Intuicom Communicator
TM
User Manual
Revision A © 2001 Intuicom, Inc.
22
September 2001
7 Call Book Selections
7.1 Edit Call Book
The Call Book is an innovative feature in the Communicator which offers both security and
flexibility in use. The Call Book accomplishes this by allowing the user to determine with
which other Communicator Transceivers a given Transceiver will communicate, based on the
serial numbers for both the master and slave. The transceiver's serial number is encoded in
the microprocessor and identified on the bottom label of the unit. The instructions provided
in this section are for point-to-point mode only. Use of the Call Book for Multipoint systems
is explained later in this chapter.
For two Communicator Transceivers to communicate in point-to-point mode, three events
must occur:
1. The serial number for the master must be listed in the slave's Call Book.
2. The serial number for the slave must be listed in the master's Call Book.
3. The master must be programmed to call the slave.
As shown in Figure 7-1, the Call Book allows users to set up a list of up to 10 Communicator
Transceivers with whom they can communicate, designate up to 2 repeaters to be used in
communicating with a given transceiver, and tell the master which slave to call. To direct the
master to call a slave the user must be in the Call Book Menu. A specific slave may be
called by entering C at the prompt, followed by the menu number corresponding to that
slave. To call any available slave in the list the user should enter C and then A (for All).
Note:
To call a slave through one or two repeaters you must call that slave directly (as
opposed to using the Call All option). When Call All is selected the master is not able to
connect with any slaves through repeaters. This is because the master calls every slave in
the list when instructed to call all and will connect with the first slave to respond. When
calling through a repeater, the master must first call that repeater and establish a
communications link with it prior to making contact with the slave.
