CC780 - Software from FINLAND
Control/Programming Software for Uniden Bearcat UBC780XLT
Version 2.66
Copyright (c) 2003, Petri Alajärvi

Comments, suggestions and error reports:

Petri Alajärvi, OH1GIU
Kiertokatu 8 as 11
FIN-28130 Pori
Finland
rf_frontend@hotmail.com

CC780 is tested and showed to work on Win98SE OS.
If 780XLT and PC have different COM speed settings,
CC780 returns ERR. After changing them same, CC780
returns still ERR. Second connection attempt does
connection properly.  

THIS PROGRAM IS FREEWARE, USE AT YOUR OWN RISK
INSTALLATION:
MAKE DIRECTORY AND COPY FILES TO THE DIRECTORY
AND INSTALL T E X A S L E D FONT OTHERWISE VIRTUAL780 USES NORMAL FONT, TEXASLED IS SUPPLIED WITH THIS ZIP FILE

To add a new font to your computer

  1. Click Start, point to Settings, click Control Panel, and then double-click Fonts.
  2. On the File menu, click Install New Font.
  3. Click the drive, and then click the folder that contains the fonts you want to add.
  4. Click the font you want to add.

// VERSION HISTORY
//
// VERSION      DATE            DESCRIPTION
// 2.66         08.06.2003      SOME FIXES AND ENCHANCEMENTS
// 2.65         09.05.2003      SYSTEM                  SPEAKER MUTING - FIXED
//                              VIRTUAL780              FREQUENCY AND S-VALUE : TEXASLED FONT
//                                                      ACTIVE BANK NUMBER FIELD : TEXASLED FONT
// 2.64         03.05.2003      SOME FIXES
// 2.63         11.01.2003      SYSTEM:                 VIRTUAL 780 FAST MODE ON/OFF SETTING
// 2.62         04.01.2003      SYSTEM:                 TRUNK ID MONITOR FUNCTION ON/OFF SETTING
//                              MEMORY BANK TAGS:       TAG FIELD CLICK ACTIVATES SELECTED MEMORY BANK AND
//                                                      SHOWS TRUNK SYSTEM TYPE, CONTROL CHANNEL TRUNKING MODE AND
//                                                      I-CALL MODE ON THE STATUS BAR
//                              CHANNEL SCOPE:          PEAK HOLD CHANNEL COMBOBOX SHOWS 40 CHANNELS
//                              RADIO LOGGER:           START CLICK INFO MSG CHANGED TO ERR MSG
//                                                      NO ACTIVE RADIO LOG FILE WHEN NO FILE IS SELECTED
// 2.61         30.12.2002      CHANNEL SCOPE:          AVG INDICATOR ON/OFF SETTING
//                                                      MAX INDICATOR ON/OFF SETTING
//                                                      SAVE FILE (.CHS) STORES AVG VALUES
//                              RADIO LOGGER:           SHOWS FREQ (+ ALPHA TAGS) WHEN SQL IS OPEN
// 2.6          29.12.2002      CHANNEL SCOPE:          3D ON/OFF SETTING
//                              SYSTEM:                 CONNECT INIT FIXES
// 2.59         08.12.2002      CHANNEL SCOPE:          WINDOWS 2000 -> SET FAST OFF IF SCOPE HANGS UP!
//                              OVERALL:                SOME TESTING ON THE WINDOWS 2000 PRO (SP2)
// 2.58         19.11.2002      CHANNEL SCOPE:          SAVE TO FILE STORES MAX SIGNAL STRENGTH VALUE / CHANNEL
//                              SYSTEM:                 MAX S VALUE SETTING (LCD LOGGING)
// 2.57         04.11.2002      CHANNEL SCOPE:          PEAK HOLD CHANNEL LIST (COMBOBOX) SHOWS
//                                                      LO (IF LOCKOUT IS SET) AND ATT
//                                                      (IF ATTENUATOR IS SET) INFORMATION
//                                                      STATUS SHOWS ATT (IF SET) AND TONE CODE (IF SET)
//                                                      MULTICOLOR ON/OFF SETTING
// 2.56         03.11.2002      CHANNEL SCOPE:          PEAK HOLD CH SETTING
//                                                      SWEEP OFF AND FAST ON CAUSED HANG UP -> FIXED
//                                                      OPTIMIZATION -> BETTER PERFORMANCE
// 2.55         30.10.2002      CHANNEL SCOPE,
//                              RADIO LOGGER:           NEW FEATURES AND EHNANCEMENTS
//                                                      SEE SCOPEHLP.HTM AND RLOGHLP.HTM
//                              CHANNEL DATA:           BANK TAGS ON THE BANK SELECTION RADIOGROUP
// 2.5          27.10.2002      CHANNEL SCOPE:          SHOWS SIGNAL STRENGTHS OF THE CHANNELS OF THE SELECTED BANK
//                                                      (SELECT BANK ON THE CHANNEL DATA PAGE)
//                                                      THIS FEATURE IS EXPERIMENTAL, SO IMPROVMENTS WILL BE INTRODUCED IN THE NEAR FUTURE 
// 2.36         21.10.2002      CHANNEL DATA:           F11 SETS TONE CODE OFF
//                              CHANNEL DATA EDIT:      SHOWS MSG AND SETS TONE CODE OFF IF MODE IS AM OR WFM,
//                                                      WHEN OK BUTTON PRESSED
//                              SEARCH SKIP MEMORY:     SHOWS BANK NO. AND ALPHA TAG (IF SEARCH BANK DATA PAGE
//                                                      HAS BEEN VISITED)
//                              HTML HELP FILES:        SOME ADDITIONS
// 2.35         17.10.2002      CHANNEL DATA:           TONE CODE COLUMN
//                              SYSTEM:                 VIRTUAL780 SIGNAL VALUES SETTING
//                                                      - SHOWS/HIDES AVERAGE SIGNAL VALUES
//                                                      VIRTUAL780 S-METER SETTING
//                                                      - SHOWS/HIDES S-METER
//                              VIRTUAL780:             LCD LOG FILE:
//                                                      - STORES S-METER VALUE
//                                                      - STORES VOLTAGE LEVEL VALUE (IF WINDOW VOLTAGE MODE IS ACTIVE)
// 2.31         14.10.2002      VIRTUAL780:             S-METER
// 2.3          13.10.2002      INI FILE:               CC780 HEIGHT SETTING (H=)
//                                                      CC780 TOP (Y=), LEFT (X=) POSITION SETTING
//                              CHANNEL DATA EDIT:      WARN IF FREQUENCY ROUNDING OCCURS SETTING
//                              CHANNEL DATA:           F7 TOGGLES +2 SECONDS DELAY ON/OFF
//                                                      F8 TOGGLES ATTENUATOR ON/OFF
//                                                      F9 TOGGLES LOCKOUT ON/OFF
//                                                      F10 TOGGLES RECORD ON/OFF
//                              SEARCH SKIP MEMORY      NEW PAGE, SHOWS CONTENTS OF THE SEARCH SKIP MEMORY
//                                                      LOCATIONS (1-200). READING OF THE SKIP LOCATIONS
//                                                      TENDS TO HANG UP SOMETIMES -> QUIT CC780 AND TRY AGAIN!
// 2.25         06.10.2002      SYSTEM:                 PRIORITY ON/OFF SETTING
//                              CHANNEL DATA EDIT:      LOAD/SAVE FROM/TO FILE
//                                                      (FREQUENCY, ALPHA TAG, MODE, DELAY, STEP,
//                                                       TONE CODE, ATTENUATOR, BEEP ALERT, LOCKOUT, RECORD)
//                                                      NO AM/WFM PRESET ANYMORE
//                              CHANNEL DATA & SEARCH BANK DATA:
//                                                      F4 SHOWS QUICK INFO IF CHANGES MADE AND APPLIED
//                              INI FILE:               CHANNEL DATA PAGE BANK NUMBER (MBANK=0..9)
// 2.2          29.09.2002      SEARCH BANK DATA EDIT:  LOAD/SAVE FROM/TO FILE
//                                                      (FREQUENCY, ALPHA TAG, MODE AND STEP)
//                              SEARCH BANK DATA:       F3 SHOWS QUICK INFO ON THE STATUSBAR
//                              CHANNEL DATA:           F3 SHOWS QUICK INFO ON THE STATUSBAR
//                                                      F6 CLEARS STORED FREQUENCY
//                              CHANNEL DATA EDIT:      AM MODE PRESET WHEN FREQUENCY BETWEEN
//                                                      108 - 137 MHz
//                                                      WFM MODE PRESET WHEN FREQUENCY BETWEEN
//                                                      87 - 108 MHz
//                                                      OTHERWISE NFM MODE PRESET
//                                                      25kHz STEP SETTING DEFAULT WHEN FREQUENCY ENTERED
//                                                      (IF OLD FREQUENCY IS 0000.0000)
// 2.11         10.09.2002      SOME FIXES
//                              NEW VERSIONS ARE QUITE RARE IN THE NEAR FUTURE,
//                              'COS I AM WORKING ON A WINDOWS MONITOR SW FOR NOKIA GSM PHONES
// 2.1          07.09.2002      FREQUENCY LOGGER IS NOW RADIO LOGGER, NEW FEATURES
//                              MAX FLUSH COUNT TO 200, INITIAL SETTING TO 64
//                              AUDIO RECORDING ON/OFF SETTING
//                              PCM, 8 BITS, 11.025 kHz AUDIO RECORDING
//                              RADIO LOG FILE INCLUDES THE NAME OF THE RECORDED WAV FILE
//                              WAV FILES ARE STORED INTO THE CURRENT WORKING DIRECTORY
//                              NAME FORMAT FOR WAV FILES:
//                              Fxxxx_xxxx_n.WAV, WHERE xxxx_xxxx = FREQUENCY,
//                              _n = INCREMENTAL NUMBER BEGINNING FROM 1
// 2.0          26.08.2002      SYSTEM:           VIRTUAL780 LCD LOGGING
//                                                SETS VIRTUAL 780 LCD LOGGING ON/OFF
//                                                MIN S-METER VALUE
//                                                SETS LCD LOGGER MINIMUM SIGNAL METER VALUE
//                              HTML HELP:        REVERSE FREQUENCIES (VHF AND UHF) PAGES
//                              VIRTUAL780:       PRINT SCREEN
//                                                LAST (ACTIVE) TRANSMISSION SIGNAL VALUES:
//                                                ADDED FREQUENCY
// 1.9          18.08.2002      VIRTUAL780:       . (RVRS) BUTTON
//                              FREQUENCY LOGGER: PRINT SCREEN
//                                                VIEW ACTIVE LOG FILE BUTTON
//                              REVERSE FREQUENCIES 25 - 512 MHz HTML PAGE
// 1.87         11.08.2002      VIRTUAL780: MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM SIGNAL LEVELS
//                              CHANNEL DATA, CHANNEL DATA EDIT AND
//                              SEARCH BANK DATA: SEARCH BANK DATA EDIT:
//                              BUG FIX (WINDOWS NUMBER COMMA SETTING CAUSED CONVERSION ERROR)
// 1.86         07.08.2002      VIRTUAL780: AVERAGE VOLTAGE LEVEL,
//                              MINIMUM VOLTAGE LEVEL AND MAXIMUM VOLTAGE LEVEL
// 1.85         09.07.2002      CHANNEL DATA, CHANNEL DATA EDIT: 
//                              TONE CODE SETTING SHOULD NOW WORK PROPERLY
//                              SEARCH BANK DATA, SEARCH DATA EDIT DIALOG:
//                              GENERAL SEARCH SETTINGS: ATTENUATOR, RECORDING, TONE CODE AND DELAY
//                              FREQUENCY RANGE UPPER LIMIT SET FIXED (ALWAYS CHANGED BANK 1 UPPER LIMIT).
// 1.81         07.07.2002      CHANNEL DATA: ADDED TONE CODE SETTING TO CHANNEL DATA EDIT DIALOG
//                              CHANNEL DATA: CHANNEL DATA EDIT: BEEP ALERT SETTING SHOULD NOW WORK PROPERLY
//                              MORE TEXT TO HELP FILES
// 1.8          30.06.2002      SEARCH BANK TAGS PAGE RENAMED AS SEARCH BANK DATA
//                              SEARCH BANK DATA PAGE: ALPHA TAG FIELD CLICK ACTIVATES SELECTED SEARCH BANK
//                              SEARCH BANK DATA PAGE: F4 OPENS SEARCH BANK DATA EDIT DIALOG, IN WHICH
//                                                     FREQUENCY RANGE, MODE, STEP AND ALPHA TAG CAN BE EDITED
//                              HELP SYSTEM IN HTML FORMAT
//                              PAGE HELP SHOWS HELP FOR THE ACTIVE PAGE
//                              HELP TOPICS SHOWS HELP MAIN MENU
//                              SHOW README SHOWS README.HTM FILE 
// 1.7          16.06.2002      CHANNEL DATA: F5 SETS PRI CHANNEL
//                              CHANNEL DATA: AUTOMATIC RESIZE OF THE DATAGRID WHEN USER RESIZES CC780
//                              VIRTUAL 780: TIME ADDED TO LCD DISPLAY
//                              VIRTUAL 780: SWITCH BETWEEN VIRTUAL780 MODE AND WINDOW VOLTAGE MODE
//                              VIRTUAL 780: TIMER INTERVAL SETTING
//                              HELP MENU: SHOW README FEATURE ADDED
// 1.67         22.05.2002      BEEP ALERT SETTING ADDED TO CHANNEL DATA EDIT DIALOG
//                              ROW HEIGHT SETTING ADDED TO CHANNEL DATA PAGE
//                              NO MODIFICATION OF THE CONFIGURATION FILE WHEN EXIT IF NO
//                              CONNECTION MADE
//                              CHANNEL DATA: PRIORITY CHANNEL INFO
//                              PROGRAM EXIT POSSIBLE WHEN CURSOR IS HOURGLASS
// 1.66         19.05.2002      STEP SETTING ADDED TO CHANNEL DATA EDIT DIALOG
//                              CHANNEL DATA: AUTO REFRESH ON/OFF
//                              SYSTEM:       AUTO REFRESH ON/OFF
// 1.65         12.05.2002      DELAY SETTING ADDED TO CHANNEL DATA EDIT DIALOG
//                              MEMORY BANK TAGS: AUTO REFRESH ON/OFF
//                              SEARCH BANK TAGS: AUTO REFRESH ON/OFF
//                              VIRTUAL780: SOME OPTIMIZATIONS
//                              FREQUENCY LOGGER: SOME OPTIMIZATIONS
// 1.6          01.05.2002      TRAFFIC LOGGER RENAMED AS FREQUENCY LOGGER
//                              FREQUENCY LOGGER NEW FEATURES:
//                              FLUSH COUNT
//                              STATISTICS (+ STATISTICS SAVE TO FILE)
//                              AVERAGE SIGNAL LEVEL ADDED TO VIRTUAL780
//                              DOUBLE CLICK CHANGED TO CLICK+F4 ON CHANNEL DATA PAGE
//                              CHANNEL DATA EDIT DIALOG: MODULATION TYPE COMBOBOX ADDED
// 1.5          23.04.2002      NEW FEATURE: TRAFFIC LOGGER
// 1.45         07.03.2002      VIRTUAL 780 LCD SCREEN UPDATE OFF WHEN APP DEACTIVATE
//                              VIRTUAL 780 LCD SCREEN UPDATE ON WHEN APP ACTIVATE
//                              SYSTEM PAGE SHOWS WARNING, IF DATA HAS BEEN CHANGED
//                              CHANNEL TAGS DOUBLE CLICK SHOWS DIALOG FOR EDITING
//                              FREQUENCY, ALPHA TAG, DELAY, LOCKOUT, ATTENUATOR AND RECORD SETTINGS
//                              OF THE ACTIVE ROW
// 1.4          13.02.2002      APP EXIT CONFIRMATION MSG ADDED
//                              S-METER ON THE VIRTUAL 780 PAGE SHOWS NUMERICAL VALUE (1 - 6)
//                              CHANNEL TAGS PAGE: SOME BUG FIXES
// 1.35         10.02.2002      ADDED SOME LCD FUNCTIONALITY ON THE VIRTUAL 780 PAGE
// 1.3          03.02.2002      SEARCH RANGES ADDED TO SEARCH BANK TAGS PAGE
//                              ADDED SEARCH BANK RANGES TO SEARCH BANK TAGS FILE (*.SBT)
//                              VIRTUAL 780 PAGE, LCD FUNCTIONALITY TO BE IMPLEMENTED
//                              IN THE FUTURE
// 1.2          27.01.2002      CHANNEL TAGS PAGE DISPLAYS
//                              FREQUENCY, LOCKOUT STATUS, ATT STATUS,
//                              DELAY STATUS AND RECORDING STATUS
//                              NEW APP ICON
//                              EXTENDED STATUS INFORMATION ADDED
//                              ADDED FREQ TO CHANNEL TAGS FILE (*.CHT) 
// 1.1          20.01.2002      BANK TAGS TO CH TAGS PAGE
//                              WHEN PAGE CHANGE -> READ DATA AUTOMATICALLY FROM 780
//                              WIN NT4 INIT FIX
//                              HOURGLASS CURSOR WHEN READ/WRITE OPERATION IS ACTIVE
//                              SAVE/OPEN DLGS REMEMBER LAST FILENAME
//                              CC780.INI FILE FOR COM PORT AND SPEED SETTINGS
//                              WHEN READING/WRITING DATA SHOW STATUS TEXT
// 1.0          13.01.2002      FIRST VERSION!
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