Help for Basic Configuration Screen

Use this screen to configure the most basic elements of the controller.

Parameters

The parameters are listed in two columns. If the configuration program is connected to the controller through the serial port when this screen is started, then the current values of these parameters in the controller will be shown in the column labeled controller. The values loaded into the configurator are shown in the column labeled configurator. The configurator values are editable by clicking in the small window in which each parameter is displayed.

Call sign
This is the primary ID used during identification of the radios attached to the controller.
Prefix
This is the prefix used to address the controller and send commands via DTMF tones received from a link port. When commanding the controller, the prefix needs to be preceded by a # character. The leading # is not part of the prefix.
Location ID
The location ID will be sent from the controller when specific commands to send the location ID are given to the controller. In addition, the controller can be configured to append the location ID to the Call sign during CW identification. The default is that this is not used.
Alt Call sign
An alternative call sign can be entered here. The controller can be configured to send the alternate call sign as ID for selected ports. This is enabled on the port configuration screen. The default is that this is not used.
Alt Location
Like the alternative call sign, this can be configured on a port by port basis to be used instead of the Location ID. It is not normally used.

Buttons

Help
Gets you to this help screen
Ok
Captures the edits made to the configure column (but does not send them to the controller) and exits this screen
Apply
Captures the edits made to the configure column (but does not send them to the controller).
Cancel
Forgets any edits made to the configure column since the last Ok or Apply, and exits this screen
Read
Reads the values from the controller and updates the controller column
Send
Does an Apply, sends the values to the controller and then reads it back to update the controller column
Copy
Transfers the values from the controller column to the configure column. This is useful to get started editing based on the values that are already in the controller.