The display screen mirrors that of the AR-DV1 in almost all respects, which is an added bonus.

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1 CAT CONTROL PROGRAM - FEATURES - SEE SCREEN SHOTS BELOW v The program has been tested on Windows XP/7/8/10. The display screen mirrors that of the AR-DV1 in almost all respects, which is an added bonus. The program has been specially designed for ease of use. On a day to day, moment by moment basis, it controls of almost all the functions of the AR-DV1 that are available. If you want to experiment then you can, in real-time, and listen to the results before you decide whether to implement them or not. Many additional functions have been added, not available in basic manual operation of the receiver. It is logical and really easy to use, and opens up the possibilities of all the radio has to offer (without having to constantly refer to the AOR manual to find out which buttons have to be pressed on the AR-DV1, to do what), but still retains the look and 'feel' of the radio on screen. While this software package has been designed for ease of operation, please understand that some of the features in this program have been incorporated for very specific communications surveillance activity and as such are not necessarily designed for use by the casual radio listener. These features have been included to provide a full package of monitoring tools.. These tools, such as the advanced Alert and Logging functions, may require a degree of practice, patience, and persistence, in order to configure and operate properly in various monitoring environments, however once mastered they yield excellent results and opportunities. The playback of AUDIO logs available is unique. To date I am unaware of any scanner/software combination which has achieved this, with recording and playback taking place via the receiver itself. 1

OPERATION NOTE all buttons have a TOOL TIP - hover over a Button to read ------ BUTTON BANK 1 - TOP RIGHT (BB1) Below the display are buttons re. SQUELCH type, VSQ, LSQ, NSQ, AUTO and TSQ.

(See Important Notes below re 'FM-W') BUTTON BANK 2 - BOTTOM LEFT (BB2) If you 'right-click' the VSQ (Voice Squelch) button, a window appears and you can use the sliders to adjust the 'Squelch Level'

2 OPERATION NOTE all buttons have a TOOL TIP - hover over a Button to read BUTTON BANK 1 - TOP RIGHT (BB1) Below the display are buttons re. SQUELCH type, VSQ, LSQ, NSQ, AUTO and TSQ. Under these are the MODE controls. (See Important Notes below re 'FM-W') BUTTON BANK 2 - BOTTOM LEFT (BB2) If you 'right-click' the VSQ (Voice Squelch) button, a window appears and you can use the sliders to adjust the 'Squelch Level' and 'Delay'. NOTE - These buttons are not visible while the radio is in a search mode. DIGITAL MODE ADDITIONS Right clicking on DMR, NXDN or P-25 brings up the new options released by AOR. DMR Color Code selection, Color Code muting and DMR slot selection. Right click on the DMR button and a small window appears bottom left. You can select MUTE ON or OFF, and one of the 16 Color Code options. If MUTE is ON, selecting a code means THAT code remains UNMUTED whilst all others are not. When MUTE is selected, the DMR button changes to yellow. Right click again to close the window. Select the Slot Selection you want from the drop down list. P25 NAC selection and muting. Right click on the P25 button and a small window appears bottom left. You can select MUTE ON or OFF, and an NAC code option. If MUTE is ON, selecting a code means THAT code remains UNMUTED whilst all others are not. When MUTE is selected, the P25 button changes to yellow. Right click again to close the window. NXDN RAN selection and muting. Right click on the NXDN button and a small window appears bottom left. You can select MUTE ON or OFF, and a RAN code option. If MUTE is ON, selecting a code means THAT code remains UNMUTED whilst all others are not. When MUTE is selected, the NXDN button changes to yellow. Right click again to close the window. 2

3 SKINS There are now 12 different SKINS. The 'SKINS' button will cycle through these. The main window disappears for a few seconds as each new skin is loaded. The program remembers the last skin you selected. MEMORY CHANNEL MANAGEMENT in REAL-TIME Once you have done this a couple of times you will see it is an easy and quick way of to make adjustments to your Memory frequencies. MANUAL FREQUENCY ENTRY TUNING KNOB there are occasions when the delicate control of the human hand just cannot be reproduced digitally. Under Serial control the firmware only allows the user to adjust the VOLUME of the radio manually, all other features are disabled. VFO SELECTION 'UP' (BB1) and 'DOWN' buttons can be used to change frequencies. Right click on either button and they will 'repeat', as long as the key is kept down. You can slide SQUELCH to OFF, and the keys still function. If SQUELCH is ON, the receiver will PAUSE for 10 seconds when the program detects a signal. Just release he mouse button if you want to stay on that frequency. 'VOL' (BB1) and 'SQU' (BB1) sliders are self explanatory. 'SET SRCH' (BB1) Set and save search parameters 'SEARCH' (BB1) This brings up BANK selection (bottom right).by default Bank 00 is selected The searches are defined using 'SET SRCH'. 'AGC' - AUTOMATIC GAIN CONTROL (BB2) [AM, LSB, USB and CW ONLY] Left click to cycle values, between fast, medium,slow and manual (RF-G 'MEMORY SCAN' (BB1) The display speed of the scan has been slowed down, which may mean it appears some frequencies are being skipped. The radio is scanning all the frequencies in fact. If it stops on a carrier the correct information appears on the program's screen. (See MEM-BANK) 'NR' - NOISE REDUCTION (BB1) The button activates Noise Reduction. Each click cycles between the three levels and OFF 'NOTCH' (AUTO) (BB1) [AM, LSB, USB and CW ONLY] The button activates Auto-Notch. Each click cycles between the three levels and OFF 3

4 'PRI' - PRIORITY CHANNEL (BB1) 'SCRAMBLER' (BB2) - [Firmware disabled in some Countries] - PRO VERSION ONLY Control over 'ANALOGUE' and 'DIGITAL' de-scrambling options 'AUTO' - AUTO SQUELCH (BB2) 'TSQ' - TONE SQUELCH (BB2) 'DCS' - DIGITAL TONE SQUELCH (BB2) 'FAV' (BB1) You may store a number favourite channels, for quick selection. When selected a list of these frequencies is displayed (under their name). 'MEM' (BB1) (ADDED FEATURE) When this button is clicked the Bank selection is displayed bottom right. Stored memory Bank frequencies are downloaded from the receiver and shown. 'MEM-BANK' (BB1) A list of all the Bank memories is downloaded from the receiver and displayed, and can be added, deleted, copied, moved or edited, in REAL-TIME 'PASS SET' and 'PASS CLR' (BB1) 'IFBW' (BB1) 'DELAY' (BB1) DELAY sliders for all eventualities AUDIBLE ALERTS ****Only available in PRO version**** (ADDED FEATURE) You may program up to 10 individual audio alerts. In either SCAN or SEARCH your nominated frequencies will trigger an AUDIO ALERT if a signal appears. The alerts sounds, both the receiver and program will halt, displaying that frequency for a period of seconds (pressing the 'Esc' key on your keyboard releases this), after which the radio resumes its Search or Scan operation. In the program's folder there is 'ALTERNATIVE ALERTS' sub-folder with extra.wav files. SCALEABLE WINDOWS - ENLARGE DISPLAY OPTIONS and AUTO-SIZE re Screen Resolution (ADDED FEATURE) INCREASE the size of the display. Automatically adjusts its INITIAL size, with regard to the screen resolution of the computer on which it is installed. 4

5 QUICK MEMORY CHANNEL TRANSFER (ADDED FEATURE) You can quickly transfer a VFO frequency, or a SEARCH frequency to a Memory Channel MUTE / MONITOR (ADDED FEATURE) Volume and Squelch can be temporarily defeated using the MUTE button. Right click and hole to disable the squelch settings.. NEW FEATURE - 'SEARCH' 'SCAN' 'VFO-MEM' and 'QUICK' LOGGING + AUDIO ONLY available in the PRO version of the program (ADDED FEATURE) You can choose UNATTENDED, or ATTENDED logging functions, with or without AUDIO Previous unattended logging might have shown you that particular frequencies were 'active' but only told you the date, time, frequency etc. NOW with the click of a button you can actually HEAR what happened. This is a revolutionary feature. To my knowledge no scanner / software combination has EVER provided the ability to store and re-play the actual audio for each log entry via the radio itself There are a number of FILTERS which can be applied to each LOG, which sort the details into the order or details you wish. The audio files are recorded on the radio's SD Card. Four types of logging are available, SEARCH, SCAN, VFO/MEMORIES and :- QUICK LOG This feature allows you to quickly start logging in ATTENDED operation. If AUDIO is set to on, an audio file will also be created on the SD card. TRANSFER TO DATABASE (ADDED FEATURE) Created logs can be transferred to a suitable database if one is available on the PC. SEE SELECTION OF SCREENSHOTS BELOW:- 5

6 MAIN SCREEN - SMALL MAIN SCREEN - FULL 6

7 SETSEARCH MEMORY BANK CONTROL 7

8 LOGGING LOG EXAMPLE 8

9 THE ABOVE FREQUENCIES ARE SHOWN FOR DISPLAY PURPOSES ONLY None of them have been monitored or listened to during the AUDIO recording creation process, with the exception of Amateur Radio frequencies 9

NEW - Q-LISTS - A NEW DIMENSION TO FREQUENCY MANAGEMENT

espyonard PRO (Lite) is being provided by AOR-FRANCE with EVERY AR-DV1 they supply CAT CONTROL PROGRAM - FEATURES - SEE SCREEN SHOTS v.6.0006 **NEW - Q-LISTS - A NEW DIMENSION TO FREQUENCY MANAGEMENT**