Computer Automation Technology CAT-250, Руководство пользователя

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Chapter 1 - Introduction and Specifications
Congratulations on your purchase of the CAT-250 Repeater Controller. Programming the CAT-250 is a
snap, with its carefully structured uniform programming commands. The manual is easy to follow and
the voice synthesizer interacts with you during control and programming operation. An optional
WINDOW EDITOR is available to program the CAT-250 controller.
Voice Synthesizer
A vocabulary base of 290 words is available to ID your repeater and make voice announcements.
CW ID
The controller will switch to CW when a repeater user talks over the voice ID. Or ID in CW only,
depending on how the CAT-250 is configured.
Digital Voice Clock
The digital voice clock will announce the time upon request, during repeater IDs, or on the hour
through the grandfather clock feature. Back-up power for the clock is supplied by a .47 Farad
capacitor. Once 12VDC is supplied to the CAT-250 three hours are required for the capacitor to reach
full charge. During power failure the capacitor will power the clock for approximately six hours.
Scheduler
An advanced [20] position scheduler fully automates repeater operation. Any command that can be
manually executed can also be scheduled to one-minute accuracy. Program the hours, minutes, day of
week, or day of month and month of year. The CAT-250 will do the rest.
Courtesy Tone
Separate courtesy tones denote repeater and link activity. Create up to eight custom courtesy tones
and assign their use by executing event macro 13 Port #1 input and macro 14 for Port #2 input.
Port Configuration
The CAT-250 is a dual port controller. Port #1 is a repeater port. Port #2 can be configured as a
simplex transceiver or duplex transceiver port.
User Function Output Switches
Six open DRAIN user function output switches control equipment at your repeater site. These switches
are controlled manually by DTMF commands or from within a macro. They can be made to turn OFF,
ON or momentarily change state.
User Function Inputs
Four inputs activated by a voltage change from other equipment at the repeater site, causes the CAT-
250 to activate a macro. Two macros are assigned to each logic input. Different macros are called when
the input goes high and low.
DTMF Keypad Test
A DTMF keypad test will read back the numbers decoded in a synthesized voice. This feature is
available on both ports one and two.