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UPDATING THE FIRMWARE

We are going to continue updating this product for a long
time to add new features, fix problems, and add the ability to
add new radios. Updating the firmware takes just a few
seconds after the Dfuse program is installed.

Updating can normally be done by pressing the P1 and P4
keys at the same time while power is applied. However, if
the unit is bricked, it is necessary to open the back of the
case, insert a jumper in a jumper block, and then turn on the
power.

Then you load the new file in the Dfuse program, and press
the button to start the update.

We provided a separate application note that goes in
exquisite details on how to perform this simple task.

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Summary of Contents for CS-BFD

Page 1: ...1 CS BFD USERS MANUAL Connect Systems Inc 5321 Derry Ave Suite B Agoura Hills CA 91301 Copyright 2019 ...

Page 2: ...vailable to allow the resourceful HAM to modify the product to exactly meet their needs and desires as well as the ability to be modified to work with other radios At the time this manual was written this product works with the CS800D CS800 C801 and the FT857D We are working with other radios but it is too soon to give a schedule of when we expect to have those projects completed ...

Page 3: ...3 MECHANICAL PARAMETERS Weight 25 Ounces Dimensions 7 x 6 x 1 Screen Diagonal Size 7 Active Screen Size 6 x 3 JUMPERS JP1 JP4 JP2 JP3 ...

Page 4: ...to allow the user to load the firmware in case the display gets bricked If the jumper is between the center pin and the pin closest to the four pin jumper then the microprocessor is in boot mode If the jumper is between the center pin and the bottom of the display then the microprocessor is in normal mode JP4 is used for enabling the backlight for P1 P4 and the power key If the jumper is between t...

Page 5: ...5 REAR OF THE CS BFD Notice the four holes on the back are made to fit any AMPS compatible device That will allow you to buy compatible mounting devices from RAM MOUNTS and others ...

Page 6: ...alled Updating can normally be done by pressing the P1 and P4 keys at the same time while power is applied However if the unit is bricked it is necessary to open the back of the case insert a jumper in a jumper block and then turn on the power Then you load the new file in the Dfuse program and press the button to start the update We provided a separate application note that goes in exquisite deta...

Page 7: ...BFD P1 P1 P2 P2 P3 P3 P4 P4 P5 LEFT ROTARY SWITCH CW P6 LEFT ROTARY SWITCH CCW P7 PRESS LEFT ROTARY SWITCH P8 RIGHT ROTARY SWITCH Note There is no equivalent of P5 and P6 long press It is suggested to use the microphone buttons for that purpose ...

Page 8: ...8 ICONS DESCRIPTION Digital Monitor Message Encryption Alert Tone Call Type Talk Around Scan ICONS DESCRIPTION GPS ...

Page 9: ...9 RSSI Last Called ...

Page 10: ...parameters back to factory default If you have problems reading the screen or you want to erase the favorites you already put in pressing the P3 key as you turn on the power will set everything back to factory default ...

Page 11: ...D for about six seconds In a few seconds the display will light up and you are now ready to use the CS BFD If the radio turns off after you released the power switch you did not press the power switch long enough You should press it long enough to hear the turn on tone sequence If you press the power button and then release it before you hear the tone then the panel might look like its working but...

Page 12: ...12 OPERATION OF THE CS BFD When you first turn on the CS BFD you will get the following splash screen ...

Page 13: ...13 Followed by this screen By comparison if you have the standard CS 800D with the small screen you will get the following when you first turn on ...

Page 14: ...14 If you press the PTT then you will get the following screen ...

Page 15: ...15 If you are receiving a QSO you get the following screen ...

Page 16: ...16 If you want to see the last called you press the ICON to the left of the P1 soft key and you get ...

Page 17: ...he following screen The up and down arrow on the touch screen or P2 or P3 will select which feature you want to select The solid circle on the touch screen or P4 will select that feature that is highlighted To exit from this menu select press the Red X on the touch screen or P1 ...

Page 18: ...18 Advanced Features Pressing the Advanced Features menu gives the following screen ...

Page 19: ...ws you to only scan preprogrammed channels 4 VFO Mode Able to change frequencies by twisting the button on the panel 5 Zone Favorites Able to select one of your 16 favorites zones There is a shortcut using the touch panel to get directly to this screen from the normal standby screen 6 Channel Favorites Able to select one of your 16 favorites channels There is a shortcut using the touch panel to ge...

Page 20: ...ningful This feature is not supported in the first release Radio Type Currently allows you to select the following 1 CS800D CS800 CS801 on the primary port 2 FT857D on the primary port 3 CS800D CS800 CS801 on the primary port and FT857D on the UART port Radio type 3 is not supported in the current releases Error Log There are a significant number of traps in the firmware to look for problems that ...

Page 21: ... BFD Different packets are sent from the radio dependent on the keys the user presses and what is happening with the radio It is possible we never seen a particular event happen and that event gives us a packet we have never seen before If that happens we capture and store the packet and that packet will be displayed in this screen If that happens we will ask you to take a photo of the unknown pac...

Page 22: ...you will get a screen as shown below You can now select what feature of the screen you want to change As an example I will show how to change the text to white and the text background to black Start by pressing the circle with your finger or the P4 key ...

Page 23: ...left or right the active color is show with a blue outline When you get the appropriate color press the circle with your finger or the P4 key Use the left or right arrow key or P3 or P4 to select the color you want and then press the Select key or P4 to lock it in around the key and the color of the selected item has changed to that color as shown below Now that white is selected press the circle ...

Page 24: ...24 Now press the circle or the P4 key and notice that the Text Font went from black to white ...

Page 25: ...25 Press the red X or the P1 key and the screen will return to the previous screen as shown below ...

Page 26: ...26 Press the red X or the P1 key one more time and you will get the following screen ...

Page 27: ...27 Press the Yes or P4 key and you are finished Pressing the rotary switch on the right will return you to the main screen as shown below ...

Page 28: ...28 Button Names This is a future feature where the functions of the button that you selected in the CPS when programming the radio will be displayed on the screen ...

Page 29: ...29 Radio Type This feature is used to select which is the active radio At the current time the only choices is CS800D UART 1 FT857D UART 1 FT857D UART 2 is not currently available ...

Page 30: ...ps in the firmware to look for problems that should never happen The error log records the information and allows the user to see those The customer should take a photo of those errors and send it to the factory to allow us to make the firmware better ...

Page 31: ... To help with diagnostics especially when there is a problem we provide a screen that shows the major transaction the CS BFD processed We might ask you to take a photo of this screen to help resolve unknown issues ...

Page 32: ...32 DIAGNOSTICS To help with hardware problems the CS BFD has a complete set of hardware diagnostic test that should isolate any problems ...

Page 33: ...33 If all the hardware diagnostics test passed you get the following screen In order to have all test passed it is necessary to make shorting plugs for USB1 USB2 and the UART port ...

Page 34: ...the radio It is possible we never seen a particular event happen and that event gives us a packet we have never seen before If that happens we capture and store the packet and that packet will be displayed in this screen This error indicates there is an unknown packet and the user should take a photo of this screen as well as the event log screen and the unknown packet screen and e mail it to conn...

Page 35: ...uch screen or P2 or P3 or the right rotary switch will select which feature you want to select The solid circle on the touch screen or P4 will select that feature that is highlighted To exit from this menu select press the Red X on the touch screen or P1 The next picture will show the results of selecting the Advanced features ...

Page 36: ...up and down arrow on the touch screen or P2 or P3 or the right rotary switch will select which feature you want to select The solid circle on the touch screen or P4 will select that feature that is highlighted ...

Page 37: ...tion with the conversation in progress A future version of this feature will allow you to permanently save it VFO Mode You will be able to change frequencies by turning one of the rotary encoders Various parameters associated with this feature will be able to be set from the screen instead of having to use the CPS and make a new code plug Zone Favorites This feature will allow you to quickly selec...

Page 38: ...38 Spectrum View This feature will allow you to see the amplitude of the signal over a frequency range This is what is known as a spectrum Analyzer ...

Page 39: ...or a length of time the CS BFD will gather the activity on the channel and display it in graphical form as shown in the above screen If you want to see the details of the various groups press the right arrow key or P3 and you will get the display shown on the next page ...

Page 40: ...40 Notice the display shows the name of the talk group how long the channel was occupied and the number of times someone tried to use that talk group ...

Page 41: ...ter The change the active parameter position use the right encoder the up and down arrow keys or P2 and P3 To enter a parameter use P4 or the enter position on the touch screen To exit from a parameter use P1 or the red X position on the touch screen In some parameters but not all pressing P4 or the enter position on the touch screen will get you both in and out of that parameter ...

Page 42: ...s the step size when adjusting the Rx frequency The possible entries are 10 Hz 20 Hz 50 Hz 100 Hz 250 Hz 500 Hz 1 000 Hz 5 000 Hz 10 000 Hz 25 000 Hz 50 000 Hz 100 000 Hz 250 000 Hz 500 000 Hz 1 000 000 Hz 5 000 000 Hz Offset This is transmitter offset frequency from the Rx frequency The possible entries are 0 Hz 600 000 Hz 5 000 000 Hz 5 000 000 Hz 600 000 Hz Mode This selects between Analog and ...

Page 43: ...s you to enter the ID through the DTMF microphone keypad Squelch type This is an Analog only parameter and allows you to select between the following 1 None 2 CTCSS 3 DCS 4 DCS sometimes known as inverted DCS CTCSS encode This is an Analog only parameter and allows all standard values between 67 Hz to 254 2 Hz CTCSS decode This is an Analog only parameter and allows all standard values between 67 ...

Page 44: ...he parameters as necessary press the Activate button twice and you will get the following screen THIS SHOULD BE THE TEMP DCH CHANNEL SCREEN Notice the screen name is Temp and the other parameters is what was programmed in the previous screen You are ready to press the PTT button on the microphone and start talking to someone ...

Page 45: ...frequencies When you get into the Enhanced Scan mode you get the following screen To change the parameters associated with this function scroll to the appropriate parameter you want to change and then press the P4 key This will change the rectangle around the parameter from a Blue to a red as shown below ...

Page 46: ...rameter Once you changed all the parameters you though were relevant move the cursor as shown below Then press the P4 key to turn the box to red and it is now scanning The call type color slot and contact id does not have to be entered because the radio will be scanning in promiscuous mode and will stop at any digital channel that has activity Pressing the P1 key at any time will abort from the sc...

Page 47: ... the different frequencies to find an active channel This feature makes more sense in Analog because in digital the channels are usually predetermined in advance and you should only look for specific channels When you press the VFO Mode from the menu you get the following screen ...

Page 48: ...48 If you were going to get a digital VFO channel you will get the following To change the parameters use the up and down arrow to select the parameter as shown above ...

Page 49: ...49 Then press the P4 key and you will get the following Notice the red box around the parameter you want to change ...

Page 50: ...quency There is an idiosyncrasy to this function now that will be fixed in the future If you wanted to change the Rx Frequency you would use the keypad on the mike and then press the P4 key to enter it At this point the feature is locked Use the P1 key to go down one level and then go back in the VFO mode and everything is good ...

Page 51: ...e directly by pressing the name of the zone on the touch screen from the home page To select a favorite zone use the right rotary knob or the up and down keys to select the zone you want to jump to and then press the solid circle or the P4 key Alternatively press the favorite zone on the screen ...

Page 52: ...t is the channel number The 05 refers to the channel number within the zone If you want to add a new favorite zone first move the box to a free zone or to an existing zone Then press the 1 key on the keypad of the DTMF microphone The box will then be erased and the box will show zone with a blinking cursor for you to enter the zone number as shown below ...

Page 53: ...ne number press the O key from the keypad of the DTMF microphone the P4 key or the black circle on the display above the P4 key The new favorite zone will be stored and the display will jump to the home screen with the zone you just picked ...

Page 54: ...directly by pressing the name of the channel on the touch screen from the home page To select a favorite channel use the right rotary knob or the up and down keys to select the zone you want to jump to and then press the solid circle or the P4 key Alternatively press the favorite channel on the screen ...

Page 55: ... the zone number press the O key from the keypad of the DTMF microphone the P4 key or the black circle on the display above the P4 key The blinking cursor will then move to allow you to enter the channel number The channel number is the number within the zone and is between 1 and 16 Enter the appropriate channel number and then press the O key from the keypad of the DTMF microphone the P4 key or t...

Page 56: ... that just below the caption Home SMonica it says ch 5 That tells you the channel number that channel is on The 08 refers to the channel number within the zone The Zone number is above the caption Home SMonica ...

Page 57: ... between the step sizes by the right encoder or the up and down keys on the display P2 and P3 and the keypad on the DTMF microphone Once you select the size press the select key Center Frequency Once you select the center frequency you can change it by the right encoder or the up and down keys on the display P2 and P3 and the keypad on the DTMF microphone The step size determines how much the cent...

Page 58: ...e This is the step size when adjusting the Rx frequency The possible entries are 10 Hz 20 Hz 50 Hz 100 Hz 250 Hz 500 Hz 1 000 Hz 5 000 Hz 10 000 Hz 25 000 Hz 50 000 Hz 100 000 Hz 250 000 Hz 500 000 Hz 1 000 000 Hz ...

Page 59: ...os they might have different meanings The two knobs on the edges correspond to the rotary knob on the CS800D and the Up and Down button on the CS800D Both of those rotary knobs can be pushed for additional functions like on the CS800D Please look in the operations manual of this document on how those keys are used ...

Page 60: ...the microphone jack as well as a switching regulator IC2 that converts the voltage to 3 3V which is used for powering the rest of the circuits Interface to the CS800D CS800 or CS801 The interface to the radios have the following connections Pin 1 SPGND This is the speaker ground connection from the radio It goes directly to the internal speaker of the CS BFD Pin 2 SPOUT This is the speaker audio c...

Page 61: ...icrophone Pin 5 ME Microphone Ground Pin 6 MIC Microphone Audio Pin 7 Hook Off Hook switch connection Pin 8 DM Reads the DTMF keys Interface to USB 1 Connector Pin 1 VCC 3 3 Volts Pin 2 D TxD from the UART Pin 3 D RxD From the UART Pin 4 GND Ground Interface to USB 2 Connector Pin 1 VCC 3 3V Pin 2 D USB DM Connection Pin 3 D USB DP Connection Pin 4 GND Ground Interface to USB 3 Connector Pin 1 VCC...

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