[NSRCA-discussion] JR Datasafe alternative?

[Jon Lowe]

It's called the MacGregor DataXchange, by Rotarsoft.  Works well 
enough, but no software upgrades in over a year.  Never tried the 
exchange capabilities between models of JR xmitters.  The user 
interface is somewhat clumsy, and you cannot change every parameter 
available in every model of transmitter, and you cannot compare two 
setups side by side.  The Datasafe Ultra (No longer available) for the 
10x was better in this regard, but priced itself out of existence, IMHO 
  ($300????!!!).  It also couldn't move programs from one model 
transmitter to another.  The DataXchange is better than the standard 
Datasafe in that you can look at parameters.  All the standard Datasafe 
can do is store settings.  You can't look at them or edit them.  The 
old Datasafe I  (not the Datasafe II) also doesn't work with Windows XP 
on every machine, and buying a DataXchange to replace it, rather than a 
Datasafe II,  is a much better idea than an upgrade to a Datasafe II. 
The Datasafe I had a 25 pin serial connector, the Datasafe II has a 9 
pin serial connector, to tell them apart.  The DataXchange also can be 
had with a USB connection.  You also can't upgrade the software in the 
Datasafe I to handle the 9303 like you can the Datasafe II.

If I had any of the supported transmitters, and I didn't own a Datasafe 
II or Ultra, I'd definitely go with the DataXchange.  If I wanted to 
exchange data between two models of JR transmitters, the DataXchange is 
the only choice.

Website is here:
http://www.macgregor.co.uk/radio/dataxchange.htm

The Rotarsoft site is here:
http://www.rotarsoft.com/Welcome.html

There is a demo program that you can play with to see if it is to your 
liking.


Jon Lowe


-----Original Message-----
From: Ed Alt <ed_alt at hotmail.com>
To: 'NSRCA Mailing List' <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
Sent: Sat, 20 Oct 2007 8:36 pm
Subject: [NSRCA-discussion] JR Datasafe alternative?




A year or two ago, someone (in the UK I think) came out with an 
alternative product to JR’s Datasafe.  It allowed transfers/conversions 
 of data between some models of JR transmitters that Datasafe could not 
handle.  Can anyone point me at a source for it?   The main thing I 
want to do is display Tx settings without using the transmitter, which 
I think it may have been capable of?

 

Thanks

Ed




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