Pacific Digital RI-310e manual

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    Pacific Research Solution s RI-300e and RI-310e REPEATER and TELEPHONE INTERCONNECT USER MANUAL This manual contains information proprietary to Pacific Research Solu tions . All information is provided solely for the operation and maintenance of the equipment described. This manual is not to be reproduced or used for any other purpose without writt[...]

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    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300 User Man ual Page i TA BLE OF CONTENTS SECTION 1 INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................... 1 What is t he RI-300(e) Vers ion ...............................................................................................................[...]

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    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300 User Man ual Page ii SECTION 5 INSTALLATION (RI-310) .......................................................................................... 15 VXR-5000 FR EQUENCY SETUP .................................................................................................................................... 16 VXR-5[...]

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    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300 User Man ual Page iii SECTION 12 SYSTEM COMMANDS .............................................................................................. 42 S-C m d 00 NO OPERATION ......................................................................................................................................... 43 S-[...]

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    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300 User Man ual Page iv S-C m d 51 SET SQUELCH MODE ............................................................................................................................... 77 S-C m d 52 DETAIL SQUELC H SET UP ....................................................................................................[...]

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    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300 User Man ual Page v SECTION 13 USER COMMANDS and MACROS ........................................................................ 103 DEFINITION of TERMS ................................................................................................................................................ 104 PROGRAMMING [...]

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    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300 User Man ual Page vi SECTION 16 LINKING and REMOTE BASE............................................................................... 120 EXAMPLES OF L INKING ............................................................................................................................................. 120 THE CONT[...]

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    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 1 SECTION 1 INTRODUCTION What is the RI-300(e) Version The RI-300e an d RI-310e are rev ised vers ions of the RI- 300 and RI- 310. The RI-300e h as som e enha nced perform ance features, including a battery backed real time clock (RTC). This manual w ill cover both contro llers. Areas w here th[...]

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    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 2 The RI-300 provides excellent au dio quality . With proper consideration w hen interfacing the controller to th e receiver and transmitter, y our repeater will provide excellent audio to the users. Interfacing information is provided in numerous sections of this m anual an d support is availa[...]

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    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 3 SECTION 2 QUICK STA RT This section w ill cover th e basics of installation and program m ing of your R I-300. You m ay also need to review section 4 or 5 for m ore details on con nectin g y our RI-300 to y our repeater. On ce you h ave covered t hese basics , we recom m end that you thorough[...]

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    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 4 SETTING AUDIO LEVELS Adjusting the levels in your controller is very im portant, in ord er to achieve proper d ecoder op e ratio n and avoid clipp ing and distortion. See sectio n 7 of this manual f or more complete details on correct adjustment of the audio levels. Receiver Gain 1. Setting t[...]

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    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 5 SECTION 3 PROGRA MMING SOFTWA RE An opt ional prog ramm in g sof tw are and cable packag e is avai lable. This s oftw are is des igne d to run in Window s 95/ 98, ME, NT, 2000 and XP. The softw are w ill allow y ou to read, ch ange an d save all param eters w ithin y our R I-300 controller. Y[...]

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    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 6 PROGRAMMING SOFTWARE MENU The basic startup window contains the status items shown. Use the "View Controller" or pick the “Active Controller” light to select wh ich controller on the auxiliary buss you w ant to monitor. Whenever you leave the cursor on a w indow item , the progr[...]

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    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 7 C ontroller This menu is used to send data to and get data from the controller. You may also flash th e program firm ware to th e controller. A ny on e of these f unctions may take as long as 3 minutes to complete. Do not interrupt the process o nce it is started. The repeater co ntroller is [...]

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    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 8 Trig gers This menu is used to set up messages, various internal event triggers and the scheduler. Telep hone This menu is used to set up th e telephone operation, access/accou nt codes, auto dial nu mbers an d toll restriction. H elp Use this menu to get help on any of the programm ing softw[...]

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    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 9 MODEM INTERFACE You sh ould be able to u se about an y ex ternal m odem that operates at 9600 bau d or high er, can auto an sw er and operate i n a dumb term inal mode. In this application, we used a US Robotics external modem to connect to the controller. On the b ack o f the USR modem, y ou[...]

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    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 10 U.S. Robotics 56 K External M odem Set Up 1. Set th e dipsw it ch on t he m odem. Set sw it ch 3 and 8 dow n all others up. 2. Connect th e modem to y our com puter us ing a standard com puter- to-m odem cable. 3. Run the Hy per Termin al program . 4. Set up Hy per Termin al to com mu nicate[...]

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    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 11 SECTION 4 INSTA LLA TION (RI-300) If y ou are ins talling the RI- 310 into the Vert ex repeater, y ou can skip to the next section. This section w ill cover conn ecting y our RI-300 to y our repeater in detail. To ensure a successful installation, please follow these f ew simple steps. 1. Re[...]

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    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 12 Besides audio frequency response, y ou should consid er the aud io amplitude levels to and from the controller. If the levels to and from the repeater are sm all, it m ay be valu able to use shielded cable. We recom m end shielded cables at all tim es. Use large signal le vels whenever po ss[...]

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    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 13 DIGITAL INP UTS (Pins 6, 7 and 8) The RI-300 h as three di gital i nputs on board and is currentl y ex pandable up t o ten, th at can be us ed to trigg er m acros. These inputs are C-MOS gates w ith a voltage swing of 0 to 5 VDC, T T L level. All digital inputs have a 10K ohm pull up resisto[...]

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    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 14 Because DCS may have ex tended periods of all ones and zeros, almost all components in the transm itter and receiver chain mu st be coupled do wn to at least 2 Hz or lower. This requiremen t means th at certain transm itters and receivers m ust be modif ied before they are capable of DCS ope[...]

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    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 15 SECTION 5 INSTA LLA TION (RI-310) Aft er unpacki ng and i nspectin g y our RI-310 repeater con troller, use t he follow in g steps t o install t he controll er into the Vertex VXR-5000 repeater. 1. Before starting, locate the serial n um ber of y our controller on th e backside of the PC Boa[...]

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    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 16 The repeater controller and telephon e interconnect is n ow f unctional w ith the factory def ault com man ds, features, and messages. This allows operation o f y our new repeater w ithin minutes of installation. A ll the features, macros, and m essages, can be cus tomi zed in y our RI- 310 [...]

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    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 17 The following show s the default data for the above macros. If y ou want to change the repeater’s transm it power, y ou will need to m odify m acros at lin e 50 and 53, see th e follow in g page f or more in form ation on this subject. Start L ine 050 061C 131100C D Vertex L ow TX Pow er, [...]

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    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 18 10. Pick the “ Replace” button. This shou ld replace the old DAC S-Com man d with th is new one. 11. Now pick th e “OK” but ton. 12. In the “ Macro Data” scroll box again , select line “053”, th is is the VXR- 5000 high power m acro. Then pick the “Edit Macro” button. 13.[...]

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    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 19 When operati ng th e VXR-5000 as a sim plex remot e base, the R I-310 is des igned t o use dig ital outpu t bit #1 on pin 9 of t he "AC C" connector t o operate the transmit/receiv e relay. This output is open collecto r and will pull low during the transm it cycle. Use a relay w i[...]

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    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 20 SECTION 6 INSTA LLA TION (OPTIONS) This section outlin es the inst allation of variou s options f or the RI-300 and R I-310. TEMPERATURE SENSOR The RI-300 is design ed to use a L M335 solid- state t emperatu re sens or. This sen sor has a ran ge of -17 ° C to +85 ° C ( +2 ° F to +185 ° F[...]

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    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 21 INSTALLING DIGITAL VOICE RECORDER To install your DVR, use the following steps. 1. Turn off power to th e repeater and controller. 2. W hen working on your co ntr oller, use pr o cedur es to a ssur e no static dischar ge occ ur s through the c ontro ller or DVR. 3. Rem ove th e cover of t he[...]

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    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 22 INSTALLING THE REMOTE BASE INTERF ACE (RBI-3) The RBI-3 cann ot be ins talled in to the R I-310 as som e of i ts feat ures are already in cluded on th e RI-310. The R emote Base Interface board adds v arious featu res to the RI-300 con troller. For additional details, see th e schem atic in [...]

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    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 23 RBI-3 Connector Pin Out The RBI-3 us es a 25-pi n DB ty pe connect or to provide vario us signa ls a s follows: DIGIT AL INPUT S (Pins 6, 7, 17 an d 22 through 25): The RBI-3 has 7 digital inputs that can be used to trigger macros. These are C-MOS gates w ith a voltage sw ing of 0 to 5 VDC, [...]

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    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 24 SECTION 7 A DJUSTMENTS Adjusting the audio levels in your contro ller is very im portant, in or d er to avoid clip ping or d isto rted audio . In this sectio n you will find various fea t ur es in the co ntrolle r to help you thr o ugh is pro cess. The RI-310 is shipped w it h audio l evels [...]

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    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 25 SETTING SQUELCH GAIN (S-COMMAND 50) The RI-300 uses digital pots for m ost of its au dio level setting s. The digital pots hav e electrical shaft pos itions called ste ps. Each pot has 64 step s, ranging from 0 to 63. S-Command 50 is used to set the sq uelch potentiometer to specific steps o[...]

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    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 27 SECTION 8 OPERA TION Once y ou have connected y our controller to a receiver / transm itter and adjusted the audio, you should then confirm its basic repeater operatio n. T his can be done by transmitting a carrier in the input of the repeater and observing the “COS” LED turning on and o[...]

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    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 28 DTMF COMMAND INPU T Dual Tone Multi Frequency (DTMF) is typically us ed in the telephon e sys tem f or dialing. The RI-300 us es DTMF as the primary m eans for the ow ner an d users to cont rol and comm un icate w ith the repeater. DTMF is made u p of eight ton es w ith two of th e eight tur[...]

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    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 29 CTCSS DECODE AND ENCODE OPERATION CTCSS (Con tinu ous Tone C ontrolled S quelch S ys tem) decode an d encode is prov ided as a st andard featu re on the R I-300 using state of the art devi ces. All standard an d non standard EIA CTCSS tones can be decoded or encoded. You may select 1, 2, 3 o[...]

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    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 30 The following is a list of all S-Comm ands associated with the tone squelch decod e and encode. S-Comm and Descript ion 01 System Mode (Repeater tone squ elch decode enable) 14 User and System Com m and tone pan el decode enable 20 Tone panel decode set u p 21 Tone panel m aster an d cross e[...]

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    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 31 LOCAL MICROPHONE and SPEAKER The RI-300 h as a local m icrophon e jack th at supports all Vertex t ype m icroph ones. You can use th is in put to direct ly t alk on the repeater transmitter. The audio from the m icrophone will m ix w ith the repeater audio. Yo u can also set S-Comm and 23 to[...]

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    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 32 SECTION 9 INITIA L SETTINGS This section will cover some item s that you w ill need to modify before you put your repeater on the air. But first, confirm th e following item s to make sure that y our controller is operatio nal. 1. Turn on the pow er to the repeater. The sy stem LED should be[...]

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    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 33 DEFAULT USER COMMANDS The controller com es programm ed w ith som e defau lt User Comm ands. See section 13 f or details on chang ing the com m and nam es or the com man ds themselv es. You can us e these comm ands on ly w hen the controller is locked in User Mode. #1 Repeater (sy stem) OFF.[...]

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    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 34 Review the f ollowin g procedure to understand how this “Hello” ID was entered into the controller. When you un-key your r a dio a fter each com man d, you shou ld hear the character nu mber in speech. This will tell you that y ou did every thin g correctly. If y ou hear an “ERR OR”,[...]

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    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 35 Macro Data Line Data Description 038 310360791182122392362432 Station ID M essage 039 43246CD00000000000000000 CW “HEL LO” 1. The first two digits “31” make up the start of m essage marker. This data is automatically entered into memory as a result of th e S-Com m and “ 31 001”. [...]

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    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 36 SET UP CTCSS/DCS DECODE The RI-300 con troller is equipped w ith six in dependent tone panel s for six diff erent in ternal fun ctions. Thes e tone pane ls w il l be discussed in de tail, later in the manual. The RP T -TS (Repeater T one Panel) LED will show w hen the controller is decoding [...]

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    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 37 SET CTCSS/DCS ENCODE The RI-300 con troller com es pre- program med w ith CTCSS/DC S regene rate m ode on. This m eans that w hen an enable d repeater CTCSS t one or DCS code i s decoded, the sa me ton e or code is re- encoded on th e repeater outpu t. If y ou n eed to turn off the encoder, [...]

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    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 38 SECTION 10 A UXILIA RY BUSS The RI-300 has auxiliary input an d output capability f or connecting as m any as eight R I-300 repeater controllers together, or connecting to a sing le control receiver. A dditional RI-300 con trollers w ill allow in terconnection of mu ltiple repeaters, rem ot [...]

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    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 39 SECTION 11 PROGRA MMING Cust omi zing t he RI- 300 for y our applicati on is perf ormed t hrough program m ing. Prog ram min g is don e w ith (S yst em Com man ds) S-C omm an ds and is perf orm ed over the ai r, over the t elephon e or wi th th e program mi ng sof tw are. Not onl y can you c[...]

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    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 40 1. Pick y our pas sw ord, 1 to 6 digi ts. The def ault i s 123456. 2. Unlock th e controller, sen d “123456” and un -key , y ou w ill hear a fu nction com plete “OK”. 3. Enter your new passw ord, send “55 (Your password)” and un-k ey, y ou w ill hear a fun ction complete “OK”[...]

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    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 41 VALID S-COMMAND and DATA All DTMF digits are valid either as data in an S-C omm and or as m acro data. Sometim es the DTMF character “C ” and “D” is not vali d as S-Com m and data w ith in m acros. The “C” an d “D” charact ers are used by the m acro program m ing . The RI-300[...]

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    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 42 SECTION 12 SYSTEM COMMA NDS The following section w ill detail each of the S- Comm ands showin g syn tax, exam ples, and the default data values. To execute an S-Command, you must first “unlock” the c ontro lle r with the current p assword. W hen “unlocke d”, use r commands will not [...]

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    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 43 S-Cmd 00 NO OPERATION This is a null command and does not perform an internal function. Primarily, a NOP is used to write over data in a m acro that is no longe r desire d. SYNTAX: 00 READ BACK: N/A STORAGE: N/A DEFAULT: N/A EXAMPLE: 00 S-Cm d 01 SYSTEM MODE System m ode d etermines what con[...]

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    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 44 S-Cmd 02 SUB-AUDIO FILTER ENABLE This command is used to enable or d isable the sub-audio HP F (High Pass Filter). T his filter removes the CTCSS/DCS so that it will not be passed to the repeater output. SYNTAX: 02 [Mode] READ BACK: 02 STORAGE: RA M/EEPROM PARA METERS: Mode 0 = Pass Sub-Audi[...]

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    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 45 Param ete r 2 = ( Aux Mute Prefix ch a ra cter ) T his feature is used to defi ne a DTMF prefix character that will m ute the DTMF audio going out the auxiliary port. In other words, if the first character of a comm and matches, that character and all follow ing characters will be m uted fro[...]

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    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 46 S-Cmd 04 REPEATER CARRIER DELAY TIMER This timer keeps the repeater transmitter key ed after the receiver input h as dropped. The repeater carrier delay is set in tenths of seconds (100 m illiseconds) in cremen ts. SYNTAX: 04 [T ime] READ BACK: 04 STORAGE: RA M/EEPROM PARAMETERS: Time 0 = No[...]

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    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 47 S-Cmd 07 ID INTERVAL TIMER This command selects the tim e interval for the CW ID (station identification). T he ID will try to be courteous in that it w ill wait f or the user to un-key before the controller sends the ID. A cleanup ID will also occur after the repeater activity has stopped a[...]

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    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 48 S-Cmd 10 REPEATER TIMEOUT TIMER The time-out tim er sets the m aximum length of a single user transm ission, not necessarily the repeater transmitter key tim e. When the user’ s transm ission tim e has been exceeded, the repeater transm itter PTT is turned off, un- key ed. The COS must dro[...]

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    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 49 S-Cmd 12 ADJUST REPEATER TRANSMITTER AUDIO LEVEL See section 7 for add itio nal information on the use of this comm and. This command is used to set the transmitter audio level b y controlling a digital pot w ith 64 positions (0 to 63). T his comm and w ill also accept “*” up an d “#?[...]

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    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 50 S-Cmd 15 USER COMMAND DECODE ENABLE This comm and is u sed to turn on or off an y on e of eigh t groups of user Com m and. When y ou build a u ser com man d, you are asked to identif y one of eight g roups into w hich th e comm and is placed. You can then us e this com man d to enable or dis[...]

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    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 51 S-Cmd 18 DTMF MUTE CONTROL This command is used to enable and disable the DT MF mute f unction for the repeater, auxiliary output and telephone output audio. E ach of these ite ms can be individually contr o lled. M ute ite ms 4 through 11 a r e used to mute incoming audio from the auxiliary[...]

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    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 52 S-Cmd 20 TONE PANEL CTCSS TONE and DCS CODE DECODE ENABLE The RI-300 con troller com es equ ipped w ith 6 in dependent t one panels for 6 dif ferent intern al fun ctions . These fu nction s include: Repeater audio , User comm ands, S-Comm ands, Auxiliary output, Telepho ne and Dial click co [...]

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    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 53 CTCSS Tone and DCS Code Number Table CTCSS DECODE AND ENCODE TONE (Hz) NUMB ER FREQ. NUMBER FREQ. NUMBER FREQ. NUM BER FREQ. NUMBER FREQ. 001 67.0 011 94.8 021 131.8 031 171.3 041 203.5 002 69.3 012 97.4 022 136.5 032 173.8 042 206.5 003 71.9 013 100.0 023 141.3 033 177.3 043 210.7 004 74.4 [...]

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    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 54 S-Cmd 22 TONE PANEL CTCSS TONE or DCS CODE ENCODE MODE This command selects the encode mode for either CTCSS tone or DCS co de. Mode 0 will turn off all encoding. Mode 1 will encode the master tone at a ll times. Modes 2 through 7 r egenera te tones ONLY when valid COS/CT CSS tones ar e deco[...]

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    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 55 S-Cmd 23 INTERNAL FUNCTION CTCSS TONE or DCS CODE ENCODE A specifi c tone or code may be encoded based u pon som e of the cont roller’s internal f unctions . This comm and specifies w hat tones will be encoded on the repeater transmitter wh en activity is detected from the ID, auxiliary in[...]

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    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 56 S-Cmd 24 SET CTCSS/DCS ENCODE LEVEL This command allows y ou to select the CTCSS and DCS enco de modulation level to the repeater transmitter. A digital pot with 64 positions (0 to 63 ) controls this level. This comm and w ill also accept “*” (u p) and “#” (down) com man ds for adjus[...]

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    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 57 S-Cmd 27 TONE REMOTE DECODE S ET UP This fea ture is used to set up the tone re mote freq uencies that you want to d e cod e . You c a n specify up to eight diffe r ent tone frequen cies. Tone #1 is used as a PTT sign al duri ng ton e remot e operating mode. This tone is typi cally 2175Hz. T[...]

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    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 58 S-Cmd 28 TONE REMOTE MODE and NOTCH FILTER CONTROL This feature is used to def ine the m ode of th e tone rem ote decoder. As a tone decoder, each of the 8 tones as def ined in S-Command 27 is used to set and cle ar user b its 17 thr o ugh 24, ( see S-Command 45) . In any the tone remote mod[...]

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    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 59 S-Cmd 28 Continued TONE REM O TE MO DE a nd NOTCH FILTER CONTRO L SYNTAX: 28 [Item ] [Data] RE AD B ACK: 28 [ Item] STOREAGE: RAM/EEPROM PARAMET ERS: Item 0 = ( Tone remote decode mode ) Defines th e “decode operating mode” of the tone rem ote feature. Data = 0 (Disab le tone remote deco[...]

  • Page 68

    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 60 S-Cmd 28 Continued TONE REM O TE MO DE a nd NOTCH FILTER CONTRO L EXAMPLE: 28 0 1 Enable th e decoder to detect ton e on the R X inpu t 27 1 8 Set the decoder respons e time to 180 m illisecon ds 27 2 5 Set the no tone tim er to 110 m illiseconds 28 3 1 Notch 2175 Hz ton e from th e RX in pu[...]

  • Page 69

    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 61 Speech Vocabulary Speech Control Word Vocabulary Data Control Word Data Control Word 000 Rese t Sp eech Synthesi zer 016 Speak sy stem voltag e 001 Start of Messa ge 017 Speak Hy brid balance value 002 End of Me ssag e 018 Speak tone rem ote de code f reque ncy 003 Messa ge to re peate r, Mi[...]

  • Page 70

    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 62 Speech Word Vocabulary Data Wor d Data Word Data Word Data Wor d[...]

  • Page 71

    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 63 Speech Word Vocabulary Data Wor d Data Word Data Word Data Wor d 420 PATCH 478 SECONDS 536 T HIRD 594 WAY 421 PAT H 479 SECURI TY 537 THI S 595 WE 422 PELLE TS 480 SELCA L 538 T HIS IS 596 WEA THE R 423 PER 481 SELE CT 539 THUNDERST ORMS 597 WEDNESDAY 424 PERCENT 482 SEPTEMBE R 540 THURSDA Y[...]

  • Page 72

    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 64 Speech Word Vocabulary Data Wor d Data Word Data Word Data Wor d 652 BAL DW INSVIL LE 676 DEFL ECTO R 901 DVR Messag e #1 926 DVR Messa ge #26 653 BAT AVI A 677 DISA BLED 902 DVR Messa ge #2 927 DVR Mess age #27 654 BURL ING TON 678 EDISON 903 DVR Mes sage #3 928 DVR Messag e #28 655 COOPER [...]

  • Page 73

    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 65 Tone Generator Co mm and Descriptions TG1 T one ge ne rator #1, you c a n indepe ndently contro l freq ue ncy and level o f this ge ne rator . TG2 T one ge ne rator #2, you c a n indepe ndently contro l freq ue ncy and level o f this ge ne rator . TONE Pred efined to nes, used to set the fre[...]

  • Page 74

    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 66 Tone Generato r Co m mand List TONE GENERATOR COMM AND TABLE Data Operation Data Operation Data Operation 000 Rese t tone ge nerator 058 TG1, T one at 2500 Hz 116 TG 2, Dire ct Fre q (1) 000-999 001 Start Of Mess age 059 TG 1, Tone at 2600 Hz 117 TG2, D irect Freq (2) 000-999 002 End Of Me s[...]

  • Page 75

    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 67 TONE GENERATOR COMM AND TABLE Data Operation Data Operation Data Operation 174 Set TG 2 L eve l 24 232 CW “A ” 290 Tone on f or 700 m s 175 Set TG 2 L eve l 25 233 CW “B” 291 Tone on f or 800 m s 176 Set TG 2 L eve l 26 234 CW “C” 292 Tone on f or 900 m s 177 Set TG 2 L eve l 27 [...]

  • Page 76

    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 68 S-Cm d 32 SET MESSAGE and EV ENT TRIGG ERS This command is used to assign controller events to trigger messages or macros. Event triggers are item s like ID, courtesy messages, function telem etry and pow er on events. These triggers point to a starting line in the macro data m emory. When a[...]

  • Page 77

    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 69 S-Cmd 33 DIGITAL VOICE RECORDER, EDIT MESSAGE The Digital Voice Recorder (DVR) us ed in the RI- 300 provides a hig h quality solid-state speech record and playback fun ction. This unit uses a no n-volatile E EPROM te c hnology to stor e the messages. Note tha t even though the message itself[...]

  • Page 78

    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 70 S-Cmd 34 AUXILIARY OUTPUT MODE The auxiliary port allow s you to con nect m ultiple RI-300 con trollers together or con nect the RI- 300 to someone els e’s exis ting controlle r. This com man d sets u p the m ode for th e output of audi o and PTT logic to other con trollers. The R I-300 ha[...]

  • Page 79

    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 71 S-Cmd 36 AUXILIARY INPUT CARRIER DELAY TIMER This comm and sets the amou nt of tim e that th e repeater transm itter stay s key ed-on after th e auxiliary input h as dropped. This carrier delay is s et in tenth s of seconds (100 m s) in cremen ts. Setting the au xiliary delay tim e to zero s[...]

  • Page 80

    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 72 S-Cmd 39 RI-300 CONTROLLER UNIT ADDRESS This comm an d is used to ass ign a u nique u nit address to each RI-300 conn ected on the A uxiliary buss . When conn ecting mu ltiple controllers together, you m ust assign each controller a unique u nit address. Controllers on the buss can talk to e[...]

  • Page 81

    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 73 S-Cmd 42 REGULAR INTERVAL MACRO TRIGGER This command is used to configure a timer that w ill trigger a m acro at a Start Line address at a regularly tim ed interval. The re are 8 timers av ailable. Use this com man d to trigger a m acro line that starts the ID, if you w ant to have a beacon [...]

  • Page 82

    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 74 S-Cmd 44 SCHEDULER TO TRIGGER A MACRO (RI-300 and RI-310 Version 2 Only) This is a simple scheduler, allowing y ou to instruct the controller to p e rform a macro at a certain tim e of the day. Sixteen individu al schedulers are available. The sy stem time clock m ust be set properly after e[...]

  • Page 83

    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 75 S-Cmd 45 LOGIC INPUTS and INTERNAL FUNCTIONS – STATE CHANGE TRIG GER The controller has three dig ital inputs on board an d is expandable to 10 inpu ts that can trigg er macros. There are also an additional 24 internal functions that also can trigger macros. Each of these inputs or functio[...]

  • Page 84

    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 76 S-Cmd 48 COUNTER TRIGGER The counter trigg er is used to coun t events and trig ger a m acro w hen a term inal count is reached. There are 8 counters available. Each cou nter m ay be in dividually program m ed. When prog ramm ing a counter, y ou can set a term inal cou nt and a preset count.[...]

  • Page 85

    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 77 S-Cmd 50 ADJUST SQUELCH The Adjus t Squelc h com man d sets t he squel ch lev el of th e digita l potentiom eter i n the R I-300. This dig ital pot entiom eter ha s 64 p o sitions, (0 0 thro ugh 63). You can ad just the sque lch level in single step s by sending a “50 *” to inc rement th[...]

  • Page 86

    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 78 S-Cmd 52 DETAIL SQUELCH SET UP The squelch s ys tem on the RI- 300 can be fin e-tu ned for a gi ven applicat ion. The follow ing item s m ay be ch anged to ach ieve a different result in y our applicatio n. T he best way to learn more about these adjustments is to experiment w ith them. Noti[...]

  • Page 87

    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 79 S-Cmd 53 TELEPHONE HYBRID ADJUSTMENT The RI-300 uses a digital potentiom eter to adjust the telephon e hy brid circuit. In m ost cases, th e auto setting will w ork f ine . In auto, the m icroprocessor will balance the hy brid during each outgoin g telephone call in w hich th e off-hook com [...]

  • Page 88

    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 80 S-Cmd 56 PASSWORD FOR TELEPHONE INCOMING RING ACCESS The telephone ring PASSWORD is used to start the rin ging process on the repeater for in comin g calls; also see S-Com m and 71, incoming call m ode. T his pa ssword is only used in S-Comm and 71 modes 3 and 4 . T he controller will answ e[...]

  • Page 89

    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 81 S-Cmd 59 REMOTE EEPROM INITIALIZE This command allow s you to rem otely reset y our EEPROM (Non-Volatile Memory) data with f actory defaults. You may also execute this c o mm and thr o ugh a link (ano ther atta ched RI - 300 controlle r) or from the tel ephone. This S-Com m and is the sam e [...]

  • Page 90

    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 82 S-Cmd 62 DEFINING USER COMMANDS S-Com man d 62 provides the m eans to create a user com m ands. There are four ty pes of User Com m ands. Each ty pe is discussed belo w. To cl e ar a Us e r Command name, send S -Co mm and 6 2 followed b y the command number you want to clear. When the con tr[...]

  • Page 91

    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 83 SYNTAX: 62 [Comm and nu mber] [C omm and ty pe] [Group] [Macro start line] [C omm and n ame] READ BA CK 62* [C omm an d num ber] STORAGE: RA M/EEPROM PARAMET ERS: Command number 000 – 199 Co mma nd t ype[...]

  • Page 92

    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 84 S-Cmd 63 MACRO EDITOR, SET STARTING LINE NUMBER POINTER Macros are one or more S-Comm ands strung together . Messages ar e also stored in the same mem ory area as m acros. To build a macro or m essage, y ou m ust first tell th e controller w here the m acro or m essage w ill start (Macro Sta[...]

  • Page 93

    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 85 S-Cmd 65 CONDITIONAL STATEMENTS (IF / THEN / ELSE) This command is used to test system variables in a conditional statement and branch based o n a true or false outcome. The conditional statements have various parts. Within these parts, the co nditional statement w ill test the EXPRESSION pa[...]

  • Page 94

    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 86 S-Comm and 65, cont inued: EXAM PLE 2: 65 00 2 2 # 19 013 1 1 C (S- Cm d1) C (S-C m d2) C D (S-C m d3) C (S-C m d4) C D IF System Mode < 2 A ND Repeater Tone Panel 100.0Hz = 1, THEN execu te S-Com m ands 1 and 2 EL SE execute S- Comm ands 3 and 4 END T his conditional statement is entered[...]

  • Page 95

    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 87 Var Description Index Range Notes 40 A UX source m ode NA 1-9 S-Com m and 35 41 A ux sou rce decode tone NA 0-154 S- Com ma nd 21 42 A UX input , repeater carrier delay tim e NA 0-255 S-Comm an d 36 43 Con troller dat a link protocol m ode NA 0-1 S-C omm an d 38 44 Con troller Uni t Addres s[...]

  • Page 96

    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 88 S-Cmd 66 READ / WRITE / PUSH / POP SYSTEM DATA The RI-300 cont roller stores all of its sys tem data on EEPROM, a non- volatile m emory . It also has two tem porary RAM mem ory locations for storing this same system data. The first of the two RAM locations holds the systems data that is used[...]

  • Page 97

    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 89 S-Cmd 69 EXIT S-COMMAND PROGRAMMING When you enter the programm ing m ode, the contro ller will copy the current system EEPROM data into the system RA M (See S-C omm and 66 f or a detailed desc ription on sy stem mem ory ). Af ter y ou m ake ch anges, y ou can exit t he program m ing mode (l[...]

  • Page 98

    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 90 S-Cmd 71 TELEPHONE INCOMING CALL MODE This command is used to set up how the controller operates during incoming phone calls. In all modes, the controller will not act on incoming rings until the ring delay counter (S-Com mand 75) has expired . • Mode 0: All ringing will be ignored. • Mo[...]

  • Page 99

    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 91 S-Cmd 72 TELEPHONE CTCSS/DCS TONE PANEL ENABLE After y ou hav e set up the CTCSS tones an d DCS codes (S-Com m and 20) to be used f or accessing the telephon e, use this comm and to enable th e telephone tone pan el. Make sure th at all tones and codes used in the telephon e panel are also i[...]

  • Page 100

    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 92 S-Cmd 76 TELEPHONE TX RING LIMIT This command lim it of the total number of ring messages to be transmitted. Do not use the no-limit mode of this comm and with S-Command 71, mod e s 2 thro ugh 4; the r e peate r will not stop r i nging o ver the a i r . SYNTAX: 76 [Ring] READ BACK 76 STORAGE[...]

  • Page 101

    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 93 S-Cmd 79 TELEPHONE INCOMING AGC AUDIO LEVEL An A GC (Automatic Gain Control) is used in the audio path from the telephone to the repeater transmitter. This comm and sets the initial AGC audio level from the telephone. The AGC w ill operate in a smaller range of this coarse setting. If the te[...]

  • Page 102

    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 94 S-Cmd 82 TELEPHONE ON/OFF -HOOK AND ACCESS/ACCOUNT CODE This com m and is u sed to m ove the t elephon e on or off -hook . As y ou m ake a call, y ou can se lect one of up to 8 diff erent di aling prefixes f or a long distance serv ice access num ber, or you can select a special PBX “Outsi[...]

  • Page 103

    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 95 S-Cmd 84 TELEPHONE NUMBER AUTO-DIALER The RI-300 su pports 99 auto dial nu mbers and a “las t num ber” re-dial. Use th is com man d to store each of the auto dial num bers. Any num ber stored here will not be checked by either the accept table or the reject table when used. To use an aut[...]

  • Page 104

    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 96 S-Cmd 87 EDIT TELEPHONE NUMBER ACCEPT TABLE The telephone nu mber accept table is u sed to control w hich teleph one num bers are allow ed for dialing . If the reject table is turned off, only num bers in the accept table w ill be allowed for dialing . If the reject table is turned on and th[...]

  • Page 105

    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 97 S-Cmd 89 EDIT TELEPHONE NUMBER REJECT TABLE The telephone nu mber reject table is used to con trol w hich telephon e num bers are not allow ed for dialing. If the accept table is turned off, only num bers in the reject table w ill not be allowed for dialing . If the accept table is turned on[...]

  • Page 106

    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 98 S-Cmd 91 SET TRANSMIT and RECEIVE FREQUENCY This comm and is used to set th e frequency for both transm it and receive in a sy nth esized radio that is connected to the controller. When y ou are us ing this con troller w ith the Vertex repeater, y ou can con trol the TX/RX frequen cy of the [...]

  • Page 107

    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 99 S-Cmd 92 SELECT TYPE OF SYNTHESIZED RADIO (Continued) PARA METERS: Mode 10 = Generic Data Radio Connected to Pacific Research RBI-3: Uses the RBI-3 to interface w ith a radio that s upports Gene ric Data form at. This form at is sim ilar to the Dou g Hall RBI- 1, but is inten ded for othe r [...]

  • Page 108

    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 100 S-Cmd 96 GENERIC DATA and DHE RBI-1 INTERFACE This S-Com man d allows direct con trol of Generic Data R adios and the Doug Hall Electronics (DHE) RBI-1. Pacific Research offe rs a range of Vertex F TL Mobile radios t hat conf orm s to this data form at. A lso, the DHE R BI-1 can be u sed to[...]

  • Page 109

    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 101 S-Cm d 96 GENERIC DATA and DHE RBI-1 INTERFACE (Continued) Parameter 3 = ( CTCSS Select ) Used to define the CTCSS encode and decode f requency . Select the tone number from the f ollowing data table. Data 1 = 67.0Hz 2 = 71.9Hz 3 = 74.4Hz 4 = 77.0Hz 5 = 79.7Hz 6 = 82.5Hz 7 = 85.4Hz 8 = 88.5[...]

  • Page 110

    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 102 S-Cmd 98 RESERVED FOR FUTURE COMMAND S-Cmd 99 USER SCRATCH PAD DATA This com m and provides 100 user vari ables. These v ariables all ow y ou t o set and s ave data v alues th at can th en be tes ted by t he CONDITIONAL STATEMENT comman d (S-com man d 65). As an ex ample, y ou m ay w ant to[...]

  • Page 111

    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 103 SECTION 13 USER COMMA NDS and MA CROS User com man ds and m acro program m ing in th e RI-300 repeater controller is the m eans by w hich y ou gen erate custom an d secure comm ands for the repeater us ers to access. The RI- 300 controller is event driven , wh ich mean s any thing th at cha[...]

  • Page 112

    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 104 DEFINITION of TERMS STANDARD USER COMM AND: This is a comm and that th e repeater user w ould us e to control predefined f unction s of the repeater. When the user sends this type of a comm and, the controller will look for an exact match including the total number o f digits. Once a match [...]

  • Page 113

    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 105 PROGRAMMING STANDARD USER COMMANDS an d MACROS User Comm ands are a simple string of digits that point to a more elaborate function (macro), usually containing and controlling the execution or p r o cessing of multiple S-Com mands. Also, there are some internal f unctions and events that wi[...]

  • Page 114

    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 106 Example of programm ing a standard user comm and and macro When a repeater user sen ds a comm and, the con troller checks the com m and w ith the prog ramm ed com mands f or an exact mat ch. The RI- 300 has 200 com m and m em ory locat ions av ailable f or use. Each com m and m em ory l oca[...]

  • Page 115

    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 107 Passing S-Comm ands to Anot her Co ntroller S-Comm ands can be sent from one controller to another when y ou have multiple controllers connected together via the auxiliary buss. This is done by including the destination co ntro ller’s address in front of the S-Command. When the destinatio[...]

  • Page 116

    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 108 The follow ing exam ples are design ed to get y ou started. Do not forget th at wh en you are building a m acro over th e air, you must add a 64 in front of the conditio nal statement and all S-Commands. You can test a conditio nal statement when the controller is unlocked. T o do this, sen[...]

  • Page 117

    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 109 TELEPHONE COMMANDS Telephone comm ands are th e same as standard com m ands, but allow a m ethod to pass along a telephone nu mber to be ch ecked by th e accept and reject tables. Telephone comm ands are processed just like stan dard comm ands, but th e repeater user can include a telephone[...]

  • Page 118

    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 110 SECTION 14 MESSA GES, SPEECH and CW The controller supports tw o types of m essages, s peech and CW. This section w ill outlin e both ty pes and show examples. You should alway s keep in mind that all m essages are triggered by some event w ithin the controller. There are two ty pes of m es[...]

  • Page 119

    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 111 Review the f ollowin g procedure to enter th is “Hello” ID into th e controller. Af ter you u n-key y our radio after each com m and, you sh ould hear the CW comm and num ber read back in speech. This w ill tell you that y ou did every thing correctly. If y ou hear an “ ERROR” m ess[...]

  • Page 120

    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 112 Custom tone gen erator CW m essage exam ple You can als o use ton es of v arious l ength s and pau ses in any of y our m essag es; see C W comm ands 273 thro ugh 344. The ne xt example w ill show y ou how to change the function complete m essage. The current function co mplete is stored at [...]

  • Page 121

    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 113 “End of Messag e” comm and con sum es 1 digit “C”. The en d of data com man d consum es 1 digit “D”. A ll other m essage comm ands cons um e 3 digits each. CW Messages w ithin a user com mand m acro When buildin g a messag e that is contain ed with in a m acro use norm al m acro[...]

  • Page 122

    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 114 EXITING PR OGRAMMING MODE Rem ember to ex ecute an S- Comm and 69 0 to lock and discard y our chang es or 69 1 to lock and save y our ch anges w hen you are finished w ith the programming m ode. The controller will also exit the S-Comm and mode after 5 minutes of no DTMF activity. You m ay [...]

  • Page 123

    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 115 SECTION 15 TELEPHONE INTERCONNECT The RI-300 incorporates a h ighly intellig ent telephone in terconnect. This telephon e interconnect u ses a fu ll duplex hy brid tha t is balanced each tim e an outg oing call is started. A telephone hy brid is a circuit th at divides the audio f rom th e [...]

  • Page 124

    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 116 TELEPHONE USER COMMANDS Telephone user com m ands are the sam e as “standard u ser comm ands” bu t they allow a m ethod to pass along a telephone num ber to be checked by both th e accept and reject tables. Telephone comm ands are execu ted by n ames just like u ser comm ands but y ou c[...]

  • Page 125

    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 117 AUTO-DIALER and LAST NUMBER REDIAL The RI-300 su pports 99 auto dial nu mbers and a last nu m ber re-dial. You m ay store as m any as 16 digit n um bers in each of the auto dial locations. Any num ber stored in the auto dialer w ill not be checked by the accept an d reject tables when us ed[...]

  • Page 126

    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 118 SETTING UP and PROGRAM MING the TELEP HONE INTERCONNECT The default user com m and for dialing the teleph one has m inim um set up. This means th at you can m ake ch anges to the outgoing call mode an d timers th at will n ot be affected by the off -hook dial macro. When building u ser comm[...]

  • Page 127

    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 119 The following is a list of settings and macros that should get you started in using this mode and allow y ou to continue using t he telephone in normal operation. S-C omm an d 28 mode 4 S-C omm an d 71 mode 2 Tone remote Tone-2 (2050 Hz Monit or tone) conn ect macro. User Co mm and (Co nnec[...]

  • Page 128

    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 120 SECTION 16 LINKING and REMOTE BA SE Linking is a method o f c o nnecting two differ ent rep eater sites using a simplex or full duple x radio s. Link ra d ios ar e not intended to be used as u ser inputs n or outputs; they are sim ply a dedicated radio path between repeater sites. If y ou i[...]

  • Page 129

    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 121 In our last example, w e w ill use full duplex links between all sites. Each of these sites can include a repeater, rem ote base radio and telephone. In this exam ple, users can talk to each other an d pass control fu nctions f rom site to site. The traff ic on thi s ty pe of link can be co[...]

  • Page 130

    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 122 SETTING UP AUDIO CHANNELS The auxiliary audio buss is set up at the factory by default to w ork with f lat audio (audio without emphasis). If your applica tio n requires som ething oth er that flat au dio, you m ay chang e the emph asis w ith jumpers (JP2 and JP3) on the analog board. See s[...]

  • Page 131

    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 123 LINK SET UP When setting up a controller as a full duplex link p ort, start with the follow ing S-Comm and defaults: 01 1 through 3 Re peat a udio p ath on for a full dup l e x repe a ting link or 01 5 Repeat audio pat h off for a non repeating link 04 ? Adjust repeat carrier delay as neede[...]

  • Page 132

    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 124 INTERFACING to the Doug Ha ll Electroni cs (DHE) RBI-1 The RI-300 an d RI-310 su pports th e “GENERIC ” data form at us ed by t he Doug Hall Electron ics (DHE) RBI- 1. The RBI-1 can be us ed to control u p to four Ken w ood series TM-XX1 m obile radi os from the Paci fic Res earch RBI- [...]

  • Page 133

    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 125 Initial Settings After y ou h ave conn ected the RBI-1 to th e controller and connected y our controller to y our com puter w ith the program m ing cable , start th e program mi ng sof tw are and open your repeater data f ile. From th e top men u, pick “R epeater” then “GenData (DHE R[...]

  • Page 134

    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 126 Customizing User Comm a nds The following user comm ands are examples to get y ou started. Once you become more fam iliar w ith the DHE RBI-1 ope ratio n, you are w elcome make m odif ications to these com m ands or add some of you r own . The followin g user com m ands assum e that you are[...]

  • Page 135

    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 127 Link RX Com m and This comm and will tu rn on the link receiver; port input and set the courtesy message f or two beeps. We will also inclu de a speech m essage in the com man d. On user com m and store pos ition 16, add the lin k RX com man d. We will u se “#01” as th e comm and n ame.[...]

  • Page 136

    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 128 VFO Frequency Comm and In this example, w e w ill assume that w e are controlling a 2-meter radio. This command w ill be used to load the radio VFO with a frequency. We w ill use the first tw o digits of the 2-meter frequency as the nam e of the comm and and the balance of the frequency dat[...]

  • Page 137

    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 129 Power Select Comm and In this example, w e will build tw o comm ands to select the transmitter high and low power levels. On user com m and store pos ition 22, add the low pow er com man d. We will u se “* 050” as the com m and nam e. 62 022 0 1 112 *050 Com m and Nu mber = 022, Ty pe =[...]

  • Page 138

    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 130 PALOMAR COMMAND FORMAT The Paloma r RBC-700 con troller u ses a com m and sy stem that allow s a user t o string togeth er com man ds w ithou t un- key ing . This is especially us eful w hen you are u sing lin ks to conn ect repeater sites wh ere the carrier m ay not drop in order to termin[...]

  • Page 139

    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 131 SECTION 17 CIRCUIT DESCRIPTIONS The follow ing section s w ill cover the brief circu it description of th e RI-300 repeater controller’ s An alog and CPU circuit boar d. Use the schem atic on the follow ing pages f or additional reference. Only th e basic function of each circuit is cover[...]

  • Page 140

    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 132 ANALOG CIRCUIT BOARD DESCRIPTION • The input of th e RI-300 ha s an adjus table gai n stag e, U1-7. VR1 is used to se t the g ain of t his s tage. • U2-8 is a low pass filter w ith a cutoff frequ ency of 4500 Hz. This filter is us ed to reduce adjacent chann el splatter. • The output [...]

  • Page 141

    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 133 ANALOG CIRCUIT BOARD CONFIG URATION JUMPERS JP1 - M odulatio n Select: This jumper is used in conjunction w ith JP 5 to select wh en driving a phased or pre-em phasized m odulator. Install a jumper to drive a ph ase or pre-em phasized m odulator. Do not install jum per or leave open if driv[...]

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    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 134 ANALOG CIRCUIT BOARD SCHEMATIC[...]

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    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 135 ANALOG CIRCUIT BOARD ASSEMBLY  $QDOR J &LUFXLW%RDUG$VVHPEO [...]

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    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 136 Central Processing Unit (CPU) CIRCUIT BOARD • U100 is th e mi croprocessor. This process or is an In tel 8051 fa mil y dev ice r unning at 11 . 0592MHz. This processor h as its own ROM and con tains the operatin g system program . • U102 is th e Real Tim e Clock. B101 i s the batt ery t[...]

  • Page 145

    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 137 CPU CIRCUIT BOARD CONFIG URATION JUMPERS JP11 - Vertex Ins tallation: This jum per is u sed to iden tify w hen t he RI- 310 is ins talled in to a Vertex VXR -5000 repeater. Ins tall a jum per to select a Vertex repeater installation. Do not install a j umper in all other installations. JP12[...]

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    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 138 CPU BOARD SCHEMATIC[...]

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    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 139 CPU CIRCUIT BOARD ASSEMBLY &38&LUFXLW%RDUG$VVHPEO[...]

  • Page 148

    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 140 ANALOG and CPU CIRCUIT BOARD P ARTS LIST QTY DESCRIPTION PACKAGE TYPE/V ALUE REFDES. 41 Capacitor, Mon o C hip 1206 0.1uF, 50V C8,C19,C 20,C28,C29,C31,C 40-C54 C61,C64,C 68,C69,C70,C72,C 73 C106,C110- C119,C121,C 124 5 Capacitor, Mono Chip 1206 0.22uF, 25V C15,C35,C39,C55,C 59 4 Capacitor, [...]

  • Page 149

    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 141 QTY DESCRIPTION PACKAGE TYPE/V ALUE REFDES. 24 Resis tor, 1% Chip 1206 10.0K R9,R15,R 16,R25,R32,R55,R 63 R65-R 67,R69,R78,R 80-R 82,R94 R97,R99,R 101,R104,R105,R114 R117,R118 15 Resis tor, 1% Chip 1206 100K R6,R7,R 24,R30,R31,R 45,R46,R71 R72,R74,R 75,R83,R84,R88,R 89 3 Resistor, 1% Chip 1[...]

  • Page 150

    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 142 QTY DESCRIPTION PACKAGE TYPE/V ALUE REFDES. 1 Connector, 8P- 8C RJ- 45 R J-45 Mic/Program J7 1 Connector, Phono Jack Speaker J8 2 Diode, Zener, 24V, 1W DO-41 1N4749 CR10,CR 9 1 Header, 14 P in Dual Row Feature Select JP 11-JP17 1 Header, 14 Pin Dual Row LCD Displa y J10 1 Header, 18 Pin, Du[...]

  • Page 151

    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 143 VXR-5000 INTERFACE CIRCUIT BOARD SCHEMATIC & ASSEMBLY[...]

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    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 144 REMOTE INTERFACE (RBI-3) CIRCUIT BOARD SCHEMATIC & ASSEMBLY[...]

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    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 145 SECTION 18 TROUBLESHOOTING This section provides procedures to solve som e com mon problems that m ay occur w ith th e RI-300. Use th e follow ing checkli st if y ou are experiencin g problem s with your con troller. 1. Confirm that y ou h ave 12 VDC pow er conn ected to the correct pins. 2[...]

  • Page 154

    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 146 SECTION 19 GLOSSA RY ADC: Analog to Digital Converter, this is a device or circuit that converts an analo g voltage to a digital number. ANALOG : A voltage that has multiple or dynamic levels w ithin a given range. BOM: Beginning Of Message. This is a character that is en tered at the begin[...]

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    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 147 FLASH PROM: A program m able Read Only Memory that can be electrically erased and prog ramm ed w hile rem aining in the circuit. This device is typically used to store the controller’s pro gram. FUNCTION: A valid com m and or cont rol sequence execu ted by th e controller. FUNCTION COM PL[...]

  • Page 156

    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 148 SYSTEM O PERATOR: T his i s the ow ne r or person w ho is responsi ble for th e program mi ng an d final operation of the repeater system . TELEMETRY: This is the signal(s) g enerated by th e repeater controller in respon se to DTMF comm ands that are entered, or a response to time-outs and[...]

  • Page 157

    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 149 SECTION 20 LIMITED WA RRA NTY PACIFIC RESEARCH SOLUTIONS w ill repair this pro duct with new or rebuilt parts free of charge in the United States for a period of 1 y ear from the date of the orig inal purchase, in the even t of a defect in th e material or w orkm ansh ip. This warranty is e[...]

  • Page 158

    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 150 SECTION 21 SYSTEM COMMA ND TA BLE S-Cmd Com m and Description and Data Format Read Back Syntax C o mma n d Syntax Factory Setting Stored Loca tion 00 No Operation Used for clearin g a macro area N/A 00 N/A N/A 01 Syste m m ode Mode 0 = Sy stem off , 1 = COS, 2 = Rpt CTCSS/DCS, 3 = COS + Rpt[...]

  • Page 159

    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 151 S-Cmd Com m and Description and Data Format Read Back Syntax C o mma n d Syntax Factory Setting Stored Loca tion 14 Use r and S-Cm d contr ol CTCSS/DC S tone panel de code enabl e Panel 0 = Both, 1 = User com ma nds, 2 = S-Com m ands Mode 0 = Di sable (of f) , 1 = Enable (on) 14 [Pa ne l] 1[...]

  • Page 160

    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 152 S-Cmd Com m and Description and Data Format Read Back Syntax C o mma n d Syntax Factory Setting Stored Loca tion 27 T one Rem ote De code Set up Item 0 = Decode to lerance Data = 1- 20 in 0.5 perce nt increm ents Item 1-8 = D ecode fre quencies , Data = 0 ( Disable) , 650-3000 (Hz) 27 [Item[...]

  • Page 161

    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 153 S-Cmd Com m and Description and Data Format Read Back Syntax C o mma n d Syntax Factory Setting Stored Loca tion 34 A UX output m ode Mode 0 = O ff , 1 = COS, 2 = AU X CTCSS/D CS, 3 = COS + AUX C TCSS/DCS, 4= Open sque lch 34 34 [Mode] 0 off RAM EEPROM 35 AUX input m ode Input = 1 - 8, 0 = [...]

  • Page 162

    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 154 S-Cmd Com m and Description and Data Format Read Back Syntax C o mma n d Syntax Factory Setting Stored Loca tion 48 Counter trigg er Counter = 1 to 8 Counts = 0 to 255, * = Inc Counter, # = D ec Counte r, 0 = Disa ble or re set counte r Line = Macro s tarting line numbe r 1 to 999, 0 = disa[...]

  • Page 163

    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 155 S-Cmd Com m and Description and Data Format Read Back Syntax C o mma n d Syntax Factory Setting Stored Loca tion 69 Exit sy stem com ma nd mode Save 0 = Exit with out sa ving cha nges to EEPROM, 1 = Sav e to EEPROM and ex it S-Cm d mode Save on ly affects co m m and stored l ocati o ns tha [...]

  • Page 164

    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 156 S-Cmd Com m and Description and Data Format Read Back Syntax C o mma n d Syntax Factory Setting Stored Loca tion 87 Edit telephone num ber accept table Accept = 00 t o 99 t able en t ry Number = 0 to 1 6 digit s (0 -9, * = Wild card) 87 * [Accept] 87 [Accept] [Numbe r] None N V RAM 88 Telep[...]

  • Page 165

    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 157 SECTION 22 FA CTORY DEFA ULTS DEFAULT USER COMMANDS Name Num ber Type Gro up Sta rt Line Description *3 000 Standard 1 005 Open squelch on repeater #1 001 Standard 1 002 S ys tem off *1 002 Standard 1 004 CTCSS/DCS Decode on *2 003 Standard 1 003 CTCSS/DCS Decode of f, COS only *5 004 Stand[...]

  • Page 166

    Pacific R esearch Solu tions RI-300e User Man ual Page 158 DEFAULT MACRO DATA Start li ne 001 067C 340C D Sy stem reset , power on Start li ne 002 010C D Sy stem off Start line 003 011C D Sy stem on, CO S access Start li ne 004 013C D Sy stem on, CTCSS /DCS + CO S Start li ne 005 014C D Sy stem on, open s quelch Start li ne 006 18011C D Repeater DT[...]