7
“RAPID
DEPLOYMENT”
SETUP
AND
OPERATION
OF
THE
ICRI
Setting up the ICRI for use with portable radios
1.
After connecting a power source to the ICRI, turn on the ICRI so that power up and input
voltage can be verified. The green LED, next to the power switch, should be lit.
NOTE: If you need to use a DC source voltage between 6.5 and 7.4 volts, then neither the OK
nor the LOW (voltage) LEDs will be lit, but the ICRI will be working.
2.
Connect the handset to the ICRI jack, labeled “HANDSET”, on the front of the unit.
3.
Install the radio-end of the ICRI interconnect cables onto each of the radios, as you would
install any radio accessory (i.e.: a shoulder speaker / microphone).
4.
Connect the radio interface cables to the ICRI jacks, labeled “1” and “2”, on the front of
the unit.
NOTE: Both ICRI radio interface connections are electrically identical, so it is not important
which jacks are used for conventional, trunked, repeated, encrypted or mobile radios during
ICRI operation.
5.
Turn on the radio connected to the jack labeled “1”and initially place the radio volume
controls at a mid-position between fully counter-clockwise and fully clockwise.
6.
Verify that the radio is on the channel assigned to the interoperability/bridging function.
7.
From the ICRI’s handset, you should be able to transmit on the radio. You will also be
able to monitor that radio
8.
As a radio connected to the ICRI receives voice from a remote radio user for the first
time, adjust the radio’s volume control so that the associated LED, on the top deck of the
unit, flickers as words are spoken. The LED should not remain on continuously as the
voice is received.
9.
Repeat steps 5 - 8 for other radio connected to the ICRI
10.
If a telephone will be used, connect the telephone adapter to the telephone port, then
connect the telephone interface cable to the telephone port and to the telephone. Answer
an incoming call on the connected device to include it in the bridging.
