TRANSCEIVER PROGRAMMING
3-3 November 1999
Part No. 001-7780-500
System - These screens program the parameters that
are unique to the displayed Conventional,
SMARTNET,or SmartZone system. The system to be
edited is selected as described in Section 3.1.10.
Channel - This screen programs unique channel
parameters and assigns channels to each zone.The
specific parameters indicatedin this screen are deter-
mined by the type of system selectedin the “Type”
box (Conventional, SMARTNET, SmartZone).
The preceding screens are displayedin cascade
style or they can be minimized or resized as desired.
To cascadethe active screens, select Window >
Cascade from the menu bar (see Section3.3.6). To pop
a screen to the front, click theapplicable button shown
in the following illustration or select it in the Window
menu. For example, if the Channel screen is displayed
and you want to quickly pop the Radio-Wide screen to
the front, click the Radio-Wide button. These butto ns
canbedisplayedandhiddenbyclickingWindow>
Toolbar.
Screen Pop-Up Buttons and File Size
Indicator
3.1.9 FILE SIZE INDICATION
The maximum number of channels that can be
programmed may be limited by the availablememory
space in the radio as describedin Section 1.2.4. A
running indication of the amount of memory used by
the current data if it was downloaded to the radio is
displayed by a bar graph in the toolbaras shown
above. When the bar reaches the right end, the avail-
able memory is fulland some channels may need to be
deleted if more informationremains to be
programmed.
3.1.10 CREATING AND D ISPLAYING
SYSTEMS
To createa new SMARTNET or SmartZone
system, select Systems > Add Systems and then the
desired system type from the menubar (see Section
3.3.6). This menu is also usedto delete a system. Only
one conventional system can be set up, and it is auto-
matically created when a programming file is ope ned
as described in Section 3.1.6. Therefore, the re is no
option to add a conventional system.
Only one system can be displayed at a time.
Therefore, to edit information in one of the systems,
display that system by selecting Windowin the menu
bar and then the system to be edited. Systems are iden-
tified by number and type. However, in the Channel
screen, channels or talk groups from any programmed
system can be set up. Therefore, it does not matter
which system is selected when programmingchannel
information.
3.2 PROGRAMMING PROCEDURE
The following is a general procedureyou can use
to program a transceiver.
3.2.1 PRELIMINARY
1. Select a programming file as follows:
Create a New File - Tostart with a new file
containing default parameters, selectFile > New
and then the frequency band of theradio (VHF/
UHF/800 MHz).
Open An Existing File - To open anexisting file
stored on disk, select File > Openand then the file
to be opened.
Upload a File From a Radio - Totransfer a file
from a radio to the computer to edit or use as a
basis to program another radio,connect the radio to
the computer as described in Section 3.1.4. Then
turn the radio on and selectUpload from the menu
bar.
2. Before or after creating the programming file, be
sure the correct type (77xx portable) is selected by
the Radio Typemenu (see Section 3.3.2).
3. A conventional system is automatically set up when
a new programming file is created. If SMARTNET
or SmartZone systems are also to be programmed,
set up at least one of that type as described in
Section 3.1.10.