Method startFreeDvReporting

src/gui/MainWindow_DigitalModes.cpp:739–819

}

void MainWindow::startFreeDvReporting(int sliceId)
{
#ifndef HAVE_WEBSOCKETS
    // RADE without WebSockets: reporter client doesn't exist, no-op. (#2204)
    Q_UNUSED(sliceId);
#else
    if (!m_freedvClient) return;

    auto& cs = AppSettings::instance();

    // Callsign: prefer radio-stored value if "Use radio" is set and it's populated.
    QString callsign;
    if (cs.value("FreeDvUseRadioCallsign", "True").toString() == "True"
            && !m_radioModel.callsign().isEmpty()) {
        callsign = m_radioModel.callsign();
    } else {
        callsign = cs.value("FreeDvMyCallsign", "").toString().trimmed().toUpper();
    }

    // Grid: GPS (if hardware present, locked, and user prefers it), else user-saved.
    QString grid;
    if (cs.value("FreeDvUseGpsGrid", "True").toString() == "True"
            && m_radioModel.hasGpsHardware()
            && !m_radioModel.gpsGrid().isEmpty()) {
        grid = m_radioModel.gpsGrid();
    } else {
        grid = cs.value("FreeDvMyGrid", "").toString().trimmed().toUpper();
    }

    // Refuse to broadcast placeholder data to the public FreeDV Reporter
    // map — the dialog already validates this when the user toggles the
    // checkbox, but RADE auto-activation can hit this path without going
    // through the toggle, so guard here too.
    if (callsign.isEmpty() || grid.isEmpty()) {
        qCWarning(lcDxCluster)
            << "FreeDvReporting: refusing to enable — callsign or grid empty"
            << "(callsign='" << callsign << "', grid='" << grid << "')";
        return;
    }

    const QString message = cs.value("FreeDvMyMessage", "").toString();
    const QString swVer   = QString("AetherSDR %1").arg(QCoreApplication::applicationVersion());
    const double  freqMhz = m_radioModel.slice(sliceId)
                            ? m_radioModel.slice(sliceId)->frequency() : 0.0;

    // Auto-start the WebSocket connection if not already running — reporting is
    // independent of the user's FreeDV spot subscription.
    if (!m_freedvClient->isConnected())
        QMetaObject::invokeMethod(m_freedvClient, [this] { m_freedvClient->startConnection(); });

    QMetaObject::invokeMethod(m_freedvClient,
        [this, callsign, grid, message, swVer, freqMhz] {
            m_freedvClient->enableReporting(callsign, grid, message, swVer, freqMhz);
        });

    // TX report: evaluate tune/ATU guard on the main thread so we never report
    // a tune or ATU cycle as a voice transmission.
    m_freedvMoxConn = connect(&m_radioModel.transmitModel(), &TransmitModel::moxChanged,