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1. Select
Data Format
from the menu. A flashing cursor appears in the
field to the right.
2. Press the spacebar until the desired format is displayed. Press
to apply the setting.
COM2 Buffer Setting
The transceiver’s buffer provides a way of handling data “over-runs,”
where more data is passing through the
COM2
port than can be immedi-
ately handled by the unit. When the buffer is on, any such data is stored
up and processed in the appropriate order.
To change the buffer setting, proceed as follows:
1. Select
Buffer
from the menu. A flashing cursor appears in the field to
the right.
2. Press the spacebar until the desired setting is displayed (
Data Han-
dling ON
or
Data Handling OFF
) and press
to apply the setting.
COM2 Device
Setting
This setting controls the device behavior of x710 legacy radios. It does
not apply to packet or Ethernet radios, and may be disregarded for these
models.
Talk on/Listen to
Settings
(Virtual Radio
Channel
—
VRC)
Refer to the instructions provided for the COM1 Settings Menu begin-
ning on Page 73.
6.12 Maintenance & Diagnostic Tests
The menus in this section are used to access the radio’s built-in tools for
maintaining the radio and evaluating performance parameters.
Managing Configuration Files
The Configuration Management Menu (Figure 58) is used to load new
configuration files into the radio or to export existing files, as well as
perform other management tasks related to configuration files. The
Menu is accessed via the following path:
Main Menu>>Maintenance/Tools
Menu>>Configuration Management
.
Configuration files are especially useful when programming a large
number of radios in a network, when each radio will have essentially the
same settings. Rather than individually programming each radio via the
menu system, configuration files expedite this process by automatically
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