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4O3A Station Genius v2 User Manual Download Page 2

0. Introduction

Congratulations on your purchase of the Station Genius controller by 4O3A. Station
Genius is the most complete, easy-to-use, amateur radio station controller available on the
market today.

SG can be used as a single unit or it can be used in a network of multiple SG and other
devices, allowing for scalability in future shack setups.

Here is an example of an InBand setup using Station genius and some other 4O3A
products.

Station Genius is primarily designed to be used with a PC. The user interface of the SG
Windows app integrates seamlessly with Win-Test logging software and other HAM apps.

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Summary of Contents for Station Genius v2

Page 1: ...13 2 2 USB Keyboard 14 3 Software 15 3 1 Initial Setup 15 3 2 Device Settings 46 1 Device Status 49 2 CAT Configuration 50 3 Network Configuration 51 4 Other 51 3 3 Button Types 52 3 4 Output Modules 53 3 4 1 Local Outputs 53 3 4 2 Remote Outputs 54 3 5 Exclusive IDs 55 3 6 Subgroups 55 3 7 Split Signals 56 3 8 Configuration Options 57 3 9 Connection Options 58 3 10 FlexRadio Connection 59 3 12 Fi...

Page 2: ... a single unit or it can be used in a network of multiple SG and other devices allowing for scalability in future shack setups Here is an example of an InBand setup using Station genius and some other 4O3A products Station Genius is primarily designed to be used with a PC The user interface of the SG Windows app integrates seamlessly with Win Test logging software and other HAM apps Back to table ...

Page 3: ...Station Genius can also used stand alone and controlled by just a USB keyboard This is useful if you don t have a PC available or prefer not to use one Back to table of contents Page 3 ...

Page 4: ...f up to 5 antennas M is usually used for main antennas 3 S indicates split signals 4 PTT indicates PTT 5 MODE indicates whether SG is being controlled by the PC app or the external keyboard 6 INH indicates that the device is in inhibit mode 7 INT indicates that the device is in interlock mode 8 TX indicates that one or more transmitters are active in the network 9 SO2R R1 and R2 LEDs are not in us...

Page 5: ...ogram the PTT Outputs are located below its RCA connector socket Unlike the PTT DLY input these outputs have no delay The RCA jack can be configured for either 1 Closure to Ground left position 2 12V DC on Transmit right position The top position is for normally open configuration The bottom position is for normally closed configuration shorted on RX Back to table of contents Page 5 ...

Page 6: ...e bottom position is for normally closed configuration shorted on RX 3 FS black RCA connector PTT input from a foot switch This input is always looking for a closure to ground on transmit Foot switch line is isolated with an optocoupler 4 PTT IN black RCA connector Generic PTT input from an external device such as a foot switch relay or line containing 5V or 12V DC PTT IN line is isolated with wit...

Page 7: ...ointing towards the connector This DIN connector accepts Band Data signals from an external device The connector is directly compatible with Yaesu Band Data jacks Band data in line is isolated with optocoupler 8 BAND DATA OUT black RCA connector arrow pointing away from the connector This DIN connector forwards Band Data for use with linear amplifiers or other devices requiring BCD data 9 AUX OUT ...

Page 8: ...ry you can reconfigure the addresses using the SG app This RJ 45 connector has galvanic isolation from uC circuit 11 RS 232 1 DB9 connector CAT control INPUT port 12 RS 232 2 DB9 connector CAT control FOWRAD port 13 14V DC DC power connector 14V 18V DC connector is used to power Station Genius Only use to a power source capable of 1000 mA of current Polarity can be either way since it SG comes wit...

Page 9: ...l INT LED will glow blue 2 P button Priority button Devices with higher priority will take precedence over devices devices with lower priority when it comes to interlock There are three priority levels Pressing the button increments the priority of the device Pressing the button when maximum priority is set will reset it back to 1 When toggling you can see the priority level on the front display o...

Page 10: ...parate secion 1 Device ID When working together in a group devices are identified by unique IDs ID values range are from 1 to 6 ID value of 0 is not legal Device ID DIP 1 DIP 2 DIP 3 1 ON OFF OFF 2 OFF ON OFF 3 ON ON OFF 4 OFF OFF ON 5 ON OFF ON 6 ON ON ON 2 Group ID When working together in mutliple groups devices are identified by unique GIDs GID values are from 1 to 6 GID value of 0 is not lega...

Page 11: ...r network switch to connect the devices together If you have only two SG units you can connect them directly using a straight Ethernet cable Auto IP DIP 7 ON ON OFF OFF 4 Server Client mode Configures the device to Server or Client mode Only one device in the group needs to be the server The role of the server is to double check evey event before allowing client devices to excecute them S C DIP 8 ...

Page 12: ...odule unit comes with every device each with 16 outputs These are reffered to as local outputs Besides a local output module the server can be connected to up to 6 daisy chained output modules These are reffered to as remote outputs and can be accessed from any other device in the group Back to table of contents Page 12 ...

Page 13: ...d connects to the USB connector on the rear panel of the SG You will get 4 colour stickers with numbering from 1 to 5 to create keayboard layount to fit your own setup Any standard ASCII keyboard should work but we can not guarantee this because of the variety of keyboards out there Keyboards working as hubs will not work Back to table of contents Page 13 ...

Page 14: ...dure is described in detail in a later section 3 3 Firmware Upgrade 3 1 Initial Setup Connect your device using the supplied USB cable We will make a simple configuration and explain everything in detail When you first open the app the configuration window will be blank 3 1 1 When you open the app the window may be minimized If that s the case you can access it trough the icon found in the Windows...

Page 15: ... the icon and click Configuration to bring up the configuration window if it s not found in the Taskbar 3 1 3 Check the status of your USB connection to your SG in the top right corner Back to table of contents Page 15 ...

Page 16: ...t connected to your device check the USB cable connection Also make sure to check that USB connection is selected and not the TCP IP We will cover the TCP IP connection in another section Back to table of contents Page 16 ...

Page 17: ...3 1 5 Click the green plus in the top left corner to add a new antenna set Back to table of contents Page 17 ...

Page 18: ...3 1 6 Name your antenna set and lets add a button group Back to table of contents Page 18 ...

Page 19: ...band data received from your radio If that s the case your button will appear only when you are working on that band You can also choose the None band option and your button will always be up and ready Back to table of contents Page 19 ...

Page 20: ...3 1 8 We ve added the None band group for this example Let s add some bands Back to table of contents Page 20 ...

Page 21: ...3 1 9 We ve added the 160m and 80m band groups in this example You will want to do this if you have separate antennas for 160m and 80m Back to table of contents Page 21 ...

Page 22: ...3 1 10 If you share antennas between bands you can select multiple bands for that group Back to table of contents Page 22 ...

Page 23: ...3 1 11 You can always see what bands are selected in the tab names You can change the band selection of your group by clicking the marked icon Back to table of contents Page 23 ...

Page 24: ...3 1 12 Add an antenna button by clicking on the green plus icon on the right Back to table of contents Page 24 ...

Page 25: ...l keyboard shortcut for the Windows environment It is recommended to use a combination of Ctrl Alt and some other keys of your choice TX Transmit antenna TTX Toggle transmit antenna TRX Toggle receive antenna OUTPUTS L Outputs on your local module OUTPUTS R Outputs on your network module LED Setting the led that will glow on the front of the device EF Exclusive ID flag SUBGROUP Fork your button in...

Page 26: ...3 1 13 You can deleting the a group by clicking the delete group button Delete all the groups we made so far for the sake of exercise Back to table of contents Page 26 ...

Page 27: ...3 1 14 Let s add some antennas First make an 80M group a 40M group and a 20M 15M 10M group Return to step 3 1 7 if you don t know how to Back to table of contents Page 27 ...

Page 28: ...y so the antenna can be selected using the external numerical keyboard We set Alt 1 as as the Windows key shortcut We set it as a TX antenna We connected the antenna to output 1 on the local output module and selected it We selected the LED M1 Back to table of contents Page 28 ...

Page 29: ...et Alt 2 as as the Windows key shortcut We set it as a TX antenna We connected the antenna to output 2 on the local output module and selected it We selected the LED M2 Notice how the output 1 is now grayed out to indicate it s already in use You can still turn it on though so be careful not to select it by accident Back to table of contents Page 29 ...

Page 30: ...nother YAGI antenna to the 40M band We selected the same Keyboard key and Windows key It is also a TX antenna We connected it to the output 2 of the local output module and selected it Back to table of contents Page 30 ...

Page 31: ...3 1 18 Lets add another YAGI antenna to the 80M band Same configuration as the 80M YAGI but connected to output 3 Back to table of contents Page 31 ...

Page 32: ...3 1 19 And another DIPOLE for the 40M band Same antenna configuration We connected it to the local output 4 and selected it Back to table of contents Page 32 ...

Page 33: ... will add a tribander antenna A Tribander is also a TX antenna We changed the LED to M3 so you will know it s not a YAGI or a DIPOLE but a TRIBANDER We connected it to the local output 5 and selected it Back to table of contents Page 33 ...

Page 34: ...3 1 21 Let s add a whole new antenna set for a band decoder Back to table of contents Page 34 ...

Page 35: ...3 1 22 Add a separate group for each of the bands we used so far 80M 40M 20M 15M and 10M Back to table of contents Page 35 ...

Page 36: ...w so we can easily differentiate between the groups We also changed the LED group to Y so you can know it s on by looking at the front panel of Station Genius The first button is always auto selected when you come to the corresponding band Back to table of contents Page 36 ...

Page 37: ...SG settings are made through the Device Settings option in the Windows app Device Settings are divided into logical subgroups 1 Device Status 2 CAT Configuration 3 Network Configuration 4 Other Back to table of contents Page 37 ...

Page 38: ...band the device is on Device No Group Device and Group ID s Priority Priority level of the device In Band Indicates if In Band mode is set Inhibit Band Indicates if the device is inhibited on band basis Inhibit Interlock Indicates if the device is inhibited on interlock basis Interlock Indicates if Interlock mode is set Is Server Is the device a Server or a Client Back to table of contents Page 38...

Page 39: ...FlexRadio SDRs but does so over the computer network rather then over traditional CAT protocols CAT Type defines the low level details of the CAT protocol They differ greatly between manufacturers CAT Baud defines the communication speed This parameter is by the user on the radio so it needs to be matched on SG BCD Out is used to forward CAT data to other devices in the shack that use it CAT INPUT...

Page 40: ... t know how to do this Server IP IP address of your server Station Genius Used if you have more then one Station Genius in your network Needs to be set on all your client units Server Port Control port of the server Recommended to leave as it is Control Port Device control port Recommended to leave as it is Band Data Port FlexRadio band data port Recommended to leave as it is AutoIP Designed for p...

Page 41: ...hen using this antenna it will switch off all other antennas in the group It will remain active when transmitting 2 TX Transmit antenna This is what PTT antenna used to be in the 1 5 0 3 TTX Toggle Transmit antenna Use when want more then one RX antenna You can turn on multiple TTX antennas at the same time 4 TRX Toggle Receive antenna Use when you want more then one TX antenna You can turn on mut...

Page 42: ... or white if none are set There are four possible output states This output is unused by any button This output is used by some other button If you hold your mouse over this icon it will tell you the exact button using it This output is switched on when you click the button This output is explicitly switched off when you click the button Used in special cases with some 4 Square configurations Back...

Page 43: ...rough 16 represent the first OM Rows 17 trough 32 represent the first OM and so forth As with the local outputs there are four possible states This output is unused by any button This output is used by some other button If you hold your mouse over this icon it will tell you the exact button using it This output is switched on when you click the button This output is explicitly switched off when yo...

Page 44: ...re not levels meaning they are all weigh the same as long as they are different then 0 Set an ID to something different then 0 to make a button exclusive 3 6 Subgroups You can now make button sub groups for each button Flags and settings are the same as when creating a regular button When you select that antenna the subgroup will show First antenna in the subgroup will always be selected by defaul...

Page 45: ...ignals Split signal is more configurable in v2 0 0 You can now specify the exact relay output be it local or remote You can also select the exact LED you wish to turn on M X or Y Back to table of contents Page 45 ...

Page 46: ...the configuration from the device It will load in to the application It s a good idea to save it to a separate file for backup Save and Upload Save the current configuration and upload it to the device Save Configuration As Save the current configuration into a new file Export Band Report Export your current configuration into a text file for inspection Back to table of contents Page 46 ...

Page 47: ...e A USB cable This is a simpler way Network Connection connect to your SG unit using a Cat5e standard ethernet cable This way you can use your unit over the LAN or WAN network If you plan to remotely control your unit it is important to use some VPN service for encrypting your connection Requires some basic networking knowledge to set up Back to table of contents Page 47 ...

Page 48: ... connection to your FlexRadio Series 6000 Item Description Device Serial No Enter the serial number of your FlexRadio SDR Slice Slice from which to read band data Active Enable or Disable the connection to your FlexRadio SDR Back to table of contents Page 48 ...

Page 49: ...relay boards Step 2 While holding the interlock button right part of the picture plug in the power Step 3 Plug in the USB cable connected to your PC This is how your device should look like LEDs might blink randomly Your device is now ready for the software update Upgrading the software Back to table of contents Page 49 ...

Page 50: ... 1 Open the Firmware Upgrade application and click Connect Step 2 If your device is connected to your computer you will be able to connect to it Click on Load Firmware next Back to table of contents Page 50 ...

Page 51: ...d open your firmware file Make sure you extract it from the zip archive you ve downloaded Step 4 Click Program Device Step 5 Wait for the process to finish and click Run Application Back to table of contents Page 51 ...

Page 52: ...Your device will now restart and will be running the new version of firmware You can verify the version by looking at the device display when it is booting up Back to table of contents Page 52 ...

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