Gold Apollo AL-A26 Operating instructions

Alpha-Numeric Display Pager
MODEL：
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：AL-A26

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Contents
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Contents
GETTING STARTED .................................................................................................................................................................. 1
E QUIPMENT R EQUIRED -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1
E QUIPMENT S ETUP ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1
INSTALLING PROGRAMMER SOFTWARE......................................................................................................................... 3
I NSTALLATION -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3
R UNNING -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------7
ALA26 PROGRAMMING .......................................................................................................................................................... 8
I NTRODUCTION ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------8
S TARTING THE P ROGRAMMER -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------8
M AIN M ENU ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10
M ENU BAR ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10
F REQ . & C ODES ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12
Frequency------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 12
Capcode (Decimal Address)--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13
Message Type Status------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 15
Auto Increase 1 after write ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 16
A LERTS & S TATUS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17
Alerts and Status---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18
Manu Of Pager ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 21
Manual Write-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 22
Prompts -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 22
P ROMPTS E DIT --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 23
S OURCE P ROMPTS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 24

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Getting Started
The ALA26 Pager Programming software, provides the flexibility to program ALA26
pagers to meet individual requirements. To obtain the best results from the product,
please take a few minutes to read this instruction guide.
Equipment Required
To install and operate the programmer, you need a system that meets the following
minimum requirements:
An personal computer (PC) with printer port, or compatible
Windows 98 SE or above operating system (XP Recommended)
256 MB of RAM
ALA26 Programmer
An USB cable
ALA26 Pager Programming Software
Equipment Setup
Refer to Figure 1 while performing the follows:
1. At the rear of the PC, connect the USB cable to the usb port on your computer.
2. Plug end of the USB cable into the ALA26 programmer.
3. Hardware installation is complete.

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Figure
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Figure 1
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1 Programmer Hardware Connections
Programmer Hardware Connections Programmer Hardware Connections
Programmer Hardware Connections

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Installing Programmer Software
Installation
Install the programmer software into a PC as follows:
1. Uncompress the ALA26(USB)V505.zip and save them in a temporary directory.
2. Double click the setup.exe file. Click on “Y”.
3. Click “Next” on the Welcome screen.

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4. Enter your user information and click “Next”. (Note: you must enter at least a
single character "into the company field)
5. Choose where the program should be installed and click “Next”.

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6. On the Select Program Folder screen choose where you would like the program
to show up in your start menu and click “Install”.

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7. If you had installed USB driver then select reboot now and click “Finish” on the
setup complete screen.
8. If you did not install USB driver, click “OK” to install USB driver.

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9. Please reboot your computer after USB driver and programming software
installed.
Running
You now have the program installed. To run it from the Start menu/ Programs/ Gold
Apollo /ALA26 Pager Programmer

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Introduction
Preparing a Pager for Reading or Programming:
1. Establish a computer hardware configuration.
2. Run the programming software of ALA26.
3. APower LED illuminates on the Programming Interface to indicate proper contact.
If the Power LED did not illuminate then you must check the configuration and
restart the programming software of ALA26.
4. Align the pager contact pin holes with the contact pins of the ALA26 Programmer.
5. Press down on the pager until it is tight in the fixture.
6. Turn the pager off or wait the pager until standby mode. The pager is now ready to
read or program.
Starting the Programmer
1. The application can be launched from Start →Programs →Gold Apollo →ALA26
Pager Programmer. The following window appears:
2. Input your password. If key in wrong password for 3 times, the system shuts off
automatically. If the password is correct, the following window appears:

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3. Now, the system examines that the ALA26 programmer is well installed. If any
questions, the following window appears:
4. Please re-check the ALA26 programmer and printer port are well installed or not.
If connection succeeds with the ALA26 programmer, the system enters the Main
Menu.

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Main Menu
Menu bar
In the menu bar, there are main menus with submenus like those conventionally used
in Windows applications.
GFile | Open
Open the AL924 code-plug file. The file has the extension “.tbl”.
GFile | Save
Save the current code-plug data to a file.
GFile | Save As
Save the current code-plug data to a file with different filename.
GPager | Write
Write the current code-plug data to the pager.

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GPager | Read
Read code-plug data from the pager.
GPager | Verify
Verify the pager data.
GHelp
Information about theAL26 pager programming version.

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Freq. & Codes
Frequency
4Range Of Frequency
You can select the range of frequency and all setting will load default value.
4Frequency Of Pager
The frequency is on which the pager operates.
4POCSAG Signal Baud Rate
The baud rate is on which the pager operates.

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Capcode (Decimal Address)
4Cap #1
Please input 1st Capcode (7 Dec digits between 8 and 2097151).
ON
Enable or disable 2nd Capcode (address).
4Fun. Bit
Click to set function bit(A、B、C、D) message control.

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ִDisable & Disp.
Function Bit(A、B、C、D) Message Display:
 N:STD Number.
 P:PRC Number.
 A:Alpha number.
 I:Ideographic.
 T:Tone only
 D:Disable
ִPriority
Function Bit(A、B、C、D) Priority Alert: V is Enable, - is disable.
ִType
Function Bit(A、B、C、D) Message Type:
P:Personal.
1to 9:Mail Drop 1 to Mail Drop 9.
Ato E:Mail Drop A to Mail Drop E.
G:Group.

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Message Type Status
4Alert Length Select
Click to set personal and mail drop(1~9、A~E) alert length.

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ִPersonal and Group Alert Length
The available selections for all personal and group call messages alerts are:
 02:2 sec.
 08:8 sec.
 16:16 sec.
 32:32 sec.
 CT:continuous.
ִMail Drop Alert Length
The available selections for mail drop messages alerts are:
 --:Disable.
 BP:Short Beep.
 01:1 sec.
 16:16 sec.
Auto Increase 1 after write
1st Capcode Auto Increase
1st capcode always increment by one after write.
2nd Capcode Auto Increase
2nd capcode always increment by one after write.

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Alerts & Status

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Alerts and Status
Duplicate Msg. Detect
If it is selected, duplication detection is performed on all personal messages with
the same message type as the new message, on a character by character basis.
Error characters are ignored during the check. If all non-error characters in both
messages match, the existing matching message is flagged as a duplicate. The
message with the least number of errors is stored and the other messages are
discarded. Duplication is not performed on mail-drop messages.
Discard Error Msg.
If it is selected, error message will be discarded.
Disp. Source Addr. ON
If it is selected, the message will show the address source at last.
4Battery Gauge Level-High
This value represents the battery voltage level necessary for the battery gauge to
display a full battery. If the battery voltage is higher or equal to this value, the full
battery gauge icon is displayed. Valid selections are: 1.58V, 1.53V, 1.48V, 1.43V,
1.39V, 1.35V, 1.29V, 1.23V, 1.19V, 1.14V, 1.09V, 1.05V, and 1.00V. The High
level must be greater than the Med level, and the Med level Must be greater than
the Low level. None of the levels can be equal to each other.