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ately upon finishing the command, so that you
can hear the acknowledgement tone back from
the controller.
Sending a Maintenance Radio Command:
Both the controller and the radio must be
powered on, and switched to the correct fre-
quency. As an example, we will turn on station
#1 at controller number #1.
Method #1 (store and send): Press **, 1 (the
controller address number), #, 1 (the station
number), ##. Now touch the push-to-talk
switch on the side of the radio. You should hear
the command being sent to the field (rapid
series of tones), then a confirmation tone back
from the controller. Station #1 at controller #1
should turn on, in a few seconds (allow for
valve opening time).
Method #2 (live): Hold down the push-to-talk
switch on the side of the radio, and press
*1#1##, without pausing. Release the push-to-
talk switch as soon as you are finished, and you
should hear a confirmation tone back from the
controller. Station #1 at controller #1 should
turn on, in a few seconds.
A station turned on with either of the above
methods will continue to run until you stop it
with another command, or until it reaches the
time-out limit set in the MR Runtime option
under Edit FC Settings (see Set MR Runtime
on page 14).
To turn the same station off, repeat the above
steps, but end with “*” instead of “#”. The
command would be: *1#1*. This tells con-
troller 1, station 1, to stop. If you want to use
store and send, remember to add an extra “*”
at the beginning.
Generally, the last character determines
whether you are turning something on or off:
# = ON, and * = OFF. The “*” is also used
to begin new commands. The “#” character is
also used to separate different numbers
within a command.
If you want to turn on a station for a specific
amount of time, enter the time after the
station number and #, but before the last #. If
you don’t want to specify a time, you must
press ## at the end of the command to skip
the time setting.
For example, to turn on station 2 at controller 1
for 5 minutes, the command would be:
*1#2#5#.
The station will turn on in a few seconds, and
run for five minutes. You do not need to issue
any further commands to this station. You may
shut it down sooner, however, by issuing the
“OFF” command.
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