Recently, I have noticed a number of posts here that have been addressed, or answered in the past, sometimes within a day or two.
I think that it might not be a bad idea to generate a FAQ based on some of the more frequent questions asked around here. Mostly programming issues (like Monty could type something up about a stable programming platform). Or, like someone has just recently posted asking about Lab RSS and it's use (prompting me to make this post). While I am not saying this is a bad question, or that someone shouldn't have posted about it, I am beginning to think that with some sort of FAQ reposts of the same question would be somewhat limited.
I understand most of this can be found by looking at the main site, however, maybe a policy should be generated that would say, do a search for your question before making another post, or make sure you read a FAQ.
I'd be happy to help coordinate development if people are interested and think this is a good idea.
-Alex
Development of a general board FAQ
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<b><font color=lime>Hi:
Point well taken,and it has been considered.
The only issue here is many persons do use
Pentium Class Computers reconfigured to
satisfy their needs. And I am sure a majority
of persons use later model radios ( Like MTS2000's ) and up, as such a Pentium with Windows 95 will work.
Sometimes depending on the Computer and how
its configured, will work to some degree on
Earlier made Motorola radios.
The problem is, many persons have a wide
variety of radio programs from early to late
model radios, ( as in the case of a service
shop ) and its rough to have ( 1 ) Computer
to program a Radius Mobile, then switch to
a MTS Series radio using a Pentium.
And we have a new fellow with his 1.6Ghz Pentium Computer, tries to install a Radius
Mobile Program, and learns real fast that the
SW will not even load.
Its just the Old Radios (Or DOS Based RSS) are not able to deal with the clock speed of the newer computers.
And although the majority is very savy, there may be that 1 or 2 persons who take the advice, try to apply it and blame someone else for a mistake.
If you are using Licensed RSS, in the
Box that the RSS comes in, is a very
large manual which describes in deatil
which Computer Platform is prefered for
the RSS being used.
And is already outlined very well on
batabs if you do the research. One can
make their own choices on what they do
with the information from there.
One thing for sure, it would save me
a lot of typing, and repetitious postings
on the Computer vs RSS issues.
Fortunitely, the shop that I use most often
has a old Clunker 486-25 desktop dedicated to
nothing other than programming radios,
( other brands too ) and its never corrupted
a radio to date, and I can even imagine how
many radios that it has programmed, and never
corrupted a code plug to date.
Monty
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Point well taken,and it has been considered.
The only issue here is many persons do use
Pentium Class Computers reconfigured to
satisfy their needs. And I am sure a majority
of persons use later model radios ( Like MTS2000's ) and up, as such a Pentium with Windows 95 will work.
Sometimes depending on the Computer and how
its configured, will work to some degree on
Earlier made Motorola radios.
The problem is, many persons have a wide
variety of radio programs from early to late
model radios, ( as in the case of a service
shop ) and its rough to have ( 1 ) Computer
to program a Radius Mobile, then switch to
a MTS Series radio using a Pentium.
And we have a new fellow with his 1.6Ghz Pentium Computer, tries to install a Radius
Mobile Program, and learns real fast that the
SW will not even load.
Its just the Old Radios (Or DOS Based RSS) are not able to deal with the clock speed of the newer computers.
And although the majority is very savy, there may be that 1 or 2 persons who take the advice, try to apply it and blame someone else for a mistake.
If you are using Licensed RSS, in the
Box that the RSS comes in, is a very
large manual which describes in deatil
which Computer Platform is prefered for
the RSS being used.
And is already outlined very well on
batabs if you do the research. One can
make their own choices on what they do
with the information from there.
One thing for sure, it would save me
a lot of typing, and repetitious postings
on the Computer vs RSS issues.
Fortunitely, the shop that I use most often
has a old Clunker 486-25 desktop dedicated to
nothing other than programming radios,
( other brands too ) and its never corrupted
a radio to date, and I can even imagine how
many radios that it has programmed, and never
corrupted a code plug to date.
Monty
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Monty -
I can't agree with you more. I think that the problem is that people aren't looking for the possible answer to their question before asking it outright. While I don't mind, the same questions getting asked over and over again that are clearly covered on the main site is growing by the day.
I understand and appreciate the uniquness to peoples setups, I have a a 486/100 that I use to do all my programming and I haven't had a problem yet, knock on wood.
I guess what I would like people to do is to have something to click to get the answer to at least in a general sense so they have some level of understanding, or something to try before they write our their situation. I think it would save them and the people who are taking the time to answer the question, and allow for faster more accurate responses. I know several other boards that do things like this so that a person asks a more informed question, or at least takes the time to do a search and research the information that they are looking for.
-Alex
I can't agree with you more. I think that the problem is that people aren't looking for the possible answer to their question before asking it outright. While I don't mind, the same questions getting asked over and over again that are clearly covered on the main site is growing by the day.
I understand and appreciate the uniquness to peoples setups, I have a a 486/100 that I use to do all my programming and I haven't had a problem yet, knock on wood.
I guess what I would like people to do is to have something to click to get the answer to at least in a general sense so they have some level of understanding, or something to try before they write our their situation. I think it would save them and the people who are taking the time to answer the question, and allow for faster more accurate responses. I know several other boards that do things like this so that a person asks a more informed question, or at least takes the time to do a search and research the information that they are looking for.
-Alex
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I'd be all for that idea, except that a decent FAQ would turn out to be just a scaled-down version of what already exists on BatLabs. The real problem is people not taking the time to look first, & ask later. I don't understand why, you can usually find the answer (or not) on BatLabs within 5 minutes, whereas it may take hours or even days for someone to respond to the post. To each his own, I guess. I do think it would be a good idea for Monty to put one of his super detailed mini-novels on a stable programming platform on the BatLabs site, so we could just direct people there instead of contributing to his carpal tunnel syndrome.
Todd
Todd
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