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=========================================================================
MCS2000 Customer Programming Software R02.03.00
=========================================================================
- VISTA (32-bit) with Service Pack 1 is now a supported operating system!
(see 'For VISTA Users' section below)
- Tutorials format has changed. Previous versions of the Tutorials
will NOT work with this version of the CPS. It is recommended to
install the tutorials with this CPS version
- If both portable and mobile CPS's are used, it is recommended to update
both at the same time, and tutorials should be installed with BOTH versions.
New CPS Features Supported:
===========================
- This version includes following enhancements to the Advanced System Key:
(1) version Control
(2) Same Master Key for MTS2000/MCS2000/ASTRO Saber & XTS3000/ASTRO Spectra/ASTRO 25 CPS.
(3) New Access Level "Unlimited Access without Write Protection".
This would give Unlimited access in the CPS.
(4) Password Protection
- Import functionality at node level
For VISTA Users:
================
The following configuration on Vista Home Premium and Business Premium
needs to be set for the CPS to function properly:
1. Vista Theme should be set to Windows Classic. Codeplug archive names should not exceed 30 characters.
2. A Vista compatible printer is required for using the Print functionality in the CPS.
3. User Access Control should be turned OFF before using CPS.
Tutorials Update:
==================
Due to the newly added support for Vista, the tutorials and help engine
have been updated to a new format. Required modifications to the new help
format require Microsoft Internet Explorer version 6 or above. Microsoft
shipped Internet Explorer version 6 in 2001. Thirteen of the online help
tutorial files have been converted from an AVI format (.avi) to the Adobe
Flash (.swf) format. The .avi to .swf conversion saves over 120 megabytes of
harddrive space. All tutorial lessons are now in the Flash format. These
tutorial lessons require Flash Player version 6 or above to be installed.
Flash version 6 was shipped in 2002. Currently there are approximately 15
tutorial lessons requiring about 31 megabytes of harddrive space. The
tutorials are always installed in a “\Tutorials?subfolder for each of the
CPS applications. It is strongly recommended to install the tutorials with
this new version of the CPS. Previous tutorial versions are not recognized
by R02.03.00 CPS.
Note: Double-clicking a link within the help text might generate a error
message.
System Requirements:
--------------------
Operating Systems: Windows NT 4.0 (SP 6a or higher),
Windows 2000
Windows XP Home Edition (See Note)
Windows XP Professional (See Note)
Vista (32-bit) Home Premium (SP 1 or higher)
Vista (32-bit) Business (SP 1 or higher)
Note: XP upgrade or Vista upgrade from other operating
systems is not supported if the CPS was previously
installed on the old operating system.
Windows ME and Windows 98 are no longer supported.
You may choose to proceed with the installation, but
some features might not be functioning properly.
Upgrading the operating system is highly recommended.
Hardware Requirements:
Processor 400 MHz or higher Pentium grade Processor
Vista requires 1 GHz 32-bit or 64-bit processor
Memory 512 MB RAM minimum for all supported operating
systems except for Vista. Vista minimum
requirement is 1 GB of System memory
Hard Disk Space 1 Gigabyte Drive with 450 MB minimum free space (for a
Typical Installation, including Help Audio-Visual
Tutorials) or 60 MB minimum free space (for a Compact
Installation)
40 GB hard drive for Vista
Peripherals Microsoft Windows supported Mouse or Trackball
Microsoft Windows supported Serial Port
for radio communication
Microsoft Windows supported Printer Port
for report printing
CD-ROM for software installation
NOTE: For computers that are not equipped with
a serial port, radio communications may be
possible with the use of an off-the-shelf
USB to RS232 converter, such as the IOGEAR
USB to Serial/PDA Converter Cable.
Known Issues With the MCS2000 CPS R02.03.00 Release:
---------------------------------------------------
1) Drop down items in table fields cannot be accessed when using Windows XP
Professional "Windows XP Style" display. If this issue is encountered,
change the display setting to "Windows Classic Style" for proper
functionality.
2) Attempting to Read from or Write to a radio with the CPS while the Tuner
is open will cause a communication failure.
3) Due to French import laws, the Microsoft encryption support used to
create archive (.cpg) files with the CPS (Customer Programming Software)
is not available on the French version of the Windows Operating Systems.
Therefore, there is no way to save archive files when the CPS is
installed on the French version of Windows. Until import laws are
changed such that Microsoft can provide encryption support, this feature
can not be addressed.
4) If you attempt to close a dialog box by pressing the 'X' in the upper
right of the dialog while the application is still busy (the cursor
is shaped like an hourglass), the application may terminate.
5) Reading two radios simultaneously results in an error message.
Computers equipped with two Communication Ports can potentially read
two radios at a time. This is not recommended at present, as error
messages have been observed during simultaneous reading of radios on
different COM ports.
6) The CPS will display the error message "Unable to write header" if you
try to save a codeplug file that has been marked as read-only. To
circumvent this problem, either save the codeplug under a different name
or remove the read-only setting from the codeplug file.
7) The CPS does not warn users when they have opened a codeplug in more
than one application. Information saved in one application will be
overwritten by subsequent saves of the same codeplug in the second
CPS application.
8) In the unlikely event that a FLASHport operation fails, disconnect and
power off the SRIB and radio, and reconnect them again. Retry the
FLASHport operation.
9) When installing CPS and Tuner in Windows NT OS, if you first install CPS
and restart the computer, then install Tuner by the setup.exe of CPS,
click 'Finish' button to restart the computer at the last step, it will
take about three minutes to restart the computer.
We have two recommendation methods to avoid this issue:
(1) Install CPS and Tuner at the same time.
(2) Install CPS and restart the computer, then install Tuner by the
setup.exe of Tuner itself.
10) Feature limitation: Only use iButton by parallel port or USB port at one time.
It's not supported to use iButtons both by parallel port and USB port.
11) Feature limitation: It's recommended to close Advanced System Key Administrator
when loading Advanced System Key to CPS.
12) When upgrading radio by FLASHport,if one error message box is popped out
during upgrading, Menu Item: Tools->FLASHport->Upgrade Radio will be grayed
after press Enter key of Keyboard to close the upgrading window.
We have two recommendation methods to avoid this issue:
(1) Use mouse instead of press Enter Key of Keyboard to close the upgrading
window.
(2) Close and reopen CPS if this situation happens.
Installation:
------------
1) Before installing the MCS2000 CPS, you must uninstall any previously
installed versions of the MCS2000 CPS, and reboot your machine. You
can uninstall the CPS by going to the Windows Control Panel,
double-clicking on Add/Remove Programs, selecting the CPS in the list of
installed programs, and clicking the Add/Remove button. If you insert the
installation CD for the new CPS before uninstalling the old CPS, you will
be presented with a screen containing three buttons: Remove, Modify, and
Repair. You must select Remove to uninstall the old CPS, then reboot your
machine, then install the new CPS.
2) When you insert the Installation CD into the CD-ROM drive, the
installation will start automatically. You may select to install the CPS
or the Tuner or both applications. Follow the on-screen instructions to
install the software.
3) Before uninstalling the CPS, disable the CPS Password if you have
enabled this feature.
4) If a file installed by the CPS later becomes corrupted, the Repair
option on the Installation CD may be used to restore it. It is very
important that the Installation CD for the same version that is
installed on the computer is used for Repair. Use of a different
version in an attempt to Repair an installation will result in further
corruption.
5) Windows NT Installation: If the Install does not find the shlwapi.dll in
*\WINNT\System32 directory, you will need to install Internet
Explorer 4.1 or above to facilitate the XML installation, which is
required for the FLASHport feature of the CPS.
Programming Hints:
------------------
1) You can use your DOS archive files in the MCS2000 CPS without the need
for any conversion process. There is no CPS Archive Converter; you simply
read your DOS archives directly into the CPS. To open a DOS codeplug in
the MCS2000 CPS, select File->Open from the Menu, and change the setting
in the "Files of type" drop-down to "All Files (*.*)". You will then be
able to select any DOS archive and click the "Open" button. When you are
ready to save the archive, select File->Save As from the Menu, and save
your archive as a .cpg (Windows archive) file. The DOS RSS cannot read
archive files saved with this or later versions of Windows CPS.
2) If your DOS archive ends in an extension that Windows recognizes as a
particular file type (*.xls, which Windows recognizes as an Excel file,
for example), you may need to enter the .cpg extension in the Save As
dialog.
3) The first time you start the CPS, you should go to the User Settings
Dialog under the Tools menu and set up the directories where you will
store your system keys.
4) Several user-configurable view items are available under the
View->Options Menu. You can set a color for invalid fields, so that
these fields are more visible. You can also configure whether or not
you wish to confirm deletion of records with a popup window. PLEASE
NOTE that the default for Confirm on Deletion is NO. If you wish to
see a popup menu every time you delete a record, please change this
setting.
5) To get help on a field, press F1 or 'right click' and select 'What's
this?' while you are on the field, or click on the Help button on the
tool bar (an arrow with a question mark) and then click on the field
for which you want to view help.
6) For more information on the features available in the Windows CPS, we
suggest you view our audio-visual help tutorials. They can be accessed
from the CPS menu by selecting Help->CPS Help Topics, and then
double-clicking on CPS Tutorials, then The Tutorials Menu. Then select
the tutorial you wish to view.
Scope:
-----
The MCS2000 CPS R02.03.00 replaces the DOS RSS in all respects except in the
following.
* The CPS does not support Service Mode Tuning (F2 from the Main Menu in
the DOS RSS). Service Mode Tuning functionality is provided in the Tuner
application on this CD.
* The CPS does not support reading or importing the TCMS file format.
For the above two functions, please continue to use the DOS RSS.Code: Select all
=========================================================================
MTS2000 Customer Programming Software R02.03.00
=========================================================================
- VISTA (32-bit) with Service Pack 1 is now a supported operating system!
(see 'For VISTA Users' section below)
- Tutorials format has changed. Previous versions of the Tutorials
will NOT work with this version of the CPS. It is recommended to
install the tutorials with this CPS version
- If both portable and mobile CPS's are used, it is recommended to update
both at the same time, and tutorials should be installed with BOTH versions.
New CPS Features Supported:
===========================
- This version includes following enhancements to the Advanced System Key:
(1) version Control
(2) Same Master Key for MTS2000/MCS2000/ASTRO Saber & XTS3000/ASTRO Spectra/ASTRO 25 CPS.
(3) New Access Level "Unlimited Access without Write Protection".
This would give Unlimited access in the CPS.
(4) Password Protection
- Import functionality at node level
For VISTA Users:
================
The following configuration on Vista Home Premium and Business Premium
needs to be set for the CPS to function properly:
1. Vista Theme should be set to Windows Classic. Codeplug archive names should not exceed 30 characters.
2. A Vista compatible printer is required for using the Print functionality in the CPS.
3. User Access Control should be turned OFF before using CPS.
Tutorials Update:
==================
Due to the newly added support for Vista, the tutorials and help engine
have been updated to a new format. Required modifications to the new help
format require Microsoft Internet Explorer version 6 or above. Microsoft
shipped Internet Explorer version 6 in 2001. Thirteen of the online help
tutorial files have been converted from an AVI format (.avi) to the Adobe
Flash (.swf) format. The .avi to .swf conversion saves over 120 megabytes of
harddrive space. All tutorial lessons are now in the Flash format. These
tutorial lessons require Flash Player version 6 or above to be installed.
Flash version 6 was shipped in 2002. Currently there are approximately 15
tutorial lessons requiring about 31 megabytes of harddrive space. The
tutorials are always installed in a “\Tutorials?subfolder for each of the
CPS applications. It is strongly recommended to install the tutorials with
this new version of the CPS. Previous tutorial versions are not recognized
by R02.03.00 CPS.
Note: Double-clicking a link within the help text might generate a error
message.
System Requirements:
--------------------
Operating Systems: Windows NT 4.0 (SP 6a or higher),
Windows 2000
Windows XP Home Edition (See Note)
Windows XP Professional (See Note)
Vista (32-bit) Home Premium (SP 1 or higher)
Vista (32-bit) Business (SP 1 or higher)
Note: XP upgrade or Vista upgrade from other operating
systems is not supported if the CPS was previously
installed on the old operating system.
Windows ME and Windows 98 are no longer supported.
You may choose to proceed with the installation, but
some features might not be functioning properly.
Upgrading the operating system is highly recommended.
Hardware Requirements:
Processor 400 MHz or higher Pentium grade Processor
Vista requires 1 GHz 32-bit or 64-bit processor
Memory 512 MB RAM minimum for all supported operating
systems except for Vista. Vista minimum
requirement is 1 GB of System memory
Hard Disk Space 1 Gigabyte Drive with 450 MB minimum free space (for a
Typical Installation, including Help Audio-Visual
Tutorials) or 60 MB minimum free space (for a Compact
Installation)
40 GB hard drive for Vista
Peripherals Microsoft Windows supported Mouse or Trackball
Microsoft Windows supported Serial Port
for radio communication
Microsoft Windows supported Printer Port
for report printing
CD-ROM for software installation
NOTE: For computers that are not equipped with
a serial port, radio communications may be
possible with the use of an off-the-shelf
USB to RS232 converter, such as the IOGEAR
USB to Serial/PDA Converter Cable.
Known Issues With the MTS2000 CPS R02.03.00 Release:
---------------------------------------------------
1) Drop down items in table fields cannot be accessed when using Windows XP
Professional "Windows XP Style" display. If this issue is encountered,
change the display setting to "Windows Classic Style" for proper
functionality.
2) Attempting to Read from or Write to a radio with the CPS while the Tuner
is open will cause a communication failure.
3) Due to French import laws, the Microsoft encryption support used to
create archive (.cpg) files with the CPS (Customer Programming Software)
is not available on the French version of the Windows Operating Systems.
Therefore, there is no way to save archive files when the CPS is
installed on the French version of Windows. Until import laws are
changed such that Microsoft can provide encryption support, this feature
can not be addressed.
4) If you attempt to close a dialog box by pressing the 'X' in the upper
right of the dialog while the application is still busy (the cursor
is shaped like an hourglass), the application may terminate.
5) Reading two radios simultaneously results in an error message.
Computers equipped with two Communication Ports can potentially read
two radios at a time. This is not recommended at present, as error
messages have been observed during simultaneous reading of radios on
different COM ports.
6) The CPS will display the error message "Unable to write header" if you
try to save a codeplug file that has been marked as read-only. To
circumvent this problem, either save the codeplug under a different name
or remove the read-only setting from the codeplug file.
7) The CPS does not warn users when they have opened a codeplug in more
than one application. Information saved in one application will be
overwritten by subsequent saves of the same codeplug in the second
CPS application.
8) In the unlikely event that a FLASHport operation fails, disconnect and
power off the SRIB and radio, and reconnect them again. Retry the
FLASHport operation.
9) When installing CPS and Tuner in Windows NT OS, if you first install CPS
and restart the computer, then install Tuner by the setup.exe of CPS,
click 'Finish' button to restart the computer at the last step, it will
take about three minutes to restart the computer.
We have two recommendation methods to avoid this issue:
(1) Install CPS and Tuner at the same time.
(2) Install CPS and restart the computer, then install Tuner by the
setup.exe of Tuner itself.
10) Feature limitation: Only use iButton by parallel port or USB port at one time.
It's not supported to use iButtons both by parallel port and USB port.
11) Feature limitation: It's recommended to close Advanced System Key Administrator
when loading Advanced System Key to CPS.
12) When upgrading radio by FLASHport,if one error message box is popped out
during upgrading, Menu Item: Tools->FLASHport->Upgrade Radio will be grayed
after press Enter key of Keyboard to close the upgrading window.
We have two recommendation methods to avoid this issue:
(1) Use mouse instead of press Enter Key of Keyboard to close the upgrading
window.
(2) Close and reopen CPS if this situation happens.
Installation:
------------
1) Before installing the MTS2000 CPS, you must uninstall any previously
installed versions of the MTS2000 CPS, and reboot your machine. You
can uninstall the CPS by going to the Windows Control Panel,
double-clicking on Add/Remove Programs, selecting the CPS in the list of
installed programs, and clicking the Add/Remove button. If you insert the
installation CD for the new CPS before uninstalling the old CPS, you will
be presented with a screen containing three buttons: Remove, Modify, and
Repair. You must select Remove to uninstall the old CPS, then reboot your
machine, then install the new CPS.
2) When you insert the Installation CD into the CD-ROM drive, the
installation will start automatically. You may select to install the CPS
or the Tuner or both applications. Follow the on-screen instructions to
install the software.
3) Before uninstalling the CPS, disable the CPS Password if you have
enabled this feature.
4) If a file installed by the CPS later becomes corrupted, the Repair
option on the Installation CD may be used to restore it. It is very
important that the Installation CD for the same version that is
installed on the computer is used for Repair. Use of a different
version in an attempt to Repair an installation will result in further
corruption.
5) Windows NT Installation: If the Install does not find the shlwapi.dll in
*\WINNT\System32 directory, you will need to install Internet
Explorer 4.1 or above to facilitate the XML installation, which is
required for the FLASHport feature of the CPS.
Programming Hints:
------------------
1) You can use your DOS archive files in the MTS2000 CPS without the need
for any conversion process. There is no CPS Archive Converter; you simply
read your DOS archives directly into the CPS. To open a DOS codeplug in
the MTS2000 CPS, select File->Open from the Menu, and change the setting
in the "Files of type" drop-down to "All Files (*.*)". You will then be
able to select any DOS archive and click the "Open" button. When you are
ready to save the archive, select File->Save As from the Menu, and save
your archive as a .cpg (Windows archive) file. The DOS RSS cannot read
archive files saved with this or later versions of Windows CPS.
2) If your DOS archive ends in an extension that Windows recognizes as a
particular file type (*.xls, which Windows recognizes as an Excel file,
for example), you may need to enter the .cpg extension in the Save As
dialog.
3) The first time you start the CPS, you should go to the User Settings
Dialog under the Tools menu and set up the directories where you will
store your system keys.
4) Several user-configurable view items are available under the
View->Options Menu. You can set a color for invalid fields, so that
these fields are more visible. You can also configure whether or not
you wish to confirm deletion of records with a popup window. PLEASE
NOTE that the default for Confirm on Deletion is NO. If you wish to
see a popup menu every time you delete a record, please change this
setting.
5) To get help on a field, press F1 or 'right click' and select 'What's
this?' while you are on the field, or click on the Help button on the
tool bar (an arrow with a question mark) and then click on the field
for which you want to view help.
6) For more information on the features available in the Windows CPS, we
suggest you view our audio-visual help tutorials. They can be accessed
from the CPS menu by selecting Help->CPS Help Topics, and then
double-clicking on CPS Tutorials, then The Tutorials Menu. Then select
the tutorial you wish to view.
Scope:
-----
The MTS2000 CPS R02.03.00 replaces the DOS RSS in all respects except in the
following.
* The CPS does not support Service Mode Tuning (F2 from the Main Menu in
the DOS RSS). Service Mode Tuning functionality is provided in the Tuner
application on this CD.
* The CPS does not support reading or importing the TCMS file format.
For the above two functions, please continue to use the DOS RSS.It may sound silly, but are you sure you are using MCS CPS and not MTS CPS?trofee wrote:I have tried several radios and it just says that
the radio is a UNSUPPORTED MODEL.
If the cover says it does both, there should be 2 separate install CDs in the case...one for each model. It can be ordered that way, part# RVN4177. You can also order each CD separately. The part# for the MCS2000 only would be RVN4175, and MTS2000 would be RVN4176.trofee wrote:Hey Mark,
I looked at the help or about tab in the software and it
does say MTS2000 CPS.
Am I wrong in thinking it does both?
The cover, along with batlabs says it covers the MCS2000, maybe not?
Please help clearify this for me.
If you can, maybe a part number would be good?
I have the RVN41?? VER 2.02.00
Thanks