Maintenance & Diagnostic Tests; Managing Configuration Files - GE MDS SD Series Reference Manual

COM2 Buffer Setting
COM2 Device
Setting
Talk on/Listen to
Settings
(Virtual Radio
—
Channel VRC)
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1. Select from the menu. A flashing cursor appears in the
Data Format
field to the right.
2. Press the spacebar until the desired format is displayed. Press
to apply the setting.
The transceiver's buffer provides a way of handling data "over-runs,"
where more data is passing through the
ately handled by the unit. When the buffer is on, any such data is stored
up and processed in the appropriate order.
To change the buffer setting, proceed as follows:
1. Select from the menu. A flashing cursor appears in the field to
Buffer
the right.
2. Press the spacebar until the desired setting is displayed (
or
dling ON Data Handling OFF
This setting controls the device behavior of x710 legacy radios. It does
not apply to packet or Ethernet radios, and may be disregarded for these
models.
Refer to the instructions provided for the COM1 Settings Menu begin-
ning on Page 73.
6.12 Maintenance & Diagnostic Tests
The menus in this section are used to access the radio's built-in tools for
maintaining the radio and evaluating performance parameters.

Managing Configuration Files

The Configuration Management Menu (Figure 58) is used to load new
configuration files into the radio or to export existing files, as well as
perform other management tasks related to configuration files. The
Menu is accessed via the following path:
Menu>>Configuration Management
Configuration files are especially useful when programming a large
number of radios in a network, when each radio will have essentially the
same settings. Rather than individually programming each radio via the
menu system, configuration files expedite this process by automatically
SD Series Ref. Manual (Packet & Transparent Mode)
port than can be immedi-
COM2
) and press to apply the setting.
ENTER
Main Menu>>Maintenance/Tools
.
ENTER
Data Han-
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