TB8100 Service Kit User’s Manual Working With the Channel Table 1414. In the Channel block start box, enter the channel number of the firstchannel you want to create.5. In the Channel block end box, enter the channel number of the lastchannel in the block.6. In the Receive frequency increment box, enter a number of kHz. Thisdetermines how much the receive frequency of a channel differs from theprevious channel. For example, if you enter 15 kHz and the previouschannel’s receive frequency is 10 MHz, the next channel’s receivefrequency will be 10.015 MHz.Important: Do not assign a prohibited frequency to the transmitter.For example, 406.0-406.100 MHz is reserved internationally fordistress beacons.Note: The Service Kit does not check whether the base station canoperate on these frequencies.7. In the Transmit frequency increment box, specify the number of kHzthat the transmit frequency will increment for each channel you add.8. Click OK to create the block of channels and close the dialog box. Thechannels appear in the Channel Table form.Importing ChannelsYou can import a file containing channels that have been exported fromanother base station. Importing overwrites any channels with the same numberas the imported channel. Imported channels always have the default signallingand channel profiles.To import channels1. In the Channel Table form (Configure > Base Station > Channel Table),click Import.2. Navigate to the folder containing the TB8100 channel file (*.t8h), select it,and click Open.Exporting ChannelsYou can export channel configurations. This provides an exported channel filethat you can import into other base station channel tables. It also generates atext file for your records.To export channels1. In the Channel Table form (Configure > Base Station > Channel Table),select the channels you want to export by holding down the Control keyand clicking the row selector at the left of the table.2. Click Export.3. Specify the path and file name for the file you want to create.4. Click Save.The Service Kit saves the file, giving it the extension .t8h. It also saves anequivalent text file with the same name and with the extension .txt. The textfile gives you a readable view of the exported channel. Editing this file hasno effect on the exported channels.
