HamGadgets ID-O-Matic III, Assembly, Setup And Use Manual

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Timers and Time-Of-Day (TOD) Clock
This menu can be used to set the various timers used. Except as noted below these interval
timers are set in
seconds , so use 60 for one minute, 300 for five minutes, 1800 for 30 minutes
and so on.
ID interval : This should be pretty self-explanatory. This timer determines how often your ID
message will be sent while the repeater is in operation. This setting is the “hard limit” for how
long the repeater can go without an ID being sent. Once this timer expires, an ID will be sent
whether someone is talking or not. The following settings can be used to try to make the
repeater ID more “polite”.
ID minimum
: You may want the ID-O-Matic III to attempt to send the ID when there is no
active user talking (COR idle). Setting the ID Minimum will cause the ID to be sent as soon
after that time as possible, when COR is not active.
For example, let’s say you want to ID the repeater at least every 10 minutes, but you want to try
not to ID when someone is talking – a more “polite” ID. If you set the ID time to 600 (10
minutes) and the ID minimum to 570 (9 minutes 30 seconds), the ID-O-Matic will start watching
the COR input at the 9:30 mark. As soon as COR is idle, the ID will be sent – but if COR is still
active at 10 minutes, the ID will be sent regardless.
If you leave this set to zero the early ID timer feature is disabled. The ID interval will always be
used, with no attempt to ID early.
Idle time: When using the ID minimum setting, the ID-O-Matic will wait for COR to drop (go
inactive) before immediately starting the ID. In some cases, you may want to wait until PTT