Copyright 1993 Link Communications
The following charts are organized into four sections, depending on your combination of linking and audio modes:
Hub / Voted
Hub / Mixed
Chain / Voted
Chain / Mixed
Each section contains eight charts extracted from the screen while running the RLC-6 Mode Editor program, available
from Link Communications. It allows you to program your own modes any way you choose. These modes are designed
to be as general as possible, but if you have specific needs that they don't account for, get the mode editor and design
your own. In any case, the descriptions of these modes will help you understand how the RLC-6 works and what can be
done with it. Each row the chart contains three types of information. The four columns on the left labeled "Active COR
Inputs" represent the 16 different combinations of the four COR inputs that could be active at any one time. One way to
think of the first row is, "If none of the ports are keyed up, what do I want the RLC-6 to do?" The second row shows an
'x' in column three under "Active COR Inputs," meaning "What do I want the RLC-6 to do if only link 3 is keyed up?"
There are 16 rows containing every possible combination of active COR inputs, describing what is done in each
situation. The next four columns labeled "Audio Output Connected To" identify what audio source will be connected to
each transmitter. The audio sources are (the main port is also called port 0):
main - output the audio that is being received on the main port
link 1
- output the audio that is being received on link 1
link 2
- output the audio that is being received on link 2
link 3
- output the audio that is being received on link 3
mix
- output all of the active audio sources mixed together (except those that are
muted)
tx/cw
- output the audio from the external audio input
mute
- mute the audio from the corresponding port (more info following)
off - turn the audio output for that port off (signified as a dot on the chart)
Special note should be taken when the "Audio Output Connected To" selection is "mute". This should not be
thought of as an audio source in the same sense as "main", "link1", and "off". Instead, it causes the audio from that
port to be totally blocked from going to any other port or being part of the mixed audio. Its only practical use is keeping
audio from a disconnected port from being part of the mixed audio; therefore it is only used when mixed audio (rather
than voted audio) is selected. Its limitations are that when it is used, audio from that port is not available to any of the
ports, even if it is selected specifically, and not audio can go out a muted port. This will be expained further where it is
used.
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