APX Unified Call List import tool available

[N1GTL]

Several years back, a friend and I started working on a program to take a text file and use it to create a Unified Call List xml file for APX radios. I was able to successfully import csv files and create files that can be imported into an APX code plug. It was much easier to have customers provide a spreadsheet with the unit ID's, alias lists, both in p25 systems and analog MDC systems. It worked well. Fast forward. I quit the radio shop but was still very much active with RF work. 6 months later, my friend passed away. That put a stop to the project.

I have attached a zip file to this post. It contains the executable file, sample control files and a three page manual. This was going to be for my own use and I created about 8 or 10 UCL's for RR members. The file and manual were created with this in mind with no intention of deploying it so a few things might be vague. It might be confusing at first but it works well. I am not sure if any radio firmware changes will prevent it from working now but here it is. I'm making it available to anyone who wants to tuse it. Read the doc file and have at it. I have his computer and the program is written and compiled in C. I know nothing about programming but I might have the source code on his computer, which is sitting in my basement. I hope someone is able to get some use out of it.

Jim

 

[GTR8000]

I'm certainly not diminishing the work you've done, but I have to ask...how is your program any different and/or more efficient than Peter Acord's UCL Builder that's been online for many years?

akardam.net Unified Call List Builder R02.00.00

It's also worth pointing out that APX CPS has had the ability for a number of years now to directly import a very simple CSV file for trunked systems. It was intended to use an exported IvdRadio CSV file from Provisioning Manager, but it's super easy to create your own CSV with two columns named (with column headers as the first line of the file) Radio ID and Radio User Alias as such:

Radio ID,Radio User Alias
123,Sample 1
456,Sample 2
789,Sample 3

It can even clean out old entries still in the UCL that aren't in the file being imported.

 

[N1GTL]

That existed but was complex and flakey. It wasn't working for a period of time. I mentioned this aspect of my job to my friend and it was a fun challenge so that's how it got going. He was retired and bored. We didn't set out to build anything spectacular. I as mentioned, I quit several years ago so I have no idea if that, or other sites may offer this. This simple app resides in next no space locally so it works if that other site goes down.