VXR-5000
Loading
Data
from
Disk
If
no
repeater is connected to the computer
and
you
just
want
to view
or
edit data file
already
on
disk, press F5-Disk Load. A win-
dow similar to
that
below appears, asking for
the name of the file to load, which
must
be the
name of a channel data file already
on
the
disk.
<VERTEX
>
File
to
Load
C:\YRESU\-.rpt
There are
no
such files provided on the
original diskette (you
must
first download
data from the repeater,
and
save it).
If
an error message appears during the
loading, either
no
file could be found on the
disk with that name, or the file data was cor-
rupted since the last time it
was
stored.
If
the
data was corrupted, you will have to build a
new file from scratch,
or
enter another file
name.
We
suggest
you
erase any corrupted
files from the disk to avoid confusion. Just
enter DEL filename.rpt
Enter from the
DOS
prompt (substituting the name of your file for
filename).
Editing
Repeater
Data
After loading data from a repeater or a
data file,
you
are ready to edit it. Just move
the cursor from one field to another,
and
enter
the new data as desired. Refer to the SubHelp messages
and
Function-Key functions
as you go along,
and
you can always press the
Listing
Data
to
Screen
or
Printer
To
get
a printed copy
of
a set
of
data, or
to
view data without making any changes,
press
F2-Print
from
the
main
screen.
To
print
a displayed page on the printer,
if
you have a
PC
keyboard with the Print
Screen
key
also
serving
as
an asterisk
key,
press Shift and
Print Screen together. Otherwise,
if
you have
an
enhanced
AT
keyboard, just press
the
Print Screen
key.
3-4
F1-Help key for additional help
on
each field,
as needed. The
CTCSS
decoder / encoder field
(under the Option menu) will allow
you
to
choose tone frequencies from a selection table, shown later.
When you have entered all of the channel
and operating
data
as desired,
we
recommend that you first save it to disk before
uploading it to the repeater.
Saving Data to
Disk
You
can save data to a disk file
at
any
time
by pressing the F6-Disk Save function
key.
A
file list window like that illustrated for Disk
Load will appear. Remember
that
you
must
save a file
if
you
have just edited
data
and
want to see it again later,
but
we
also suggest
you do this whenever
you
have downloaded
from a repeater (so
you
can restore it
if
a
problem develops later).
You
will
be
asked for
a file name to save to. This can
be
any
valid
DOS file
name,
but
we
recommend
you
choose a name
that
you
will
be
able
to
recog-
nize easily later,
and
be
careful
not
to select a
name that already exists.
Sending Data to the Transceiver
After editing data
and
saving it to a file
on
disk, you can upload
to
a repeater,
if
con-
nected.
If
the cables are
not
connected, how-
ever, you should press
F10
-Exit after making
sure you have saved
any
edited
data
to a file,
and then
turn
off the computer to connect the
cable and repeater. Then
turn
the
computer
back on, restart the program, reload the saved
file from disk (F5-Disk Load),
and
then
press
function key F4-Download
and
follow the
prompts
on
the screen, pressing
the
spacebar
then starts the download.
If
an
error message
is displayed
when
attempting to download,
check your cables
and
connections carefully.
Any key returns you to the Main
Menu
where
you can try again, if necessary.
To
program
another repeater with the same data,
you
can
change the cable connection
without
having
to reboot and start the program again.