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6 508, 724, 1016 1563, 1563
Pre-6, +End
7 No tones 1563, 1563
noPre, +End
8 508, 724, 1016 No tones Pre-0,noEnd
9 1016, 724, 508 No tones
Pre-1,noEnd
10 508, 508, 508 No tones
Pre-2,noEnd
11 1250,742, 1250 No tones Pre-3,noEnd
12 508, 724, 1016 No tones
Pre-4,noEnd
13
508, 724, 1016
No tones
Pre-5,noEnd
14
508, 724, 1016
No tones
Pre-6,noEnd
15 No tones No tones
noPre,noEnd
Other Message Menu Options
The editor has several other tools that may be useful in creating and editing a Message Bank. These can be found in
the Message Menu or in the pop up menu that appears when the right mouse button is clicked. They are listed in
Table 19.
Table 19 - Message Bank Editor Tools
Function Description
Play Plays selected message. Can be used to test the effect of changing the audio format a message.
Clear Clears a message from selected message number.
Insert
Inserts a row into the message bank. This will shift all the following messages up by one message
number for each row inserted.
Delete
Deletes a row from the message bank. This will cause all following messages to drop by one in
message number for each row deleted.
Export Sample
Exporting an audio message allows you to save that message as a standalone WAV file. The message
will be exported at the same audio format that it was originally imported in.
Downloading and Uploading the Message Bank
Once a Message Bank has been created or modified, the next step is to download it to the VCA. However, a Message Bank that
has been loaded into a VCA can up uploaded back to a PC. This may be necessary if the original Message Bank PC file has
been lost and voice messages need to be added or changed, for example.
Downloading
This is the procedure for downloading the Voice Message Bank to the VCA. This procedure assumes that a Message Bank file
has been created as described in the previous section of this chapter and is ready to be downloaded.
1. Connect a serial cable between the VCA’s RS-232 terminals and the serial port on a PC. Ensure the TX and RX
connections are correct. It is common to accidentally reverse the connection of these signals. A ready made
serial cable is available from Ampcontrol (p/n E09400).
2. Apply power to the VCA if not done so already.
3. The VCA display must be showing the “VCA Message Bank” page, shown
in the figure on the right. This page is found by starting at the Main Menu
Page, on menu level 1, and pressing the

key twice (or the

key once).
Refer to the VCA menu map in Appendix D.
NOTE: Changing the display page while the Message Bank is downloading will abort the download. The
download will have to be started again from the beginning.
4. The VCA Lock input must be asserted, as prompted by the “close LOCK”
text on the VCA Message Bank shown above. To assert the Lock input, an
1 VCA Message Bank
Download? Close LOCK
Baud Rate:[115k2bps]
1 VCA Message Bank
* No Msgs Can Play *
Baud Rate:[115k2bps]