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For the illustration that follows, it’s best to restore the encoder
to factory default values. Click:
File/Factory Defaults
and click:
Yes
when asked if you wish to continue.
Now open the Terminal
window. Check for the
USB Connected - 730
no-
tation at the bottom of
the window. Next type:
DPS=FLY ME TO THE
MOON
; that is, the
‘header’ DPS, the equal
sign, the song title and
the Enter key. The cha-
racters will be displayed
as you type. What ap-
pears in the window has
been received, and is be-
ing ‘echoed’ (sent back)
by the 730 Encoder. This echo function is a factory default and
is recommended, but it can be changed through software by se-
lecting an option from the
Echo
drop-down menu, or by using
the front-panel jog wheel on Menu 63.
When the 730 encoder recognizes an ASCII command as valid,
it returns:
OK
.
This is shown in the snapshot and should ap-
pear on your own screen. If the ASCII command is not valid be-
cause of an improper command or the wrong syntax, the 730
Encoder will send back:
NO
.
Now go to the 730 Encoder front panel and dial up Menu 01.
FLY ME TO THE MOON
FLY ME TO THE MOON
FLY ME TO THE MOON
FLY ME TO THE MOON
should be scrolling in the lower-right
corner of the LCD.
The Terminal utility may be used for updating any RDS mes-
sage or flag, or for housekeeping functions such as changing IP
passwords. To enter Radio Text, for instance, you could type:
TEXT=PHONE IN YOUR REQUESTS TO 1-800-733-0552
.
The encoder should send back an
OK
.
The encoder input buffer has a timeout of 25 seconds. Any
command sent to the encoder needs to be entered completely,
including the
(Enter), within this timeout period.
Correcting
Typing Errors
The Terminal utility window does
not
make a good text editor!
Technical factors make typing errors difficult to
correct here. Don’t type really fast, and if you do
make a mistake, just hit
(Enter) and start over.
Each entry in the Terminal utility must be started
with the appropriate header and ended with an
Enter command. Look for
OK
or
NO
syntax verifi-
cation returned from the encoder to the Terminal
screen. The third entry shown here was an at-
tempt to set the PI register simply by typing-in
call letters. When a proper hex-value PI code is
entered, however, the response is
OK
. Although