From 9ae348ff113918b4fe6e94772b9b11c336896b19 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: DJ2LS <dj2ls@proton.me>
Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2025 10:10:11 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] possible fix for #954

---
 freedata_server/rigctld.py | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/freedata_server/rigctld.py b/freedata_server/rigctld.py
index 03605033..3967b5d3 100644
--- a/freedata_server/rigctld.py
+++ b/freedata_server/rigctld.py
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ class radio:
         purposes. It handles potential errors during command execution.
         """
         try:
-            vfo_response = self.send_command(r'\dump_caps')
+            vfo_response = self.send_command('\\dump_caps')
             print(vfo_response)
 
         except Exception as e:
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ class radio:
         check.
         """
         try:
-            vfo_response = self.send_command(r'\chk_vfo')
+            vfo_response = self.send_command(r'\\chk_vfo')
             if vfo_response in [1, "1"]:
                 self.parameters['chk_vfo'] = True
             else: