From 7afd5a675f1ecf43bfb5f9ee695e87a3f4d519ad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: SpudGunMan <kellykeeton@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2024 01:31:18 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Update radio.py

---
 modules/radio.py | 22 +++++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/modules/radio.py b/modules/radio.py
index 9616bff..444f1ff 100644
--- a/modules/radio.py
+++ b/modules/radio.py
@@ -16,15 +16,19 @@ def get_hamlib(msg="f"):
         print(f"\nSystem: Error connecting to rigctld: {e}")
         return ERROR_FETCHING_DATA
 
-    build_msg = f"{msg}\n"
-    MESSAGE = bytes(build_msg, "utf-8")
-    rigControlSocket.sendall(MESSAGE)
-    # Look for the response
-    data = rigControlSocket.recv(16)
-    rigControlSocket.close()
-    # strip newline and return
-    data = data.replace(b'\n',b'')
-    return data.decode("utf-8").rstrip()
+    try:
+        build_msg = f"{msg}\n"
+        MESSAGE = bytes(build_msg, "utf-8")
+        rigControlSocket.sendall(MESSAGE)
+        # Look for the response
+        data = rigControlSocket.recv(16)
+        rigControlSocket.close()
+        # strip newline and return
+        data = data.replace(b'\n',b'')
+        return data.decode("utf-8").rstrip()
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(f"\nSystem: Error fetching data from rigctld: {e}")
+        return ERROR_FETCHING_DATA
 
 def get_freq_common_name(freq):
     freq = int(freq)