KPG-44D questions

[HFR427]

I'm using KPG-44D version 2.03 to program TK-890 UHF Mobile. I'm familiar with Motorola programing but this is my first kenwood venture. The help index is a tad of help, but I still have a few more questions. I've done some searching through the threads to see what else i can find out but i did not uncover the exact answers i am looking for.

First off, is there any way to enable MDC 1200 tx ID on this radio/software? I have read some about adding option boards and i have no clue if these radios we have already have the option board or not. (I doubt they do.) If not, is there any way to make a TX ID that could be identified from a Motorola radio?

Secondly, is there any way to rearrange the channel order without going through the trouble of inserting blank channels and copying the channel to be moved then deleting it's source location? The way i finally figured out how to move them around is just a pain.

Any other tips would also be appreciated.

 

[AK9R]

Secondly, is there any way to rearrange the channel order without going through the trouble of inserting blank channels and copying the channel to be moved then deleting it's source location?

Not that I've ever found. It's not the friendliest software around.

 

[code3cowboy]

I'm using KPG-44D version 2.03 to program TK-890 UHF Mobile. I'm familiar with Motorola programing but this is my first kenwood venture. The help index is a tad of help, but I still have a few more questions. I've done some searching through the threads to see what else i can find out but i did not uncover the exact answers i am looking for.

First off, is there any way to enable MDC 1200 tx ID on this radio/software? I have read some about adding option boards and i have no clue if these radios we have already have the option board or not. (I doubt they do.) If not, is there any way to make a TX ID that could be identified from a Motorola radio?

Secondly, is there any way to rearrange the channel order without going through the trouble of inserting blank channels and copying the channel to be moved then deleting it's source location? The way i finally figured out how to move them around is just a pain.

Any other tips would also be appreciated.

Any MDC1200 is going to be an aftermarket board programmed separately. The only option you will have is turning it on/off.

Changing the channel order can be accomplished by F9 and F10 to add and delete channels, and the copy and paste functions.

Think of each zone as an index card/spread sheet.

Deviation (wide/narrow) is set in the channel edit screen.

 

[HFR427]

Thanks folks, I appreciate your help. I figured MDC 1200 would not work but I figured i would ask and confirm. I also realized that this software is not user friendly as mentioned. I moved the channels around via the shift+F9 and shift +F10 and copy/paste functions. Once again, thanks for the help!

 

[mrweather]

Can't be any less user friendly than Saber RSS!

 

[Thayne]

Can't be any less user friendly than Saber RSS!

You have a very good point there---

 

[MCIAD]

Thanks folks, I appreciate your help. I figured MDC 1200 would not work but I figured i would ask and confirm. I also realized that this software is not user friendly as mentioned. I moved the channels around via the shift+F9 and shift +F10 and copy/paste functions. Once again, thanks for the help!

I realize this is a VERY old thread, but I am trying to program a TK-790 (CDF) with the KPG-44D sioftware, which works quite nicely, but I want to "shuffle" some groups and/or channels around. I get the SHIFT|F9 and SHIFT|10, but how does one COPY & PASTE?

Please? It would save me quite a bit of time...

Thanks!

 

[Duster]

I don't use the F9 and F10, but I do cut and paste by highlighting the line I want to move (click on the channel number in the left margin, the whole line will highlight), then right-click the mouse and "copy". Move to the line you want to paste it to, click the line number (the whole line will highlight), and right-click and "paste". Then go back up and highlight the original line, press delete, and the line is gone (and your bytes counter in the upper right corner will change accordingly). It is actually pretty easy, and makes reordering groups pretty painless, as long as you have some spare memory for the cut-paste operations. Hope that helps.

 

[MCIAD]

I don't use the F9 and F10, but I do cut and paste by highlighting the line I want to move (click on the channel number in the left margin, the whole line will highlight), then right-click the mouse and "copy". Move to the line you want to paste it to, click the line number (the whole line will highlight), and right-click and "paste". Then go back up and highlight the original line, press delete, and the line is gone (and your bytes counter in the upper right corner will change accordingly). It is actually pretty easy, and makes reordering groups pretty painless, as long as you have some spare memory for the cut-paste operations. Hope that helps.

Thanks Duster, however I think we may be using different software, or at least different versions.

When I click on the line number and it highlights the entire line, then right click, I get two options, "To Clip" and To Clip w/Title". I am sure the To Clip is, basically, COPY, but there is no paste option, and CNTRL|V doesn't work either.

 

[Duster]

That's odd...I've never seen that. Definitely something's different. I'm using the most current version for Windows, on a Win98 laptop.

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[MCIAD]

Looking at my software info, this might be 1st edition.

KPG-44D
Version 1.00B01
Release Date: 06/21/2002

Perhaps I should look for a new version - I am sure Silverado has to have updated it since 2002.

Thanks again ..

 

[MCIAD]

AND...

Just to close out this thread (or my part of it), I called the SW writer - Silverado - looking for a software update and was told that Copy and Paste is not possible. The software doesn't support it.

And that answers my question - perhaps I should have done that to begin with?