Unit installation

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RLC-3 V1.80 Copyright © 1998 Link Communications Inc. 9/17/98
you delete a range of DVR messages with one command, the controller will stop everything else it
is doing while it tells the DVR to delete each of the tracks. When it is finished, the DVR will speak
"message erased" to let you know it is finished.
Recording the Prompting Tracks:
There are several special messages that are played automatically at certain times. They should be
recorded before attempting to use the prompted record command or the mailboxes. The messages
shown below are only suggestions; you can record them to say anything you want them to. To
record them, enter the commands and speak the messages shown below. For more information
about recording tracks, see the "Recording Tracks" section above.
Command 171 250 D or unkey "Please record your message now"
Command 171 251 D or unkey "Your message is stored"
Command 171 252 D or unkey "Message erased"
(track 253 is not used)
Command 171 254 D or unkey "Who is your message for?"
Command 171 255 D or unkey "There are no messages."
Command 171 256 D or unkey "There is mail for..."
Command 171 257 D or unkey "Callsign with the requested mail"
If you want to see how your messages sound, you can play most of them by entering Command
171 250 <unkey> (for track 250). Message 256 can not be checked this way, so record it and don't
worry about checking it until you try out command Command 175..178. If you want to erase one
of these tracks so you can record it again, enter Command 174 250 <unkey> (to erase track 250).
After recording these messages, the DVR is ready for use. Flip through the manual and try all of
the commands until you are comfortable with them. If you want to erase all of your messages and
start over, you can erase them with Command 174 or you can unplug the DVR and controller for
several seconds, then power them back up (and wait for the DVR to finish its memory test).
The Serial Interface:
The DVR includes a serial port for interfacing to a serial terminal or a computer running terminal
software. This connection is not needed for normal operation, but it does provide some capabilities
that are not available otherwise. Some of these are:
The messages in the DVR can be downloaded to a computer with a hard drive for backup,
including the public and private mailboxes. In the event that both the main and backup
power supplies fail and the DVR's memory is erased or you have to power down to install a
software upgrade, you will be able to restore all of your messages. When the messages are
downloaded, it is also relatively easy to edit out dead space at the beginning and end of
messages. Please note that because the DVR has such a large amount of storage and
because serial port transfers are relatively slow, that downloading takes a very very long
time, like overnight. It can also take up to twice as much space on the hard drive as the
amount of memory you have installed in the DVR.
A "software oscilloscope" function lets you view a graphical representation of what is
stored in any one of the slots. This feature is not real-time and requires that your serial