Create Connecting to fldigi

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+## How to connect your radio to fldigi while running wfview
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+Here is the basics: wfview creates a "pseudo-terminal" ("pt") device which wfview monitors and forwards data to and from the radio. The pt looks like a serial port to other programs and responds accordingly. wfview creates a symlink to the pt when it starts up. The symlink is "/tmp/rig" and can be used by any serial port program. The catch is that you will typically need to edit the program's settings files manually to type in "/tmp/rig", and you will need to start wfview first. 
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+## flrig and fldigi setup: 
+1. Launch flrig.
+2. Configure flrig:
+3. Select "Config", "Setup" and "Transceiver"
+4. Under "Primary" select IC-7300 as the rig.
+5. Set the baud rate to 115200
+6. Don't worry about the Serial Port, we will override this later
+7. Check 1 stop bit, Echo.
+8. Set the timing to: Retries: 1, Retry intvl: 5, Cmds: 5, Poll intvl: 200, Byte intvl: 0
+9. Set the CI-V address to 0x94 (which is the default and is required)
+10. I have "USB audio" checked. I have no idea what it does. 
+11. Under XML, uncheck "Use fldigi server".
+12. Under "TCPIP" do not check "Use tcpip"
+13. Under "PTT" do not check anything and leave set to "NONE"
+14. Under "AUX" set to "NONE"
+15. Under Poll, we set this to the bare minimum. S-Meter: 3, Power out: 3, SWR: 1, ALC: 1, Frquency: 1, Mode: 1, Bandwidth: 0. All others set to 0. You can experiment with more agressive polling if you want, but make it work first! 
+16. Close flrig.
+17. edit your flrig preference file, changing "xcvr_serial_port" to point to "/tmp/rig"
+18. Launch flrig. DO NOT enter into the setup menu, your manually-configured transceiver port string will get erased and you will have to close flrig again and edit it. 
+19. Launch fldigi and configure as follows: 
+20. Go to the Configure menu and select "Rig control"
+21. Uncheck or disable whatever is currently set (look under RigCAT and Hamlib, uncheck
+ "Use RigCAT" and "Use Hamlib")
+22. Under the "flrig" tab, check "Enable flrig xcvr control with fldigi as client"
+23. Close fldigi and close flrig. 
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+## In use:
+1. Open wfview
+2. Launch flrig. 
+3. Launch fldigi. 
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+You can verify control by hitting the "T/R" button in fldigi or "PTT" in flrig to see if transmitting works. Try changing the frequency in wfview (rotate the dial control or double-click on the waterfall). 
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