User`s guide

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Special Notes on
Organizing Your
Hard Disk
It is important to spend some time early on deciding which types or groups of
files should be located together in the same file directory. File directories can
be created using the DOS MD or MKDIR command.
You may want to organize your directories first by customer area, then by
customer name, and finally by radio model type, or perhaps in the reverse
order. When deciding how to organize your files and directories:
• Put as few directories as possible near the top, or root, of your directory
tree. The next level of directories would be the customer names within each
of those areas.
• Keep the RSS diskette contents in one directory and your archive files in a
different directory.
• Keep archive files in separate directories according to the model of the
radio being programmed. It is NOT possible to know a file’s model type by
simply looking at the file name. Have a separate directory name for each
radio model, and then store the archive files for that specific model within
the appropriate model directory. This way, archive files for multiple model
types will not located in the same directory. Storing archive files for
different radio models in the same directory can cause a lot of confusion.
Below is a sample directory tree for storing your radio archive files on your
computer’s hard disk. This setup may be a starting point for you. The
installation program will automatically create the MRSS and ASTRO
directories for you if they do not exist.
Note: It is recommended that you use the serial numbers in the file
name when you save codeplug configurations to archive and backup
files. This will make it easier in future to identify the files and the models
they relate to.
ROOT
SPREAD SHEET WP
MRSS
DATA BASE GRAPHICS
Etc.SPECTRA STX ASTRO SABER SI MTSXEtc.
ARCHIVEP
EXECUTABLE PROGRAM FILES
FIRE
SECURITY
TOWING COURIER
FIRE
SECURITY TOWING COURIER
ARCHIVEM