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OPERATOR'S MANUAL

BASE TECH II BASE/REPEATER STATION

5/03

Midland Radio Corp.

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Summary of Contents for BASE TECH II

Page 1: ...OPERATOR S MANUAL BASE TECH II BASE REPEATER STATION 5 03 Midland Radio Corp ...

Page 2: ...g Systems 17 Displaying the Channel Information 18 Display of Received Tone Frequencies 19 Bar Graph Displays 20 LCD Display Back Light 20 Transmit Power Change 20 Calling Party ID Display 21 Displaying any Radio s ID Number 21 Emergency Caller Display 22 Automatic Transmit in Repeater Mode 22 TX Test Mode 23 Keypad Test Mode 23 Frequency Band Test Mode 24 Starting Message 24 Serial Number Display...

Page 3: ...tion distance of at least 6 meters from all persons during normal operation The peak conducted output power at each antenna terminal must not exceed 250 Watts and the peak radiated output power must not exceed 1000 Watts EIPR Users and installers must ensure that FCC requirements for satisfying RF exposure compliance are met See FCC Rules Part 1 Sections 1307 and 1310 Features o Simplex or two fre...

Page 4: ...ansmitter and a BNC connector for the receiver to allow easy connection to the duplexer or feeder cables The rear panel includes a 9 way D sub connector for the attachment of an external shared tone panel Also included is a 25 way D sub connector that enables external interface to other radios or control equipment The Base Tech II Base Repeater is supplied complete with the following items o Base ...

Page 5: ...ceives a carrier signal on the selected channel that is greater than the Squelch setting 9 Keypad The 5 x 4 key Keypad is used to enter channel selection tone information and other data into the Base Tech II Base Repeater Specific key sequences are described fully in section 4 of this document It includes the following keys CH SCAN MON SHIFT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 A B C and D 10 Volume Control The Vo...

Page 6: ...racter spaces Any combination of the following characters may be used in the channel name 0 9 A Z a z and space This area of the LCD is left blank when channel names are not used The six character spaces on the right hand side of this line are used to display status symbols as follows Symbol Status The monitor status The key lock status The tone encode status The scan mode status The high power tr...

Page 7: ...ring programming of the Base Tech II Base Repeater The Base Tech II Base Repeater must be programmed before it will operate correctly This should be done by the equipment supplier or a qualified radio tradesman They will require the Base Tech II Base Repeater programming software to do this correctly It is important that the Base Tech II Base Repeater be correctly installed at its working location...

Page 8: ...owed by the channel number key The channel number keys must be selected within two seconds For example CH 0 1 to select Channel 1 The LCD Display should now display CH01 and if programmed with a channel label the channel name CH01 NAME Receiving You should now be able to hear any radio traffic that occurs on channel 1 on the Base Tech II Base Repeater It may be necessary to adjust the Volume setti...

Page 9: ...ext higher channel Entering the signaling A tone 5 Tone DTMF Encodes the A Tone DTMF B Advancing the Base Tech II Base Repeater to the next lower channel Entering the signaling B tone 5 Tone DTMF Encodes the B Tone DTMF C Entering the signaling C tone 5 Tone DTMF Encodes the C Tone DTMF D Entering the signaling D tone 5 Tone DTMF Encodes the D Tone DTMF Displays the previously entered encode numbe...

Page 10: ...of the KILL password SHIFT 7 Displays the programmed information for the selected active channel in the LCD display SHIFT 8 Locks or Unlocks the Base Tech II Base Repeater s Keypad SHIFT 9 Toggles the Base Tech II Base Repeater between Normal Channel Scanning mode and Priority Channel Scanning mode SHIFT A Restores a channel to the Channel Scanning List The user must first select the channel to be...

Page 11: ...peater Signaling The Base Tech II Base Repeater includes some very sophisticated signaling capabilities We suggest that you have your radio supplier conduct some training on the use of these capabilities prior to using them While it is possible to use these signaling capabilities in both repeater mode and in base station mode many will only be useful in practice when the Base Tech II Base Repeater...

Page 12: ...sequence in the LCD display Continuing to press the key will delete the last digit of the sequence until all digits are deleted In practice users will usually delete the last one or two digits before entering the new digits DTMF Signaling Available Tones The following DTMF tones can be used in any number letter combination 0 9 A D and NOTE Tone B is NOT available if the Attach Decode No field in t...

Page 13: ...ogramming of the Base Tech II Base Repeater the Attach Decode No field has been set to ON the redialling function operates as follows Press and the Base Tech II Base Repeater will redial the last encoded DTMF number with the Base Tech II Base Repeater s programmed decode number Press SHIFT then press and the Base Tech II Base Repeater will redial the last encoded DTMF number without the Base Tech ...

Page 14: ...mode and returns the Base Tech II Base Repeater to the normal signaling mode Scanning The Base Tech II Base Repeater is supplied with two scanning modes These are All Channel Scan mode in which the Base Tech II Base Repeater will scan all channels that are programmed into the Base Tech II Base Repeater and the Program Channel Scan mode in which the Base Tech II Base Repeater will scan only the cha...

Page 15: ... two seconds as shown below RX TX CH01 Scan Mode Out Priority Scanning The Base Tech II Base Repeater allows users to enter the required scanning mode first then enable Priority Scanning for the particular scanning mode chosen Pressing the SHIFT key then the 9 key places the Base Tech II Base Repeater into Priority Scanning mode as shown below RX TX CH01 Priority Scan Pressing the SHIFT and the 9 ...

Page 16: ... confirms correct deletion of the channel from the scan list This function CANNOT be used in the Priority Scan mode The Base Tech II Base Repeater automatically restores all channels to their respective scanning list as soon as the Base Tech II Base Repeater exits from the scan mode Restoring Channels to the Scan List Channels can be restored to the scanning list without exiting from the scan mode...

Page 17: ...conds as shown below RX TX CH01 Key Unlock Changing Tone Signaling Systems It is possible to switch the Base Tech II Base Repeater s tone signaling system among 5 Tone sequential signaling DTMF signaling and Non No Tone providing the Miscellaneous Menu Tone System Change field was set to ENABLE during the programming of the Base Tech II Base Repeater Press SHIFT and hold down the 0 key for more th...

Page 18: ...as been programmed for use on the selected channel o The tone encoding format providing 5 Tone signaling was selected during programming of the Base Tech II Base Repeater o The tone set providing 5 Tone signaling was selected during programming of the Base Tech II Base Repeater o The ANI mode o The tone decoding set provided 5 Tone or DTMF signaling was selected during programming of the Base Tech...

Page 19: ...ble this function Once enabled the LCD will show RCV in the area of the LCD display that normally shows the strength of the received signal as well as Tone Display on for two seconds as shown below RCV TX CH01 Tone Display On Whenever a tone frequency is decoded the frequency number will be displayed in the LCD display to the right of RCV as shown below RCV 12345 TX CH01 5TON Pressing the SHIFT ke...

Page 20: ... display in poor viewing situations Press the SHIFT key then press the 1 key for more than one second and the LCD Back light will remain illuminated When finished press the SHIFT key and then press the 1 key for more than one second and the LCD Back light will revert to normal operation Transmit Power Change It is possible to change the Base Tech II Base Repeater s transmit power from the high pow...

Page 21: ...s Encode B Decode Encode A Pause Decode Decode A Pause Encode Encode ANI In the case of DTMF signaling systems this function is enabled by setting the DTMF Encode Menu Attach Decode No field to ON during the programming of the Base Tech II Base Repeater Displaying any Radio s ID Number The Base Tech II Base Repeater has the capability to display any calling radio s ID ANI number When the Base Tech...

Page 22: ...ase Repeater user presses the key the Base Tech II Base Repeater will resend the emergency radio s ID number While the Base Tech II Base Repeater is in the Emergency Mode all keys except the key on the keyboard become disabled Pressing the SHIFT key and the key will return the Base Tech II Base Repeater to the normal operating mode Automatic Transmit in Repeater Mode The Base Tech II Base Repeater...

Page 23: ...Base Tech II Base Repeater to normal mode and displays the message in the LCD as shown below RX TX CH01 TXT TX Test Mode out Keypad Test Mode The Base Tech II Base Repeater comes equipped with a Keypad Test Mode that allows the user to electrically test all keypad keys as well as the PTT Key Holding the C key while switching the POWER SWITCH ON places the Base Tech II Base Repeater in Keypad Test ...

Page 24: ...the Base Tech II Base Repeater is Switched ON it will display a Starting Message in the LCD display for two seconds The default Starting Message using all dots is shown below 51BS V095 510 A personalized message for your business may be shown as the Starting Message If you require a personalized message then it should be entered in the Miscellaneous Menu Starting Message field during the programmi...

Page 25: ...umber Display Mode EEROM Data Check Mode As soon as the Base Tech II Base Repeater is switched ON it will automatically read and check all the data in the EEROM If this check finds damaged or corrupted data the Base Tech II Base Repeater will automatically enter the Programming Mode and display the following message in the LCD Display EROM Data Error Should this happen it is necessary to return th...

Page 26: ...d indicate the nature of the fault in the LCD Display as shown below RX TX CH01 RX PLL Error This figure indicates an RX PLL error RX TX CH01 TX PLL Error This figure indicates a TX PLL error RX TX CH01 PA Error This figure indicates a PA error Should the Base Tech II Base Repeater indicate any of these errors it is necessary to return the Base Tech II Base Repeater to your radio supplier or to a ...

Page 27: ...se Tech II Base Repeater one of the following messages may be displayed in the LCD Display o Over Run Error o Framing Error o Parity Error o Unknown Command o Data Unmatch o Send Error o Answer Timeout o Receive Timeout Please switch the Base Tech II Base Repeater OFF and then back ON and try re programming the Base Tech II Base Repeater ...

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