Gold Apollo AL-924 Programming Manual

Alpha-Numeric Display Pager

MODEL：：：：AL-924

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Contents

GETTING STARTED..................................................................................................................................................................1

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QUIPMENT REQUIRED

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QUIPMENT SETUP

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INSTALLING PROGRAMMER SOFTWARE......................................................................................................................... 3

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NSTALLATION

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UNNING

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NTRODUCTION

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TARTING THE PROGRAMMER

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AIN MENU

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M

ENU BAR

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ODE AND FEATURES

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Frequency.............................................................................................................................................................................11

Capcode (Decimal Address)................................................................................................................................................ 12

Auto Increase 1 after write..................................................................................................................................................14

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LERT AND STATUS

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Alerts and Status ................................................................................................................................................................. 15

Manu Of Pager ...................................................................................................................................................................18

Manual Write....................................................................................................................................................................... 19

Prompts............................................................................................................................................................................... 19

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ROMPTS EDIT

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Getting Started

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Getting Started

The AL924T Pager Programming software, provides the flexibility to program AL924
pagers to meet individual requirements. To obtain the best results from the product,
please take a few minutes to read this instruction guide.

Equipment Required

To install and operate the programmer, you need a system that meets the following
minimum requirements:

1. An personal computer (PC) with printer port, or compatible

2. Windows 98 SE or above operating system (XP Recommended)

3. 256 MB of RAM

4. AL924 Programmer

5. An USB cable

6. AL924 Pager Programming Software

Equipment Setup

Refer to Figure 1 while performing the follows:

1. At the rear of the PC, connect the USB cable to the USB port on your computer.

2. Plug end of the USB cable into the AL924 programmer.

3. Hardware installation is complete.

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Figure

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Figure 1

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1 Programmer Hardware Connections

Programmer Hardware Connections Programmer Hardware Connections

Programmer Hardware Connections

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Installing Programmer Software

Installation

Install the programmer software into a PC as follows:

1. Uncompress the AL924T(USB)V50(NR).zip and save them in a temporary directory.

2. Double click the setup.exe file. Click on “Y”.

3. Click “Next” on the Welcome screen.

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4. Enter your user information and click “Next”. (Note: you must enter at least a single

character "into the company field)

5. Choose where the program should be installed and click “Next”.

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6. On the Select Program Folder screen choose where you would like the program to

show up in your start menu and click “Install”.

7. If you had installed USB driver then select reboot now and click “Finish” on the

setup complete screen.

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8. If you did not install USB driver, click “OK” to install USB driver.

9. Please reboot your computer after USB driver and programming software installed.

Running

You now have the program installed. To run it from the Start menu/ Programs/ Gold
Apollo /AL924T Pager Programmer.

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Introduction

Preparing a Pager for Reading or Programming:

2. Establish a computer hardware configuration.

3. Run the programming software of AL924.

4. A Power LED illuminates on the Programming Interface to indicate proper contact.

If the Power LED did not illuminate then you must check the configuration and
restart the programming software of AL924.

5. Align the pager contact pin holes with the contact pins of the AL924 Programmer.

6. Press down on the pager until it is tight in the fixture.

7. Turn the pager off or wait the pager until standby mode. The pager is now ready to

read or program.

Starting the Programmer

1. The application can be launched from Start → Programs → Gold Apollo → AL924T

Pager Programmer. The following window appears:

2. Input your password. If key in wrong password for 3 times, the system shuts off

automatically. If the password is correct, the following window appears：：：：

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3. Now, the system examines that the AL924 programmer is well installed. If any

problems encountered, the following window appears:

4. Please re-check the AL924 programmer and printer port are well installed or not. If

connection succeeds with the AL924 programmer, the system enters the Main Menu.

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Main Menu

Menu bar

In the menu bar, there are main menus with submenus like those conventionally used in
Windows applications.

 File | Open

Open the AL924 code-plug file. The file has the extension “.tbl”.

 File | Save

Save the current code-plug data to a file.

 File | Save As

Save the current code-plug data to a file with different filename.

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 Pager | Write

Write the current code-plug data to the pager.

 Pager | Read

Read code-plug data from the pager.

 Pager | Verify

Verify the pager data.

 Help

Information about the AL924 pager programming version.

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Code and Features

Frequency

 Range Of Frequency

You can select the range of frequency and all setting will load default value.

 Frequency Of Pager

The frequency is on which the pager operates.

 POCSAG Signal Baud Rate

The baud rate is on which the pager operates.

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Capcode (Decimal Address)

 Cap #1

Please input 1st Capcode (7 Dec digits between 8 and 2097151).

 ON

Enable or disable 2nd Capcode (address).

 Fun. Bit

Click to set function bit(A、、、、B、、、、C、、、、D) message control.

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 EN

Function Bit(A、、、、B、、、、C、、、、D) Enable Control: V is Enable, - is disable.

 Priority

Function Bit(A、、、、B、、、、C、、、、D) Priority Alert: V is Enable, - is disable.

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 Disp

Function Bit(A、、、、B、、、、C、、、、D) Message Display:

 N: Standard Number.
 P: PRC Number.
 A: Alpha number.
 I: Ideographic.

 Type

Function Bit(A、、、、B、、、、C、、、、D) Message Type:

 P: Personal.
 1 to 5: Mail Drop 1 to Mail Drop 5.

Auto Increase 1 after write

1st Capcode Auto Increase

1st capcode always increment by one after write.

2nd Capcode Auto Increase

2nd capcode always increment by one after write.

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Alert and Status

Alerts and Status

Duplicate Msg. Enable

If it is selected, duplication detection is performed on all personal messages with the
same message type as the new message, on a character by character basis. Error
characters are ignored during the check. If all non-error characters in both messages
match, the existing matching message is flagged as a duplicate. The message with the
least number of errors is stored and the other messages are discarded. Duplication is
not performed on mail-drop messages.

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Discard Error Message

If it is selected, error message will be discarded.

 Screen Contrast

It selects the LCD display contract level.

 Battery Gauge Level-High

This value represents the battery voltage level necessary for the battery gauge to
display a full battery. If the battery voltage is higher or equal to this value, the full
battery gauge icon is displayed. Valid selections are: 1.58V, 1.53V, 1.48V, 1.43V, 1.39V,

1.34V, 1.29V, 1.24V, 1.19V, 1.14V, 1.09V, 1.05V, and 1.00V. The High level must be
greater than the Med level, and the Med level Must be greater than the Low level.
None of the levels can be equal to each other.

 Battery Gauge Level-Med

This value represents the battery voltage level necessary for the battery gauge to
display a full battery. If the battery voltage is higher or equal to this value, the full
battery gauge icon is displayed. Valid selections are: 1.58V, 1.53V, 1.48V, 1.43V, 1.39V,

1.34V, 1.29V, 1.24V, 1.19V, 1.14V, 1.09V, 1.05V, and 1.00V. The High level must be
greater than the Med level, and the Med level Must be greater than the Low level.
None of the levels can be equal to each other.

 Battery Gauge Level-Low

This value represents the battery voltage level necessary for the battery gauge to
display a full battery. If the battery voltage is higher or equal to this value, the full
battery gauge icon is displayed. Valid selections are: 1.58V, 1.53V, 1.48V, 1.43V, 1.39V,

1.34V, 1.29V, 1.24V, 1.19V, 1.14V, 1.09V, 1.05V, and 1.00V. The High level must be
greater than the Med level, and the Med level Must be greater than the Low level.
None of the levels can be equal to each other.

Lowcell Alert Enable

If it is selected, the pager emits a low battery cell alert when the battery reaches a
low cell state.

Display Source Enable

If it is selected, the message will show the address source at last.

 Paging Disp Mode

If “Direct” is selected then the message will show on the display at a message
received. Otherwise it only shows a message location icon on the display.

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Direct Show Lame On

When the paging display is “Direct”, if it is selected, the back-light will turn on at a
message received.

 Sequential Lockout Control

The value is a sequential lockout timer begins when a message arrives and is flagged
as being sequentially locked out. If duplicate messages arrive, one of the messages is
disregarded and not flagged as a duplicate. Valid selections are disabled, 30 seconds,
60 seconds, 120 seconds and 175 seconds.

 Reminder Duration Control

With this option selected, the time period begins with a newly arrived message and is
reset every time a new message is received. Once the time period expires, the pager
does not emit any more reminder alerts until a new message arrives. Valid time
period selections are: Disable, 2 minutes, 10 minutes and 60 minutes.

 Out-of Service Control

With an out-of-service time specified by the code plug, the pager is considered “out
of service” when it does not detect a POCSAG synchronization word for that time
period. The out-of-service icon displays at this time. Valid selections are: disabled, 1
min, 2 min, 5 min and 10 min.

 Password of Pager( 4 Dec)

It is used for the user’s manual programming.

 Pager Signal Polarity

It select the RF signal polarity is normal or invert.

Counter Out Enable

If it is selected, the message will indicate the counter number at first.

Long Message Control

If it is selected, then the message maximum length of 2,000 characters, otherwise it
only accepts 300 characters.

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Manu Of Pager

Set Scroll Disable

If it is selected, menu of scroll is disabled.

Pager Off Disable

If it is selected, menu of pager off is disabled.

Auto Sleep Disable

If it is selected, menu of auto sleep is disabled.

Set Alarm Disable

If it is selected, menu of set alarm is disabled.

Set Time Disable

If it is selected, menu of set time is disabled.

Set Alert Disable

If it is selected, menu of set alert is disabled then you must select one of 14 type alerts
as your default.

Zoom In Disable

If it is selected, menu of zoom function will be disabled.

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Manual Write

Manual Write Enable

If it is selected, manual write enable.

Frequency Modification Enable

If it is selected, frequency modification is enabled at manual programming.

Password Required Enable

If it is selected, enters manual programming password is required.

Password Modification Enable

If it is selected, enters manual programming password can be modified.

Prompts

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Prompts Edit

Each prompt can be customized in the code plug, if desired, or the defaults can be used.