Okay - newbie here so don't shoot me with all the questions... 7 of them:
1) Can I use the USB driver with a data cable and write a Visual Basic application to read the RSSI and bit-error rate data from the APX-7000? (I am not asking if I can write it - I am asking if the radio will allow the data to be read from it or if MOTO has engineered something to keep people from reading it somehow.)
2) In the APX CPS software classes described online at Motorola, it talks about creating “Templates” – so, how do you create a “Template” and what is a template? How is this different from me creating a baseline codeplug and saving my base codeplug?
3) The CPS tutorial talks about being able to use the “Clone” functionality to copy a portion of a codeplug to another radio or codeplug? How is this done? I want to merge portions of other peoples codeplugs with my own.
4) Is there an easy way to merge code plugs or programming info? For example, I have built a baseline code plug for my department and the guy down the road has a nice baseline codeplug for national interop. I’d like the easiest way to merge the two? Cut and Paste? Drag and Drop? Any suggestions to the XML process? Is there a third party editor that can be used?
5) For a trunking system, when you load an advanced system key (ASK) to a radio – will it automatically populate or validate any system info into the “Trk Sys” configuration?
6) Can you load multiple ASK’s to a radio even if you are not programming in that system yet?
7) Is there any way to program a radio to not affiliate with a trunk system, but still monitor it receive only? Would it still require the advanced system key to do so?
Any answers are appreciated?
1) Can I use the USB driver with a data cable and write a Visual Basic application to read the RSSI and bit-error rate data from the APX-7000? (I am not asking if I can write it - I am asking if the radio will allow the data to be read from it or if MOTO has engineered something to keep people from reading it somehow.)
2) In the APX CPS software classes described online at Motorola, it talks about creating “Templates” – so, how do you create a “Template” and what is a template? How is this different from me creating a baseline codeplug and saving my base codeplug?
3) The CPS tutorial talks about being able to use the “Clone” functionality to copy a portion of a codeplug to another radio or codeplug? How is this done? I want to merge portions of other peoples codeplugs with my own.
4) Is there an easy way to merge code plugs or programming info? For example, I have built a baseline code plug for my department and the guy down the road has a nice baseline codeplug for national interop. I’d like the easiest way to merge the two? Cut and Paste? Drag and Drop? Any suggestions to the XML process? Is there a third party editor that can be used?
5) For a trunking system, when you load an advanced system key (ASK) to a radio – will it automatically populate or validate any system info into the “Trk Sys” configuration?
6) Can you load multiple ASK’s to a radio even if you are not programming in that system yet?
7) Is there any way to program a radio to not affiliate with a trunk system, but still monitor it receive only? Would it still require the advanced system key to do so?
Any answers are appreciated?