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Timer Programming
(continued)
The General Timers
The 6 General Timers are not related to Ports and any combination may be used on any port. When a General Timer times out, it runs
a Command Macro. Each Timer is started and stopped by using a Macro Function (see the Macro Function List, Page 34 for their
assignments). It should be noted that once enabled, these Timers will continue to run until it is explicitly disabled. This makes them
useful for such things as Beacon ID's but may be used for other purposes as well.
To program the General Timer time period:
*1017x y
where
x
is the Timer (1 - 6) to program and
y
is number of seconds 1 - 32767 that the timer should run when started.
Note: Programming the seconds to 0 will disable that Timer
To Program the Command Macro to run:
*2092x y
where
x
is the Timer (1 - 6) and y is the Command Macro to run 1 - 90
A Practical Example:
In this example, we want to use a Command Macro 10 to Unlink Ports 1 & 2 and automatically relink them 15 minutes later.
First, we program up Macro 10 to speak Message Macro 1 out Port 1 and link Ports 1 & 2 and start General Timer 1
*4002 10 162 187 122 347
Macro 10 speaks Message Macro 1 out Port 1, link Ports 1 & 2 and start General Timer 1
Now we program Macro 11 to relink Ports 1 & 2 and stop Timer 1 (in this example, relinking doesn't cause a message to be spoken.
You could of course, include a message as well if you desire):
*4002 11 118 391
Link Ports 1 & 2 and stop Timer 1
Now that the required Macros are programmed, we now program the General Timers. First, we program the Timer period:
*1017 1 900
Program Timer 1 to 900 seconds (15 minutes)
Next, we program Timer 1 to run Macro 11
*2092 2 11
Program Timer 2 to run Command Macro 11
Whenever Macro 10 is run, the ports will be unlinked and 15 minutes later, they will be relinked.
CTCSS Encode Control Programming
CTCSS Encode Control Line Polarity
Each Port's CTCSS Encode Control Line may be programmed to be an active low or active open collector. In other words, you can
program whether the Control Line should be pulled to ground or allowed to float when you want encoded by an external CTCSS
encoder.
*1021x
Select Control Line polarity. If x = 1, then the output will float when active. If x = 0 then output will pull to ground when active.
CTCSS Encode Timer Start After COS or After Courtesy Tone
The CTCSS Encode timer may be selected to start on closure of COS or upon completion of Courtesy Tone. This allows for easy timing
to end of hang time. For example, many system owners like to stop the CTCSS tone a few hundred milliseconds before the transmitter
drops.
*2088x
where x selects when to start the encode dropout timer.1 = After Courtesy Tone, 0 = After COS closure
CTCSS Encode Control Programming (continued)
CTCSS Encode During ID's
You may select to have the RC210 send CTCSS during ID's .
*2089x
where x =1 to send CTCSS during IDs and 0 to not send CTCSS during IDs.
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