Andrew NBPCS-9002W Channelized Paging Repeater User Manual Exh D Appendix B

Andrew Corporation Channelized Paging Repeater Exh D Appendix B

Exh D Appendix B

AE02B-A3659 Rev -- APPENDIX BDocument use is restricted to that described on cover B-1APPENDIX B CONTROL SOFTWARE1.0 INSTALLATIONThe control software can be installed on any PC or Laptop running Windows 95/98/NT. An availablecomm port and approximately 5 Mbytes of hard drive space will be required. Insert disk 1 into the driveand run the “Setup.exe” program located on the floppy disk. This program can be started from eitherthe Start | Run menu on the Windows Taskbar or by double clicking on it from Windows Explorer. Follow the instructions until the setup program is complete. During installation, you may receive thefollowing error messages.Press “Ignore” to continue. (This is a problem with the setup program and some versions of WIN95. It doesnot affect SELAMP.)Note: When installing a newer version of SELAMP to an existing directory, the setup program willoverwrite all files with old file dates and/or old file versions. The version number can be found byselecting Help | About from the menu.2.0 OPERATIONThe amplifier should be turned on and the programming cable (and adapter if necessary) should beconnected between the comm port of the PC and the front panel connector of the paging repeater. Startthe program by double clicking the icon on the desktop or by clicking on the program name from the Start,Programs pull down menu. The main window will open similar to Figure B-1.
AE02B-A3659 Rev -- APPENDIX BDocument use is restricted to that described on cover B-2Figure B-1. Main software control screen.The software will immediately start communicating with the amplifer if the comm port and cabling isconfigured properly. A green bar displaying “connected to amplifer” will be displayed on the bottom of themain window. If a red bar indicating “timeout on response from amplifier!” is displayed then most likely thecomm port has to be configured. This is accomplished by clicking on the Config pull down menu andselecting the appropriate comm port. Once the software is communicating properly with the amplifier thenthe channels may be programmed. This is accomplished by clicking inside the channel boxes. A SetChannel window will open as shown in Figure B-2.
AE02B-A3659 Rev -- APPENDIX BDocument use is restricted to that described on cover B-3Figure B-2. Set Channel screen.Each of the channels may be programmed by either clicking inside the box and entering the desiredfrequency or clicking on the numbers. Click on the Set button to send the frequency information to theamplifier. Click on the Exit button to close the Set Channel window and return to the main screen.The program may be closed by simply clicking on the Exit button on the main screen.

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