diff --git a/rotators/easycomm/easycomm.c b/rotators/easycomm/easycomm.c
index defe6a4f7..507761fa5 100644
--- a/rotators/easycomm/easycomm.c
+++ b/rotators/easycomm/easycomm.c
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include "serial.h"
 #include "register.h"
 #include "idx_builtin.h"
+#include "misc.h"
 
 #include "easycomm.h"
 
@@ -508,6 +509,11 @@ static int easycomm_rot_set_conf(ROT *rot, hamlib_token_t token, const char *val
     rig_debug(RIG_DEBUG_TRACE, "%s: cmdstr = %s, *val = %c\n", __func__, cmdstr,
               *val);
 
+    if (!ROTSTATE(rot)->comm_state)
+    {
+        return queue_deferred_config(&ROTSTATE(rot)->config_queue, token, val);
+    }
+
     retval = easycomm_transaction(rot, cmdstr, NULL, 0);
 
     if (retval != RIG_OK)
diff --git a/rotators/grbltrk/grbltrk.c b/rotators/grbltrk/grbltrk.c
index 795cc7ef3..bedc9b748 100644
--- a/rotators/grbltrk/grbltrk.c
+++ b/rotators/grbltrk/grbltrk.c
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 
 #include "hamlib/rotator.h"
 #include "hamlib/rig.h"
+#include "misc.h"
 
 #include "serial.h"
 #include "token.h"
@@ -419,6 +420,11 @@ grbltrk_rot_set_conf(ROT *rot, hamlib_token_t token, const char *val)
         char req[RSIZE] = {0};
         char rsp[RSIZE];
 
+	if (!ROTSTATE(rot)->comm_state)
+	{
+	    return queue_deferred_config(&ROTSTATE(rot)->config_queue, token, val);
+	}
+
         for (i = 0; i < len; i++)
         {
 
diff --git a/rotators/meade/meade.c b/rotators/meade/meade.c
index 5c43fddab..d63b0fe2c 100644
--- a/rotators/meade/meade.c
+++ b/rotators/meade/meade.c
@@ -493,9 +493,6 @@ const struct rot_caps meade_caps =
     .move =             meade_move,
 
     .get_info =         meade_get_info,
-
-    .get_conf =         rot_get_conf,
-    .set_conf =         rot_set_conf,
 };
 
 DECLARE_INITROT_BACKEND(meade)