Standard horizon CE98 User Manual

CE98 PERSONAL PROGRAMMING SYSTEM REFERENCE MANUAL

CE98

PERSONAL PROGRAMMING SYSTEM

REFERENCE MANUAL

This Personal Programming System is used to program the HX750/HX760
VHF/FM Floating Marine Transceivers. With this Programming System,
you can quickly and easily program the Standard Horizon HX750/HX760
operating channels from your personal computer.

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INSTALLING OR REMOVAL OF PROGRAM

Minimum System Requirements

 IBM
 Windows
 Up to 20 Megabytes of free hard disk drive space.
 Mouse or other pointing device.
 256-color display adapter (24-bit color recommended) and monitor with 640 x480 resolu-

INSTALLING THE “PROGRAMMING SOFTWARE”

1. Install the CE98 Programming Software onto your computer’s hard disk drive.

2. Click the “Start” button and select “Run …” then browse to where the files were saved on

®

-Compatible PC with Pentium processor.

®

XP, Windows® 2000, or Windows® Vista Operating System.

tion or higher.

the Hard Drive in step 1 and select “setup.exe” and press the [E

3. Follow the directions on your computer screen.

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key.

TO REMOVE THE “PROGRAMMING SOFTWARE” FROM YOUR COMPUTER

1. Click the “Start” button and select “Settings”, then “Control Panel”.

2. Select “Add/Remove Programs” from the “Control Panel” page.

3. Select “CE98” then click “Add/Remove” box.

SELECTING THE MODEL TO BE PROGRAMMED

The CE98 Personal Programming System enables programming of the Standard Horizon
HX750S/HX760S (US versions) and HX750E/HX760E (EU versions) transceiver. To start,
you must select the transceiver to be programmed, using the “Edit” menu.

Click on the “Product Type” menu tab, then
click the left mouse button on the model
(“HX750S/HX760S” or “HX750E/HX760E”)
you wish to program.

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MAIN SCREEN

The CE98 Personal Programming System consists of two major sections: the “SYSTEM TREE
VIEW” (left side) and its lower folder (right side).

The “S
egories: the “General”, “Programmable Chan-

nel”, and “EXP Channel”. However the the “Exp
Channel” category, does not appear until the EXP

Check box is selected. Refer to the next page for
the location of the EXP check box.

YSTEM TREE VIEW” consists of three cat-

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“GENERAL” SELECTION

Double click the left mouse button on the “General” selection in the left window of the screen
to display its lower folder (“Available CH Group Setup”, “Common Setup”, and “ATIS
Setup”), then click the left mouse button on the desired folder to display its contents.

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AVAILABLE CH (CHANNEL

USA / INTL / CANADA / EXP CH/ WX CH:

These parameters determine which of the pos-

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sible Channel Groups shall be “Used (
“Not Used (

TX TOT:

This parameter toggles the TX Time-Out
Timer feature “ON” or “OFF”.
When this parameter is set to “ON”, if you
transmit continuously for more than five min­utes, the radio will automatically return to the
receive mode, and transmission will be inhibited for 10 seconds.

Priority CH (Channel):

This parameter selects the Priority Channel to be used during Priority Scan and Dual Watch
operation. Available selections are channels “09” and “16”, or “OFF”.

Status Icon:

This parameter selects whether the Status Icon shall appear “(ON)” or not “(OFF)” on the
display.

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“GENERAL” SELECTION

COMMON SETUP

Scan Resume Time:

This parameter selects the Scan Resume
Time. Available values are “1sec”, “2secs”,
“3secs”, and “OFF”.
When this parameter is set to “1sec”,
“2secs,” or “3secs,” The scanner will hold
for the selected period (seconds), then resume
whether or not the other station is still trans­mitting. When this parameter is set to “OFF,”
the scanner will stop when a signal is re­ceived, and will not restart.

ATIS SETUP

USA / INTL / CAN/ EXP:

These parameters define whether the ATIS
function shall be Enabled “(
“(

)” for each Channel Group.

ATIS Code:

This parameter allows entry of your (autho­rized) ten-digit ATIS Code.
To program the User MMSI, click the left
mouse button on this parameter to enable pro­gramming, then enter the ten-digits ATIS
Code. Now, press the [E

Important Notice: Entering the ATIS Code incorrectly will cause trouble and inconve­nience to other ATIS users. Be sure to enter the ATIS code accurately.

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)” or Disabled

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key to save the programmed ATIS Code.

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“PROGRAMMABLE CHANNEL” SELECTION

Double click the left mouse button on the “Programmable Channel” selection in the left
window of the screen to display its lower folder (“USA,” “INTL,” “CANADA,” and
“Weather”), then click the left mouse button on the desired folder to display the “Program

Channel List Table.” The “Program Channel List Table” can not be edited.

“USA”, “INTL”, AND “CANADA” FOLDER

Channel No.:

This line indicates the operating channel num­ber.

RX Freq. [MHz]:

This line indicates the Receive frequency of
the channel.

TX Freq. [MHz]:

This line indicates the Transmit frequency of
the channel.

TX Power:

This line indicates the TX Power Status.

Normal: The TX Power is set to “Normal” according to international standards.
Low: The TX Power is always set to “Low Power.”
Power Up: The TX Power is set to “Low Power.” The User may change the TX Power to

“Normal” by pressing the transceiver’s [LOW] key.

TXINH: The TX Power is disabled.

Duplex On/Off:

This parameter indicates whether duplex operation (separate transmit/receive frequencies)
shall be Enabled (“Duplex”) or Disabled (“Simplex”).

Scan Memory:

This parameter indicates whether the memory scanning (M-SCAN) shall be Enabled
(“

SCAN”) or Disabled (“SKIP”).

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