User's Manual

5-1
May 2000
Part No. 001-2008-204
REPEATER PROGRAMMING
SECTION 5 REPEATER PROGRAMMING
5.1 CREATING A NEW FILE
An example will be used to show the program-
ming for a new file created for Site 1.
NOTE: At any point in the programming sequence, if
F1 is selected, a help screen appears to explain the
menu selection highlighted at that point.
5.1.1 SELECT REPEATER TO EDIT
A repeater is selected to program. When no file
exists with programmed repeaters, the default is
selected and edited.
1. Highlight EDIT, press Enter.
2. Highlight SELECT REPEATER, press Enter.
3. Default is the only repeater in this list, press Enter.
4. Highlight EDIT, press Enter.
5. Highlight SETUP PARAMETERS, press Enter.
6. The Setup Parameters screen appears (see Figure 5-
1). Fill in the parameters for this repeater. A brief
description of the parameters is in Table 5-1. Full
descriptions are in Section 4.3.1.
7. Select parameters, press F2 to accept.
8. Highlight EDIT, press Enter.
9. Highlight ALARM CONFIGURATION and press
Enter, if alarms are to be configured.
10.Program the Alarms to be configured (see Section
4.3.3), press F2 to accept.
11.Highlight FILES, press Enter.
12.Highlight SAVE, press Enter.
13.Type in a valid DOS filename. For this example
site1.dat is used.
14.The file consists of default and repeater one under
the filename of site1.dat.
5.2 ADDING A REPEATER TO A FILE
The example used for Site 1 will again be used to
add repeaters to the filename site1.dat.
1. Highlight EDIT, press Enter.
2. Highlight SELECT REPEATER, press Enter.
3. The repeater list shown for this file includes default
and repeater one. These contain the same parame-
ters with the exception that when selected for edit
the programmed repeater can be overwritten and the
data lost.
4. Highlight DEFAULT, press Enter.
5. Highlight EDIT, press Enter.
6. Highlight SETUP PARAMETERS, press Enter.
7. Change the Repeater number and other parameters
as required for this repeater, press F2.
8. Highlight EDIT, press Enter.
9. Highlight ALARM CONFIGURATION and press
Enter, if alarms are to be configured.
10.Program the Alarms to be configured (see Section
4.3.3), press F2 to accept.
11.Highlight FILES, press Enter.
12.Highlight SAVE, press Enter.
13.Repeater 2 is added to the Repeater List in file
site1.dat.