Pacific Crest ADL Vantage User manual

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February2010
P/N:M0082103
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ADLVantageGettingStartedGuide
SetupintheOffice
1. PlugtheADLVantagepowersupplycableintothetransformerandthenintothewall.
2. Attachthetransformer’sSAEconnectorintotheprogrammingcable’sSAEconnector.
3. Attachtheprogrammingcable’sDE‐9connectorintoaserialportonyourPC.IfyourPCdoesnothavea
serialport,youmayuseaserial‐to‐USBadaptor.
4. Attachtheprogrammingcable’sLEMOplug(withthereddotfacingup)intothebottomoftheADL
Vantageradio.Thiswillturntheradioon.
5. InstallADLCONF(foundontheADLVantageCD)onyourPC.
6. LaunchADLCONFandrefertoitsuserguideforinstructionsonconnectingtotheADLVantage
transceiver.TheuserguideisontheADLVantageCDandisalsodisplayedwhenyouclickHelp>User
GuideonADLCONF’smainmenu.Inmostcases,youcansimplyclicktheConnectbuttonontherightof
theADLCONFmainscreen.
7. ItisrecommendedafterconnectingtotheradioforthefirsttimethatyouclickFile>Exportandsavea
copyoftheradio’soriginalconfigurationtoyourPC.Atanytime,youcanreturntheADLVantagetoits
factoryconfigurationbyclickingFile>Importandselectingthisfile.Youwillnotloseanychanneltables
orpersonalizedconfigurationssuchasOwnerNameorCallSignbyimportingaconfigurationfile.

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www.PacificCrest.com
February2010
P/N:M0082103
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SetupintheField
1. AttachtheantennatotheADLVantage,eitherdirectlytothetopoftheradioortoanantennacable.If
youareusingaremoteantenna,screwtheantennaontotheantennaadaptercableandattachthe
adaptortoyourtripod.AttachtheotherendoftheantennacabletothetopoftheADLVantageandclip
theADLVantageontotheslotinonofyourtripod’slegs.
2. HangtheADLVantagefromyourtripodusingthetripodcliponthebackoftheradio.
3. ConnecttheADLVantagetothesourceofthedatayouwilltransmit,forexample,aGPSreceiver,using
thedata/powercable.TheADLVantageradiousesthesamedataconnector–withthesamepinouts‐
foundonthePDLHPBradio.ThismakesitcompatiblewithexistingHPBdatacables.
4. MakesuretheADLVantageisattachedtoitsantenna.
5. Jointhedata/powercable’sSAEconnectortotheADLVantagebattery’sSAEconnector.Thiswillturnthe
ADLVantageon.Iftheradiohadpreviouslybeenpoweredonandthenoff,turnitonagainbypressing
theOn/Offbuttoninthecenterofthefrontpanel.TheADLVantagealsousesthesamebatteryand
desktoppowersupplythatshippedwiththePDLLPB.
6. ThiswillturntheADLVantageon.Iftheradiohadpreviouslybeenpoweredonandthenoff,turniton
againbypressingtheOn/Offbuttoninthecenterofthefrontpanel.TheADLVantage’senhanceduser
interfaceallowsyoutoconfigureandtroubleshootyourADLVantageinthefield.ThetoprowoftheADL
VantageLCDdisplaysthenameofthecurrentlyselectedFWfunction.Presstherightorleftbuttonson
thefrontpaneltodisplayotherfunctionsavailableintheADLVantage.
7. Thebottomrowdisplaysthevariousoptionsfortheselectedfunction.Thecurrentlyactivesettingis
markedwithanasterisk.Toselectanotheroptionforthedisplayedfunction,presstheupordownbutton
todisplaythedesiredparameter.ThenpressEntertoreconfiguretheradiotousethisnewparameter.
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