Steve Strobel wrote:
> At 01:41 PM 12/27/2004 -0500, you wrote:
>
>
>>Richard wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I'm not sure why it would take you "hours" to load and download the info -
>>>what do you mean by that? I program several RLC4s and an RLC3 and yes,
>>
>>there
>>
>>>is a learning curve, but if you sit down for an hour or so with the manual
>>>it isn't really all that bad.
>>>
>>>The files I use to program the controllers contain anywhere from 10-30
>>>macros, plus all the timers, IDs, command prefix, and the other stuff I put
>>>in it, and it only takes three or four minutes to transfer it to the
>>>controller.
>>
>>Pulling the programming out of the RLC-3 using the RS-232 port takes
>>several hours because of the slow baud rate used.
>>Only 10-30 macros? One guy printed out the programming he downloaded
>
>>from our clubs RLC-3-it made a stack of paper 2-3 inches thick!
>
> What hasn't been said in this thread is that there is rarely, if ever, a
> need to download all of that information. The RLC-3 has literally
> thousands of settings (making it extremely flexible, which is necessary for
> a controller that can run eight repeaters independently at the same
> time). Those settings default to reasonable values, so you need only to
> program an ID to get on the air. The recommended way of setting it up is
> to send only the CHANGES to the defaults, which takes only a few
> minutes. As long as you keep a file on your computer with a record of
> those changes, there is no reason to download all of the settings from the
> controller. The download feature of the QuickStart software was added to
> help those that had already programmed the controller via DTMF or inherited
> a controller but no record of the programming and wanted to recover a copy
> of the controller's settings.
>
> Steve
And that is exactly what our club ran into. The guy that programmed it
left suddenly in a huff, and, well, you get the idea.
--
Jim Barbour
WD8CHL
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