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DATA type of control allows setting several parameters:
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CONTROL BOX
Specifies which control box will be used
to control this RF box. uLINK DATA or
SMD local PA Control Box must be
present in the list of Control Boxes.
•
Serial port function / BCD output
Only valid choice for PA control is
BCD
output on ABCD
ports. The box provides
BCD code over 4 wires at TTL levels. It is
necessary to move jumpers from serial
port to BCD inside the DATA module.
•
Band Plan
Specifies frequency/BCD code table.
Table is fully editable, separate frequency
ranges can be added or removed by
Insert band
and
Remove Band
buttons
or altered by single click on selected
frequency display in the list. BCD code
for each band can be set independently
by clicking on selected line. Table can be set to default values according to regional band map by
clicking on
Default bands
button.
The list box contains two special lines. First is marked as
No user
and specifies output state if no SMD is
using the RF box. This state is also the default, power-up, not used state as well. The second special
line is
Out of bands
and permits specifying the state if the control frequency is outside the defined
ranges. When “
If frequency is out of bands set fixed value
” is not selected, the control box will keep
last used outputs until a frequency closer to another “band” segment is selected.
•
CI-V port settings
These parameters control the the Icom protocol simulation over the CI-V port of the uLINK DATA
module.
Function
Serves to specify which frequency will be used for CI-V data updates, RX, TX or RX2. For Power
Amplifier control TX frequency should be used.
Baud rate
Specifies communication speed of CI-V port. It can be set from 1200 up to 19200 bps.
Default speed is 9600 bps
Address
Specifies simulated “sender” address. Value is two digits hexadecimal number. Default address is
6A.
•
Inputs and Outputs
uLINK DATA module has two configurable inputs marked as I1 and I2, two configurable outputs O1 and
O2 and special opto-coupler transistor output marked OPT.
•
I1, I2
Both inputs can be configured to function as KEYIN input or INHIBIT input. KEYIN and INHIBIT input are
active when closed to ground. Input polarity can be inverted separately by clicking on related
Inverted
check box. An inverted input is active when open. The only power amplifier known to has inverted
KEYIN signal is the Expert SPE 1K.
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