fake rigctld, for recording sat frequency data.

gistfile1.txt

#!/usr/bin/env python
#
#	Fake rigctld listener.
#	Hacked together in 10 minutes.
#
#	Mark Jessop <vk5qi@rfhead.net>
#

import socket
import datetime

HOST = ''      
PORT = 4532              # Arbitrary non-privileged port
s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
s.bind((HOST, PORT))
s.listen(1)
conn, addr = s.accept()
print 'Connected by', addr

freq = 144000000

f = open("frequency.log",'w')

while 1:
    data = conn.recv(512)
    if not data: 
    	break

    if data[0] == 'F':
    	#print(data)
    	freq = int(data.split('  ')[1])
    	conn.sendall("RPRT 0\n")
    	timestamp = datetime.datetime.utcnow().isoformat()
    	log_data = "%s,%d\n" % (timestamp,freq)
    	f.write(log_data)
    	f.flush()
    	print("%s,%d" % (timestamp,freq))

    elif data[0] == 'f':
    	conn.sendall("f %d\n" % freq)
    else:
    	conn.sendall("RPRT 0\n")
    
conn.close()
f.close()