CLONING
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Cloning operation
Cloning allows you to quickly and easily transfer the
programmed contents from one transceiver to another.
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Transceiver-to-transceiver cloning
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Turn OFF the transceiver’s power, and then connect an
optional OPC-474 cloning cable to the
[SP] jacks of the
master transceiver and the sub transceiver.
• The master transceiver is used to send data to the sub trans
-
ceiver.
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While pushing
[FUNC](
M
) and
[
p
], turn ON the master
transceiver to enter the cloning mode.
• “CLOnE” appears
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Turn ON the sub transceiver.
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Push
[PTT] on the master transceiver.
• “CL Out” appears on the master transceiver’s display, and the
signal icons show the data is being transferred to the sub trans-
ceiver.
• “CL In” appears on the sub transceiver’s display, and the signal
icons show the data is being received from the master trans-
ceiver.
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When cloning is finished, turn OFF both the transceivers.
Then turn them ON again to exit the cloning mode.
NOTE:
•
DO NOT push
[PTT] on the sub transceiver while clon-
ing. This will cause a cloning error.
•
DO NOT disconnect the cloning cable or turn OFF the
power while cloning. This will cause a cloning error.
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Cloning using a PC
The CS-U80 cloning software is also used to clone/edit
contents with a PC (for Microsoft
®
Windows
®
XP, Windows
Vista
®
, Windows
®
7) using ICF format files.
Refer to the INSTRUCTIONS and the Help file that come with
the CS-U80, for details.
Master transceiver
Sub transceiver
Transceiver
PC
OPC-478
(RS-232C type)
OPC-478UC
(USB type)
to USB port
to RS-232C
port