The APK-CS25 Radio Programming Software is designed to make it easier to program your radio. Details of memory channels and other set menu options of your radio are in the program to access and study at your pace. No more “function key frustration” from trying to set options from the face of the radio.

Memory Channels Include:

• 200 Memory Channels
• 2 Limit Memories
• 1 VFO Channel
• 1 Call Channel

Other Menu Item Categories Include:

• Common 1
• Common 2
• Key Settings
• DTMF
• 2Tone
• 5Tone

The Radio Programmer Is for So Much More than Just Memory Management.

The programming process begins by installing the program. Drivers that are included in the download are installed only on older versions of MacOS (Catalina - 10 or older). This installation is blocked for operating systems that do not need the drivers installed.

Next, make all the connections between the radio and the computer and complete Communications | Get data from radio. This “syncs” the radio and computer. Even if the radio is not yet set up with memory channels, there are details that the programmer needs to get from the radio.

Start setting up details for your radio in a “factory fresh” file (File|New) or in the file that was created when you did Communications | Get data from the radio. Begin by entering a receive frequency (that will be the frequency published for the repeater). When you press Enter or Tab to leave the Receive frequency field, the program will complete details for the channel. Then customize Name and Tone to match the details you have for that local repeater.

Use the links to external data sources (File | External data) built right into the programmer to access repeater details for your area or for a location you plan to visit. Then with just a few button clicks, you have a file with hundreds of entries and all you typed was your location (i.e., zip code or city).

Save your file as you work. This is a computer, after all, and you would hate to lose your work should the system fail. Actually, create and save as many files as you want or need. You could have one file for home, a different one for the vacation house, another for the trip to your son’s house, another for the yearly 3K run and picnic where you help direct traffic and want the radio to be programmed with only the frequencies for that event. Remember, radio programming is an overwrite process. Everything in the radio is replaced by everything in the file.

Limit Memories

Limit Memories are used by the radio for Program Scan, a VFO scan that covers frequencies between the top of bottom limits that usually covers a narrow range in which you are looking for activity.

Program the same details for Limit Memories as for regular memory channels. Many of the Limit Memories are preprogrammed in the radio and while the frequency can be changed to another within the band, they cannot be left blank.

VFO Channels

The program makes available the same VFO’s as in the radio (usually one per band). Remember these are not real memory channels since the details are lost as soon as you tune the radio manually. There is no one button recall for these. You do not need to program into VFO before programming details into a memory channel. These channels are preprogrammed in the radio and while the frequency can be changed to another within the band, they cannot be left blank.

Call Channel

Home/Call channels are special memories accessed through one button recall on the radio. These channels are preprogrammed in the radio and while the frequency can be changed to another within the band, they cannot be left blank.

Common 1 and Common 2

Use these screens to customize many set menu features of the radio:

• Check boxes toggle features on or off
• Drop down menus list all selections
• Blank boxes for personalized entry

These add to the ease of setting up your radio exactly like you want it.

Key Settings

Select a menu option to be accessed through the keys on the face of the radio. Customize these keys to access the functions you need most often.

DTMF

Enter DTMF memory details and customize options for this function of the radio.

2Tone

Set options for a 2Tone paging system.

5Tone

Set options for a 5Tone paging system.

Data management is the key to getting everything you can from your radio. RT Systems Programmers give you many ways to manage and organize frequencies and settings to help you enjoy your radio and activities.

Remember, the program for your radio is specific to this radio model. While cables may work for many models, the programmer must be customized so the radio thinks it is talking to a "twin" of itself. Review Hardware Requirements here for details on operating systems and radio to computer connections.

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