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AOR PC-MANAGER for WindowsUser’s Manual© Simon Collings, G4SGI 1995 - 1998Software Published and Distributed by:AOR (UK) LTD.,4E East Mill,Bridgefoot,

For Microsoft® WindowsTM 3.xEither...Click on the File menu of program manger and select the Run... option.Type “A:\INSTALL.EXE <ENTER>” into th

The dialog looks like that shown above. If you want to keep the default directory for thePC-MANAGER files, just click on the “OK” push button. If yo

GETTING STARTEDRS-232 connectionYou will need to setup a serial port on your PC before you can begin to use PC-MANAGER.The RS-232 connection between y

Menu options:The main menu provides access to all the features of the program and is located just below thetop edge of the window.Tool bar:Underneath

There is one dialog for each supported radio.For the AR8000:You can select the baud rate, serial port on your PC, type of delimiter and handshake.For

The RS-232 parameters you select from the dialog must EXACTLY match those setup inthe radio. If they are different, you will get unstable behaviour

FILE MENU OPTIONSThe file menu contains all the menus you need to work with files and manage data held ondisk. The content of each file is shown insid

NOTE:The radios that are supported by PC-MANAGER require slightly different formatsbecause of different memory or search bank sizes. Wherever possib

Get from RX...The File|Get from RX... command gets a file of data from the radio and places it in the currentlyactive window. You should open a new w

EDIT MENU OPTIONSThe edit menu provides you with all the facilities you need to edit the data displayed insidethe windows. Most of the edit menu opti

Add Item...The Edit|Add Item... option allows you to add a new item of data just below the currently selecteditem. A different dialog is used for eac

This dialog allows you to define the frequency limits (upper and lower frequency) of a search, the stepsize, mode, attenuator and comment. If you sel

NOTE: The AR8000 supports WFM, NFM, AM, USB, LSB and CW modes, frequencyrange 0.1 to 1950.0 MHz and step sizes 50 Hz - 999.995 kHz. The AR2700 suppo

RenumberThe Edit|Renumber menu option allows you to renumber the lines of data items so that they are inascending order (by channel number).You will n

SETUP MENU OPTIONSThis set of menu options will allow you to alter the setup of PC-MANAGER to match theRS-232 settings of your radio and also to adjus

AttenuatorThis command toggles the attenuator ON/OFF. The attenuator is ON when the tool bar pushbutton is depressed.MonitorThis command toggles the

Password...AR8000 onlyThe Setup|Password command in the setup menu is an easy way to select the four-digit password usedto protect sensitive data stor

Power Save Options...AR8000 onlyThe power save options dialog is opened from the setup menu, it is for altering the power save delayperiod and cycle t

The factory default is 5 seconds, but you can change the value from 1-19 sec using the scroll bar in thisdialog. Refer to section 12 of your AR8000 or

SEARCH MENU OPTIONSThis menu option allows you to setup and select searches. It is possible to control banksearches and bank link searches running wi

CONTENTSINTRODUCTION...MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ...

Audio RecordingYou can also record audio from your radio onto the hard disk of your PC using Audio Log if youhave a sound card fitted. This is a very

The spectrum display will not operate with the AR8000 when operating in WFM mode.When you have setup the search, simply click on ‘Start’ to begin sea

Delay Time:The delay time is the period that the radio remains on a frequency after a signal has disappearedbefore it resumes the search or scan. Use

SCAN MENU OPTIONSThis menu option allows you to setup and select scans. It is possible to control scans run-ning within the radio at high speed (up t

found and are the free time period in length (see Scan|Expert Options...). You do not need to operateAudio Log manually since PC-MANAGER controls it

A select scan is setup in three stages: send a complete set of memory banks to the radio; select arange of memory channels from the bank in PC-MANAGER

Once memory data has been deleted in the radio it cannot be recovered (unless you have acopy in a PC-MANAGER memory file).35 - AOR PC-MANAGER for Win

WINDOW MENU OPTIONSThis menu allows you to change the way that windows are displayed on the PC-MANAGERdesktop and to save the desktop configuration.

Load DesktopThe Window|Load Desktop... command allows you to recall the layout of windows in the applicationthat were saved by the Window|Save Desktop

AUDIO LOGAudio log is a simple to use utility that provides wave audio recording and playback on yourPC using a sound card (not included). You can op

Clear...

The utility can either be launched from the push button of PC-MANAGER’s tool bar or fromthe “Audio Log” push button in search and scan dialogs. If

YOU CANNOT RECOVER ANY OF THE AUDIO FILES IN THE LOG ONCE YOUHAVE DELETED IT.Print...The File|Print command prints the current audio log. Use File|Pr

CONTROLS MENU OPTIONS (AUDIO LOG)RewindStep backwards one entry, play it then stop.ForwardStep forwards one entry, play it then stop.PlayPlay audio lo

MOVING COPY PROTECTIONA simple utility has been provided so you can move the copy protection “token” that is installedby the software back onto the di

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INTRODUCTIONWelcome to AOR PC-MANAGER for WindowsTM. This is a powerful data management andcontrol package using the latest WindowsTM programming tec

MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS• 80486 PC compatible (or higher) with colour graphics display•Microsoft® WindowsTM 3.x or Windows® 95 (WindowsTM NT is not

INSTALLING THE PROGRAMIn this manual, it is assumed that you are familiar with Microsoft® WindowsTM 3.x or Windows®95 and the hardware you are using w

5. The /d+ option of the PC-Kwik disk cache software from Multisoft Corporation is not compatiblewith the copy protection scheme and should be tempora