Probably the fastest way to do this currently is via "Engineering Mode" on the remote. First the user would find out the MACID of the GL700 by pressing and holding the manual button, then pressing power and then RPM, holding RPM as well as manual. The top display shows the code version and the bottom the MACID. Armed with this information, the user can change the MACID of the remote by putting it in Engineering Mode. This can be done by holding down the manual key while powering up the remote. The left arrow key (or is it the up arrow?) is pressed many times rapidly until an H appears at the beginning of the second line of the display. Then use the mode key to get to the engineering mode display. Press the up and down keys simultaneously to read the current setting of the MACID. It is shown in a strange code. @ = 0, A = 1, B = 2, etc. Use the left and right keys to select the digits. Use the up and down keys to change the value of the digit. When the digits match the desired MACID, simultaneously press both left and right keys to save the MACID. Then power down. Next time the remote is powered up, it will have the right MACID. If both remote and transmitter are powered up, it will show the link symbol in the upper right hand corner<br>All this takes less time to do than to tell about it. I imagine that once someone got the hang of it, they could do it in 5 minutes or so. A chart for MACID codes would probably be helpful.


Answer last updated on: 2004-02-06
Applies to the following: CopperHead, CopperHead XD, S100, S160, S240, SXP

Found out the Trimble instructions for programming a remote doesn't work. Here's a simplified version.

To get the MACID from the GL722 transmitter:
Have GL722 turned ON
- Press all 3 buttons at the same time (Manual,Power,RPM)
- Release only the power button
- Code will be on the bottom display ( 4 digit # )
- Take the number code and put it in the MACID converter. You'll find this on Y:Customer SupportGL722
- Give customer the symbols shown from converter. Customer needs to put these in his remote. See below for those instructions

To get the remote programmed:
- Hold down the manual key while powering up the remote and
pressing the left arrow key many times rapidly until an H appears at the beginning of the second line of the display on the remote.
- Press the mode key until you see 4 zeroes at the bottom left corner of the lower display line . Press the up and down keys simultaneously to read the current setting of the MACID, it is shown in a strange code. @(>#, etc.
- To enter the new code use the left and right keys to select the digit to be changed, Use the up and down keys to change the digit. You will most likely need to change all 4 digits. When the digits match the desired MACID,
press both left and right keys on the remote simultaneously to save the new MACID. Power down the remote. Next time the remote is powered up, it will have the right MACID. If both remote and transmitter are powered up, it will show the link symbol in the upper right hand corner.