User's Manual

6.4 USING THE PROGRAMMING SOFTWARE
Note: Power up the radio and connect it, via the programming cable, to the host computer before
opening the programmer.
Upon starting the programming software, a screen will appear with two buttons at the upper right, Program
Radio and Programmer Configuration. Program radio reads the configuration of the radio and moves the
user to the program radio menus which are described below. Programmer configuration is used to select
the appropriate serial port and password (if desired).
Note: Changes made to the radio via the programmer will be accepted by the radio, but will not be
permanent i.e. if the radio is powered down, the changes will be lost. The pages of the radio menu
will have a button, Update Radio, which will make changes permanent.
6.5 PROGRAMMER MENUS
The DTX Programmer has four menus or pages, selectable via tabs at the top of each page, which are
always visible. These pages are:
1. Frequency-Used to program the channel frequencies of the radio.
2. Settings-Used to set programmable features/functions of the radio.
3. Alignment-Used to align and set the internal digital potentiometers in the radio. Information on the
use of this page is found in the Maintenance section of the manual.
4. Summary-Used to summarize on one page the model, settings, and alignment information.
5. Restore Data-Used to program the unit with a set of previously saved frequency and setting values.
The programmer also has radio buttons on the top right of each page. These are:
1. Receiving-This button is the software equivalent to the hardware PTT input. Clicking on this button
forces the radio into transmit mode where the button will change to Transmitting. Clicking it again will
put the radio back into receive.
2. Monitor-This button is the software equivalent to the hardware RX MON input. Clicking on this button
will override any squelch operation.
3. Clone Radio-This button is used to update the radio with the changes that have been made via the
programmer as shown on the programming screens with the exception of the deviation and balance
settings. Since the deviation and balance settings are unique to each radio, even though the actual
deviation may be the same, this button allows the personality of one radio to be shown on the
programming screens and then loaded into another radio. Also, if the programmer is disconnected and
then reconnected, this button will still function. If the deviation and balance settings have not been
changed which is normal, this button is performs the same as the update radio button below.
4. Update Radio-This button is used to update the radio with all of the changes that have been made via
the programmer. Although the radio accepts changes as they are made via the programmer, the
changes are volatile i.e. they are lost when the radio is powered off. Clicking on this button makes the
changes non-volatile so that they are saved and stored permanently unless changed via the
programmer.