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Once the voice ID board is installed, connect the ID-O-Matic III to a power source. The voice
recorder board has an on-board microphone that is used to record the voice announcement. In a
quiet environment, press and hold the REC button on the voice board while you record a brief
station ID message. Speak in a normal voice for best recording quality. Release the button when
you are finished recording. You can listen to the message by pressing the PLAYE button. This
will play the message through the normal audio path, so you may want to connect an amplified
speaker (such as a PC speaker) to TB1 terminals 11 & 12. Alternatively, you can temporarily
connect a small 8-16 Ohm speaker to the SPK pins or solder pads on the voice recorder board.
Voice ID is triggered by the use of a special string in the ID message. To set up a message for
voice ID, use a message in the following format:
:V:DE N0XAS/R
The
:V:
tells the ID-O-Matic to start voice playback with a backup Morse ID. Anything
following the
:V:
will be sent in place of the voice ID if the repeater is in use (meaning COR is
active) when the ID transmission starts. In other words – if COR is active when it’s time to ID,
the voice announcement will not play, and you
must have a Morse message defined
if you want
to guarantee that the repeater will ID.
You should
only
use
:V:
if you have a voice ID board installed, and a voice ID message
recorded. When the I-O-Matic encounters
:V:
in a message, it will immediately trigger the
voice message and will not send the Morse ID,
regardless of whether the voice ID board is
present or a voice message is recorded
. There is no way for the ID-O-Matic to determine if you
have everything set up correctly for voice ID, or even if the voice board is present.
It is possible to send a mixed Morse/voice message. If you include characters preceding the
:V:
,
they will be sent before the voice announcement.
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