CPS Name Field Data Validation

(Glossary)

The CPS typically supplies a unique and generic name for fields that make up a record / row. In most cases, these Name / Alias Fields are selectable from another location in the CPS and, for easier identification, allow a CPS-user recognizable name (which may also serve as a radio-user recognizable name) to be entered. For example, the Trunking System Name (which may be redefined by the CPS-user) identifies a record's fields describing a particular Trunking System; individual Trunking Systems are then assigned to a Trunking Personality through the Personality's System field by selecting the desired Trunking System Name.

	General Warning: All Name Fields are validated by the CPS; duplicate Name Fields for the same record type are considered invalid. Duplicate names are not accepted by the CPS. When editing sets of records in the Table View, using either the Copy and Paste feature or the Fill Up and Fill Down feature (see Table View Productivity Features Tutorial Segment 2), the CPS does not copy a record's Name Field. When adding new records using "Current" as the Copy Type, the CPS does not duplicate the record name; instead, it uses the Default value for the new record (see Codeplug Navigation and Toolbar Features Tutorial Segment 4).
	The Computer's Input Language Warning: The input language depends on the keyboard selection made in your computer's operating system, and not this language selection; however, numbers entered into a CPS text field are always shown in the form 0–9, regardless of the CPS language selection, including "Arabic".
	Chinese and Arabic Character Restrictions: When the Radio Display Language is set to "Chinese (Traditional)" or "Arabic", for radio-user recognizable Name / Alias Fields where you are able to validly enter up to 14, 8, or 4 characters into the text box (the limit depends on the particular field), if you enter text containing Chinese (Traditional) or Arabic characters, then only 8, 6 or 2 characters respectively can be displayed on the radio. Therefore, you must decide how to abbreviate the text appropriately so that the meaning is not lost to the radio-user.
	Diacritics: Diacritics are not supported in the CPS as the radio's display is unable to represent them.
	Older Codeplug Data: It is possible that older codeplugs may contain duplicate Name Fields. When using a Drag and Drop or Import From XML process to bring in record data from such codeplugs, the CPS does allow duplicate Name Fields to be copied over to the new codeplug; therefore, a certain amount of manual clean-up may be required before writing codeplug data to a radio. The Invalid Fields Report is always the indicator of which fields must be corrected.

Alert Alias	DTMF Codes Name	Key Name	Site Selectable Alert List Name
ASTRO Talkgroup List Name	DTMF Timing Name	Port List Alias	Status Alias Text
Channel Name	Emergency Profile Name	Message Alias Text	Status Alias Text
Color Text	Emergency Profiles Name	Message Alias Text	Talkgroup Alias Text
Consolidated Action Name	External Mic Noise Reduction Profile Name	MPL Alias	Talkgroup Name
Contact Name	Frequency Options Name	Radio Alias	Tone List Alias
Control Head Alias	Hot List Alias	Radio Profile Name	Top Display Channel Name
Conventional Personality Name	Hot List Alias	Relay Name	Top Display Zone Name
Conventional System Name	Hot List Alias	Scan List Alias	Trunking Personality Name
Data Profile Name	Hot List Alias	Secure KMF Profile	Trunking System Name
Data User Name	Internal Mic Noise Reduction Profile Name	Site Alias Text	Zone Name