win 97?

[crazyboy]

How do you enter a dpl in win97? When I go to type in 245 it comes up as 241.8. Also where can I get a programming cable?

 

[crazyboy]

I figured that out but now I cant figure out how to program in SAME codes. When I go to type them in nothing shows up.

 

[Al42]

I figured that out but now I cant figure out how to program in SAME codes. When I go to type them in nothing shows up.

Page 46 in the manual.

 

[crazyboy]

That doesn't cover Win97 only entering directly from the pro97.

 

[unitcharlie]

make sure you have one of the non-beta versions... Version 01.01 2005.05.16 10:30 is the first "real" version....

 

[crazyboy]

It says V 01.03

 

[unitcharlie]

Wow... I am clueless.... just hthinking back to problems I have had and the solutions to them.... I had to left click my mouse a few times to get the cursor to blink in the SAME boxes... but it finally worked....

 

[crazyboy]

Thanks I can get it to blink there it just doesn't type anything.I guess I'll mess around with it for a little while and if i have to I'll just program it in by hand.

 

[crazyboy]

Wow. right clicking works thanks.

 

[DonS]

I figured that out but now I cant figure out how to program in SAME codes. When I go to type them in nothing shows up.

Are you clicking in the column labeled "Code"? I'm able to click there and type away - entering up to six characters for the FIPS code.

If you're clicking in the "Alpha Tag" column (which is just a tag, not the FIPS code), make sure you delete the existing 16 characters (which may be blank spaces) before typing a new tag.

EDIT: there's no need to click on a cell until you see the blinking cursor. Just click on it once, and you should see a thin white outline around the cell. If you start typing immediately after making that outline appear, the first character you type will replace the current contents of the cell.

 

[crazyboy]

Thanks. I dont know why it wasn't working before but it is working now.

 

[Al42]

If you're clicking in the "Alpha Tag" column (which is just a tag, not the FIPS code), make sure you delete the existing 16 characters (which may be blank spaces) before typing a new tag.

Don, any thought of eliminating trailing blanks in text boxes? I don't know about anyone else, but that annoys me to no end. It's about the only negative I could find about your programs. Well ... that and filling blank channels with the channel name.

 

[DonS]

If you're clicking in the "Alpha Tag" column (which is just a tag, not the FIPS code), make sure you delete the existing 16 characters (which may be blank spaces) before typing a new tag.

Don, any thought of eliminating trailing blanks in text boxes? I don't know about anyone else, but that annoys me to no end. It's about the only negative I could find about your programs. Well ... that and filling blank channels with the channel name.

Win97 (and the other programs) do those two things because that's what the scanner does.

When initialized, the PRO-97 fills all the channel alpha tags with "Bank B Chan CC ". Win97 simply mirrors this behavior when you create a new P97 file, since that's supposed to be a copy of what you'd get if you initialized the scanner and immediately downloaded its contents into Win97.

As for the trailing spaces... Every alpha tag in the PRO-97 must be exactly 16 characters long. If there are fewer than 16 "non-space" characters in a tag, it's padded with spaces. Win97 doesn't know if any trailing spaces were the result of such padding, or if the user explicitly entered them (because a P97 file contains only the information that's in the radio).

The spaces are easy enough (for me, at least) to overcome. Under the "Configuration" menu, select "Misc..." and make sure the "Limit to 16 characters" box is not checked. When editing a tag, place the blinking cursor at the desired insertion point and begin typing. You'll be able to enter as many characters as you wish, though they'll be either a) truncated to 16 or b) padded out to 16 with spaces when you leave the "cell".

 

[Al42]

The spaces are easy enough (for me, at least) to overcome. Under the "Configuration" menu, select "Misc..." and make sure the "Limit to 16 characters" box is not checked. When editing a tag, place the blinking cursor at the desired insertion point and begin typing. You'll be able to enter as many characters as you wish, though they'll be either a) truncated to 16 or b) padded out to 16 with spaces when you leave the "cell".

Nice. Unfortunately for me I run Win95, so I don't have that choice.

Well, as I always say, the only software that does exactly what you want is the one you write yourself.