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T6M SERIES MOBILE SERVICE MANUAL – SM/16/1.0
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When you have finished entering frequencies, click the
Verify and sort the table
button.
This checks that everything you have entered is allowed, and sorts the frequencies into
ascending order. You may omit this step as it is done automatically whenever you try to
program a mobile, save a personality or generate a personality report file.
5.8.4 Saving a personality
To save a new personality select
File | Save as
from the menu. The programmer
automatically verifies that everything you are trying to save is valid. If it is not then
you will see an error message. If you see an error message, correct the error before
selecting
File | Save as
again.
When the
Save as
window appears, enter a name for the personality, or select an
existing name. The programmer requires that personality files have a
.per
extension,
and will not allow you to save a personality with any other extension. When you have
selected or entered a name, click
Save
to save the personality.
If the save is successful the file name appears at the top of the programmer window.
If you now edit the personality you can save it under the same name by selecting the
File | Save
option.
5.8.5 Recovering a saved personality
Select
File | Open
from the main menu. Select one of the files displayed, then click
Open
.
5.8.6 Programming a personality into a mobile
Connect the programming lead to one of your PC’s serial ports. You may use COM1
or COM2.
On the programmer’s
General
page select the COM port that you want to use.
Unplug the microphone lead from the mobile. Connect the other end of the
programming lead into the mobile’s microphone socket, then switch on the mobile.
The mobile shows that it is in programming mode by displaying
Pr
.
N.B.
If the mobile does not contain valid firmware then the display may show odd
symbols, rather than
Pr
. If this happens refer to the “Programming new firmware
into a mobile” section.
Select
Program mobile | Personality
from the main menu.
The programmer automatically verifies that everything you are trying to program is
valid. If it is not then you will see an error message. If you see an error message,
correct the error before selecting
Program mobile | Personality
again.
The progress of the programming operation is displayed on the status line at the
bottom of the programmer window. When programming is complete, switch off the
mobile and disconnect the programming lead.
