1 Series OUTPOST
®
Wireless Callbox
Field Programming
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10
H
OW TO
R
EADOUT
C
URRENT
R
ADIO
F
REQUENCY
&
T
ONE
C
ODES
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1. Loosen the (4) captive screws in the front corners of the case. These screws are captive to the housing; to prevent damaging
them, DO NOT remove the screws from the housing.
2. Separate the case front from the case back, leaving the batteries connected to the radio. Make sure the unit has batteries
installed.
NOTE:
The voltage of the batteries must be greater than 6 VDC to program properly.
3. Press
and
RELEASE
the
ON/PTT
button on the front of the Callbox to turn the radio on.
4. Press
and
RELEASE
the Program button (See FIG-2 on page 6 for location). The radio will immediately begin to display a
series of four digits; with each digit separated by a hyphen.
5. Write down the four digits.The first two digits indicate the frequency code and the last two digits the tone code;
see
Table 1
and
Table 2
on pages 12 and 13.
In this example an RQX-451 is programmed to operate on the “Brown Dot” frequency of 464.500
MHz (Frequency code “04”) with 100.0 Hz tone (Tone code “12”).
6. If a 5
th
digit is displayed, the channel has been programmed for DQC and the last three digits indicate the DQC code;
see
Table 3
on page 13.
In this example an RQX-451 was programmed to operate on the “Brown Dot” frequency of 464.500 MHz
(Frequency code “04”) with a DQC code of “723”.
7. If the channel is PC programmed with any frequency or tone not listed in
Table 1, Table 2
or
Table 3
on pages 11 and 12, the
radio will sound the
ERROR TONE
on contents read out and display an "E". The PC programmer will be required to readout
the radios frequency and tone programming.
8
. Normal radio operation resumes after the programming information has been displayed.
FREQUENCY CODE
TONE CODE
FREQUENCY CODE
DQC CODE
