RDC-Series DoorCom
TM
Wireless Intercom
Field Programming
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H
OW TO
R
EADOUT
C
URRENT
R
ADIO
F
REQUENCY
&
T
ONE
C
ODES
..........
1. Connect the RDC-1 and 20 ft cable to the R-Series radio.
2. Attach the antenna to the radio.
3. Locate the RPS-1B AC adapter (do not connect it to the radio yet).
4. Press
and
HOLD
the Program Button (See Figure 1 on page 2 for location) and now connect power to the radio using the RPS-1B
AC adapter, the radio will now turn ON. A "P" will appear on the program display and the speaker will beep rapidly.
5. When the beeping stops, release the Program Button. The radio will display a series of six characters for Radio Identification, with
each character separated by a hyphen. The 1
st
two characters indicate the Model Number, the 3
rd
and 4
th
characters indicate the
radio type, and the 5
th
and 6
th
characters indicate the firmware revision.
For this example: Model:
01
Radio
Type:
31
Firmware
Revision:
51
MODEL
RADIO TYPE
FIRMWARE REVISION
6. After the Radio Identification has been displayed, the digit 1 will appear, followed by a hyphen and the speaker will sound a triple
beep indicating that the radio is in Program Mode and Channel 1 is selected.
7. Press the Channel selector to select the channel to be read out. The channel number will appear briefly on the display as you step
through the channels. When you have settled on a channel a hyphen will appear across the center of the display to indicate that it
is ready for readout.
8. Press
and
RELEASE
the Volume Up Button (See FIG-1 on page 2 for location). The radio will immediately begin to display a
series of four digits; with each digit separated by a hyphen.
9. The first two digits indicate the frequency code and the last two digits the tone code;
see
Table 1
and
Table 2
on pages 6 and 7.
In this example an R-446 is programmed to operate on the “Brown Dot” frequency of 464.500 MHz (Frequency code “04”) with
100.0 Hz tone (Tone code “12”).
FREQUENCY CODE
TONE CODE
10. If a 5
th
digit is displayed, the channel has been programmed for DQC and the last three digits indicate the DQC code;
see
Table 3
on page 7.
In this example an R-446 was programmed to operate on the “Brown Dot” frequency of 464.500 MHz (Frequency code
“04”) with a DQC code of “723”.
FREQUENCY CODE
DQC CODE
11. If the channel is PC programmed with any frequency or tone not listed in
Table 1, Table 2
or
Table 3
on pages 6 and 7, the radio
will sound the
ERROR TONE
on contents read out and display an "E". The PC programmer will be required to readout the radios
frequency and tone programming.
12.
To return the radio to normal operation:
1) Disconnect the AC adapter from the radio.
2) THEN reconnect the AC adapter to the radio.
