVICE | cut -d":" -f3) CMD="modem73 --input-device ${INPUT_AUDIO} --output-device ${OUTPUT_AUDIO} --ptt rigctl --callsign ${CALLSIGN} ${HEADLESS}" et-log "Starting modem73 with: '${CMD}'" echo ${CMD} else et-log "Error updating configuration. Can't start modem73" exit 1 fi } update_config () { # The modem73 configuration file causes issues when using it in combination with # command line arguments during manual runs. It is best to remove it before each # run and drive the modem using only command line arguments. if [[ -e "${MODEM73_CONF_FILE}" ]]; then et-log "Removing previous configuration file: ${MODEM73_CONF_FILE}" rm -v ${MODEM73_CONF_FILE} fi et-log "Attempting to start modem73 in mode: '${MODE}'" [[ -z "$ET_USER_CONFIG" ]] && ET_USER_CONFIG="${HOME}/.config/emcomm-tools/user.json" CALLSIGN=$(cat ${ET_USER_CONFIG} | jq -r .callsign) # 1. Check if the symlink was created by the udev rules if [[ -e /dev/et-audio ]]; then # 2. Check that this device was properly tagged with the ET_AUDIO env variable with a udev rule APLAY_OUT=$(arecord -l | grep ET_AUDIO) if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]; then # Configure ALSA settings for sound card /opt/emcomm-tools/bin/et-audio update-config else et-log "No ET_AUDIO device detected." notify_user "Can't start modem73. No ET_AUDIO device detected." exit 1 fi else et-log "No ET_AUDIO device plugged in." notify_user "Can't start modem73. No supported audio device plugged in." exit 1 fi } start