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MTSX RSS TUTORIAL
Instruction What to Type What it Does or Means
Table 3-14. Steps to Read A Radio's Personality (Codeplug)
Press F3 at the MAIN MENU to get to the
GET/SAVE Menu.
At the GET/SAVE menu, press F2 to execute the
function. You will also see an indication of how
much of the radio codeplug has been read.
1. Go to GET/SAVE menu
2. Get current radio's codeplug
data
Instruction What to Type What it Does or Means
Table 3-15. Steps to Merge/Download TCMS
Press F3 at the MAIN MENU to get to the
GET/SAVE Menu.
At the GET/SAVE menu, press F4 to get TCMS
codeplug update disk file.
The TCMS Path is highlighted. We assumed the
TCMS file was in the appropriate directory, if this
path is not in the highlighted area, type in the
appropriate path name.
Press Esc to exit to MAIN MENU.
1. Go to GET/SAVE menu
2. Go to MERGE FORM
3. Update Data
4. Exit to MAIN MENU
3.3.6 Read Current Radio's Personality (Codeplug)
Before we can program the MTX8000 with some features we must read and access the current radio's
personality (codeplug data).
3.3.8 Program the Radio-Wide Features First
After the MTX8000 radio's codeplug data is read, and the TCMS file is merged, the RSS allows us to access the
CHANGE/VIEW menu. From here we can program the features that are unique to each system or personality
and the ones that are common to all. First we'll program the common (radio-wide) features. Note that some
screens are not accessed, leaving many parameters at factory default values, which are suitable in most cases.
3.3.7 TCMS Merge Process
For this tutorial, we will assume that the TCMS file is in the appropriate directory. Before we can program the
MTX8000 with some features we must merge the TCMS file into the MTX8000 radio. Table 3-15 describes the
TCMS merge process.