RLC-2 V4.15 Software

* VERSION 4.15 CHANGES

1) WE BELIEVE WE FOUND THE CULPRIT THAT WAS CAUSING RAMDOM PTT HANG-UPS.  THE
   PROBLEM WAS AN INTERRUPT RACING PROBLEM.  BECAUSE THE PROBLEM WAS SO RANDOM
   WE HAVE NOT PROVEN THE FIX IS A FIX.  ALL INDICATIONS AND DATA RETRIEVED
   INDICATED THE PROBLEM.  WE FOUND A 'QUESTIONABLE' VARIABLE THAT COULD BE
   CHANGED IN THE INTERRUPT.  THAT VARIABLE WAS ALSO USED INI OTHER PARTS OF
   THE CONTROLLER.  WE BELIEVE THAT IF THE INTERRUPT ASSOCIATED WITH THE VOICE
   OCCURRED IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE 'SUSPECT' VARIABLE WAS LOADED IN OTHER PARTS
   OF THE CONTROLLER, THEN ANY CHANGES TO THAT VARIABLE COULD BE LOST.  THESE
   CHANGES INVOLVED CLEARING THE VOICES ROUTING INFORMATION WHEN A WORD WAS
   COMPLETED.  IF YOUR HANG-UPS GO AWAY WE FOUND THE PROBLEM.  IF THEY DO NOT
   THEN WE FIXED A POSSIBLE FUTURE PROBLEM.  IF ANY HANG-UPS DO OCCUR, EXECUTE
   COMMAND 026.  THIS COMMAND PRINTS OUT ALL INFORMATION THAT EFFECTS THE PTT
   HOLD INSTRUCTIONS.  CAPTURE THIS PRINT-OUT AND E-MAIL OR FAX TO US ASAP.
   FROM THIS PRINT-OUT WE CAN ISOLATE WHAT MODULE HAS THE PROBLEMS.  WE USED
   THIS COMMAND IN THE PAST TO ISOLATE THE HANG-UP TO THE VOICE MODULE.

2) CHANGED THE DATE READBACK TO SPEAK
	<DAY> <MONTH> <DAY> <YEAR>

YOU WILL NOT NEED TO REPROGRAM ANY VARIABLES WITH THIS NEW VERSION.  SIMPLY
INSTALL AND SEE HOW IT WORKS.

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This directory should contain the following files:

readme             this file
eproms.zip         the files needed to burn your own V4.15 eproms
                   for the RLC-2 and RLC-2a.

                  The manual is the same as V4.14

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.
  You may not have to reinitialize the controller if you are upgrading
  from a relatively recent version (4.00 or later).

  eproms.zip contains:
    voice401.bin - Binary file for the voice rom
    rlc2a415.icm - RLC2a Binary file for main rom with Icom HF interface
    rlc2a415.kwd - RLC2a Binary file for main rom with Kenwood HF interface
    rlc2a415.yas - RLC2a Binary file for main rom with Yaesu HF interface
    rlc2_415.icm - RLC2 Binary file for main rom with Icom HF interface
    rlc2_415.kwd - RLC2 Binary file for main rom with Kenwood HF interface
    rlc2_415.yas - RLC2 Binary file for main rom with Yaesu HF interface

        Note:  if your controller serial number is 150 or later, it
        is an RLC-2a rather than a RLC-2.  There is no functional
        difference, but the software is slightly different.

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/
          ftp://ftp.netins.net/showcase/linkcomm

Try our new addresses:
  Email:  anything@link-comm.com
    example:  allan@link-comm.com
  WWW:    http://www.link-comm.com/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