US date order

The AlphaCom can be changed to use the format month-day instead of day-month.

This can be changed for the date and time shown in the display of the station, as well as the dial input for absence messages. This is controlled from the MDF-file.

Dial Input

To change the dial input to month before day for absence messages

• Open the MDF file
• Locate the following text:

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%  Month before day.
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

% Un-comment the next line if you want to dial month before day. Default is day before month.

% #US_DATE_ORDER

• Delete the '%' in front of #US_DATE_ORDER

The occurrence of the '#US_DATE_ORDER' command causes AlphaCom to prompt the user for the date in the format "mm/dd-yyyy". If the command is omitted, the format "dd/mm-yyyy" is used.

Display

For the display to show US format:

• Open the MDF file
• All occurences of $od1 must be replaced with $od2 (except the first occurence in the file, which is a description of the code)
• All occurences of $xd1 must be replaced with $xd2 (except the first occurence in the file, which is a description of the code)