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RFC-1 Advanced Operation page 6.1
Section 6 — Advanced Operation
This section is for qualified technical personnel. It contains information to alter most operating
characteristics of the RFC-1 system. Improper use of this information can cause unexpected or
undesirable behavior. We strongly recommend having a full understanding of the basic
operation of the RFC-1 and the specifics of the installation before applying this information.
Information in this document is based on the original factory programming. Some data presented may not match the
system being programmed if adjustments have already been made.
Effective RFC-1 programming requires attention to detail. The system follows instructions based on the rules and
parameters that you provide. If that data is not correct then the system does not behave as expected.
Functional knowledge of the specific installation is required to make use of the information presented here. In
addition, some degree of comfort working with the RFC-1 is presumed in the documentation that follows.
6.1 Introduction
Section 5 of this document provides enough information to get a basic RFC-1 system running. Using only the data in
that section it is possible to set up a functional remote control. The programming tasks documented in Section 5 are
limited to items that are easy to adjust through command prompts.
Section 6 addresses tasks that require more involved programming. Some of the tasks are commonly used such as
changing the site identification phrase or adjusting the scale, decimal and unit word on telemetry channels. Other
tasks are used by more demanding installations such as sites that require automatic power and pattern changes.
These sites can also be served by a properly configured RFC-1.
Programming instructions for several of the more commonly used features are available from our web site,
http://www.sinesystems.com. Navigate to the tech support section for the RFC-1 and follow the link to the page that
discusses the specific feature of interest. When given the appropriate input these pages generate step-by-step
programming instructions for setting up the selected feature.
There is a considerable amount of information to discuss in this section due to the flexibility of the RFC-1. The
majority of the adjustments are made in the Advanced Programming Mode. In this mode the RFC-1 allows access to
memory that controls nearly every aspect of its operation. A little effort is required initially to master the programming
mode but the power and flexibility revealed are well worth the effort.
6.2 Advanced Programming
The full potential of the RFC-1 can only be utilized through use of the Advanced Programming Mode—also referred to
simply as programming mode. Programming mode allows access to all of the features and functions of the RFC-1.
This section starts with instructions for using programming mode—how programming mode works. The rest of the
section describes specific features and provides the data needed to make use of the various features.
The documentation for each feature starts with a description of the function performed and available options. In most
cases one or more data tables are presented. The tables assign numeric codes to each available option. These
numeric codes are used to instruct the RFC-1 how it should perform various tasks. Codes are written to specific
areas of memory to enable and disable features and modify system behavior. Each memory location has a
designated address. Programming mode is the means through which the codes are written to memory addresses.
This is where many users start to panic. Relax and take a deep breath. This is not as difficult as it may sound.