RF Neulink NL5000-T - Manual (Page 18)

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6.4 USING THE PROGRAMMING SOFTWARE
Upon starting the programming software, a screen will appear with three buttons at the top,
Program Radio, Programmer Configuration, and Exit. Program radio moves the user to the
program radio menus which are described below. Programmer configuration is used to select the
appropriate serial port and password (if desired). A few notes about using the programming
software:
•
Moving from menu item to menu item and from screen to screen may take from 1 to 7 or 8
seconds. Some commands require that the entire contents of the radio’s memory be accessed.
An hourglass symbol may or may not be present for some or all of that time.
• If the programmer acts as if it is accepting commands, but the radio does not appear to be
responding, exit the programmer and start over. A power glitch on the radio during the
middle of a programming session can cause a serial communications conflict.
• The adjustments on the alignment menu are somewhat slower than changes in settings on the
settings menu. More computations and radio memory communications are required on the
alignment items.
6.5 PROGRAMMER MENUS
The NL5000-T Programmer has four menus or pages, selectable via tabs at the top of each page,
which are always visible. These pages are:
1. Frequency Selection-Used to program the channel frequencies of the radio.
2. Settings-Used to set programmable features/functions of the radio.
3. Alignment-Used to align and set the internal digital potentiometers in the radio. Information
on the use of this page is found in the Maintenance section of the manual.
4. Restore EEPROM-Used to program the unit with a set of previously saved frequency and
setting values.
5. Summary-Used to summarize on one page the model, settings, and alignment information.
6.5.1
FREQUENCY SELECTION
The Frequency page has fields for the transmit and receive frequencies for each channel. Channel
information can be entered by clicking on the appropriate box and entering the desired frequency.
The frequency chosen must be within the operating range of the radio and on a frequency for
which the synthesizer is capable of channeling i.e. for VHF, divisible by 2.5 kHz and for UHF,
divisible by 5 or 6.25 kHz. When the RNET compatibility mode is chosen via the settings menu,
only channel one and two are available for programming.
6.5.2
SETTINGS
The Settings page allows for programming various parameters of the radio. These are detailed
below:
Microphone Mute-Allows the signal path from the MIC IN (microphone input) to be muted. If the
microphone input is not to be used, the “mute” function should be selected. Factory default is for
the microphone to be muted.