User manual MIDLAND ACC-905CD SOFTWARE GUIDE

[. . . ] 25-pin to 9-pin RS-232 Serial Communications Cable Once located, insert the ACC-2004 Programming Cable into the appropriate serial port on the computer. It is now safe to turn on your computer. Page -2October 2001 ACC-905 PC PROGRAMMER For PL2215P, PL2245P, PL2415, PL2445 Connecting the Legacy Radio ACC-2004 Programming Cable HARDWARE INSTALLATION Close Up of Programming Port Legacy Radio RS-232 Serial Communications Port IBM Compatible Computer © Figure 2. ACC-2004 Installation Once the ACC-2004 programming cable is connected to the computer, the radio can now be connected to the programming cable. Page -3October 2001 ACC-905 PC PROGRAMMER For PL2215P, PL2245P, PL2415, PL2445 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION Making A Backup Copy (Floppy disk versrion only) Before installing the ACC-905 Programming Software on your computer, make a backup copy of the disk. The software occupies approximately 5 MB on the disk and can be copied onto four 1. 44 MB disks. [. . . ] Follow the instructions on the program screen as shown below. GETTING STARTED Figure 5: Program Screen 4. Once the radio is in Read or write mode, click on the read or write buttons. Printing a Personality A personality can be printed by either selecting File and then selecting Print (Alt-F-P) on the menu bar. In order to initiate a call, the user must turn the scan function off by turning the channel selector. SYSTEM OPTIONS Priority Scan Channel This is the channel that will be given priority. Lookback Time How often the priority channel is looked at. Range is . 5 to 10 seconds. Time Out Timer This is a timer that will limit the time that a user can transmit at any one time. Time Out Timer Enable This enables the Time Out Timer. TX Time Out Time The amount of time that the radio will enable the user to transmit before timing out and turning off the transmitter. Range is 10 to 2000 seconds. Time Out Timer Penalty Enable Once the radio has timed out, this makes the radio wait for a set time before being able to transmit again. Range is 1 to 100 seconds. Page -10October 2001 ACC-905 PC PROGRAMMER For PL2215P, PL2245P, PL2415, PL2445 Power Save This is a battery save feature that makes batteries last longer on a single charge. Power Save Enable Enables the Power Save Feature. Save On Time This is the amount of time that the receiver is on and looking for calls. Range is 50 to 2000ms. Save Off Time This is the amount of time that the receiver is off and not looking for a call. Range is 50 to 2000ms. Save Delay Time This is the amount of time that the radio will wait after a call has been received before going back into power save mode. Range is . 5 to 10 seconds. SYSTEM OPTIONS Page -11October 2001 ACC-905 PC PROGRAMMER For PL2215P, PL2245P, PL2415, PL2445 CHANNEL DATA CHANNEL DATA Figure 7: Channel Data Tab RX Frequency The frequency that the radio will receive on. This value is set in MHz. Tone Option Allows a CTCSS, DCS or Inverted DCS to be applied to any channel. This enables the user to only hear traffic that pertains to them. IND Individual Two Tone option. Allows a two tone option to be used as setup in the two tone tab. See "TWO TONE" on page 14. S-G Super Group Two Tone option. Allows the super group call to be received as setup in the two tone tab. See "TWO TONE" on page 14. Page -12October 2001 ACC-905 PC PROGRAMMER For PL2215P, PL2245P, PL2415, PL2445 TX Frequency The frequency that the radio will transmit on. This value is set in MHz. Tone Option Allows a CTCSS, DCS or Inverted DCS to be used during transmit. See "TONE OPTIONS" on page 17. Option P-SC Priority Scan Option. This works in conjunction with the Priority Scan Channel feature in the System Option tab. In order for priority scan to work, this field should be set too On for the channels that will lookback to the priority channel. SC CHANNEL DATA Channel Scan. Setting this option to On will put the selected channel in the scan list. B Band Option. Setting this option to N will make the selected channel to 12. 5KHz channel spacing. When this is set to S, the channels spacing will be 25KHz. Page -13October 2001 ACC-905 PC PROGRAMMER For PL2215P, PL2245P, PL2415, PL2445 TWO TONE This tab is for setting up the two tone options for the radio. TWO TONE Figure 8: Two Tone Tab Individual Tone 1 This is the first two tone sequence. · Note: When using two tone on a channel, the Tone Option should be set to `No Option'. [. . . ] Range is 100 to 10000Hz. Gap Time Time between tone 1 and tone 2 in milliseconds. Range is 100 to 10000Hz. Tone 2 Disable Disables tone 2. Tone 2 Frequency This is the actual frequency of the second tone in hertz. Range is 300 to 3000Hz. Tone 2 Duration How long tone 2 will be sent in milliseconds. Range is 100 to 10000Hz. TWO TONE Page -16October 2001 ACC-905 PC PROGRAMMER For PL2215P, PL2245P, PL2415, PL2445 TONE OPTIONS Tone Options can be set for Transmit and Receive on the Channel Data Screen. [. . . ]