Jim wrote: >Ed Yoho wrote: > > > >>Nate (or Bob if he's lurking), >> >>Do you know if the software will accept site prefixing on a per port >>basis (similar to Link-Comm or the old Palomar Telecom controllers)? >>This is a make or break for many system owners that have multiple sites >>interconnected. >>I have always been impressed with the S-COM products except for this >>limitation on earlier products. >> >>Ed Yoho >>WA6RQD >> >> > >I don't understand this myself. When you program a macro for something, >you just make sure you use different commands for each site. What's the >problem? >About the only thing I could see would be the _capability_ to make the >macro command more digits, maybe 8? > > It becomes very cumbersome when you have more than a few sites. My small linked system is currently using five 440 repeaters and two 900 repeaters linked via duplex 420 equipment. Another system I am a member of has approximately one hundred and fifty sites that are linked together. It is much simpler to have a standard command set that is replicated at each site so users who move from one repeater to the next have just one command set to learn. Then when controlling a distant site via the link, the only difference is adding the site prefix to the user's command sequence. Overall, it makes life much simpler.
Ed Yoho WA6RQD
