Gold Apollo AL-A26 Programming Manual

Alpha-Numeric Display Pager

MODEL：：：：AL-A26

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Contents

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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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REQ. & CODES

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Frequency------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 12
Capcode (Decimal Address)--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13
Message Type Status------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 15
Auto Increase 1 after write ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 16

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LERTS & STATUS

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Alerts and Status---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18
Manu Of Pager ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 21
Manual Write-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 22
Prompts -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 22

P

ROMPTS EDIT

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S

OURCE PROMPTS

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Getting Started

The ALA26 Pager Programming software, provides the flexibility to program ALA26
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:

 An personal computer (PC) with printer port, or compatible
 Windows 98 SE or above operating system (XP Recommended)
 256 MB of RAM
 ALA26 Programmer
 An USB cable
 ALA26 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 ALA26 programmer.

3. Hardware installation is complete.

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Figure

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Figure 1

1 1

1 Programmer Hardware Connections

Programmer Hardware Connections Programmer Hardware Connections

Programmer Hardware Connections

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Installation

Install the programmer software into a PC as follows:

1. Uncompress the ALA26(USB)V505.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”.

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

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

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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 /ALA26 Pager Programmer

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Introduction

Preparing a Pager for Reading or Programming:

1. Establish a computer hardware configuration.

2. Run the programming software of ALA26.

3. 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 ALA26.

4. Align the pager contact pin holes with the contact pins of the ALA26 Programmer.

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

6. 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 → ALA26
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 ALA26 programmer is well installed. If any
questions, the following window appears:

4. Please re-check the ALA26 programmer and printer port are well installed or not.
If connection succeeds with the ALA26 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.

G File | Open

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

G File | Save

Save the current code-plug data to a file.

G File | Save As

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

G Pager | Write

Write the current code-plug data to the pager.

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G Pager | Read

Read code-plug data from the pager.

G Pager | Verify

Verify the pager data.

G Help

Information about the AL26 pager programming version.

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Freq. & Codes

Frequency

4 Range Of Frequency

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

4 Frequency Of Pager

The frequency is on which the pager operates.

4 POCSAG Signal Baud Rate

The baud rate is on which the pager operates.

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Capcode (Decimal Address)

4 Cap #1

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

ON

Enable or disable 2nd Capcode (address).

4 Fun. Bit

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

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ִ Disable & Disp.

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



N: STD Number.



P: PRC Number.



A: Alpha number.

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I: Ideographic.

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T: Tone only



D: Disable

ִ Priority

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

ִ Type

Function Bit(A、B、C、D) Message Type:

 P: Personal.
 1 to 9: Mail Drop 1 to Mail Drop 9.
 A to E: Mail Drop A to Mail Drop E.
 G: Group.

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Message Type Status

4 Alert Length Select

Click to set personal and mail drop(1~9、A~E) alert length.

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ִ Personal and Group Alert Length

The available selections for all personal and group call messages alerts are:

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02: 2 sec.



08: 8 sec.



16: 16 sec.



32: 32 sec.



CT: continuous.

ִ Mail Drop Alert Length

The available selections for mail drop messages alerts are:



--: Disable.



BP: Short Beep.



01: 1 sec.



16: 16 sec.

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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Alerts & Status

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Alerts and Status

Duplicate Msg. Detect

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.

Discard Error Msg.

If it is selected, error message will be discarded.

Disp. Source Addr. ON

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

4 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, 1.35V, 1.29V, 1.23V, 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.

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4 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, 1.35V, 1.29V, 1.23V, 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.

4 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, 1.35V, 1.29V, 1.23V, 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.

Push Key Lamp On Enable

If it is selected, the back-light will turn on after any key be pressed.

RD Key Delete Enable

If it is selected, the RD key can use as delete feature at read message moment.

RD Key Pager Off

If it is selected, the RD key can use as Pager off feature at time display moment.

Long Message Control Enable.

If it is selected, then the message most length is 2,000 characters, otherwise the
length only can be 300 characters.

Beep And Vibration

If it is selected, beep and vibration will active together.

4 Paging Display

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.

Direct Show Lamp On

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

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Lowcell Alert ON

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

4 Polarity

It select the RF signal polarity is normal or invert.

4 Sequential Lockout

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, 175 seconds and 240 seconds.

4 Reminder Duration

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.

4 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.

4 Read Time Out

The current pager display changes after the selected time frame has expired.
Valid selections are: 8 sec, 12 sec, 20 sec, 30 sec.

4 Password (4 Dec)

It is used for the user’s manual programming.

4 Screen Contrast

It selects the LCD display contract level.

Counter Out Enable

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

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Manu Of Pager

Zoom In/Out Disable

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

Set Scroll Disable

If it is selected, menu of scroll is disabled.

Set Time Disable

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

Set Alarm Disable

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

Set Alert Disable

If it is selected, menu of set alert is disabled then you must select one of 5 type
alerts as your default.

Power 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.

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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 modification.

Prompts

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Prompts Edit

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

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Source Prompts

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4 Prompt Control

Each prompt can be customized in the code-lug, if desired, or the defaults can
be used. If selected, the text programmed is displayed at the first of the message
or end of message.