RLC-2 V4.06 Beta

Please note that this is beta software - it probably has bugs !!!!
Use it at your own risk!!!!

Changes since V4.05

* VERSION 4.06 CHANGES

1) ADDED COMMAND 149, RESTART AUTOPATCH TIMER

2) FINISHED LARGE DVR VOICE-MAIL ROUTINES
	150 - PLAY SMALL DVR SLOT 01..35
	151 - RECORD SMALL DVR SLOT 01..35
	152 - ERASE SMALL DVR SLOT 01..35
	153 - SELECT DVR TYPE
		0 - SMALL DVR
		1 - LARGE DVR
	154 - PLAY GENERAL MESSAGE SLOT 000..258
	155 - RECORD GENERAL MESSAGE SLOT 000..256
	156 - DELETE GENERAL MESSAGE SLOT 000..256
	157 - PLAY SEMI-PRIVATE MAILBOX SLOT 000..999
	158 - RECORD SEMI-PRIVATE MAILBOX SLOT 000..999
	159 - DELETE SEMI-PRIVATE MAILBOX SLOT 000..999
	160 - STORE PUBLIC MAIL CALLSIGN AND MESSAGE
	161 - PLAYBACK PUBLIC MAIL SLOT 0..9
	162 - DELETE PUBLIC MAIL SLOT 0..9
	163 - RECORD\PLAYBACK SIGNAL STRENGTH SLOT
	068 - CHECKS IF PUBLIC MAIL IS AVAILABLE
		(ALSO SPECIAL VOICE WORD #772)

3) FIXED AUTOPATCH BUG THAT SOMETIMES CAUSED A PTT CONDITION ON A DIFFERENT
   PORT THAT WHAT CALLED THE PATCH.

4) WE HAVE NARROWED THE LOCK-UP BUG TO WE BELIEVE AUTOPATCH DIALING TABLES.  IF
   YOU HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS PROBLEM, AND CAN TELL US WHEN IN THE AUTOPATCH
   CALL THE PROBLEM FIRST SHOWED UP, THIS WILL GREATELY HELP US LOCATE AND
   SQUISH THE BUG.

5) FIXED A MACRO BUG THAT OCCURRED WHEN MACROS CALLED OTHER MACROS.

6) REMOVED THE MESSAGE 'HIGH OF' AND 'LOW OF' ON ANALOG HIGH\LOW READINGS.  IF
   YOU WANT THESE MESSAGES, PUT THEM IN YOUR MESSAGES

7) CHANGED PORT 4 (AUTOPATCH) TIME-OUT TIMER TO BE ENABLED OUT OF INITIALIZATION

8) FIXED THE INITIALIZATION VOICE MESSAGES

9) QUESTION:  SHOULD THE NUMBER OF MACROS BE INCREASED BY REMOVING SOME OF THE
	      VOICE\CW MESSAGE SLOTS (048 AND 049).  I WILL TAKE EVERYBODYS INPUT
	      AND DETERMINE IF A CHANGE IS NEEDED.  I WOULD REMOVE 25 MESSAGE SLOTS
	      AND CONVERT THEM TO 20 MACROS.  THIS WOULD LEAVE 25 MESSAGE SLOTS
	      AVAILABLE AND INCREASE THE MACRO CAPABILITY TO 70 MACROS.

10) ADDED A LIMITED SERIAL TERMINAL ASCII WORD PRINTING.  THIS WILL PRINT THE
    ACTUAL LETERS AND NUMBERS (FROM 0..9).  ALL OTHER WORDS WILL BE PRINTED IN
    THE LITERAL WORD NUMBER.

11) THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL QUESTIONS ON HOW TO DISABLE AN EVENT.  COMMAND
    065 IS PROVIDED FOR THIS EXACT PURPOSE.
		FORMAT: 065 XXX Y
			WHERE XXX IS THE EVENT NUMBER
				Y IS THE CONTROL
					1 - ENABLE THE EVENT
					0 - DISABLE THE EVENT

Other Notes:

There is a known bug that can cause transmitters to lock on the air.
The transmitter lockup can be resolved by resetting the controller
(remotely is one way), but that does not completely clear the problem.
This requires reinitializing the controller or uploading a serial
file that was downloaded with command 222 before the lockup occured.
This bug seems to have something to do with using the autopatch.  It
happens very rarely, in fact no one outside of our shop has reported
seeing it.

Command 148 is the autopatch last number redial.

This directory should contain the following files:

readme             this file
arvexp.txt         explaination of the audio routing variables
eproms.zip         the files needed to burn your own V4.06 eproms
                   for the RLC-2 and RLC-2a.

          The manual has not been updated since V4.00,
          so it is not copied here.

Notes:

  To install the update you need to unzip eproms.zip and burn two 27C512
  eproms, one with the voice data and one for the main program rom.
  After installing the new roms, power up the controller while holding
  down the initialization button on the circuit board.  This will set
  everything up for factory defaults.  You can then begin programming.

  eproms.zip contains:
    voice401.bin - Binary file for the voice rom
    rlc2a406.icm - RLC2a Binary file for main rom with Icom HF interface
    rlc2a406.kwd - RLC2a Binary file for main rom with Kenwood HF interface
    rlc2_406.icm - RLC2 Binary file for main rom with Icom HF interface
    rlc2_406.kwd - RLC2 Binary file for main rom with Kenwood HF interface

PDF is Adobe's Portable Document Format.  This is a format that can be
viewed and/or printed from DOS, Windows, Macintosh, and Unix systems
using the appropriate version of Adobe's Acrobat Reader. Acrobat is
freely distributable;  you can download it from Adobe's ftp site.  If
you have difficulty with their site, let me know and we may be able to
post the reader ourselves.  You may be able to download the viewer
and/or manual files using your WWW browser. All of the applicable
addresses are listed below.

Our addresses:
  Email:  linkcomm@netins.net
  FTP:    ftp.netins.net in directory showcase/linkcomm
  WWW:    http://www.netins.net/showcase/linkcomm/
          select the ftp icon, then showcase then linkcomm

Adobe's addresses:
  FTP:    ftp.adobe.com in directory pub/adobe/Acrobat
  WWW:    http://www.adobe.com/

If you have any questions, please email, fax or call Allan or me.

Steve Strobel
linkcomm@netins.net
(406) 482-7547 fax
(406) 482-7515 voice