
ALIGNMENT PROCEDURE
5-2
November 2001
Part No. 001-7240-001
alignment is complete, the LTR-Net operating soft-
ware is reloaded. The procedure is described in the
following section.
If the transceiver must be manually controlled to
perform testing or troubleshooting, program temporary
conventional channels or use the special test features
available with the test code (see Section 5.16).
5.2 LOADING OPERATING CODE
5.2.1 GENERAL
Introduction
This section describes how to re-Flash the trans-
ceiver with test operating code and then re-Flash it
again with LTR-Net operating code when alignment is
complete.
PCFlash and PCTune Software Installation
The PCFlash and PCTune programs are shipped
on separate CDs as shown in Table 1-1. These
programs are installed separately as follows:
1. Close all applications that are currently running.
Insert the disk containing the software in the CD
drive.
2. To install the PCFlash program, select from the
Windows
®
taskbar, Start > Run and then Browse to
the drive containing the CD and select the
“PCFlash.exe” file. Click OK and follow the on-
screen instructions to install the program and data
files.
3. To install the PCTune program, insert the CD
containing that program in the CD drive and select
the “PCTune.exe” file and follow the on-screen
instructions as in the preceding step.
Test Setup
The same basic computer setup used to perform
personality programming is used to perform the align-
ment procedure described in the following informa-
tion. Only Remote Programming Interface (RPI), Part
No. 023-9800-000, can be used for alignment because
this is the only RPI that has Flash programming capa-
bility and microphone and speaker audio jacks that are
required for alignment. Connect the test setup as
shown in Figure 5-1. Refer to Section 3.1 for more
information.
Starting PCFlash and PCTune
Select Start > Programs > EFJohnson and then
click the PCFlash 72xx or PCTune icon as applicable.
5.2.2 SAVING PERSONALITY INFORMATION
When temporary test operating software is loaded
using PCFlash, any personality information previ-
ously programmed in the transceiver (see Section 3) is
lost. Therefore, if you wish to restore this information
after the alignment is complete, save the personality
information to a disk file as follows before the test
software is loaded:
1. Start the personality program as described in
Section 3.2.3. Connect the test setup and make sure
that the switch on the RPI is away from the LED so
that it indicates green.
2. With the test setup connected, upload the parameters
stored in the transceiver by selecting the Transfer >
Read Setup Params in the menu bar as described in
Section 3.7.
3. Save the parameters to a disk file by selecting File >
Save As in the menu bar (see Section 3.5).
4. When alignment is complete and the LTR-Net oper-
ating software has been reloaded, open the saved file
by selecting File > Open. Then reprogram the trans-
ceiver by selecting Transfer > Write Setup Params
as described in Section 3.7.
5.2.3 LOADING TEST CODE
NOTE: If the transceiver contains personality infor-
mation that you want to restore after the alignment is
complete, be sure to save it to a disk file as described
in the preceding section before performing this
procedure.
Proceed as follows to load the temporary test
operating (Flash) code required to run the PCTune
program (see Section 5.1.2).