> I have been approached by a group about a repeater system that their trustee that went SK and no one can admin it. I really dont want to rebuild it if I dont have to.
You won't have to.
There's not a lot of steps. All the information is included in the User Manual in Chapter 8:
http://www.scomcontrollers.com/downloads/7330_UserMan_V1.9a.pdf
First, you'll need a terminal emulator that supports XModem-CRC for binary file transfers. I use Tera Term:
https://github.com/TeraTermProject/teraterm/releases
Plug a straight thru serial cable into RS232-2. The serial port defaults to 57,600, 8, N (see page 8-2). You should see a console prompt by pressing Enter, like this "7330>" (see page 8-10).
The configuration you want is the Active Configuration. Type "SBOOT" then press Enter. You get the SBOOT storage management menu (see page 8-20). Type D then Enter to display the stored files (see page 8-22). Configuration Management is described in its own section (see page 8-27). Save Repeater Configuration will save the Active Configuration to a Flash storage location CONFIG_A, B, C, or D (see page 8-29). Once saved, you will use the Transfer a File to a PC from Controller Flash command (Upload, see page 8-32) to transfer this Binary file to your PC.
This is a small binary file that contains all of your controller configuration. It transfers very quickly and safely using XModem-CRC. On TeraTerm, use File, Transfer, XModem, Receive. In the Open Dialog, be sure to select CRC if offered. There is a timer. If it times out, just press Enter to get the 7330> prompt and start again.
Once you have the binary file on your PC, you can use the S-COM Configuration Utility to generate 3 types of files: a Full Report (the default), a script of all the non-default programming, and a script with all possible commands with the default ones commented out. The report and script files are described in the S-COM Configuration Utility starting on page 8-33.
There is one optional step after this. Sigrid Company offers the P7330 Programming Software that will read in the report file from the S-COM Configuration Utility and display the info on a tabbed programming editor. They have a free download to try it out before purchase:
They have some How-To videos for common steps:
https://sigridco.com/how2vid.html
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