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Minitor 7 Software

AFD103

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Has anybody else had the pleasure of using this steaming pile of hot garbage yet?

The first thing that hit me are the numerous spelling and grammar errors. I can forgive one or two. I gave up counting after a dozen.

I suppose it was to much to ask to be able to either open or import a Minitor 6 file. Since it hasn't been a thing in previous software, I didn't really have the expectation that it would be a thing here.

But since it's not a thing in Minitor 7 software, how about Copy and Paste actually working? I can open Minitor 6 and Minitor 7 side by side. I can copy and paste the receive frequency data. But when I try to copy and paste tone data, Control-V doesn't work at all. You can right-click and paste. The data gets pasted into the field. But when you save or program, it doesn't actually stick. It sucks when you have a five-channel pager with anywhere between three and 10 tone sets per channel.

If you can stick with the Minitor 6 for a while, do it. They are significantly smaller than the Minitor 7, functionally identical, and the software isn't nearly as buggy.
 

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I was wondering what the difference was. I saw the 7 was larger but did not seem to have many more features.
 

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Why does M keep changing pagers? The II was the best out there, but I can understand why they moved to the III due to being able to program via software. The III and IV were crap. V was decent. I don't have any experience with the VI or 7, so I cant say anything about them.
 

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I was wondering what the difference was. I saw the 7 was larger but did not seem to have many more features.
Based upon everything I've seen so far, the feature set is fundamentally the same. There's an 'emergency alarm' feature in the 7 that basically makes it shriek. Basically like a manual PASS alarm activation. Otherwise, I could find no significantly different features.

They are finally getting away from charging the pager from the accessory connector on the bottom and have put charging contacts on the sides. The pager has been made taller to accommodate those charging contacts.
 

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Why does M keep changing pagers? The II was the best out there, but I can understand why they moved to the III due to being able to program via software. The III and IV were crap. V was decent. I don't have any experience with the VI or 7, so I cant say anything about them.
Just like the Iphone - they keep changing for $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
 
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