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8.4 Writing Data in Scratch Pad Area

Background You can enter or edit a message in the scratch pad area of memory

consisting of two groups of 16 characters each through the SFC.

Procedure The procedure in Table 48 outlines the steps for editing a sample

message in the scratch pad area. This procedure assumes that SFC

communications have been established with the transmitter by pressing

the [ID] key

Table 48 Writing Data in Scratch Pad Area

Step Press Key Read Display or Action Description

1 ^
SHIFT
SCR PAD
FT–SHI
LIN DP T 011P3
P3PD T
FC WOSING
.
RK ..
SCR A 011
PTH A
AL BC3/2ON 2 /
SCR C 1AD
I93
Initiate shift key selection.
Call up first group of 16 characters.

2

NEXT
H
PTH A
YOBndNSH
SCR C 2AD
JFTH2
Call up second group of 16
characters
3 M
PTH A
YOBndNSH
SCR C 2AD
JFTH2
Move cursor to 6th character “H”.
Cursor moves one character space
to right with each press. Use []
key to move cursor one character
space to left with each press. Note
that cursor keys will automatically
toggle between pad 1 and 2 when
moving forward or backward through
message as applicable.
4 NUM/
ALPHA
PTH A
YOBndNSH
SCR C 2AD
JFT*2
Enter alpha mode so you can use
SFC keyboard to enter alphabetic
characters.
5 E
LRV
0%
SCR PAD
PTH A
YOBndESH
SCR C 2AD
JFT*2
PTH A
YOBndESH
SCR C 2AD
JFT*2
Key in “E” and “space” to change
name from JOHN to JOE
6 NUM/
ALPHA
PTH A
YOBndESH
SCR C 2AD
JFT
_2
Exit alpha mode.
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