[Tech-Assist] HollyAnne HU-961 - the good side

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Dale H. Cook wrote:
> Although the HU-961 is, IMHO, the sorriest piece of bovine excrement 
> ever sold as an EAS unit,

I wouldn't take $3,000 for any of my HU961's.  Since that 
unit (unlike others I've tested) outputs good ole plain ASCI 
text at the time of the test, you can truly make a SILK 
PURSE out of a SOW'S EAR.  Here's what you do:

1. Use an old laptop instead of a serial printer.

2. Install wscap.exe on the laptop (free, if desired, use 
link) http://noncomradio.net/dl/c/wscap.exe

3. Enter the LP1, 2, 3, on the Channel query, as well as 
your own station calls for channel 0.

When the tests happen (send or receive) the HU961 outputs 
serial data right then and there which is then automatically 
written to a folder WITH the addition of a header line 
showing the "channel" (LP1 etc) and the computer's date and 
time, making the Hollyanne julian day moot.

A counter in large font counts up to nine tests, so that as 
you walk by, you can see from a distance the activity to 
date that week.  It resets Sunday 00:00:00 hours.

With several inspections at several stations, alternate and 
actual, no problems were raised.

I just bought a spare on Ebay.  It has the 1.1 Eprom, but we 
can clone 1.4 code which has Amber and whatever else they 
changed.

So this is the other side of the Hollyanne HU961 story. 
Were it not for these mods, I'd recommend them for the land 
fill too.

Randy
WPIO