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Each approach has its advantages and disadvantages. You may prefer one approach and use it often, but you may
occasionally need to use an alternative approach.
Programming
Interface
Advantages Disadvantages
DET phone • You do not need a laptop PC
to program the database.
• The phone is a direct
interface to the CPU, so
there is no chance of
database corruption during
transmission. If you are
having a unidentifiable or
persistent problem, use DET
phone programming to
eliminate the possibility of a
corrupt database.
• You have a limited visual
interface (the phone display)
vs. a menu screen.
• You have to do all
programming on site.
• DET phone programming
can take longer to perform
than PC-DBA
programming.
• You cannot save the current
switch database. If you lose
this database because of
battery failure or because
you have to perform a
Master Clear, you will have
to completely reprogram the
database.
PC-DBA laptop
on site • You can save the existing
database residing on the
switch via a RECEIVE ALL
command. When you need
to modify the database, you
can use the switch version as
a basis so you will not have
to reprogram all its custom
settings.
• If you lose the switch
database because of battery
failure or because you must
perform a Master Clear, you
will NOT have to
completely reprogram the
database (provided you have
previously saved a copy of
the custom switch database
onto your laptop).
• You need a laptop with a
serial port.
• You do all programming on
site.
• PC-DBA is not a direct
interface to the CPU.
Therefore, the possibility
exists that a corruption can
occur when transmitting the
laptop database to the
switch.
• You must be diligent in
performing a RECEIVE
ALL when first arriving on
the customer site, and prior
to modifying their database.
If you neglect to do so, you
may inadvertently perform a
SEND ALL first, thus
writing over their custom
programmed database with
whatever database you last
used on the laptop.