RFP – Remote Front Panel
The remote front panel command allows real time viewing of the controller activity via the serial port. When this command is invoked a representation of the controller’s front panel, along with some additional data is displayed on your screen.
A group of three reverse video spaces is used to form a block to denote an indicator that is ‘lit’ whereas a lower case ‘o’ is used to indicate an indicator which is ‘dark’.
When speech playback is active, the current audio track being played will be shown in the upper right hand corner of the screen.
The lower part of the screen is set aside to display decoded DTMF digits as they arrive, and to show where those digits are being received from. A new line is started each time a command is terminated with an asterisk (*) or octothorpe (#), or if the DTMF source changes.
If for some reason the screen becomes garbled due to a missed character, you can type the letter “R” to refresh the screen. When the screen is repainted, the historical DTMF digit information of the screen is lost.
The display mode can be exited at any time by hitting the escape key.
Hit [ESC] to | exit or 'R' | to refresh |
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| COR1 CTCSS1 | COR2 CTCSS2 | COR3 CTCSS3 | PTT1 | PTT2 | DTMF | BZIN BZOUT | RING | ENC | |||||||||||
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| o | o | o | o | XXX |
| o | o | o | XXX |
| o | XXX |
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| IN1 | IN2 | IN3 | IN4 | IN5 | IN6 | OUT1 | OUT2 | OUT3 | OUT4 | OUT5 | OUT6 | OUT7 | |||||||
| o | o | XXX |
| o | o | o | o | o | o | o | XXX |
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| USR1 | USR2 | USR3 | USR4 | USR5 | USR6 | USR7 |
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| o | o | o | XXX |
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Rx1 856*
Rx3 80
Rx1 8754*
LL9979500*
LL 99717* LL 99705* LL 9983* Rx1 8713*
Indicators in addition to those already provided on the real front panel include:
∙ | RING | Phone line ringing status |
∙ | ENC | CTCSS Encoder output status |
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Real time updates are not possible during DAB audio playback due to the fact that during playback, the interface between the 7K and DAB is dedicated to handshaking between these two units in a way that is compatible with the original
The DAB firmware utilizes VT100 terminal commands to provide a fast and efficient means of updating the screen, and thus the user needs to utilize a suitable terminal or terminal emulation program to accomplish this. The list of software companies that provide terminal emulation and file transfer software is quite extensive and beyond our ability to provide a list of those that do work correctly vs. those that do not. However, limited testing of freeware, shareware, and commercial programs clearly demonstrate that “you get what you pay for” in terms of faithful emulation.
7KDAB, Version 2.0, | © Vyex LLC, | 28 |