1.2 PREREQUISITES
To use the RSS to program the radios, we recommend a basic working knowledge of the following:
1. Microcomputers.
2. MS-DOS operating system, version 5.0 or later.
This application requires:
80386 or 80486
DOS 5.0 or later
4 Megabytes of RAM or greater.
The powerful features and extensive flexibility of these new radio families require much more codeplug data
validation than in the past. For complex configurations, it is recommended that the RSS be executed from a RAM
disk. This will reduce execution time significantly (an order of magnitude).
3. The radio’s available features (see the appropriate radio Operator's Manual).
4. Your customers’ needs.
For computer beginners, we’ll teach some computer and MS-DOS basics. However, this manual is written for
both beginners and advanced users, so the primary prerequisite for using the RSS is the desire to program and
deliver an excellent radio to a ready customer.
1.3 INTRODUCTION OF NEW RELEASE
This release of the MTSX RSS utilizes the extended memory capability of the 386 and 486 PCs. To take
advantage of these performance enhancements your machine must be a 386 or 486 based machine with 4M of
memory (1M lower + 3M or more extended). This application is compatible with DOS 6.0, but cannot be run as a
Double Space file.
With extended memory, the application will now run with less than 100K of conventional memory available!
Resident programs and TSR (Terminate & Stay Resident) utilities no longer have to be disabled. This has also
permitted the installation procedure to be significantly improved and simplified. The CONFIG.SYS modifications
required to run the application have been automated, and are described in the rest of this introduction.
A new Tutorial section (Chapter 3) has been added to the manual to discuss programming requirements of some
of the specific MT2000, MTX8000, MTX9000, and MTS2000 models. This release added support for Secure
MTS2000 radio models, and also corrected some defects of the previous release.
1.3.1 EXTENDED MEMORY OPERATION
Previous versions of this application recommended the usage of extended memory for a RAMDrive to reduce the
disk I/O access time. (The application however, only used conventional memory for actual execution.) This
version does not
require the use of a RAMDrive or a SMARTDrive.
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