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PS2.............................................................................................................................................................. 30
TIME, MSG... ............................................................................................................................................. 31
AUTO PS, RT... .......................................................................................................................................... 32
A
BOUT
......................................................................................................................................................... 33
C
OMMON CONTROLS
..................................................................................................................................... 34
S
CHEDULER
.................................................................................................................................................. 35
TROUBLESHOOTING ............................................................................................................................... 37
LIMITING MAXIMUM ADJUSTABLE POWER FOR DRIVING PALLETS ........................................ 40
S
TEP
1 –
ESTABLISH NEEDED DRIVE POWER
.................................................................................................... 40
S
TEP
2 -
SET MAXIMUM OUTPUT POWER TO
4W .............................................................................................. 40
S
TEP
3 –
REDUCE
4W
DOWN TO THE NEEDED
3.5W
WITH ATTENUATOR
(
OPTIONAL
,
BUT RECOMMENDED
)........ 40
S
TEP
4 –
VERIFY PERFORMANCE BEFORE CONNECTING THE PALLET
................................................................. 41
S
TEP
5 –
WIRING UP THE PALLET AND FIRST POWER UP
.................................................................................... 41
S
TEP
6 –
FIRST POWER UP AND SETUP
............................................................................................................. 41
S
TEP
7 –
CHECK THE
ALC
AND SET IT TO PREVENT OVERDRIVING
................................................................... 41
S
TEP
8 –
RF POWER ALC (
SOFTWARE POWER LIMIT
) ................................................................................... 41
APPENDIX A: DIY ANTENNA AND IMPROVEMENT TIPS ................................................................. 42
S
IMPLE
GP
ANTENNA DESIGN
........................................................................................................................ 42
S
OME MORE IMPROVEMENT TIPS
.................................................................................................................... 42
APPENDIX B: CONNECTING STEREO ENCODER ............................................................................... 43
APPENDIX C: ADDING AN AMPLIFIER – COMPLETE FM TRANSMITTER BLOCK BY BLOCK 44
APPENDIX D: CONTROLMINI 2 .............................................................................................................. 47
APPENDIX E: CONTROLLING OUTPUT POWER - CONTROLMINI 1 .............................................. 49
APPENDIX F: DIGIAMP CONNECTOR PINOUT ................................................................................... 50
APPENDIX G: TELEMETRY CONNECTOR PINOUT............................................................................ 51
APPENDIX H: GENERAL TIPS FOR SETTING UP TRANSMITTERS................................................. 52
T
YPICAL
FM
TRANSMITTER SETUPS
.............................................................................................................. 52
T
YPICAL
FM
BROADCASTING ANTENNA SETUPS
............................................................................................. 53
W
IRING ANTENNAS IN MULTI
-
BAY CONFIGURATIONS
..................................................................................... 54
APPENDIX I – USING WIRELESS AUDIO LINKS.................................................................................. 55
APPENDIX J – IO BOARD AND PC REMOTE CONTROL .................................................................... 56
S
OFTWARE INSTALLATION
............................................................................................................................ 56
C
ONFIGURING COMMUNICATIONS PORT
......................................................................................................... 57
I
NSTALLING
USB
DRIVER
(
ONLY FOR
USB IO
BOARD
) .................................................................................. 57
C
ONFIGURING
USB
DRIVER
.......................................................................................................................... 58
APPENDIX K – SETTING UP REMOTE CONTROL VIA ETHERNET................................................. 59
S
OFTWARE INSTALLATION
............................................................................................................................ 59
APPENDIX L: COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL EXPLANATION....................................................... 62
APPENDIX L – WARRANTY AND LEGAL INFO ................................................................................... 68
I
MPORTANT NOTICE
!..................................................................................................................................... 68
W
ARRANTY AND SERVICING
! ........................................................................................................................ 68
L
EGAL INFO
.................................................................................................................................................. 68
L
IMITATION OF LIABILITY
............................................................................................................................. 68