RLC-2 V4.22 Software * VERSION 4.22 CHANGES 1) CAUSED INITIALIZED KERCHUNK TIMERS TO BE 0. CHANGED FROM V4.20 TO V4.21 2) CHANGED INTERNAL VARIABLE IN DOUG HALL ROUTINES 3) ADDED VOICE READBACK IN HF SCAN MODE. WHEN THE SCANNER STOPS IT RECALLS THE CURRENT FREQ. 4) FIXED THE STOP SCAN BUG WHEN RUNNING THE HF REMOTE FROM THE PHONE. 5) ADDED 6 CALLS FOR THE EVENT TABLE FOR PRE-ACCESS USERS EVENT 044: PORT 1 JUST PRE-ACCESSED THE SYSTEM EVENT 045: PORT 2 JUST PRE-ACCESSED THE SYSTEM EVENT 046: PORT 3 JUST PRE-ACCESSED THE SYSTEM EVENT 047: CONTROLLER JUST REMOVED PORT 1 FROM PRE-ACCESSING THE SYSTEM EVENT 048: CONTROLLER JUST REMOVED PORT 2 FROM PRE-ACCESSING THE SYSTEM EVENT 049: CONTROLLER JUST REMOVED PORT 3 FROM PRE-ACCESSING THE SYSTEM NOW EVENTS 044..049 ARE ALSO USED FOR SCHEDULER SLOTS 15,16,17,18,19,20. THIS MEANS THAT IF YOU ARE USING PRE-ACCESS YOU CAN NOT USE THE TOP 6 SCHEDULER SLOTS. THE CHANGE IS TO ALLOW EACH PORT CONFIGURATION CHANGES WHEN IN PRE-ACCESS ACTIVE MODES. AN EXAMPLE FOR THESE NEW EVENTS IS AS FOLLOWS: 1) WHEN I PRE-ACCESS THE CONTROLLER FROM PORT 1 I WANT IT TO DISCONNECT ITSELF FROM THE 2 LINK PORTS, AND WHEN THE CONTROLLER REMOVES PORT 1 FROM A PRE-ACCESS CONDITION I WANT THE CONTROLLER TO RE-CONNECT PORTS 2,3 TO THE PORT 1. THIS CONDITION IS KNOWN AS PORT ISOLATION IN PRE-ACCESSED SYSTEMS. WHEN THE USER ENTERS A '*' FROM THE REPEATER PORT EVENT '044' IS FETCHED. THE USER WILL HAVE EVENT 044 CALL A MACRO THAT WILL EXECUTE THE FOLLOWING COMMANDS. 169 ; KILL ALL VOICE RESPONSES 002 12 ; REMOVE PORT 2 FROM PORT 1(ACCESSING REPEATER) 002 13 ; REMOVE PORT 3 FROM PORT 1(ACCESSING REPEATER) THIS ISOLATED PORT 1 TO ACCESS THE CONTROLLER WITHOUT SENDING TONES DOWN THE LINK PORTS. WHEN THE PRE-ACCESS TIMER ASSOCIATED WITH PORT 1 EXPIRES (SEE COMMANDS 050,051,052) IT WILL FETCH EVENT '047'. THE USER WILL THEN RETURN THE CONTROLLER TO THE NORMAL CONNECTIONS USING THE COMMANDS: 169 ; KILL ALL VOICE RESPONSES 000 12 ; CONNECT PORT 2 BACK TO PORT 1 000 13 ; CONNECT PORT 3 BACK TO PORT 1 USING 2 EVENTS AND 2 MACROS YOUR PRE-ACCESS REPEATER CAN BE CONTROLLED. 6) ADDED AUTOMATIC AUTOPATCH CONNECT TO ALL PORTS CONNECTED TO THE CALLING PORT. THIS ALLOWS THE CONTROLLER TO AUTOMATICALLY CONNECT THE AUTOPATCH TO ALL PORTS THAT ARE CONNECTED TO THE PORT THAT CALLED THE AUTOPATCH. IF YOU HAVE 2 REPEATERS CONNECTED TO PORTS 1,2 THAT HAVE ACCESS TO THE AUTOPATCH AND EITHER OF THE PORTS ACCESS THE AUTOPATCH, THE AUTOPATCH WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE CONNECTED TO BOTH PORTS 1,2. 7) ADDED ALL CONNECTED PORTS ON AN AUTOPATCH IN HALF DUPLEX MODE SUPPORT. WHEN THE PATCH IS CONNECTED TO MORE THAN 1 PORT AND IS IN HALF DUPLEX MODE, WHEN ANY RECEIVER THAT IS CONNECTED TO THE AUTOPATCH GO ACTIVE, THE AUTOPATCH AUDIO IS MUTED. IN ORDER TO GET THE PATCH AUDIO BACK ON LINE ALL CONNECTED RECEIVERS ON THE AUTOPATCH MUST BE INACTIVE. 8) UPON INITIALIZATION SET MESSAGE SLOT 01 TO THE CLEAR STATE. ALL OTHER SLOTS WERE DONE CORRECTLY. 9) ENABLED THE LARGE DVR TO BE ASSIGNED MESSAGE TYPE '2' IN COMMANDS 048,049. THIS ALLOWS THE USER TO PROGRAM SINGLE OR MULTIPLE RLC-DVR1 MESSAGES INTO THE SYSTEMS MESSAGE SLOTS. THE FORMAT IS THE SAME AS A VOICE MESSAGE EXCEPT THE MESSAGE TYPE IS '2' INSTEAD OF '1' (1=VOICE). THE NEXT 3 DIGITS CAN BE A DVR SLOT FROM 001..258. PRIVATE MESSAGE SLOTS CAN NOT BE USED AS VOICE MESSAGES. EXAMPLE: I WANT RLC-DVR1 MESSAGE SLOTS 001, 006, 200 TO BE STORED INTO MESSAGE SLOT 05 049 05 2 001 006 200 D OR UNKEY OR TO RECALL THE MESSAGES ENTER 048 05 D OR UNKEY OR 10) FIXED A BUG ENCOUNTERED WHEN YOU TRIED TO WRITE A MESSAGE SLOT WITH A CW SINGLE CHARACTER CAUSING AN ERROR. IF YOU TRIED TO STORE A SINGLE CW CHARACTER CW MESSAGE WITH COMMAND 049 YOU WOULD GET AN ERROR 1. 11) TIMER 56 NEEDS TO BE SET TO 040. (SEE COMMAND 050,051,052). THIS TIMER IS CURRENTLY SET TO 400. **** THIS UPDATE DOES NOT REQUIRE RE-INITIALIZATION **** This directory should contain the following files: readme this file eproms.zip the files needed to burn your own V4.22 eproms for the RLC-2 and RLC-2a. The NEW manual is V4.22 and will be uploaded shortly See the file manual.cnh for basic changes from v4.14-v4.22 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 rlc2a422.icm - RLC2a Binary file for main rom with Icom HF interface rlc2a422.kwd - RLC2a Binary file for main rom with Kenwood HF interface rlc2a422.yas - RLC2a Binary file for main rom with Yaesu HF interface rlc2_422.icm - RLC2 Binary file for main rom with Icom HF interface rlc2_422.kwd - RLC2 Binary file for main rom with Kenwood HF interface rlc2_422.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. 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