The Write Tunclion - Motorola SABER I User Manual

B.
The WRITE
function
The
WRITE
function
is used to
program
the radio, using the cunent radio personality
data.
The radio personality data may have come lrom disk, been read from the radio, or
been
created
usirq the RSS.
Before programming can begin, the radio
must
lirst be connected through
a
radio interlace
box (RlB) to the IBM PC, and turned on. Refer
to
Figure
a
and Section
lll-C lor
anterconnection inlormation.
The wrtte-to-radio process consists
of two parts. ln the ,irst part, the radio personality lile
(RPF)
as
@nverted into codeplug(s) ,or
the radio. During
this phase, several process/status
messages are displayed
an
the
message window.
These messages are of no intere$
unless
an
eror
is
en@untered during the
conversbn process.
ln
the second pan ol the wdte pro@ss, the codeplug(s) generated by the conversion process
are
transfened to the radio. ln
the case ol a SABER I radio, only one codeplug is generaled
and written to the radio; in
all
other radio models, three codeplugs
are
generated.
Before conversion
and programming begins, the
RSS
will prompt you to
make sure that the
current radio personality matches the radio to be programmed. This is
normally
accomplished by comparing
the model number
displayed by
the
RSS
wilh the rnodel number
on
the
adio.
Make
sure
the radio is not in scan mode belore proceeding.
-.-
-Ihe-RSS-will.also-prompt.-you-.to-select-the source.for.radio-alignrnent dat?: The radio
-
alignment
data may come from the RPF (F2), or the radio about to be programmed
(F6).
Using SHIFT
-
F6
the
RSS
will also
extract
the unit lD from the radio.
For additional
inlormation
on
this subied, see
the'Extraclion"
section on the
lollowing page.
For some radio models, the RSS
will
request
that
the radio be placed
in
the "programming"
mode.
To
accomplish this:
1.
Turn
lhe
radio otl.
2.
Press
the MENU, SELECT, and ENTER keys simultaneously and hold them down.
3.
Turn the radio on and release the three keys.
4.
Check that
the radio now displays -EBB X YZ" ("X YZ" will normally be "1 00")
For other models,
the
radio
will be automalically placed in the "programming" mode by
the
RSS.
ln this case, the display will change to -ERR X YZ," and the banery annunciator
will
blink. This is
normaloperation, and
cloes not indicate that the battery is low.
During
the radio programming process, lhe
BSS witl display inlormation about the
component being programmed, and a graphic indicator
ol the
percent
of programming
completed. Figure 15
shows
a
typical screen for programming a radio with display (SABER ll
or lll). ln
Figure 15,
the 'CORE" is the transceiver microprocessor and the "@PE"
is
the
display microprocessor. In SABER
I
radios
there is no display processor,
so the messages
lor programming the COPE will not appear.
GeuSavelProgram
Codeplug
Data
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