Service manual

PROGRAMMING
4-3
April 2001
Part No. 001-9800-203
following illustration. The following components can
be used to fabricate a jumper if desired:
Connector housing (2-pin) - P.N. 515-7020-102
Connector pins (2 req’d) - P.N. 517-7110-001
RPI 10-Pin Connector Numbering
NOTE: With 9800 series transceivers, the switch on
the RPI cannot be used to switch power because it
selects the standard or Flash programming modes as
described earlier.
4.2 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION INFORMATION
4.2.1 GENERAL
The Personality, Flash, and Radio Tune programs
run from the DOS operating system. Therefore, if they
are run from within the Windows 3.x, 95, or NT oper-
ating system, they run in the DOS mode. The Person-
ality programming software can probably be run from
Windows 95 and NT, but not 3.x. Flash programming
usually must be performed from DOS. If the program
does not run correctly in Windows, select the DOS
mode, not the DOS prompt (Windows 95), reboot in
the DOS mode (NT), or exit Windows (3.x). The
program is then run from the DOS prompt (such as
C:\>).
4.2.2 MINIMUM FREE MEMORY REQUIRED
NOTE: With Windows 95 and NT, memory manage-
ment is handled automatically and the following does
not apply.
Approximately 585K of free conventional
memory is required to run this program with help
information. If you have at least 640K of memory and
not enough is available, there may be other programs
that are also being loaded into conventional memory.
To check the amount of memory available, use the
DOS MEM command if available.
To make more memory available, the DOS
MEMMAKER program can be run to automatically
optimize your memory configuration. A DOS boot
disk may also be used to start the computer without
loading non-essential programs into memory. Refer to
the documentation included with your computer for
more information on how to make more memory
available.
If you have at least 515K of free memory, the
program can be run if the help information is not
loaded. To run the program in this mode, type
PLATFORM NOHELP on the DOS command line
when the program is started (see Section 4.2.4).
NOTE: Adequate memory space may not be available
even if the computer is equipped with several mega-
bytes of memory. This is because most DOS programs
run in only the 640k block of conventional memory.
4.2.3 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION
Making a Backup Copy
When you receive the programming software,
make a backup copy and store the master in a safe
place. To make a copy of the distribution disk with
Windows 95 Explorer, right click the floppy drive icon
and select Copy Disk. With Windows 3.1 File
Manager, select Copy Disk from the Disk menu. With
DOS, use the DISKCOPY command. For example,
type DISKCOPY A: A: with single floppy drive
systems, or DISKCOPY A: B: with dual drive
systems.
Creating a Separate Directory
You may want to create a separate directory on
your hard disk for programming. This can be done
using Windows Explorer, File Manager, or DOS. For
example, to create from DOS a directory called
RADIOPRG on drive C:, type C: (Enter) to make it
the current directory if necessary. Then type MD
\RADIOPRG (Enter). To change to that directory, type
CD \RADIOPRG.
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