Entel Programmer

Radio Programming Software

User Guide

R1.1

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TABLEOFCONTENTS:
GENERAL DESCRIPTION: .......................................................................................................................................... 3
PREPARING THE RADIO PROGRAMMING MODE: ......................................................................................... 3
PUT THE RADIO INTO FLASH MODE:...................................................................................................................... 4
FOR FIRMWARE BEFORE 2.0.3.0 USE THE 4,3,2,1 METHOD:.............................................................................. 4
FOR FIRMWARE VERSION 2.0.3.0 OR GREATER USE UPGRADE MODE: ....................................................... 5
CONNECTION ERROR MESSAGE:...................................................................................................................... 5
UPGRADING THE RADIOS BOOTLOADER: ......................................................................................................... 6
UPGRADING FIRMWARE:......................................................................................................................................... 7
UPDATE THE FUNCTION IMAGE:............................................................................................................................. 8
UPDATING THE PROGRAMMING DATA OF THE RADIO: .................................................................................. 9
USING ENTEL PROGRAMMER: .............................................................................................................................. 10
HOW TO USE ENTEL PROGRAMMER: .............................................................................................................. 10
WRITING DATA BACK TO THE RADIO:............................................................................................................. 10
WORKING WITH CODEPLUGS: ............................................................................................................................. 11
SAVING A CODEPLUG FROM A RADIO: ................................................................................................... 11
WRITING A CODEPLUG TO A RADIO: ........................................................................................................ 11
RADIO INFORMATION:........................................................................................................................................... 11
GENERAL AND SETTINGS - BUTTON FUNCTIONS: ............................................................................................. 12
CHANNEL MENU:..................................................................................................................................................... 13
TUNING A RADIOS TRANSMITTER:....................................................................................................................... 14
PREPARING FOR TUNING: ................................................................................................................................. 14
TUNING THE RADIO: ............................................................................................................................................ 14
TUNING A RADIOS RECEIVER:............................................................................................................................. 15
SET THE RECEIVER FILTERS: ................................................................................................................................. 15
SET THE MASTER SQUELCH: ............................................................................................................................... 15
APPLY AND WRITE: .............................................................................................................................................. 15
TESTING A TUNED RADIO:...................................................................................................................................... 16
TESTING THE RADIO TRANSMITS CORRECTLY: .............................................................................................. 16
TESTING THE RADIO RECEIVES CORRECTLY: ................................................................................................. 16
MANAGING ENTEL PROGRAMMER MODELS:.................................................................................................. 17
HOW TO ADD AND REMOVE MODELS IN ENTEL PROGRAMMER: .......................................................... 17
HOW TO UPDATE MODELS:............................................................................................................................... 19
HOW TO IMPORT MODELS INTO ENTEL PROGRAMMER:........................................................................... 20
HOW TO UPDATE SYSTEM FILES ............................................................................................................................ 21
UPDATE SYSTEM FILES VIA AUTOUPDATE ....................................................................................................... 21

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GENERALDESCRIPTION:
EntelProgrammerisashellthatrequiresmodelspecific.dll(s)installedbeforeaspecificradioscanbe
programmed.
Thisguideoutlineshowtoaddandremove.dlland.fw(firmware),updatefirmware,program,andtunetheradios.
Note:The.dllmustmatchthefirmwareinstalledinthetargetradio(anerrormessagewithadvicewillbedisplayed
ifthereisamismatch).
TheEntelProgrammersupportsautoandmanualupdatesovertheinternetormanuallybyimportingfilesfroma
USBdrive,CDetc.

PREPARINGTHERADIOPROGRAMMINGMODE:
1.1 Removetheaccessorycovertorevealtheaccessorysocket.

HXAccessorySocket
HTAccessorySocket

1.2 Connecttheprogrammingleadtotheradiosaccessorysocket,attachingtheotherendtoyourcomputers
serialport(onlyfingertight).

HTProgrammingLead
HXProgrammingLead
1.3 IfyourPCdoesnothaveaserialportwestronglyrecommendusingEntelsUSBtoSerialconverterand
driver(thedriverisincludedwithEntelprogrammer).
1.4 PuttheradioinProgrammingMode:
ForNonMarineModels:Turntheradioonwhileholdingthelowerbuttononthesideoftheradio(see
imagebelow).

ForMarineModels:TurntheradioonwhileholdingtheUP andDOWN buttonsonthefront

oftheradio(seeimagebelow).
ThiswillcausetheradiotobeeponceandtheLEDtoflashbetweenGREENandORANGEandonLCD
ModelstodisplayProgrammingmodeProgress

HTSideButton HXSideButton MarineRadios

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PUTTHERADIOINTOFLASHMODE:
Thefollowingstepsarenotnecessaryiftheradioisknowntohavethelatestsoftware.Ifthisisthecase,pleasego
tostep9foraprogrammingguide.

2.1 Puttheradioin"ProgrammingMode"byturningtheradioonwhileholdingthelowerbuttononthesideof
theradio.ThiswillcausetheradiotobeeponceandtheLEDtoflashbetweenGREENandORANGE.

HTSideButton HXSideButton

2.2 InEntelProgrammer,readtheradiobyselecting"Radio\Read"onthe
menubarORclickontheReadbutton.
2.3 Whilsttheradioisbeingreadyouwillseeaprogressbar.
2.4 Ifyouexperienceanyconnectionproblems,pleasedownloadthe
"HowToResolveAConnectionProblem"document,availablefromtheEntelWebsite.
2.5 ChecktheFirmware
VersionNo(FWVER)of
theradioonEntel
Programmersinfobar.
E.g.2.0.3.8.

Ifthefirmwareversionnumberispriorto2.0.3.0movetoStep3,iftheversionis2.0.3.0orgreaterfollow
Step4.

FORFIRMWAREBEFORE2.0.3.0USETHE4,3,2,1METHOD:
3.1 Specialinstructionsfornondisplayradiosonly:
Ensuretheradiosfirst7channelsareprogrammedwithchanneldata.
Changethechanneltochannel3.
3.2 Turntheradioonandwaitfortheradiotobootfully,thiswillbesignalledby1sharpbeepsfollowedby
severalquickbeeps.
3.3 Swiftlybutaccuratelyturnthevolumeencoder/channelselector4positionsclockwise,3positionsanti
clockwise,2positionsclockwise,1positionanticlockwiseandthenfor:
TheHXseriespressthePTTbutton(thelargetransmitbuttonontheleftsideoftheradio)andtheradio
shouldbeeptwice.
TheHTseriesmomentarilypressthePowerButton.
3.4 Turntheradiooff,waitacoupleofsecondsandturntheradioonagain.
3.5 OnLCDmodelsyoushouldsee'EntelUpgradeSystem'andversionnumber(normallyv1.6).TheLEDshould
constantlyglowGREEN,exceptonolderversions(beforev1.6)wheretheradiosLEDwillextinguish.Totest
iftheradioisinflashupdatemodepressthePTT,iftheLEDgoesREDtheradioisnotinflashupdatemode.
Thisprocesscansometimesbealittledifficultandmaytakeseveraltries.
NowgotoStep6.

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FORFIRMWAREVERSION2.0.3.0ORGREATERUSEUPGRADEMODE:
4.1 OpenFlashWriterbyclickingonthe iconintheEntel
Programmersmenubar.

4.2 InFlashWriterselectthefirmwarefortheradiobypressing
theopensource""buttonandthenselectingthefirmwarefileforthemodelofradioe.g.theHT783

4.3 InFlashWriterpressthe"Upgrademode"button.

4.4 Thiswilldisplaya"GotoUpgradeMode"window,presstheproceedbutton.
4.5 NextFlashWriterwilldisplayan"Information"windowaskingyoutoturntheRadioOffandOn.Pressthe
OKButton.RadioswithanLCDwillnowdisplay"Toupgrade.RESETPOWER".
4.6 Turntheradiooff,waitacoupleofsecondsandturntheradioonagain.
4.7 OnLCDmodelsyoushouldsee'EntelUpgradeSystem'andbootloaderversionnumber.TheLEDshould
constantlyglowGREEN,exceptonolderversions(beforev1.6)wheretheradiosLEDwillextinguish.Totest
iftheradioisinflashupdatemodepressthePTT,iftheLEDisREDtheradioisnotinflashupdatemode.
ProceedtoStep6.

CONNECTIONERRORMESSAGE:
Ifyougettheconnectionerrormessagebelow,pleasecheck:
Iftheradioisinprogrammingmode,theradiosLEDshouldflashbetweenGREENandORANGE.
IftheradioisinFlashUpgrademodetheradiosLEDshouldbesolidGREEN.
Theradioprogrammingleadisproperly
connectedtotheradioandthecomputers
serialport.
Theversionoffirmwareintheradioisafter
version2.0.3.0.
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UPGRADINGTHERADIOSBOOTLOADER:
ThissectionisonlyrelevantforHXmodelsthathavehadtheLCDupgradedtoatype2unitandthescreenisnow
displayingjustablackbox.TheLCDsoftwarepackisavailablefromtheEntelWebsiteat:
http://www.entel.co.uk/updates/LCDSoftwareUpgrade.zip

Toupgradetheradiosbootloaderwheninflashupdatemode:
5.1 OpentheFlashWriterapplicationbyselectingtheFlash
WritericonontheStartMenuorbypressingtheFlash
Writericon inEntelProgrammerstoolbar.
5.2 InFlashWriterselectthesourcefile
fortheradiobypressingthe""button
andthenselectthelatestversionof
thebootloader.
5.3 Nextpressthe
"Program"button,alistofinstallationoperationsshould
thenbedisplayedwithastatusbar.
5.4 Theinstallationofthebootloaderwillbe
completewhenthestatusbarhasreachedtheendandoperationlistshouldstate:"Programending,
connectionClosed."andtheradiosLEDwillgloworange.
5.5 Turntheradiooff.
NowgotoStep6.

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UPGRADINGFIRMWARE:
UsingtheFlashWriterapplication,theradiomustbe
turnedonandinFlashupdatemode(Seestep2).
6.1 Pressthe"Program"buttontoupdatethe
firmware,theoperationandstatusfieldswill
displayalistofinstallationoperationsalongwith
astatusbar.








6.2 TheupdateofthefirmwarewillbecompletewhenthestatusbarhasreachedtheendandanewFlash
WriterinformationwindowisdisplayedandtheradiosLEDwillglowORANGE.
6.3 ClickOK.












6.4 ClickExit.

6.5 TurntheradiooffandgotoStep8.

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UPDATETHEFUNCTIONIMAGE:
FunctionImagesareNOTdownloadedautomaticallybyEntelProgrammersautoupdatetoolandtheyareNOT
availableviaEntelswebsite.InsteadifyouneedtoupdatethefunctionimageofyourradiocontactEntelwith
yourradiosmodelnumberandfirmwareversionandtheywillsupplyyouwiththefunctionimagethatyou
require.

DONOTLOADAFUNCTIONIMAGEINTOARADIOUNLESSYOUARECERTAINITISTHECORRECTVERSION.

Toupdatethefunctionimageoftheradio,ensuretheradioisinprogrammingmode(seestep1)then:

7.1 OpenFlashWriterbyclickingonthe iconinEntel

Programmersmenubar.

7.2 UsingtheFlashWriterapplicationselectthe
FunctionImagetoupdateusingthesource""
buttonandthenselectthesuitableFunctionImage
(.FI)fileforyourmodelnumberandfirmware
versionofyourradio.
7.3 Nextpressthe"Program"buttontoupdatethe
FunctionImage,theoperationandstatusfieldswill
displayalistofinstallationoperationsalongwitha
statusbar.
7.4 TheupdateoftheFunctionImagewillbecomplete
whenthestatusbarhasreachedtheend,andthe
operationlistshouldstate:
"CompletedownloadingFIdata"
theLEDwillflashbetweenGREENandORANGEto
indicateitisstillinprogrammingmode.
7.5 Turntheradiooff.
Onceyoupoweruptheradioitwillnowusetheupdatedfunctionimagefortheradio.

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UPDATINGTHEPROGRAMMINGDATAOFTHERADIO:

IfFlashWriterdisplaysamessageliketheonebelowpleasefollowthesesteps:

8.1 Theradiomustbeinprogrammingmode,seeStep1.
8.2 OpenEntelProgrammerandreadtheradiobyselecting
"Radio\Read"inEntelProgrammersMenuBarorclickontheRead
button.
8.3 Thiswilldisplayaprogressbar,whilethetheradioisbeingread.






8.4 Nowwritetheupdatedprogramdatatotheradiobyselecting"Radio\Write"onEntelProgrammersmenu
barorclickontheWritebutton,whilethedataisbeingwrittenyouwill
seeaprogressbar.
Youhavenowupgradedyourradiosprogrammingdata.

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USINGENTELPROGRAMMER:

HOWTOUSEENTELPROGRAMMER:
TodisplayaradiosconfigurationwithEntelProgrammer:
9.1 Puttheradiointoprogrammingmode,seeStep1.
9.2 OpenEntelProgrammerandreadtheradiobyselecting
"Radio\Read"inEntelProgrammersMenuBarorclickontheReadbutton.
9.3 Thiswilldisplayaprogressbar,whilethetheradioisbeingread.






9.4 Onceyouhavereadtheradio,atreemenucontainstheradios
configurationsettingswillbedisplayedwiththefollowingmenuItems:
RadioInformation:Containstheradiosgeneralinformationincludingits
serialnumber,theradiosband,batteryoptions,logoandradioname.
GeneralandSettings:Thiswindowhas2maintabs:
General:Thiscontainsthemainsettingsandconfigurationforthe
radioincluding:VOXoptions,Volumecontrols,KeyLockand
othersettings.
Button:Thisfeatureallowsyoutoassignbuttonfunctionstothe
menu.
Channel:Thiscontainsthechanneldatafortheradioincludingthe
frequencies,alias,andtheotherchanneloptions.
Scan:Thescanwindowallowsyoutocreatescansthatcanbeusedto
scanthechannelsindifferentwaysorwithdifferentoptions.
Selcall:Selcallradioswilldisplayafoldercontaining5menuitems:
SystemTable:Thesystemtablewindowcontainsthe
configurationfortheselcallsequences,includingtheirformat
andtimings.
EncodeTable:Thistablecontainsalistoftheselcallencodesequences.
DecodeTable:Thistablecontainsalistoftheselcalldecodesequences.
ContactsTable:ThistablecontainstheradioIDfortheradiobeingconfiguredandalistofthe
radiosnamesandIDsfortheradiositwillcommunicatewith.
SafetyConfig:Thesafetywindowcontainscontrolsfortheemergency,loneworkerandmandown
functions.
TRXTuning:SelectingthismenuitemwilldisplaytheTXandRXTuningScreensfortuningthetransmitter
andreceiver.Formoreinformationsee:TUNINGARADIOSTRANSMITTER:section14andTUNINGA
RADIOSRECEIVER:section15.

WRITINGDATABACKTOTHERADIO:
Onceyouhavefinishedmodifyingtheconfigurationoftheradiowritethe
configurationbacktotheradioby:
9.5 Selecting"Radio\Write"intheEntelProgrammersmenubarorclickon
theWritebutton,whilethedataisbeingwrittenyouwillseeaprogress
bar.

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WORKINGWITHCODEPLUGS:
Codeplugscontainallthechanneldataandconfigurationsettingsforaradioandareaneasywaytotransfera
radiossettingsfromonetoanothertoensuretheywillcommunicatetoeachotherorjustbackupyourradios
settings.

SAVINGACODEPLUGFROMARADIO:
TosavethesettingsofaradiointoaCodeplug,selectFile\SaveAs"inthe
EntelProgrammersmenubarorclicktheSavebutton
andthenusingtheSaveAswindowtoselectthefilenameandlocationthat
youwanttosavethecodeplugtoo.

WRITINGACODEPLUGTOARADIO:
TowriteacodeplugselectFile\Open"intheEntelProgrammersmenubarorpresstheOpenbutton,
thenusingtheopenwindowselectthecodeplugfilethatyouwanttowrite
intotheradio.WritetheCodeplugtotheradiobyselecting"Radio\Write"in
theEntelProgrammersmenubarorclickontheWritebutton,whilethe
dataisbeingwrittenyouwillseeaprogressbar.

RADIOINFORMATION:
TheRadioInformationcontainsthefollowing
information:
SerialNumber:Theserialnumberforthe
radio.
FrequencyRange:Thefrequencyrangeforthe
radio.
BatteryChargeCount:Thechargecountfor
theradio.
ReplaceBatteryText:Thetextthatis
displayedoncethebatterychargecount
reachesitslimit.
CustomerName:Thenameofthecustomer,thisinformationisstoredintheradiobutnotdisplayed.
ReadProtectPassword:Thisisasecuritymeasurethatpreventscurrentdataintheradiobeingviewedwithout
thecorrectpassword.Newdatacanstillbewrittentotheradio,however,thiswillerasethepreviousdataon
theradio.
SwitchOnMsg:AmessagethatisdisplayedinplaceofthestartuplogoonradioswithLCD.
TurnOnImage:ThisallowsyoutoreplaceEntelslogowithacustomerlogo.
Update:ThisisashortcuttoopenEntelFlashwriter.

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GENERALANDSETTINGSBUTTONFUNCTIONS:
Thebuttontabofthegeneralwindowallowsyou
toassignbuttonfunctionstotheshortandlong
pressesoftheradiosbuttons.Notallbutton
functionswillbeapplicabletoallmodels.
Thebuttonfunctionsare:
H/M/LPower:Thisfunctionallowsyouto
togglethepoweroftheradiostransmitfrom
high,mediumtolow.Thisfunctionalsoneeds
tobeenabledinthechannelwindow.
VOX:VOX(voiceoperatedtransmit)isusedto
enabletransmissionondetectionofspeech
(handsfreemode).
MonitorOn/Off(tonedefeat):Themonitor
functionremovesthefiltersfortheradio
allowingtheusertohearalltransmissions
andthetonedefeatalsomeanstheradiowill
receiveallsignalsregardlessofthesubtone.
MonitorOn/Off(SquelchandToneDefeat):
Themonitorfunctionremovesthefiltersfor
theradioallowingtheusertohearalltransmissionsandthetonedefeatalsomeanstheradiowillreceiveall
signalsregardlessofthesubtoneandthesquelchmeansthesquelchthresholdhasbeenremoved.
BeepMute(On/Off):Thisfunctionmutesorunmutestheradioskeyandbuttonbeeps.
TalkaroundOn/Off:Talkaroundallowsahalfduplexchanneltobeusedasasimplexchannelbymakingthe
transmitparametersidenticaltoreceiveparameters.
NuisanceDelete:Nuisancedeleteenablestheusertotemporarilydeleteanuisancechannel(onethatis
constantlyreceivinginterferenceforexample)fromthescanlist.
ScramblerOn/Off:Enablingthescramblerdistortsanytransmissionsothatonlyanotherradiowiththesame
scramblerinversionpointcanunderstandthetransmission.
VoiceannunciationOn/Off:Iffittedthevoiceannunciationboardwillspeakthechannelnumberselected.
PanicAlarmSiren:Thepanicalarmsirenemitsahighpitched,fullvolumesirentonethroughtheradios
loudspeakeronpress.
FixedCall:AcallsequencethatcanbeinitiatedwithapressofaFixedCallbutton.Callsequencescanbe
allocatedtothefixedcallsoptionintheSystemTable.Eachsystemtablehas6fixedcallsthatcanbeallocated
tocallsequencesintheEncodeTable.
LoneWorkerOn/Off:Thisenabledordisabledtheloneworkerfunction.
ManDownOn/Off:Thisenabledordisabledthemandownfunction.
Emergency:Settingabuttontoemergencywillmanuallytriggeranemergencyalarmuponpresssimilartolone
workorthemandownfunctions.TheserequireSelcall/5Toneprogrammingtofunctioncorrectly.
KeyLock:Togglingthisfeatureslocksandunlocksallofthebuttonstostopbuttonsfromaccidentallybeing
pressed.
SquelchLevel:Thisfunctionallowstheusertochangethecurrentsquelchlevelviathecontrols.
SelcallMute/Unmute:Uponpressingthebutton,thechannelwillunmuteandbecomeanopenchannel
allowingallreceivedsignalstobeheard.
FixedChannel:Thisfeatureallowstheusertoaccesstoaparticularchannelinstantlyatapressofa
buttonwithoutnavigatingthroughalargenumbersofchannels.Itwillreverttothepreviouschannelwhenthe
buttonispressedagain.
ContactList:ThisbuttondisplaystheContactListmenu.
AudioMute:Thisfunctionwillputtheradioincompletesilentmode.Thespeakerandkeybeepwillbe
disableduntiltheaudiomuteisturnedoff.Theaudiomutecanalsobeturnedoffonchannelorvolume
change.
PTTButton:ThisfunctionconvertsafunctionbuttontoaPushToTalk(PTT)button.
PTT+FixedCH:SimilartoPTT,thisfeatureutilisesaFixedChannelspecifiedintheChanneltable,switchesto
thatchannelandtransmits,foraslongasthebuttonremainsheld.
Shunting:Whenassignedasshuntingishelddowntwoaudibletoneswillbeemittedlocallyandtransmittedon
thecurrentchannelsfrequency.

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CHANNELMENU:

Toenterthechanneldataoftheradiofirstselect"Channel"todisplaythechannelwindow.Notallfeatureslisted
belowareapplicabletoallmodels.

ChannelName Thenameofthechannel,whichisdisplayedontheLCD.
RXFrequency Thefrequencythattheradiowillreceiveon.
RXSubtone Thesubtonethatisrequiredfortheradiotoreceivethetransmission.
TXFrequency Thefrequencythattheradiowilltransmiton.
TXSubtone Thesubtonethatistransmittedwiththeradiostransmissionstoensureprivacy.
12.5/20/25kHz Thisfieldstatesthechannelsspacingforthefield,whetheritwillbe12.5,20or25kHz.
Thisfieldcontrolsthepowerleveltheradiowilltransmiton,Hforhighpower,Mfor
PWRorPower mediumpowerandLforlowpoweronly.Aradiospowercanbechangedduringuseusing
theH/M/LPowerbuttonfunction.
PowerInhibit ThisfieldcontrolsifthepowerwillbefixedtothepowerlevelsetinthePWRfield.
Ifasquelchtaileliminatorisset,theradiowilltransmitthisafterthePTTisreleasetonotify
SquelchTail
thereceivingradiothatthespeakerneedstobeclosed.Thisremovesthepshtsquelchtail
Eliminator
noisefromthereceivingradio.
Controlshowtheradiowillbehaveifittriestotransmitwhenitisalreadyreceivingasignal.
OFFTheradiowillallowtransmissionifthePTTispressedwhenthechannelisbusy.
(Defaultsetting)
Carriertheradiowon'tallowtransmissionifthePTTispressedwhenthechannelis
busywithorwithoutCTCSS/DCStone.
TXLockOut
Owntonetheradiowon'tallowtransmissionifthePTTispressedwhenthechannelis
busywithamatchingCTCSS/DCStone.
Incorrecttonetheradiowon'tallowtransmissionifthePTTispressedwhenthe
channelisbusybutwithoutamatchingCTCSS/DCStone.Theradiowillnotlockoutifthe
busychanneliswithoutCTCSS/DCStone.
Scramblesatransmissionorreceivedaudiowithasetfrequencyscramblecode.Thereare
Scramble twopresetcodesandtwocustomcodesavailable.Scramblecanbeassignedviaabuttonor
settobealwaysenabledonaperchannelbasis.
Talkaroundenablesahalfduplexchanneltobeusedasasimplexchannelbymakingthe
TalkAround transmitparametersidenticaltoreceiveparameters.Select'On'toallowtoggling
Talkaroundonthischannel.Talkaroundmustbeassignedtoaprogrammablebutton.
Hide Thisfieldstateswhetherthechannelwillbeavailableonthechannellist.
Assignsascansequencetoachannel.ThesesequencesneedtobedefinedintheScan
ScanList
window.
TheFixedchanneloptionlinkstothebuttonwindowandrequiresacorrespondingfixed
FxCH channelbuttontobeassigned.Whenthebuttonispressedtheradiowillsnaptothis
channel.
5Toneradioswillhaveasystemtablefieldthatallowsaselcall(SelectiveCalling)setupto
SystemTable
beappliedtoachannel.

Pleaserefertothehelpfilesforspecificmodelfeaturesandfunctions.Helpfilesmaybeaccessedbypressingthe
Helpbuttonontheprogrammingwindows.

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TUNINGARADIOSTRANSMITTER:

PREPARINGFORTUNING:
14.1 ConnecttheradiotothetestsetbyconnectingtheradiosantennasockettoyourtestsetsRFIN\OUTport
viaacoaxcable.
14.2 SwitchthetestsettoTransmitter
testingmode.
14.3 Nowreadtheradiobyselecting
"Radio\Read"onEntel
ProgrammersMenuBarORby
clickingtheReadbutton.
14.4 Ontheradiostreemenuselectthe"TRx
Tuning"menuitem.
14.5 Thiswillcausethe"Dialog"windowtopopup, presstheproceedbuttonto
displaythetuningwindowandselectthe"TXtuning"tab.

TUNINGTHERADIO:
14.6 Settingthefrequencyoscillation:Selectthe"Freq.
oscillation"optionbuttonandusethetuning
bartoadjustthevalueinthetextboxsothat
theTXfrequencyoftheTestSetmatchesthe
frequencyvalueinred.
14.7 SettingtheTXpower:Tunethetransmittingpower
oftheradioonhighandlowpowerby
selectingtheoptionbuttonforthepower
(POWER_HIorPOWER_LOW)andforthe
frequencyofthebandthenusethetuning
bartoadjustthenumberinthe
correspondingtextboxuntilthepoweronthe
testsetisthecorrectvalue.E.g.thehighvalueof
399.950000issetto101.Mostmodelsoffera
CalculateMidPowerbutton.
14.8 SettingthePLdeviation:Onyourtestset,set
theAFfiltersto300Hz,selectthe"PL(CTCSS)
Deviation"optionbuttonandusethetuningbarto
tunethechangethevalueuntiltheTestSetshows
amodfrequencyof67.0HzandtheLevelto0.7
kHz.
14.9 SettingtheDPLdeviation:Nextselectthe"DPL
(DCS)Deviation"optionbuttonandusethetuning
bartochangetheDCSdeviationusingthesame
methodasPLdeviationtuning.
14.10 Applyandwrite:Finallyapplythechangesby
pressing

the"Apply"andthenthe"Write"buttontowritethe

TXtuningdatatotheradio.

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TUNINGARADIOSRECEIVER:
OntheTuningWindowselectthe"RXtuning"tabofthewindowandonyourtestsetselecttheRXmodesothat
thescreendisplays"RECEIVERTEST".

SETTHERECEIVERFILTERS:
15.1 Setthelevelonyourtestsetto120.0dBm
15.2 Selecttheoptionbuttonofthefilterthatyou
aregoingtotune.
15.3 Nextsetthe"GenFrequency"ofthetestsettothe
valueofthefilter(e.g.399.925000).
15.4 Thenusethetuningbartochangethevalue
untilyourcanheartheclearest
signal.
15.5 Pressthe"SetSquelch"button.
15.6 Thisshouldentersquelchdataintothe2
columnsnexttothewindow.

SETTHEMASTERSQUELCH:
15.7 Selectthesquelchleveldropdownlistandset
itto"Custom",thiswillselectanRXfilteroption
button.
15.8 NextontheTestSet,setthelevelto
120dBmandonEntelProgrammerpressthe"Set
MasterSquelch"buttontogeneratethesquelch
data.
15.9 Thensetthesquelchlevelbarto120dBm.

APPLYANDWRITE:
OnceyouhavetunedtheRadiosReceiverwritetheRX
tuningdatatotheradiobypressingthe"Apply"buttonandthenthe"Write"button.

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TESTINGATUNEDRADIO:

TESTINGTHERADIOTRANSMITSCORRECTLY:
OnyourTestSetselecttheTXmodesotheTestSetdisplays"TRANSMITTERTEST"andselectachanneltotest,
whichyouthechanneldataof.
Nowtransmitbyholdingdownthe
PTTbutton.
16.1 Frequency:Verifythe"TX
FREQ"displayedisthesame
asthetransmittingfrequency
ofthechannel.
16.2 Power:Verifythe"POWER"
displayedisthecorrectHigh
Powerforthechannel.
16.3 Subtones:Ifyouareusing
subtonesonthechannel
lowertheAFfiltersonthe
testsetuntilthe"FILTER"is
300Hz,thenwhile
transmittingcheckthe"MOD
FREQ"oftheTestSet,which
willstatetheCTCSSsubtone
theradioistransmittingon.
Ifthefrequencyorsubtonesareincorrect,puttheradiobackintoprogrammingmode,readtheradioagainand
checkthechanneldatatoensureyouhaveenteredthecorrectdataandthatithasbeenwrittentotheradio.
Ifthepowerisincorrectputtheradiointoprogrammingmode,readit,selectTRXtuningandcheckthepower
valuesofallthe4frequencieswithintheband.

TESTINGTHERADIORECEIVESCORRECTLY:
Totestiftheradioreceivesclearly
onyourtestsetselecttheRXMode
sothatitsscreendisplays
"RECEIVERTEST".Nextsetthe
parametersforthechannel:
16.4 Frequency:PresstheTest
Sets"FREQ"buttonand
enterthegeneralfrequency
astheRXfrequencyofthe
channelyouaretestingand
presstheMHzbutton.
16.5 Level:PresstheTestSets
LEVELbuttonandsetthe
levelas100dBm.
16.6 Subtones:Ifthechannelhas
subtones,youwillneedto
enterthem,themethodwill
dependonthemodelofyour
testset,youshouldconsult
themanualforthetestset,butmostwilleitherhavea"Tones"buttonthatactivatesamenuwithasub
audibletoneoption.
Onceyouhavesetupthetestsetshouldgenerateatestsignal,whichyoushouldhearclearlythroughthespeaker
ofyourradio,ifyouhearinterferenceyoushouldretuneyourradio(Seestep15TUNINGARADIOSRECEIVER:).

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MANAGINGENTELPROGRAMMERMODELS:
Outlinedbelowaredescriptionsonhowtoaddandremove.dll,.fw(firmware)andupdatesystemprogramfiles.
Note:The.dllmustmatchthefirmwareinstalledinthetargetradio(anerrormessagewithadvicewillbedisplayed
ifthereisamismatch).

HOWTOADDANDREMOVEMODELSINENTELPROGRAMMER:
HowtoaddandremovemodelsfromEntelProgrammerviaaninternetconnection:
17.1 OnEntelProgrammersMenuBarselect"About"then
"Update/ShowVersionInfo".
17.2 TheUpdateWindowwillappear,clickonthe
"Add/RemoveModels"button.

17.3 Thiswilldisplaythe"Add/RemoveModels"window,whichshowsthechannelsthatareavailabletobe
addedontheleftandthosealreadyinstalledontherightfield.

17.4 ToAddamodelclickonthemodelinthe
"AvailableModels"fieldtohighlightitand
thenpressthe
">>"buttontotransferittothe"Installed
Models"list,newmodelswillbe
highlightedredE.g.HT446EandHT446L
willbeadded.

17.5 ToRemoveamodelclickonthemodelon
the"InstalledModels"fieldtohighlightit
andthenpressthe
"<<"buttontotransferittothe"Available
Models"field,modelsthatwillbe
removedwillbehighlightedredonthe
AvailableModelsfieldE.g.HT716and
HT716T.
17.6 Onceyouhavemadethechangesthat
youwantpressthe"Next"button.

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 17.7 Thiswillcausean"UpdateProgress"windowtobe
displayed,whichwilllistthenewmodelsthathavebeen
addedandthemodelsthathavebeenremoved.
Oncetheprocessesarecompleteditwillstate
"Filesupdated".
17.8 Nowpressthe"Next"buttontoclosethewindow.




17.9 OnceanyupdateshavebeenperformedEntelProgrammerwillneedtorestartsothatthechangescanbe
applied,torestartEntelProgrammerclickonthe"OK"button.

17.10 EntelProgrammerwillnowrestartapplyingthechangesyouhaverequested.

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HOWTOUPDATEMODELS:
ToupdateexistingmodelstoensurethatyouhavethelatestversionoffirmwareandmodelDLLs:
17.11 OnEntelProgrammersMenuBarselect:"Aboutthen
Update/ShowVersionInfo".

17.12 Ifanupdateisavailableitwillbeindicatedinredtextinthe
'Update'window.







17.13 NextontheUpdateWindowwillappear,clickonthe"Update"button.














17.14 Thiswillcausean"UpdateProgress"windowtobedisplayed,whichwilllistthenewmodelsthathavebeen
updatedaswellanymodelsthathavebeenaddedandthemodelsthatwillberemoved.Oncetheprocesses
arecompleteditwillstate"FileUpdated".

Nowpressthe"Next"buttontoclosethewindow.

17.15 OnceanyupdateshavebeenperformedEntelProgrammerwillneedtorestartsothatthechanges
canbeapplied,torestartEntelProgrammerclickonthe"OK"button.

17.16 EntelProgrammerwillnowrestartapplyingthechangesyouhaverequested.

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HOWTOIMPORTMODELSINTOENTELPROGRAMMER:
17.17 Youshouldonlyneedtousethisprocedureifyoudonothaveaninternetconnectiononyour
programmingPC.
17.18 Youwillneedtheupdatefilesavailableonyourharddrive,portablemedia(USBsticketc),orovera
network.
17.19 Theupdatefilesmayeitherbe
requestedfromEntelordownloaded
directlyfromourwebsiteat:
www.entel.co.uk\updates
additionalfilessectionwherethere
isanoptiontodownload:
AllModelUpdates
OR
IndividualModelDLLsand
Firmware (.fw).

17.20 ToimporttheseupdatesintoEntelProgrammer:
OnEntelProgrammersMenuBarselect:
"File\ImportModelFiles".

Nextusingthe"OpenFile"window,browsetothe
locationoftheFirmwareorModelDLLstobe
addedtoEntelProgrammer,selectthemandclick
ok.

IfyoualreadyhaveaDLL\Firmwareforthismodel
youmaybeaskedtooverwritetheexistingfile,
select"YES"or"YESFORALL".


OncetheupdateshavebeenperformedEntel
Programmerwillneedtorestartsothatthe
changescanbeapplied,torestartEntel
Programmerclick"OK".

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HOWTOUPDATESYSTEMFILES

WhenanupdatetoEntelProgrammer,Flashwriter,orothersystemfilesisreleasedbyEntelitwillbemade
availableviatheLiveUpdatesystem.

UPDATESYSTEMFILESVIAAUTOUPDATE

18.1 InEntelProgrammersMenuBarselect"AboutthenUpdate/ShowversionInfo".Ifasystemupdateis
availablethefollowingmessagewillbedisplayed:

18.2 Selectyes,EntelProgrammerwilldownloadtheupdates.Thenewsystemfileshavebeendownloadedtothe
installationlocationsupdatesfolder,bydefaultat:
C:\ProgramFiles\EntelProgrammerautoupdate\update

18.3 Ifthev3.2.0.0skeletonpackageorhigherwasyouroriginallyinstalledversionanotepadfileandyour
installationlocationforEntelProgrammeranda
notepadinstructionfilewillnowbeopened
automatically.
Ifnot,manuallyopenthelocationEntel
Programmerisinstalledto.Bydefault:
C:\ProgramFiles\EntelProgrammerautoupdate\
ThisisknownastheprogrammersRootfolder.

18.4 Opentheupdatesfolderandselectallthefiles
within,thenrightclickandselectCutor
usethekeyboardshortcutCtrl+X.

18.5 Thenreturntotherootfolder,rightclickinan
emptyspaceandselectPasteorusethe
keyboardshortcutCtrl+V.

18.6 Whenpromptedtooverwritefilesinthe
rootfolder,selectYestoAll.

18.7 EntelProgrammerisnowupdated.The
programmercanbereopenedbydouble
clickingonEntel_Programmer.exe

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