User`s manual

PC 9w Female Radio 25w Male

3 ————————————— 2

2 ————————————— 3

7 ————————————— 4

8 ————————————— 5

5 ————————————— 7 GND / SHIELD

You should match the pin numbers for the PC 25w D-Type (female) in the table to those

for your 9-way connector and make the cable accordingly.

To check operation of the RS-232 connection between the radio and your PC, you can

use Windows

Terminal to type in commands manually (AR-3000A owners only). Please read

section 6.6 of your AR-3000A Instruction Manual for suitable commands. A configuration file

for Terminal, called “RADIO.TRM”, is located in your AOR Searchlight directory (it sets up

Terminal for 4800 baud on COM1). You can pick up this configuration file by selecting it from

the File|Open... menu option of Windows

Terminal then use this standard Windows

utility to test the cable connection. You may need to alter the configuration if you are using

slightly different RS-232 settings. If so, select the Settings|Communications... menu

option of Windows

Terminal to alter the serial port parameters.

Starting the program

Before starting the program, please read the “READ.ME” file for last minute information

or changes not covered by this manual. This is accessible from the AOR Searchlight program

group; you just need to double-click on the “READ ME FIRST!” icon.

To start AOR Searchlight, first run Windows

(if it is not already running), switch on

your radio then check your RS-232 cable is connected properly and switch “ON” the remote

RS-232 switch on the rear panel of the radio (AR-3000A owners only).

GETTING STARTED

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