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Limited Warranty

Coverage:

Link Communications Inc. warrants that its products will be free from defects in materials and
workmanship for a period of one year from the date of shipment.  During this time, Link
Communications Inc. will cover parts, labor and return shipping.  If failure is caused by
instances other than manufacturing defects, Link Communications Inc. will repair the product
and bill the customer for parts, labor, and shipping. Contact Link Communications Inc. for more
information.

What Link Communications Inc. will not cover:

1.  Too much voltage to the controller.  The RLC-ICM operates at +11V to +15V, negative
ground.

2.   Damage to the controller by lightning, accident, or incorrect power hook-up.

3.   Incorrect unit installation.

4.   Damage caused by shipment (damage claims are handled by the carrier).

6.   Repairs by other than Link Communications Inc.

THIS WARRANTY HOLDS ONLY TO THE ORIGINAL PURCHASER

HOW TO GET SERVICE

Please contact Link Communications Inc. for servicing information and authorization.

SOFTWARE

Link Communications Inc. holds the copyright on the RLC-ICM's software and hardware. 
Changes to the software and copying of the software is prohibited without the written consent of
Link Communications Inc.  

Summary of Contents for IC-900

Page 1: ...RLC ICM Icom IC 900 901 Band Module Controller Link Communications Inc P O Box 1071 Sidney MT 59270 ...

Page 2: ...the controller interface and part 2 is the radio interface The radio interface is a module that plugs into the actual radio module The RLC ICM supports up to 4 of these interfaces By reading this manual and following the enclosed examples most of your questions should be answered We have attempted to explain everything in a way that is easy to understand but some questions are inevitable If you ha...

Page 3: ...ications Inc will not cover 1 Too much voltage to the controller The RLC ICM operates at 11V to 15V negative ground 2 Damage to the controller by lightning accident or incorrect power hook up 3 Incorrect unit installation 4 Damage caused by shipment damage claims are handled by the carrier 6 Repairs by other than Link Communications Inc THIS WARRANTY HOLDS ONLY TO THE ORIGINAL PURCHASER HOW TO GET...

Page 4: ...nterface 4 Power Connection 4 Radio Interface Modules 4 Setup RLC ICOM Interface with the RLC 1 Controller 5 Programming the RLC ICM with the RLC 1 controller 6 Setup RLC ICOM Interface with the RLC 2 Controller 8 Programming the RLC ICM with the RLC 2 10 PL Frequency using the TS 64 PL module 10 RLC 2 Examples 11 Setup and Programming the RLC ICM with the RLC 3 11 Special Considerations 12 Instal...

Page 5: ... overwritten with preset values These preset values cover the most widely used band modules There are 4 10pin ribbon cable connectors located on the ICM main board These connectors are labeled 1 4 indicating what module number the controller will control when frequency and configuration information is entered At initialization the module number is configured with the following information Module 1...

Page 6: ...ls can be interfaced without any special consideration Building a cable to interface the RLC 2 to the RLC ICM interface The cable used to communicate with the RLC ICM consists of 2 cables summed into a single connector that connects to the interface Cable 1 is the audio cable Cable 2 is the serial data cable Pin 1 Ground Pin 9 Pin 1 No Connect Pin 2 No Connect Pin 2 Clock Pin 4 Pin 3 PTT Pin 8 Pin...

Page 7: ...he user needs to provide 12v DC to the RLC ICM interface When DC is present the Red LED will light The polarity of the connector is Center pin Shield The interface draws 65mA at 12volts Radio Interface Modules The RLC ICM requires the installation of the radio interface module inside the band units This module allows the interface to communicate with the radio at a faster rate The module contains ...

Page 8: ...100 Khz position Offset of 3 is required SS Set up code is from the table below PL frequency of 31 is required PL on off information of 10 is required This format then translates into C033 039 SS33101 unkey of Where is the slot number 6 1 7 2 8 3 8 4 Where SS is the configuration information below It is recommended to put the module ON information into a macro that the user calls after a frequency...

Page 9: ...1200 Mhz Module not currently active The default setup for the RLC Icom is to have connector 1 plugged into the 140 160 Mhz module connector 2 plugged into the 220 Mhz module and connector 3 plugged into the 430 440 Mhz module As an example the following commands will enter those settings again C033 03961033101 Slot 1 band module assignment C033 03971533101 Slot 2 band module assignment C033 03982...

Page 10: ...es The below setup codes disable and enable transmitting on individual modules SS the setup code Description 85 Transmit and Receive Enabled 90 Transmit Disabled receive only 95 Transmit and Receive Disabled module turned off For example if you wanted to monitor the 140 160 Mhz module and the 220 module but only transmit on 220 you could enter C033 03979033101 to disable transmitting on the 220 mo...

Page 11: ... into 1 4 SS is the setup code described below Procedure First tell the RLC Icom which band module is plugged into each of its connectors The setup codes are listed in the chart below You will need to execute command C112 once for each setup code you wish to enter SS the setup code Description 00 28 Mhz Module 05 50 Mhz Module 10 140 160 Mhz Module 15 220 Mhz Module 20 430 440 Mhz Module 25 1200 M...

Page 12: ...nds you can tell the RLC Icom interface to disable transmit on any combination of the band modules The below setup codes disable and enable transmitting on individual modules SS the setup code Description 85 Transmit and Receive Enabled 90 Transmit Disabled receive only 95 Transmit and Receive Disabled module turned off For example if you wanted to monitor the 140 160 Mhz module and the 220 module...

Page 13: ... 1260 Mhz Not Active 9 1240 Mhz Not Active A 29 Mhz B 50 Mhz C 150 Mhz D 160 Mhz PL Frequency using the TS 64 PL module The first 2 digits are the tone number followed by the PL frequency 0 250 3 1 233 6 2 218 1 3 203 5 4 186 2 5 173 8 6 162 2 7 151 4 8 141 3 9 131 8 10 123 0 11 114 8 12 107 2 13 100 0 14 88 5 15 77 0 16 241 8 17 225 7 18 210 7 19 192 8 20 179 9 21 167 9 22 157 7 23 146 2 24 136 5...

Page 14: ...t 4 and program the frequency to 29 600 simplex with no PL 1 Use the command C112 to set up the interface 2 Locate the 28 29 995 module as type 00 2 Use the command C116 to send the data to the interface 3 Locate the 28 29 995 module as A C112 will look like P C112 4 00 C116 will look like P C116 A 0 9600 2 00 0 0 Band module A Power of 0 not used Frequency of 9 600 Offset of 1 is minus offset Com...

Page 15: ...nd C112 395 to tell the RLC ICM to remove slot 3 receive and transmit from the interface thus causing slot 3 COR to go away It is a good idea to tell the RLC ICM to remove non connected slots from the interface to keep this problem from occurring 3 I get a valid COR from a slot that is enabled but I do not get any audio The slots audio is broken thus a jumper is available to re make the receive au...

Page 16: ...lacing the module on the board These pads will need to be thru hold soldered to the RLC ICM With small wires carefully solder the wires to the RLC ICM and the TS 64 Solder all the wires These wires allow the interface to control the frequency of the tone module Remove the 2 pin shorting jumper nearest to the tone module The jumpers are labeled J11 J14 J11 is port 1 J12 is port 2 J13 is port 3 J14 ...

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Page 25: ...at a time and the states will be active for 10 seconds Except the 1 second pulse output Controller interfacing The user can use these pins for feedback to your RLC controller When a frequency is selected on the interface and the data was received without errors pin 1 will go from the low 0v state to the high 5v state When connected to an input line the controller can respond Remote Base OK for exa...

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