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1. F4 CHANGE VIEW CREATE RADIO CODEPLUG 25 PRINT CODEPLUG DATA F8 F9 SETUP COMPUTER CONFIGURATION F10 EXIT RADIO SERVICE SOFTWARE RETURN DOS FI F F3 F F5 HELP SERVICE GET CHANGE PRINT SAVE VIEW 1987 MOTOROLA INC Sheet 2 of 7 5 020 144 May 28 1991 U S Patent GYOMSSVd SKIOR 1531 SOW 32435 en DNOG 2 WOE Vd Jsn NOS aie Aran 2 ISTI INWG Id NOG 20 27914 soudo m 151 SNITIVNSIS Pied NOLIVSN3dIOO NOLIYSN3dNOO INDINNAL T32NVAON A omaxeo WMOd MOT XL MOY UNT INGO nao XN Tw HOH XL ez SHON AQUNGANOO OKNY 3800 MOLVTHOSO i34 51000 INDINNUL smi 139 NOUVIAJG dH WHIO 1531 NNOO 9940 TH 139 1 HOTANOS NVI saaya Lv TN gt 977103000 qvi ANGINOIIV 4 2 ots E 0131 6146 el u 91 ci 9 94 e eg 96 mem ww Sheet 3 of 7 5 020 144 May 28 1991 U S Patent XL 00 INN INIYNNI 35 XL NOE Yd NOUMAXI 9NTMNSIS MOLVTIIOSO 434 QHOMSSYd 13 AOON 4 Nouvilanvo VOLUN 1531 03 ONYANOD HOTaNOS rnv sav IN3AN9TIV IWAS p 3oNVAOV 84 l zj 93 6t 3 88 o U S Patent May 28 1991 Sheet 4 of 7 5 020 144 FIG 4 21 32 22 23 SPECTR2. all screens provided at the programming station 10 use an identical format with the screen being di vided into four dedicated sections The first dedicated section comprises a box 21 in the upper left hand cor ner of the display screen This box 21 displays the radio s trademark in this case Spectra or other desired indicia along with the model number or other radio type indicia of the radio as read from the radio s memory the model number is not displayed in FIG 2 but can be seen in FIG 4 The second dedicated section comprises a box in the upper right hand corner 22 that displays an indication of a generic type of input that the programming station 10 expects at that time from the user For example as depicted in FIG 2 the words Select Function Key F1 F10 instruct the operator that one of the indicated function keys must be actuated to select a desired opera tion Also error messages and data entry errors are displayed in this box 22 when necessary The third dedicated section comprises a large center box 23 that contains menu descriptions or data entry fields depending upon the function currently in progress FIG 2 displays the main menu in this section 23 The main menu indicates the other functions that can be accessed through use of the function keys Finally the fourth dedicated section comprises an area at the bottom 24 of the screen This section 24 provides an abbreviated indication of e
3. ele ment and B said means only accepts input with respect to a predetermined one of said steps in accordance with said particular predefined order 7 The device of claim 6 wherein each of said steps must be individually initiated by a user of said means 8 A method of changing a hardware element in a radio and aligning said radio wherein said radio in cludes at least one replaceable hardware element that sup ports operation of said radio memory means for storing at least some radio control parameters and computer means for controlling at least some radio control functions in response to said radio control parameters the method comprising the steps of A providing a programming station having a dis play and an input device which programming station communicates with at least said memory means to allow said radio control parameters to be programmed by said programming station wn 10 15 20 25 35 45 50 55 60 65 8 B displaying in a predetermined order a plurality of programming station assisted procedures for programming at least some of said radio control parameters wherein said plurality of program ming station assisted procedures are displayed in a predetermined order C enabling only one of said displayed procedures at a time to allow its selective implementation 9 The method of claim 8 wherein said plurality of programming station assisted procedures are displayed simulta
4. 30 1988 and entitled Radio Align ment Programming Device and Ser No 175 002 filed on Mar 30 1988 and entitled Radio Programming De vice With Access To A Remote Database which appli cations are incorporated herein by this reference In general the service function 32 comprises a mul tilevel menu routine that supports radio alignment ad vanced alignment board replacement and service aids functions All service screens access the memory in the radio directly and it is not necessary to read the radio s memory via the get save function 33 before using the service screens All service screens use the same four dedicated screen sections described earlier The get save function 33 generally functions to read radio control and radio feature parameters as stored in a radio s memory and to obtain archived pa rameter information from a diskette or hard disk How ever obtained the change view function 34 can then be used to edit the parameter information The get save function 33 also operates to write modified parameter information into the radio s memory or to save the modified parameters to an archive file on a diskette or hard disk Finally the print function 36 allows production of permanent records of parameter configurations Referring now to FIG 4 the service function 32 will be described in more detail All radio alignment and board replacement proce dures are accessed from the service menu 32 A r
5. A MODEL D37KGASJBSAK SELECT FUNCTION KEY F1 F10 SRVC SERVICE MENU F1 HELP F2 ALIGNMENT TRANSMITTER AND RECEIVER F3 ADVANCED ALIGNMENT PROCEDURES FOR BOARD REPAIR ONLY i BOARD REPLACEMENT PROCEDURES SERVICE AIDS AND TROUBLE SHOOTING AIDS F9 10 EXIT RETURN TO MAIN MENU F1 F2 F3 F4 FS F6 HELP ALIGNMENT ADVANCED BOARD ALIGNMENT REPLACEMENT 1987 MOTOROLA INC F2 F3 COMMAND BOARD AND OR MICROPROCESSOR REPAIR REPLACEMENT F4 MEMORY BOARD REPLACEMENT F5 F6 POWER AMPLIFIER REPAIR REPLACEMENT F7 RF BOARD REPAIR REPLACEMENT F8 F9 VCO BOARD REPAIR REPLACEMENT F10 EXIT RETURN TO SERMCE MENU Fl F2 F3 Fe F6 F7 F8 F9 HELP COMMAND MEMORY PA RF 0 BOARD BOARD BOARD BOARD BOARD 1987 MOTOROLA INC U S Patent May 28 1991 Sheet 5 of 7 5 020 144 FIG 7 21 22 23 SPECTRA MODEL D37KGASJBSAK SELECT FUNCTION KEY F1 F10 SEVC REPAIR CMD BD o O0 N OY gt UN COMMAND BOARD OR MICROPROCESSOR REPLACEMENT PROCEDURE STEP REPLACE COMMAND pad er SA PER SERVICE MANUAL PRESS F2 TO INITIALIZE PRESS F3 TO ALIGN REFERENCE OSCILLATOR PRESS F4 TO ALIGN PA HIGH POWER SET AND CURRENT LIMIT PRESS F5 TO ALIGN PA LOW POWER SET PRESS F6 TO ALIGN VCO COMPENSATION CALIBRATION PRESS F7 TO ALIGN VCO DEVIATION PRESS F8 TO ALIGN SIGNALLING DEVIATION BOARD REPLACEMENT PROCEDURE IS VE ME PRESS F10 TWICE
6. EPLACE VCO BOARD PER SERVICE MANUAL PRESS F2 TO ALIGN VCO COMPENSATION CALIBRATION PRESS F3 TO ALIGN VCO DEVIATION BOARD REPLACEMENT PROCEDURE COMPLETE PRESS 10 TWICE TO RETURN TO SERVICE MENU ST 5 6 1987 MOTOROLA INC 5 020 144 1 RADIO COMPONENT REPLACEMENT PROGRAMMING DEVICE MICROFICHE APPENDIX This specification includes a microfiche appendix comprising 7 microfiche and 643 frames COPYRIGHT INFORMATION A portion of the disclosure of this patent document contains material that is subject to copyright protection The copyright owner has no objection to the facsimile reproduction by anyone of the patent document or the patent disclosure as it appears in the Patent and Trade mark Office patent file or records but otherwise re serves all copyright rights whatsoever TECHNICAL FIELD This invention relates generally to the programming and servicing of two way radios BACKGROUND ART Two way radios are becoming increasingly sophisti cated Many such radios now realize many operating functions and features through provision of an on board microprocessor For example some models of the Spec tra land mobile radio manufactured by Motorola Inc do not include any internal adjustable components such as potentiometers or coils Instead all RF and signalling parameters are controlled by an on board microproces sor These increasingly sophisticated radios have given rise to a concurrent need for a simi
7. TO RETURN TO SERVICE MEN F6 F7 F8 F9 F10 TX LOW COMP DEV SIGNAL EXIT WARP PWR SET PWR SET CAL SET D 1987 MOTOROLA INC MEMORY BOARD REPLACEMENT PROCEDURE REPLACE MEMORY BOARD PER SERVICE MANUAL 1 2 3 4 PRESS F2 TO INITIALIZE NEW MEMORY eit PRESS F10 TWICE RETURN TO SERVICE MEN PROCEED TO GET SAVE MENU TO RESTORE CODEPLUG FROM FILE ARCHIVE FILE IS NOT AVAILABLE NVENTIONAL DATA MAY BE RE ENTERED THE CHANGE VIEW MENU co TRUNKING DATA MUST BE DOWNLOADED TCMS Fl HELP INITALIZE MEMORY 1987 MOTOROLA INC F F4 FS F7 U S Patent May 28 1991 Sheet 6 of 7 5 020 144 FIG 9 21 22 23 SPECTRA MODEL D37KGASJBSAK SELECT FUNCTION KEY F1 F10 SRVC REPAIR P BD POWER AMPLIFIER REPLACEMENT PROCEDURE REPLACE PA BOARD PER SERVICE MANUAL PRESS F2 TO ALIGN HIGH POWER SET AND CURRENT LIMIT PRESS F3 TO ALIGN PA LOW POWER SET BOARD REPLACEMENT PROCEDURE IS COMPLETE PRESS F10 TWICE TO RETURN TO SERVICE MENU Fi F F4 HELP TX HI TX LOW PWR SET PWR SET 1987 MOTOROLA INC 24 FIG 70 SPECTRA SRVC RF BD RF BOARD REPLACEMENT PROCEDURE REPLACE RF BOARD PER SERVICE MANUAL PRESS F2 TO ALIGN REFERENCE OSCILLATOR PRESS F3 TO ALIGN VCO COMPENSATION PRESS F4 TO ALIGN VCO DEVIATION BOARD REPLACEMENT PROCEDURE 15 COMPLETE PRESS F10 TWICE TO RETURN TO SERVICE MENU U S Patent May 28 1991 Sheet 7 of 7 5 020 144 FIG 17 R
8. United States Patent Shirley Jr et al 11 Patent Number 45 Date of Patent 5 020 144 May 28 1991 54 RADIO COMPONENT REPLACEMENT PROGRAMMING DEVICE 75 Inventors Thomas F Shirley Fort Worth Jack B Butler Bedford both of Tex 73 Assignee Motorola Inc Schaumburg Ill 21 Appl No 175 361 22 Filed Mar 30 1988 51 22220200 HO4B 1 16 52 US CL 455 186 455 185 455 151 58 Field of Search 455 76 77 183 185 455 186 151 364 221 9 222 81 227 3 468 919 2 56 References Cited U S PATENT DOCUMENTS 4 525 865 6 1985 Mears 455 186 4 688 261 8 1987 Killoway et al 455 186 4 739 486 4 1988 Soderberg et al 364 464 4 771 399 9 1988 Snowden et al 455 186 4 792 986 12 1988 Garner et al 455 186 OTHER PUBLICATIONS The MC Micro Field Programmer Handbook dated 1985 by Motorola GmbH Taunusstein Systems 9000 Trunked Radio Programmer dated 1986 by Motorola Inc Systems 9000 Conventional Options Programmer dated 1985 Motorola Inc Systems 9000 Conventional 64 Mode Radio and Con trol Head Programmer dated Nov 12 1985 Systems 9000 Conventional 32 Mode Radio and Con trol Head Programmer dated Nov 12 1985 EEPROM Programmer Instruction Manual No 68 6088 60 0 published in 1984 Users man
9. acement process including both operator only and programming station assisted steps Although these steps are displayed simul taneously the programming station will only allow the steps to be processed in a particular predefined order 10 20 35 40 45 50 55 65 2 BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG 1 comprises a block diagram depiction of the invention as coupled to a two way radio FIG 2 comprises a depiction of a main menu as pres ented at the programming station FIG 3 comprises a diagrammatic representation of the functional capabilities of the programming station FIG 4 comprises a depiction of a service menu as presented at the programming station FIG 5 comprises a diagrammatic representation of the functional capabilities available at the programming station from the service menu FIG 6 comprises a depiction of a board replacement repair menu as presented at the programming station FIG 7 comprises a depiction of a command board or microprocessor replacement procedure menu as pres ented at the programming station FIG 8 comprises a depiction of a memory board replacement procedure menu as presented at the pro gramming station FIG 9 comprises a power amplifier replacement procedure menu as presented at the programming sta tion FIG 10 comprises an RF board replacement proce dure menu as presented at the programming station and FIG 11 comprises a VCO board replacement proce
10. ach function key operation In general the location of this display indicia coincides with the general location of the function keys themselves as an additional aid to the operator With reference to FIG 3 the programming station 10 provides screens and functions organized as de picted The system will not allow an operator to ran domly jump from one screen or function to another Instead the operator must move up and down the branches by using the menu screens and function keys in an appropriate manner For example pushing the F1 function key will provide a help function 26 which in turn leads to various other help options including more help 27 and keyboard help 28 The help options provide helpful supplemental information re garding the operation of the programming station 10 to the user In addition to the help function 26 the main menu 20 provides access to an initial setup function 29 and an exit routine 31 The main menu 20 also allows access to four important service and programming menus service 32 get save 33 change view 34 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 4 and print 36 Additional information regarding the service function 32 the get save functions 33 and the print function 36 can be found in copending U S patent application Ser No 175 084 filed on Mar 30 1988 and entitled Radio Programming Device Ser No 175 003 filed Mar
11. adio must be connected to the programming station 10 and the radio must be active before the programming station 10 will allow a user to access the service menu 32 Also all service screens read and program the radio s memory directly The user does not need the get save functions 33 to use the service features From the service menu 32 a user can select function key F1 for help Function key F2 can be selected to initiate the alignment functions With reference to FIG 5 the alignment function 37 allows adjustment of default squelch transmitter VCO deviation reference oscillator warp transmitter power set both high and low and transmitter current limit With reference to both FIGS 4 and 5 function key F4 can be selected to initiate certain advanced align ment functions 38 These include transmitter VCO compensation adjustment transmitter VCO compensa tion calibration and signalling deviation adjustments as may be relevant Function key F6 initiates the board replacement func tion 39 This function allows servicing of the radio when a board repair and or replacement is necessary Special initialization procedures and step by step in structions are given for all realignment procedures when replacing or servicing the command board the memory board the power amplifier board the RF board or the VCO board More detail regarding the board replacement functions 39 will be provided be low Finally the F8 func
12. allow restoration of the previously stored information to the radio Otherwise the user can exit to the service menu by selecting the F10 function key twice or choose the change view function 34 to ei ther obtain new data for conventional radios or trunk ing data for trunked radios via the TCMS capabilities of the change view function 34 All of the above options are displayed on the screen and assist in guiding the user to a correct selection Referring now to FIG 9 the power amplifier re placement procedure as selected through the board replacement repair menu 39 will be described As required earlier this procedure also requires as step 1 the replacement of the PA board itself The user indicates completion of this step by selection of the enter key The user then selects the appropriate align ment procedures alignment of the PA high power set and current limit and alignment of the PA low power set through sequential selection of function keys F2 and F3 in that order No other alignment procedures are then required and the user can return to the service menu 32 by selecting the F10 function key twice Referring now to FIG 10 the RF board replacement procedure as selected through the board replacement repair menu 39 will be described Step 1 requiring replacement of the RF board can be indicated by the user through selection of the enter key The user then initiates and completes alignment of the reference oscill
13. ator VCO compensation and VCO deviation through selection of function keys F2 F3 and F4 in that order The user can then return to the service menu 32 by twice selecting the F10 function key Lastly with reference to FIG 11 VCO board re placement procedure as selected from the board re placement repair menu 39 will now be described Following replacement of the VCO board and indica tion of same through the enter key the user can adjust VCO compensation calibration and VCO deviation by selecting function keys F2 and F3 in that order The service menu 32 can then be selected by twice select ing the F10 function key Through use of this programming station 10 initial ization of appropriate components and realignment of the radio can be accomplished following repair or re placement of various hardware elements in the radio The alignment steps and other user and device assisted steps are presented in a predetermined fashion to ensure proper calibration of the radio and execution of the steps is allowed in only this predetermined manner We claim 1 A device for programming a radio which radio includes at least one replaceable hardware element that sup ports operation of said radio 5 020 144 7 memory means for storing at least some radio control parameters computer means for controlling at least some radio control functions in response to said radio control parameters said device comprising A coupl
14. ction keys F4 F8 are initiated in turn to accomplish alignment of the reference oscillator alignment of the PA high power set and current limit alignment of the PA low power set alignment of VCO compensation calibration alignment of VCO deviation and alignment of signalling deviation When the alignment process has been completed the operator may return to the service menu 32 by press ing function key F10 twice Referring now to FIG 8 the memory board replace ment procedure as accessed through the board re placement repair menu 39 will be described Again this process presupposes that a memory board is being replaced in accordance with the instructions in the service manual as indicated in step 1 The user is 20 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 6 then required to select the enter key to enable the next function Selection of function key F2 serves to initialize the new memory board Once this function has been accom plished it then becomes necessary to program that memory with all relevant radio control parameters Since the programming station 10 provides the capa bility to store an archive copy of all radio control pa rameters of all radios that it has programmed and since the memory board replacement procedure presupposes that the radio has been previously programmed but now needs a new memory board the procedure provides as step 4 the opportunity to proceed to the get save func tion 33 to
15. dure menu as presented at the programming station BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Referring now to FIG 1 the programming station depicted generally by the numeral 10 operates in con junction with an appropriate two way radio 11 The radio 11 connects to an appropriate power source 12 and the programming station 10 couples to the radio 11 through an appropriate coupling mechanism in this case a radio interface box 13 Each of these compo nents will now be described in more detail in seriatim fashion The radio 11 may be for example a Spectra brand two way land mobile radio as manufactured and sold by Motorola Inc Such a radio has an internal micro processor for controlling its radio control functions As used herein radio control functions refers to radio specific performance parameters such as deviation reference oscillator transmit power signalling devia tion and so forth This radio has many of its hardware elements ar ranged on replaceable boards For example any of the command board which includes the microprocessor the memory board the power amplifier board the RF board and the VCO board can be replaced as a unit during servicing Replacement of such boards how ever generally requires some reprogramming of the radio to ensure the proper functioning of the radio with the new board The microprocessor in the radio communicates with other devices within the radio and external t
16. ing means for coupling to said memory means and B means for connecting to said coupling means and for storing said radio control parameters in said memory means in a particular predefined order when programming said radio subsequent to replacing said at least one replaceable hard ware element wherein said means includes i input means for receiving input from an opera tor and ii display means for displaying both operator only and device assisted steps for replacing said replaceable hardware element 2 The device of claim 1 wherein said means includes inhibit means for inhibiting access to storing said radio control parameters in said memory means in a particular predefined order except when said means is connected to said coupling means and said coupling means is cou pled to said memory means 3 The device of claim 2 wherein said inhibit means will also inhibit access to storing said radio control parameters in said memory means in a particular prede fined order when said radio is switched off 4 The device of claim 1 wherein said means further includes key means for causing said radio to transmit 5 The device of claim 4 wherein said key means includes timer means for causing said radio to cease transmitting after a predetermined period of time 6 The device of claim 1 wherein A said display means simultaneously displays all of said operator only and device assisted steps for replacing a particular replaceable hardware
17. larly sophisticated means of servicing the radio particularly in conjunction with the replacement of hardware elements in the radio SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION These and other needs are substantially met through provision of the radio component replacement pro gramming device disclosed herein This device is intended for use with two way radios that have a memory for storing at least some radio con trol parameters an internal computer for controlling at least some radio control functions in response to the stored parameters and at least one replaceable hard ware element that supports operation of the radio The device includes an appropriate coupling mecha nism to allow access to at least the memory in the radio and a programming station for communicating with the radio via the coupling mechanism The programming station allows an operator to access the memory and write radio control parameters thereto More particu larly the programming station stores radio control pa rameters in the radio s memory in a particular prede fined order subsequent to replacing a replaceable hard ware element In one embodiment the programming station inhibits an attempt to store parameters in the radio s memory unless the radio is both coupled to the programming station and the radio is switched on In another embodiment of the invention the pro gramming station displays all relevant steps that relate to a particular hardware element repl
18. neously 10 The method of claim 8 wherein step B includes the step of displaying user only procedures that relate to re placement of said hardware element such that said plurality of programming station assisted proce dures and said user only procedures are displayed in a predetermined order 11 A method of changing a hardware element in a radio and aligning said radio wherein said radio in cludes at least one replaceable hardware element that sup ports operation of said radio memory means for storing at least some radio control parameters computer means for controlling at least some radio control functions in response to said radio control parameters the method comprising the steps of A providing a programming station having a dis play and an input device which programming station communicates with at least said memory means to allow said radio control parameters to be programmed by said programming station B displaying on a display user only procedures that relate to replacement of said hardware element a plurality of programming station assisted pro cedures for programming at least some of said radio control parameters wherein said user only procedures and said plurality of programming station assisted procedures are displayed in a predetermined order C enabling only one of said displayed procedures at a time to allow selective implementation of only that enabled procedure 12 The method
19. o the radio on a serial bus The radio interface box 13 functions to level shift the RS232 voltage level signals that are out put and received by the programming station 10 to an appropriate signal level that is compatible with the radio s serial bus interface The radio interface box 13 may be provided through use of Part No 01 80353A74 The cable be tween the radio interface box 13 and the radio 11 may be provided through use of Part No 30 80369B73 5 020 144 3 The cable between the radio interface box 13 and the programming station 10 may be provided through use of a Part No 30 80369B71 All of the above noted parts are manufactured and sold by Motorola Inc The programming station 10 can be comprised of an IBM personal computer or compatible 14 which in cludes at least one RS232 port 512K RAM and a DOS 3 0 operating system In addition at least one disk drive 16 a keyboard 17 a display screen for displaying alphanumeric information 18 and a printer 19 should be provided A microfiche appendix of a software program is in cluded with this specification With this program loaded in the programming station 10 the program ming station 10 will function as described below Referring now to FIG 2 most actions of the pro gramming station 10 are controlled through the use of formatted screen displays and the function keys ordinar ily found on the keyboard 17 i e F1 F10 In eral
20. of claim 11 wherein said selective implementation is implemented by a user of said pro gramming station through said input device 13 The method of claim 12 wherein said input device is a keyboard 14 The method of claim 11 wherein said procedures are singularly enabled in predetermined order 15 The method of claim 14 wherein said predeter mined order for enabling said procedures and said pre determined order for displaying said procedures are identical 16 The method of claim 11 wherein said procedures are displayed simultaneously
21. ted however the com mand board microprocessor must first be replaced This constitutes a user only step that cannot be accom plished through use of the programming station Never theless the programming station 10 in step 1 does instruct the operator to replace the command board microprocessor as per the instructions in the relevant service manual Therefore before the programming station 10 allows a user to attempt to initialize and or align the radio the user is reminded that the hardware elements in question must be replaced first When the hardware elements as indicated have been replaced the user then selects the enter key on his key board 17 to indicate completion of step 1 and to enable the next step Again only the function key for the cur rently allowable step will be enabled The user is there fore restricted to a correct predetermined sequence of steps Prior to initializing the microprocessor or realigning the radio of course the user must also have the proper and usual alignment equipment appropriately con nected to the radio Also once the alignment sequence has been initiated all of the steps indicated at the pro gramming station 10 must be completed in the indi cated sequence By next selecting function key F2 the user can initial ize the microprocessor in the radio When this has been completed the alignment process can begin by selection of function key F3 Following that and in sequence fun
22. tion key initiates a service aids function 41 that interacts with special test capabilities that may be designed into the radio itself Selection of the F6 function key from the service menu 32 will initiate the board replacement function 5 020 144 5 39 as mentioned earlier With reference to FIG 6 this allows presentation at the programming station 10 of the board replacement repair menu screen as depicted From this menu the user can select proper program ming procedures that relate to replacement or repair of the command board or microprocessor function key F3 replacement of the memory board function key F4 repair or replacement of the power amplifier func tion key F6 repair or replacement of the RF board function key F7 and repair or replacement of the VCO board function key F9 Step by step instructions are provided to the user for all realignment procedures when replacing or servicing the above noted hardware elements of the radio In addition each procedure though simultaneously fully displayed allows execution only in a top to bottom order to ensure proper final calibration Referring now to FIG 7 the command board re placement procedure will be described Replacing the command board and or microproces sor will require that the microprocessor be initialized and that the radio be completely realigned This board replacement function performs both tasks Before this alignment process can be initia
23. ual for programming the Mostar NVR Man ual No 68P80100W88 0 published in 1985 HT600 Programmer Tuner User s Manual Manual No 68P81045C55 2 SMARTNET Standalone Field Programmer Model 5124 Programming Information Guide 68P 811 17E11 0 published in 1985 Systems 9000 Conventional Radio Programmer Opera tor s Manual Manual No 68 80309B24 0 published in 1986 Systems 9000 Conventional Control Head Programmer Operator s Manual Manual No 68 80309B25 0 dated May 15 1986 Systems 9000 Trunked Control Head Programmer Op erator s Manual Operator s Manual No 68 80309B 26 0 dated May 15 1986 The up The Key to an Advanced Frequency Synthe sized HF SSB Amateur Radio Transceiver TEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics vol 26 Aug 1980 pp 234 246 class 455 76 Primary Examiner Douglas W Olms Assistant Examiner Ralph Smith Attorney Agent or Firm Steven G Parmelee 57 ABSTRACT A programming station for use in programming and servicing two way radios that include replaceable hard ware elements Both user only and programming sta tion assisted steps are simultaneously displayed in a predetermined order The steps may only be accom plished in a fixed allowed order 16 Claims 7 Drawing Sheets U S Patent May 28 1991 Sheet 1 of 7 5 020 144 Fl AM F2 SERVICE ALIGNMENT SERVICE AIDS AND BOARD REPLACEMENTS F3 GET AVE PROGRAM CODEPLUG DATA FR MA 0 DISK CODEPLUG
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