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Page 3: ...ve royalty free license to use that arises by operation of law in the sale of a product TEPF 17596 A FOREWORD SCOPE OF THIS MANUAL This manual offers only theory and maintenance information for the equipment listed Service diagrams parts lists and printed circuit board details are not a part of this manual but are contained in a supplementary service manual as listed on the contents page NOMENCLAT...

Page 4: ...HNIQUES 18 6 TEST EQUIPMENT AND SERVICE AIDS 18 7 FIELD PROGRAMMING 20 TROUBLESHOOTING 1 INTRODUCTION 21 2 PRELIMINARY CHECKS 21 3 VOLTAGE MEASUREMENT AND SIGNAL TRACING 21 4 TROUBLESHOOTING PROCEDURES 22 REPLACEMENT PARTS ORDERING inside back cover RELATED PUBLICATIONS AVAILABLE SEPARATELY HELP Card 68P81064C80 VHF Service Manual 68P81043C90 UHF Service Manual 68P81043C95 VHF SECURENET Service Ma...

Page 5: ...oting Programming and Test Equipment Setup Detail LIST OF TABLES TITLE SABER Radio Batteries Test Equipment PAGE FIGURE 1 3 2 5 14 19 3 4 PAGE 1 2 19 2 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FIGURE TITLE PAGE 1 3 2 5 Display Block Diagram 14 3 Troubleshooting Programming and Test Equipment Setup Detail 19 4 LIST OF TABLES TABLE TITLE PAGE 1 2 Test Equipment 19 2 ...

Page 6: ...X X XIX X X X X XI X X X X XIX X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X KEY X INCLUDED A ALTERNATE ITEM iti MID BAND SECURENET MODEL CHART MODEL NUMBER DESCRIPTION H42QXN7139CN 1W 6W 68 88 MHz CODED SQUELCH 12 FREQ H42YXN7139CN 1W 6W 68 88 MHz CODED SQUELCH 12 FREQ SUBMERSIBLE H42QXJ7139CN 1W 6W 68 88 MHz CODED SQUELCH 3 BUTTON KEYPAD 12 FREQ H42QXK7139CN 1W 6W 68 88 MHz CODED SQUELCH KEYPAD DISPLAY 12 F...

Page 7: ... X X x X X X 2 SPEC F ES RADIO MODEL FOR WHICH OPT ON S AVAILABLE PROGRAMM NG F RMWARE MODIFICATIONS iv MID BAND SECURENET OPTION CHART MODEL NUMBER DESCRIPTION H42QXN7139CN 1W 6W 68 88 MHz CODED SQUELCH 12 FREQ H42YXN7139CN 1W 6W 68 88 MHz CODED SQUELCH 12 FREQ SUBMERSIBLE H42QXJ71 39CN 1W 6W 68 88 MHz CODED SQUELCH 3 BUTTON KEYPAD 12 FREQ H42QXK7139CN 1W 6W 68 88 MHz CODED SQUELCH KEYPAD AND DIS...

Page 8: ... X Xi X X X X SPECIFIES RAD O MODEL FOR WHICH OPTION IS AVAILABLE PROGRAMMING FIRMWARE MODIFICATIONS MID BAND SECURENET OPTION CHART cont WODE NUMBER DESCRIPTION H42QXN7139CN 1W 6W 68 88 MHz CODED SQUELCH 12 FREQ H42YXN71 39CN 1W 6W 68 88 MHz CODED SQUELCH 12 FREQ SUBMERSIBLE H42QXJ7139CN 1W 6W 68 88 MHz CODED SQUELCH 3 BUTTON KEYPAD 12 FREQ H42QXK7139CN 1W 6W 68 88 MHz CODED SQUELCH KEYPAD AND DI...

Page 9: ... K KIK X X X X XIX X X X X Xt X X X X X X X X X XIX X X X X XIX X X XIX X X X X XIX A ALTERNATE ITEM vi KEY X INCLUDED VHF MODEL CHART OD D 0 H33SAN7139CN 1W 2 5W 146 174 MHz CODED SQUELCH 12 FREQ H43SAN7139CN 2 5W 6W 136 174 MHz CODED SQUELCH 12 FREQ H33YBN71 39CN 1W 2 5W 146 174 MHz CODED SQUELCH 12 FREQ SUBMERSIBLE H43YBN7139CN 2 5W 6W 136 174 MHz CODED SQUELCH 12 FREQ SUBMERSIBLE H33SAJ7139CN ...

Page 10: ... X X X X X X NTN4555A X X X X X x X X X NTN4552A x x NTN4553A NTN452A NTN4553I NTN4552A NTN4932A ELF VHF OPTION CHART vii MODE DES iPTON H33SAN7139CN 1W 2 5W 146 174 MHz CODED SQUELCH 12 FREQ H43SAN7139CN 2 5W 6W 136 174 MHz CODED SQUELCH 12 FREQ H33YBN7139CN 1W 2 5W 146 174 MHz CODED SQUELCH 12 FREQ SUBMERSIBLE H43YBN7139CN 2 5W 6W 136 174 MHz CODED SQUELCH 12 FREQ SUBMERSIBLE H33SAJ7139CN 1W 2 5...

Page 11: ... X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X XIX X X X X X X XIX KEY XsINCLUDED Az ALTERNATEITEM vil VHF SECURENET MODEL CHART R OD D H33QXN7139CN 1W 2 5W 146 174 MHz CODED SQUELCH 12 FREQ H43QXN7139CN 2 5W 6W 136 174 MHz CODED SQUELCH 12 FREQ H33YXN7139CN 1W 2 5W 146 174 MHz CODED SQUELCH 12 FREQ SUBMERSIBLE H43YXN7139CN 2 5W 6W 136 174 MHz CODED SQUELCH 12 FREQ SUBMERSIBLE H33QXJ71 39CN 1W 2 5W ...

Page 12: ... X X X X X SPECIFIES RADIO MODEL FOR WHICH OPTION IS AVAILABLE PROGRAMMING FIRMWARE MODIFICATIONS ix VHF SECURENET OPTION CHART OD B DESCRIPTION H33QXN7139CN 1W 2 5W 146 174 MHz CODED SQUELCH 12 FREQ H43QXN7139CN 2 5W 6W 136 174 MHz CODED SQUELCH 12 FREQ H33YXN7139CN 1W 2 5W 146 174 MHz CODED SQUELCH 12 FREQ SUBMERSIBLE H43YXN7139CN 2 5W 6W 136 174 MHz CODED SQUELCH 12 FREQ SUBMERSIBLE H33QXJ7139C...

Page 13: ...NTN4552A X SPECIFIES RADIO MODE FOR WHICH OPTION IS AVAILABLE PROGRAMMINGNG FIRMWARE MODIFICATIONS x VHF SECURENET OPTION CHART cont ODE DESCRIPTION 1W 2 5W 146 174 MHz CODED SQUELCH 12 FREQ H33QXN7139CN H43QXN7139CN 2 5W 6W 136 174 MHz CODED SQUELCH 12 FREQ H33YXN7139CN 1W 2 5W 146 174 MHz CODED SQUELCH 12 FREQ SUBMERSIBLE H43YXN7139CN 2 5W 6W 136 174 MHz CODED SQUELCH 12 FREQ SUBMERSIBLE H33QXJ7...

Page 14: ...x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x KEY X INCLUDED A ALTERNATE ITEM xi UHF MODEL CHART MODEL NUMBER DESCRIPTION H34SAN7139CN 1W 2W 403 470 MHz CODED SQUELCH 12 FREQ H44SAN7139CN 2W 5W 403 512 MHz CODED SQUELCH 12 FREQ H34YBN7139CN 1W 2W 403 470 MHz CODED SQUELCH 12 FREQ SUBMERSIBLE H44YBN7139CN 2W 5W 403 512 MHz CODED SQUELCH 12 FREQ SUBMERSIBLE H34SAJ7139CN 1W 2W 403...

Page 15: ...9 SELECTABLE PL DPL ENCODE DECODE x x x x H669 OMIT INADVERTENT LOCK H670 NTNS5518A NTNS5515A OMITMEMORY x H710 ntnasoac NTNASS7C gut cAPACITY BATTERY FM APPROVED NTN4555A NTN4657A MEDIUM CAPACITY BATTERY x H759 NTN4593C NTN4883A FM APPROVED GROUPS A B X X x H770 e 300 mS PRE TIME DELAY x x x x x H771 700 mS PRE TIME DELAY x X X X X X x x H779 NON STANDARD PRE TIME DELAY xq H845 NTN4772A NTNS5440A...

Page 16: ...X X X X X XIX X X XIX X X X X X X XIX X X X X X X X X X X X X X KEY XsINCLUDED A ALTERNATE ITEM xili UHF SECURENET MODEL CHART MODEL NUMBER DESCRIPTION H34QXN7139CN 1W 2W 403 470 MHz CODED SQUELCH 12 FREQ H44QXN7139CN 2W 5W 403 512 MHz CODED SQUELCH 12 FREQ H34YXN7139CN 1W 2W 403 470 MHz CODED SQUELCH 12 FREQ SUBMERSIBLE H44YXN7139CN 2W 5W 403 512 MHz CODED SQUELCH 12 FREQ SUBMERSIBLE H34QXJ7139CN...

Page 17: ...X X XIX X SPECIFIES RADIO MODEL FOR WHICH OPTION IS AVAILABLE PROGRAMMING FIRMWARE MODIFICATIONS xiv UHF SECURENET OPTION CHART MODEL NUMBER DESCRIPTION H34QXN7139CN 1W 2W 403 470 MHz CODED SQUELCH 12 FREQ H44QXN7139CN 2W 5W 403 512 MHz CODED SQUELCH 12 FREQ H34YXN7139CN 1W 2W 403 470 MHz CODED SQUELCH 12 FREQ SUBMERSIBLE H44YXN7139CN 2W 5W 403 512 MHz CODED SQUELCH 12 FREQ SUBMERSIBLE H34QXJ7139C...

Page 18: ...GE x x X SPECIFIES RADIO MODEL FOR WHICH OPTION IS AVAILABLE e PROGRAMMING FIRMWARE MODIFICATIONS XV UHF SECURENET OPTION CHART cont MODE NUMBER DESCRIPTION H34QXN7139CN 1W 2W 403 470 MHz CODED SQUELCH 12 FREQ H44QXN7139CN 2W 5W 403 512 MHz CODED SQUELCH 12 FREQ H34YXN7139CN 1W 2W 403 470 MHz CODED SQUELCH 12 FREQ SUBMERSIBLE H44YXN7139CN 2W 5W 403 512 MHz CODED SQUELCH 12 FREQ SUBMERSIBLE H34QXJ7...

Page 19: ... Public Safety Remote Speaker Microphone NMN6166B Remote Speaker Microphone with Earpiece Jack NSN6050A Earpiece Without Volume Control NTN5039A Earpiece Extra Loud NTN5664A Adapter Surveillance ZMN6031A Earpiece Microphone and PTT Switch Separate ZMN6032A Earpiece Microphone and PTT Switch Combined Batteries NTN4537C NTN4538C NTN4592C NTN4593C NTN4595C NTN4596C NTN4657A NTN4992A NTN5155A NTN5156A...

Page 20: ...es SVA Package3 IncludesConsole 12 Watt Speaker Display Microphone Mounting Hardware and Cables xvii ACCESSORIES cont Battery Chargers NTN4734A NTN4786A NTN4796A NTN4797A NTN5563A NLN7967A NLN7968A Single Unit Rapid Rate 115 Volt Single Unit Rapid Rate 220 Volt Multi Unit Rapid Rate 110 Volt Multi Unit Rapid Rate 220 Volt 240 Volt Porta Pocket Wall Mount for Multi Unit Charger Rack Mount for Multi...

Page 21: ...Peripheral Interface subsystem part of CORE U400 TX Transmit vco Voltage Controlled Oscillator xviii SPECIAL TERMS AND ABBREVIATIONS The construction technology and circuits in the SABER radio require the use of the following special terms and abbreviations Term Description A D Analog to Digital Alert Tones Audible annunciators of radio status COPE Control Of Peripheral Electronics microcomputer U...

Page 22: ...mable parameters and a dual tone multi frequency DTMF generator 2 STANDARD FEATURES The SABER radio has an internal microphone and speaker but can be operated with an optional external microphone and or speaker External rf and univer sal connectors provide easy access for testing and for attaching a remote antenna and a variety of audio accessories Radio models are available with up to 120 channel...

Page 23: ...7A MEDIUM 1HR NTN4671A MEDIUM 1HR NTN4992A ULTRA HIGH 1HR NTN51 55A MEDIUM 1HR NTN5156A MEDIUM 1HR 2 4 PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS AND FLEXIBLE CIRCUITS a General Functional circuits in the SABER radio are con tained on the main radio circuit board and in SABER Il and Ill radios the display circuit board Flexible cir cuits are used to eliminate discrete wiring b Main Radio Board The main radio board is...

Page 24: ...dium capacity batteries and an 11 ohm 1 15 watt load resistor to discharge high capacity batteries 3 BATTERY CHARGING 1 AVAILABLE CHARGERS Available chargers include a single unit desk top charger a single unit Porta Pocket charger and multi unit chargers that may be mounted on a wall or a bench The multi unit chargers will charge up to six nickel cadmium batteries at once The single unit desktop ...

Page 25: ...n 48 minutes CAUTION Discharging the battery down to 4 0 volts can cause permanent cell pack damage 4 Obtain a Radio Housing Adapter Motorola part number RTL 4225A from your nearest Area Parts Office b Connect the appropriate 20 ohm or 11 ohm load resistor see note above between the gold ter minal and a solder lug screw and nut of the housing adapter Connect a voltmeter across the load resistor an...

Page 26: ...TCHED B source and destination can be identified by the symbol Note that SWITCHED B is also provided to the emitters of Q204 base bias to the PA Q1 which is connected to the 5 volt regulator contained within U100 Q206 provides RX 5V and Q203 provides TX 5V Additionally in the uhf radio SWITCHED B is also supplied to the collector of Q200 No 1A REGULATED 5V mid band and vhf radios only originates a...

Page 27: ...for both the TX and RX sections The VCO becomes active and gen erates an output frequency which is compared to the desired frequency If the frequencies differ an error ramp voltage is generated to the VCO that brings the output frequency to the desired frequency When the output and desired frequencies match the VCO is locked The locked state of the synthesizer can be observed externally by looking...

Page 28: ...es dedicated output ports to select each individual IC Examples of when the ICs can be programmed include channel changes volume changes transitions from receive to transmit and transitions from transmit to receive Serial Bus Tne SABER radio can have more than one processor in its system these multiple pro cessors communicate over the serial bus which runs at a rate of 9600 baud The CORE processor...

Page 29: ... 50 53 28 5 56 60 62 32 63 33 64 34 Note Ground 0 volts Needed for processor to power up correctly 8 e MDC Encode The MDC encoder is part of the sig nalling IC U700 but is controlled by the CORE processor The CORE sends pulses to the sig nalling IC that clock the signalling IC s encoder The encoded MDC signal contains instantaneous frequencies of 1200 Hz and 1800 Hz The signals and levels to be ex...

Page 30: ... line is high 5V the RX 5V regulator in U201 is on and supplying current to receiver U2 The supply 9 c Digital to Analog D A Converter U200 The digital to analog D A converter U200 is a multifunction CMOS integrated circuit containing two 7 bit D A converters one 4 bit D A converter six con trol outputs two SPDT transmission gates and a microcomputer interface The output U200 pin 11 of the first 7...

Page 31: ...ne out This line has the analog tone signalling during transmit of tone signalling 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 current for the RX 5V regulator is drawn from U203 pin 10 receive path PIN diode cathode Current flow through the receive path PIN diode causes a low impedance rf path from U203 pin 9 to the select ed antenna When the R T line is high the voltages at pin 26 of U201 and pin 7 of U203 should be appro...

Page 32: ...some 40dB of attenuation at the adjacent chan nel and 80dB of attenuation at the second image The 11 g Receiving The signal received at the antenna is routed through the filter detector switch module U203 and applied to the receiver rf front end module for filtering amplification and mixing down to the first i f 1 RF and st I F a Mid Band U1 U4 In the mid band receiver string rf enters U1 the rf f...

Page 33: ... 2 5V public safety microphone The microphone will not actually be enabled until the TX 5V is active bandwidth of the i f signal leaving U2 pin 1 is typical ly 14 to 18kHz centered on 73 35MHz with a typical gain of 5 5 to 8 5dB The first i f signal now moves into the i f IC U100 2 2nd I F and Squelch U100 The i f IC U100 performs four basic functions 1st i f conversion 2nd i f limiting fm demodul...

Page 34: ...crocomputer giving the radio expanded channel capability and e control of the DTMF generator U505 13 Initially an audio signal enters the enabled micro phone and the audio is routed to the audio preampiifi er U102 pin 21 for internal microphone pin 22 for external microphone where some necessary shaping and filtering is done Next the output pin 11 of U102 is fed through capacitor C23 and resistors...

Page 35: ... flex Whenever the RESET line goes low then high again the COPE reinitializes itself briefly turning on all segments of the display Components Y502 C505 C506 and R528 are the external elements of the microcomputer clock circuit The resulting 3 6864 MHz oscillator signal is divided by four inside the COPE and becomes the internal clock 14 Pins 30 through 40 are control lines for the EEP ROM U501 Th...

Page 36: ...nation the COPE includes the bus address of the desired IC as part of the communications protocol 15 Pins 2 and 3 are the MODB and MODA inputs These pins are tied high and low through R512 and R513 respectively they determine the mode that the microcomputer will be in after it is reset MODB must be high and MODA must be low for the COPE to oper ate properly Pin 27 is an open drain output control l...

Page 37: ...tional tests receiver quieting transmitter audio etc can be checked with the radio in the clear mode When it is not being used the DTMF generator is in the quiescent state and draws very little current The COPE sends a message on the bus to awaken the DTMF generator causing the generator to start its 3 579545 MHz crystal oscillator Y501 The DTMF generator listens for messages which turn tone pairs...

Page 38: ...tic trays of the type that are used for storage or trans portation of other semiconductor devices 17 MAINTENANCE 1 INTRODUCTION This section of the manual describes recommend ed repair procedures special precautions regarding maintenance and recommended test equipment Each of these topics provides information vital to the successful operation and maintenance of the SABER radio 2 PREVENTIVE MAINTEN...

Page 39: ... and tools designed specifically for servicing the SABER radio and the more common tools required to b All CMOS devices must be placed on a grounded bench surface and the technicians must ground themselves before handling the devices This is done most effectively by having the technician wear a conductive wrist strap in series with a 100 kilohm resistor to ground c Do not wear nylon clothing while...

Page 40: ...rent limited 1348D programmable R2200 R2400 or R2001 D will substitute for items with an asterisk 19 SERVICE MONITOR DC POWER BNC SUPPLY AX RF GENERATOR o000 x RADIO AUDIO GENERATOR UNDER TEST TEST BOX SINAD METER RTX 4005B aw AC VOLTMETER LIJ ota elt a wc COMPUTER INTERFACE CABLE RIB BOX 30 80369B71 POWER BOPLY RADIO INTERFACE BOX BUSY GND 01 80357A57 01 80353A74 1347 D r 300B PAD W COUNTER IBM P...

Page 41: ...o Service Software User Guide Motorola number 68P81062C95 for complete field programming information disassemble and properly maintain the radio These kits and or parts are available from the Motorola Communications Parts office listed in the Replacement Parts Ordering section of this manual 1 MAV PACK The Motorola Video Visual Package MAV PACK is a VHS videotape in standard half inch format The f...

Page 42: ...av ing more than 1 5 volts de appearing across the test leads or an ohms scale of less than x 100 21 TROUBLESHOOTING 1 INTRODUCTION Servicing the SABER Series radio requires the localization of the malfunctioning circuit before the defective component can be isolated and replaced Since localizing and isolating a defective component constitutes the most time consuming part of trou bleshooting a tho...

Page 43: ...w only when the DATA lines pins 22 27 are active This is the case when the radio is first powered up Replacing a transistor or module before a thorough check is made is not recommended Read the volt ages around the suspected stage If these voltages are not close to those specified the associated com ponents should be checked A low impedance meter should not be used for measurement If all dc voltag...

Page 44: ...No NTN4711 NTN5832 T3010 DVP NTN4713 NTN5834 T3014 DVP XL NTN4715 NTN5836 T3012 DVI XL Description 23 6 7 8 1 a Check the microcomputer data output line U400 pins 28 29 conditions with an oscillo scope e Condition 1 With the radio in the standby mode there should be no data activity e Condition 2 When the volume control frequency switch PTT switch or monitor button is actuated there should be data...

Page 45: ...ncy measured is incorrect or not present repeat the check using a spectrum analyzer with U202 removed 5 Check that the voltage at the output pin 2 of number 2 regulator U103 5Vdc NOTE This regulator rarely fails so be sure to check for solder shorts and assembly on the main board a Check the parameters of U103 the voltage at pin 8 input should be 7 5Vdc pin 5 should read 5Vdc ensure that this line...

Page 46: ...arrier frequen cy at pin 2 of U4 mid band and vhf or pin 9 of U203 uhf The signal level should be 25 Check for proper drive level 250mV and verify that the signal is clean no parasitics 3 Verify the power output of the rf PA U202 a b c d Remove FDS module U203 Connect a 50Q probe with a 30dB pad to a power meter and probe pin 13 mid band and vhf or pin 10 uhf of rf PA U202 Make sure that the probe...

Page 47: ... and vhf or a screw head uhf for probe ground Set the input signal level at 60dBm Set the radio to rated audio 3 7Vac and measure the distortion level If the distortion level is greater than 5 or 3 7 Vac cannot be obtained continue with this procedure 2 a Check the voltages of the i f IC U100 volt ages are approximate pin 8 4 5Vdc pin 9 1 5Vde pin 10 0 9Vde and pin 12 1 5Vdc These voltages determi...

Page 48: ... 4 This step checks the quality of the synthesizer s output signal All previous steps in this procedure should be performed before performing this step a Inject a 1kHz signal 75 mV through the back connector Using a 50Q probe with a spectrum analyzer probe pin 1 of the rf PA U202 and key the radio The modulation on the carrier and the carrier signal itself should not exhibit spurs or parasitics If...

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Page 50: ...ures Options Detailed Circuit Descriptions Disassembly Procedures Repair Procedures Test Equipment Service Aids Troubleshooting Procedures Charts Illustrations Photos Tables 2 How would you rate the overall organization of this manual O excellent O very good good 0 fair O poor 3 Is the information in this manual essential to servicing and maintaining the specific equipment very much so a generally...

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