Wow! Sounds like you have your work cut out for you in straightening it out.
Richard, N7TGB -----Original Message----- From: Jim B. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 1:25 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Repeater Controllers 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 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/
