Tait TB9100, Installation And Operation Manual

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TB9100 Installation and Operation Manual Base Station Operation 67
© Tait Electronics Limited May 2006
Indicator LEDs
These LEDs provide the following information about the state of the PMU:
■
steady green - the PMU is powered up
■
flashing green - the PMU has no application firmware loaded; you can
use the CSS
to download the firmware
■
flashing red - one or more alarms have been generated; you can use the
CSS
to find out more details about the alarms.
5.2 Monitoring the Base Station
You can monitor the performance of your TB9100 remotely with the CSS.
Use the Monitor option to view information about the current state of the
base station. This option provides details about the PMU, PA and reciter
modules. It also displays operational information, such as whether the base
station is currently operating in digital P25 or analog FM mode, the status
of the network link, and which signal input to the base station has won the
vote.
5.3 Control Panel Operation
The TB9100 control panel provides access to the microphone and speaker.
It allows the maintainer to:
■
monitor voice traffic
■
communicate with the dispatcher and other radio users.
Speaker Operation
The speaker can monitor the signal transmitting across the channel group
(voter output) or the RF signal received by the base station. The speaker
output is controlled using the speaker button.
To set the speaker output:
1. Press the speaker button
once to turn the speaker on
and play the voter output.
The green speaker LED
flashes. The speaker
produces audible speech for
P25 digital and analog FM
signals.
2. Press the speaker button a
second time to play the
receiver input. The green
speaker LED is lit.
power on
speaker off
speaker on,
voter output
speaker on,
receiver signal
press
press
press