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Question - How to removing AB priority
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radionerd13669
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What do you mean by remove?
1. Just dont turn Pri scan on.
2. Select a diffrent ch. as u pri.
1. Just dont turn Pri scan on.
2. Select a diffrent ch. as u pri.
dapaq2
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Remove means Remove. This is not about enabling or disabling, I need to actually remove the AB priority in order to delete the extra channel entry and clear out this group for programming purposes, otherwise it shows this group being in use. I have other groups that do not have AB priority being used, but what happens is once I add A or B priority to a channel it will not let me remove it once it has been added to a channel thus not letting me remove the last reminaing channel within a group. 
Do you have a copy of this program? If you do, open it up and give it a try and you'll see what i am talking about.
Doug
Do you have a copy of this program? If you do, open it up and give it a try and you'll see what i am talking about.
Doug
Ummmm......I feel your pain
I've not found a way to remove the AB devil, BUT.....if you're willing to spend a little time, there's a way to put the troublesome AB problem in a corner, sort of, and I may be telling you something you already know. The requirement is that you haven't done that A or B or AB thing to all the zones.
The goal is to move the zone or zones with the AB problem to the bottom of the zone list, change the scan mode for the scan list assigned to that zone to Normal. If you've already filled the zones with channels and chosen an A or B or AB in each, then this post is moot.
First, if you haven't already done this, double click on the A or B field and select AB so as to get both into one field. This way you only have to concern yourself with one line with the AB thingie going on.
Go to Zone Operation > Zone 1(or whatever), right click on the alias (name) field, left click Down, and repeat the Down thing with each zone until you get all the zones that have the little AB bastar.....uh, troublemakers to the bottom of the zone list.
Then go to the first zone which should now be Zone 1, create the required number of channel lines, go back to the old Zone 1 (which is now renumbered) and highlight all BUT the one with the AB problem and right click and select Copy. DO NOT Copy the line with AB! This means you'll have to manually duplicate the one line that has the AB thingie.
Now, go to the new zone, right click in the first open line and right click Paste to place the highlighted channels to the new zone. Go back to the zone you just copied from and highlight and erase the channels or you may exceed the number of channels available on the next try.
If you don't need to have a 1st and 2nd priority, the other alternative is to go to Scan List and change the Scan Mode to something that uses the selected channel instead of the AB tagging, but again, that means a single priority per scan list.
Hope this helps some, and if anybody knows a real way around this joyful software feature, please post it.
I've not found a way to remove the AB devil, BUT.....if you're willing to spend a little time, there's a way to put the troublesome AB problem in a corner, sort of, and I may be telling you something you already know. The requirement is that you haven't done that A or B or AB thing to all the zones.
The goal is to move the zone or zones with the AB problem to the bottom of the zone list, change the scan mode for the scan list assigned to that zone to Normal. If you've already filled the zones with channels and chosen an A or B or AB in each, then this post is moot.
First, if you haven't already done this, double click on the A or B field and select AB so as to get both into one field. This way you only have to concern yourself with one line with the AB thingie going on.
Go to Zone Operation > Zone 1(or whatever), right click on the alias (name) field, left click Down, and repeat the Down thing with each zone until you get all the zones that have the little AB bastar.....uh, troublemakers to the bottom of the zone list.
Then go to the first zone which should now be Zone 1, create the required number of channel lines, go back to the old Zone 1 (which is now renumbered) and highlight all BUT the one with the AB problem and right click and select Copy. DO NOT Copy the line with AB! This means you'll have to manually duplicate the one line that has the AB thingie.
Now, go to the new zone, right click in the first open line and right click Paste to place the highlighted channels to the new zone. Go back to the zone you just copied from and highlight and erase the channels or you may exceed the number of channels available on the next try.
If you don't need to have a 1st and 2nd priority, the other alternative is to go to Scan List and change the Scan Mode to something that uses the selected channel instead of the AB tagging, but again, that means a single priority per scan list.
Hope this helps some, and if anybody knows a real way around this joyful software feature, please post it.
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radionerd13669
Useless Contributor
There is always going to be a ch.AB or a ch a and ch b you cand delete it. Thats why I asked. Move the AB to another ch and delete that one.
dapaq2
Member
Do you have a copy of this software? You just do not understand what I am dealing with and trying to complish. Without actually opening up the software program and seeing this first hand for yourself you probably will never understand what I am trying to tell you no matter how detailed I am.
Again, I already have groups or zones that all the excess channels are deleted and the last remaining channel does NOT have A or B priority selected or shown in the Atr column thus showning that group or zone to be inactive. So I know that AB can be removed, it's just how is it done.
I think it is time that I contact Icom Technical Support on this one.
Doug
Again, I already have groups or zones that all the excess channels are deleted and the last remaining channel does NOT have A or B priority selected or shown in the Atr column thus showning that group or zone to be inactive. So I know that AB can be removed, it's just how is it done.
I think it is time that I contact Icom Technical Support on this one.
Doug
dapaq2
Member
I just spoke with Icom Tech Support on this and they told me that the easiest way to get around this issue is to create a new file. By doing this we can remove all the excess AB priorities, but we cannot remove the very last remaining AB from the last zone. Creating a new file is really the only way to "Clean Up" the extra priorities that have been created. They did comfirm that once you add A or B priority to a zone it cannot be removed from the zone. They did not know why the software was written this way, but they said that they have not received any complaints about it and they said it will not affect the operation of the radio. So what I have done is move the AB to the very top zone (#1) and this freed up the zone 13 that I was not able to delete before finding this out.
I hope this bit of information helps others out. I was hoping that AB could be completely removed but unfortunetly the authors of the programming software did not feel we needed to be able to do that.
Doug
I hope this bit of information helps others out. I was hoping that AB could be completely removed but unfortunetly the authors of the programming software did not feel we needed to be able to do that.
Doug
stevelton
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I know what you are talking about.
There is only 1 Pri A and 1 Pri B channel in the whole radio at one time. Not a A and B for each zone.
So if you are wanting to delete the channel that is marked as AB or whatever, then make a new channel, make it the AB, then go delete whatever you were wanting to.
This whole moving zones up and down, and copying channels, you7 are making it harder than it seems.
There is only ONE A and ONE B for the whole radio.
Steven, Icom dealer with the 3160_5060 right in front of me
There is only 1 Pri A and 1 Pri B channel in the whole radio at one time. Not a A and B for each zone.
So if you are wanting to delete the channel that is marked as AB or whatever, then make a new channel, make it the AB, then go delete whatever you were wanting to.
This whole moving zones up and down, and copying channels, you7 are making it harder than it seems.
There is only ONE A and ONE B for the whole radio.
Steven, Icom dealer with the 3160_5060 right in front of me
dapaq2
Member
Steven, My reply was not directed at you, you werent even 'in the picture' when I made that reply. Also I thought my last post cleared this Issue up and brought this issue to rest. I got my answer from Icom Tech Support (posted what they said above). Please consider this post/thread 'closed'.
Doug
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