That's the way I do it. I did "read out" what was in the RLC3 I take care of, after I took over maintaining it just to see what was in it. Turns out that there were no macros at all, just the IDs and the courtesy tones were set up. This is the same guy who said I'd never be able to figure out how to program it because it was too complicated!
Since my file is fairly small, I just make changes to it and resend it the next time I'm at the site. The relatively small size of my file makes it easy to keep a complete copy on my laptop. Richard, N7TGB -----Original Message----- From: Steve Strobel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 8:04 AM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Repeater Controllers 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 --- Steve Strobel Link Communications, Inc. 1035 Cerise Rd Billings, MT 59101-7378 (406) 245-5002 ext 102 (406) 245-4889 (fax) WWW: http://www.link-comm.com MailTo:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
