Statcall is a system that allows the status of any Barrett transceiver fitted with selcall to be
accessed by another Barrett 950 or Barrett 940 transceiver. The status is sent from the
remote transceiver as a selcall with the extra status information stored within the selcall
structure. Information retrieved, that can be used for remote diagnosis of transceiver
performance, is as follows:-
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Software version
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Option level fitted and radio type (950 / 940 / 930 etc.)
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Receive state battery voltage
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Last transmit state battery voltage
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Signal strength indication of received status request selcall.
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Forward power output level
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VSWR of antenna
There are two types of statcall that a Barrett 950 transceiver can receive, these are as
follows:-
when a calling transceiver has requested the status of the receiving
unit.
where a Barrett 950 has sent out a status request and the unit called
has responded by sending back the status bytes.
When the Barrett 950 receives a status request the call is not acknowledged to the user but
a status revert call is automatically sent back to the calling unit.
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select the channel on which to send the status request
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listen for traffic on that channel, if no traffic is heard then continue
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press the
key
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enter the desired destination ID between 0000 and 9999 using the numeric keys
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press the
key
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wait for return call containing status to be received and decoded by the 950.
All call, group call and sub-group call numbers will not return a status.
When a status selcall is received, the data is not only displayed on the transceiver display
but output as a series of bytes from the RS-232 interface. (refer
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Status selcall (Statcall)
Status request:-
Status revert:-
Receiving a status request
Sending a status request
Note:-
Computer Control
Section
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Selcall ID
BARRETT 950 HF TRANSCEIVER
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