User's Manual

RVP8 User’s Manual
October 2005
TTY Nonvolatile Setups
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Command List:
F: Use Factory Defaults
S: Save Current Settings
R: Restore Saved Settings
M: Modify/View Current Settings
Mb – Burst Pulse and AFC
Mc – Overall Configuration
Mf – Clutter Filters
Mp – Processing Options
Mt<n> – Trigger/Timing <for PW n>
Mz – Transmissions and Modulations
M+ – Debug Options
P: Plot with Oscilloscope
Pb – Burst Pulse Timing
Ps – Burst Spectra and AFC
Pr – Receiver Waveforms
P+ – Visual Test Pattern
V: View Card and System Status
?: Print all Menu Commands (this list)
?? – Print all Current Setup Settings
*: Sample Receiver Noise Levels
@: Display/Change the Current Major Mode
~: Swap Burst/IF Inputs on IFD
Q: Quit
3.1.1 Factory, Saved, and Current Settings
The current settings are the collection of setup values with which the RVP8 is presently
operating; the saved settings are the collection of values stored in non-volatile RAM. The saved
settings are restored (made current) each time the RVP8 starts. The “S” command saves the
current settings into the non-volatile RAM, and the “R” command restores those non-volatile
values so that they become the current settings. The “F” command initializes the current settings
with factory default values. Thus, “F” followed by “S” saves factory defaults in non-volatile
RAM, so that the RVP8 powers up in its original configuration as shipped.
The RVP8 retains all of its saved settings when new software releases are installed; the new
version of code will automatically use all of the previous saved values. However, if the RVP8
detects that the new release requires a setup parameter that did not exist in the previous release,
then a factory default value will automatically be filled in for that parameter. A warning is
printed whenever this occurs (See also, Section 3.1.2).
There is also support for intermediate minor releases of RVP8 code. Each software release has a
major version number (the one that it always had), plus a minor version number for intermediate
”unofficial” releases. The minor number starts from zero at the time of each ”official” release,
and then increments until the next ”official” release. The RVP8 includes the minor release
number (if it is not zero) in the printout of the ”V” command. Likewise, the minor release