8200 Workshop for Windows

This program offers PC control of AR8200-series scanning receivers. The software is offered "as-is" and it is not supported by Access Communications Pty Ltd. Download a zipped copy of the software here. The RS32 Protocol List is available here.

The 8200 Workshop and Data Base Toolkit is a Windows based PC package which provides RS-232 control of AR8200-series scanning receivers.

The Tuner applications use the multiple document interface for displaying and editing radio memory data. This also includes a status display on the toolbar and simple frequency and mode tuning.

Features include the control of receive frequency plus easy access to memory & search banks for editing, uploading or downloading. The auto mode bandplan data can be edited by using a text based window display. With unattended recording to your PC's hard drive via a sound card and associated spectrum display, an AR8200-series receiver can become the centre of a comprehensive monitoring installation.

System requirements

• Pentium P100 PC compatible (or higher) with colour graphics display
• Microsoft^® Windows^TM 3.x or Windows^® 95/98 (Windows^TM NT is not currently supported)
• 8M byte of system memory (640k bytes of base DOS memory)
• Microsoft^® mouse or equivalent (strongly recommended)
• At least 2M bytes of free hard disk space
• One 3.5 inch floppy disk drive (as drive A:)
• At least two RS-232 serial ports (one for mouse if used, highly recommended)
• Windows^TM compatible printer (optional)
• Windows^TM compatible sound card (eg Sound Blaster^TM )
• AOR 8200-series hand portable radio receiver with AOR CC8232 interface cable.

Key features

• Comprehensive and powerful editing features for memory, search, auto mode and pass frequency data including intelligent cut/paste, line renumbering and syntax checking (for auto mode data)
• On-line context sensitive help. You may obtain help from the main menu and in all dialogues. Help is also available from the desktop simply by pressing the F1 key.
• Send memory, search, auto mode or pass frequency data to your radio or print it out.
• Edit auto mode data to define your own bandplan setup and send it to the radio.
• Execute searches and scans within the radio for maximum tuning speed (approx. 37 channels per second maximum)
• Record audio from the radio automatically during searches and scans in an audio log (PC sound card required, not included)
• Display the spectrum when searching, measure frequency and signal strength with your mouse.
• Unlimited number of disk based memory banks.
• Save multiple memory banks, ideal when travelling between different cities. Memory upload/download to the same or different location using a re-numbering system.
• Copy data to & from clipboard. You can exchange memory data with Windows Clipboard for bulk editing and export to a data base (not supplied) or other Windows applications.
• Full support for Windows Sound Recording. Should you have a correctly configured multimedia compatible sound card, you may record audio from your receiver while scanning frequencies, Spectrum Master uses the sound recording facilities of Windows Multimedia extensions (.WAV files). A log contains all the recordings you have made so that you may replay them at a later time through Spectrum Master or standard Windows applications.
• Microsoft Windows Program. Sizeable windows in foreground and background with a standard look and feel.