Link Communications RLC-3 Manuale utente

RLC-3 8 Port Communications Controller

Software Version 1.46

Link Communications, Inc.

P.O. Box 1071

Sidney, MT 59270

(406) 482-7515

Introduction:

Congratulations, you have purchased a very powerful tool for your group's repeater. The

RLC-3 may seem complicated and intimidating at first, but don't worry. Setting it up and

programming it are easy and straightforward, once you have read the manual. Please take the

time to read it before you try to start programming. This will save you a lot of confusion and

frustration, as it should answer most of your questions.

The RLC-3 communications controller supports up to 8 radio ports and two I/O boards (8

analog voltage inputs, 8 logical (dry contact) inputs, and eight MOSFET output drivers each).

The radio ports can be configured to require one of several combinations of COR and PL

inputs for access. The RLC-3 has a DTMF decoder per radio port card, thereby supporting

DTMF control from all ports of the controller. Synthesized voice prompts the users in the

programming of the controller's variables, provides voice ID's and alarms based on the inputs,

etc.

This manual consists of three main sections: setup and interfacing, programming and

commands, and the appendices with commonly referenced tables and charts. A glossary has

also been included at the end to explain some of the terms and abbreviations that are used

throughout the manual.

We have attempted to explain everything in a way that is easy to understand, but some

questions are inevitable. If you have carefully read the manual and still have questions, call

us at (406) 482-7515, fax us at (406) 482-7547, or write to us at

Link Communications Inc.

P.O. Box 1071

Sidney, MT 59270

Table of Contents

Limited Warranty ...........................................................1

User Survey ...............................................................2

Setup and Interfacing ........................................................3

Serial Port Interfacing .......................................................7

Getting Started .............................................................8

Reset and Power Up ...................................................9

The EOF key ........................................................10

When and Why do I use the EOF key? ........................10

How do I change the EOF key? ..............................11

How Command Names and Command Numbers are Used : ...................12

How to Configure a Port as a Repeater ....................................13

Command Reference Section .................................................14

C000 Connect one Port to another Port .............................15

C001 Monitor one Port from another Port ..........................16

C002 Disconnect one Port from another Port ........................17

C003,C004 Recall a Port's Connections .................................18

C005 Set Up a Port's Access Mode ................................19

C006 Recall a Port's Access .....................................20

C007, C008 Configure and Check DTMF Mute from a Selected Port ..........21

C009 Recall Entire Controller's Crosspoint ..........................22

C010 Re-Program Command Names ..............................23

C011, C012 Recall Information about a Command Name ...................25

C013 Recall Radio Port Card Conditions ...........................26

C014..C019 Password Programming ....................................27

C020 Program a Selected Timer ..................................28

Timer Numbers ..........................................28

C021 Recall a Timer Value ......................................37

C022 Restart a Selected Timer ...................................38

C023 Reset a Selected Timer ....................................39

C024 Set Up RS-232 Serial Baud Rate .............................40

C025 Sets the Time of Day Clock .................................41

C026 Recall the Time of Day Clock in Male Speech ..................42

C027 Recall the Time of Day Clock in Female Speech ................43

C028 Sets the Date ............................................44

C029 Recall the Date ...........................................45

C030 Send a CW Message ......................................46

C031 Send a DTMF Sequence ...................................47

C032 Send a Serial Message out the RLC-3 Port .....................48

C033 Send a Serial Message out a Radio Card's Serial Port .............49

C034 Send a Serial Message out a Radio Card's Serial Port .............50

C035 Remotely Reset the Controller ...............................51

C036 Send a Voice Message .....................................52

C037 Set Audio Routing Variable for Commands Inside a Macro .......53

C039 Recall the Ports in the Current Audio Routing Variable ...........55

C040 Send One, Two or Three Tone Chord .........................56

Note about Courtesy Beeps .................................57

C041 Courtesy Beep Enable/Disable for a Selected Port ...............59

C042 Set CW Speed for a Selected Port ............................60

C043 Set CW 3-Tone Chord Frequencies for a Selected Port ...........61

C044 Set Up DTMF Regenerate Parameters .........................62

C045..C049 Not Currently Active ......................................63

C050 Set Up Default Audio Routing Variables ......................64

C051 Start Dial-Tone ..........................................65

C052 Program a Multiple Command Macro Sequence .................66

C053 Program a Single Command Macro Sequence ..................68

C054 Recall Macro Contents ....................................69

C055 Delete Macro ............................................70

C056 Append a Command to a Macro .............................71

C057 Copy a Macro ...........................................72

C058 Delete a Command in a Macro ..............................73

C059 Insert a Command in a Macro ...............................74

C060 Set Up Serial Port ........................................75

C061 Disconnect all Ports from a Radio Port ........................76

C062 Change the Beginning of Command Names ....................77

C063 Send a Polite Voice Message ................................78

C064 Send a Polite Voice Message and if Interrupted Execute Command .79

C065 Recall the Audio Routing Variable Defaults ....................80

Preaccess Commands .......................................................81

What preaccess is ....................................................81

What you need to know ...............................................81

C070 Configure a Repeater for Preaccess ...........................82

C071 Configure a Link for Preaccess ..............................83

C072 Disable Preaccess Requirement for a Port ......................84

C073 Recall Ports with Preaccess Requirement ......................85

C074 Allow Access To a Port that Requires Preaccess .................86

C075 Set Stop Access Conditions .................................87

C076 Recall Stop Access Conditions ..............................88

C077 Isolate a Port from the Rest of the System ......................89

C078 Set the Force-Execution Digit for a Port .......................90

C079 Recall the Force-Execution Digit for a Port ....................91

C080 Set Automatic Force-Execution Digit Entry for a Port ............92

C081 Recall Automatic Force-Execution Digit Entry for a Port ..........93

The Scheduler ............................................................94

How the Scheduler Works .............................................94

C082 Set Up a Scheduler Event ..................................95

C083 Recall a Scheduler Event ...................................98

C084 Enable/Disable a Scheduler Event ............................99

ID Control ..............................................................100

How the IDs Work ..................................................100

C085 Enable/Disable IDing a Port ...............................101

C086 Recall Which Ports have IDs Enabled ........................102

C087 Set Random or Rotating Pending IDs ........................103

C088 Recall Random or Rotating Pending ID Selection ..............104

C089 Not Currently Used ......................................105

The I/O Board ...........................................................106

About the I/O Board .................................................106

Logical Input Lines ......................................106

Logical Output Lines .....................................106

Analog Input Lines ......................................107

C090 Read Whether Input Line is High or Low .....................109

C091 Execute Input Line High or Low Macro ......................110

C092 Enable/Disable Input Line Alarm ...........................111

C093 Turn Output Line On .....................................112

C094 Turn Output Line Off .....................................113

C095 Recall Whether Output Line is On or Off .....................114

C096..C098 Pulse Output Lines .......................................115

C100 Read Analog Input Line ..................................116

C101 Set Resolution For Analog Input ............................117

C102 Set Conversion Ratio For Analog Input ......................119

C103 Calibrate an Analog Input .................................122

C104 Set an Analog Alarm .....................................123

C105 Set Analog Alarm Hysteresis ...............................124

C106 Enable/Disable an Analog Alarm ...........................126

C107 Recall Analog Lines in Alarm ..............................127

The Autopatch ...........................................................129

Configuring the Autopatch ............................................129

Autopatch Up Commands .............................................129

Hanging Up .......................................................129

Predial Digits ......................................................130

The Autodialer .....................................................130

Limiting Call Length ................................................130

How the Dialing Tables Work .........................................130

The Blocked-Prefixes Table ...............................131

The Allowed-Prefixes Table ...............................132

The Nuisance-Number Table ...............................132

Dialing Table Summary ...................................133

C110 Configure the Autopatch ..................................135

C111 Manual Off Hook .......................................136

C112 Normal Forward Dial .....................................137

C113 Forward Dial with no Long Distance Checking ................138

C114 Hang up the Autopatch ...................................139

C115 Set the Predial Digits and Timing ...........................140

C116 Recall the Predial Digits and Timing .........................141

C117 Set Blocked Prefix Slot ...................................142

C118 Recall Blocked Prefix Slot ...............................143

C119 Set Allowed Prefix Slot ...................................144

C120 Recall Allowed Prefix Slot ................................145

C121 Set Nuisance Number Slot .................................146

C122 Recall Nuisance Number Slot ..............................147

C123 Test Dialing Tables ......................................148

C124 Set Autodial Slot ........................................149

C125 Recall Autodial Slot ......................................150

C126 Set Whether to Send Predial Digits for Autodial Slot ............151

C127 Enable/Disable an Autodial Slot ............................152

C128, C129 Set and Recall Half-Duplex Mode for a Selected Port ...........153

Blocking Execution from Certain Ports ........................................154

C130 Block Command Execution From Port .......................155

C131 Allow Command Execution From Port .......................156

C132 Recall Blocked Ports .....................................157

C133 Set up Reverse Patch .....................................158

C134 Access Reverse Patch ....................................159

C135 Answer Reverse Patch ....................................160

C136 Set up Reverse Autopatch Ring .............................161

C137 Autodial Only ..........................................162

C138 Direct SPI Send out of Radio Card's Serial Port ................163

Doug Hall's RBI-1 Support .................................................164

What it is ..........................................................164

Interfacing and Setup ................................................164

Using the RBI-1 ....................................................164

Schematic For RBI-1 to RLC-3 Cable ...................................169

C140 Set Port for RBI-1 .......................................173

C141 Set Band Unit for RBI-1 ..................................174

C142 Set Frequency (and optionally offset) for RBI-1 ................175

C143 Set Offset for RBI-1 ......................................176

C144 Set Offset Format for RBI-1 ...............................177

C145 Set Power Level for RBI-1 ................................178

C146 Set PL Frequency for RBI-1 ...............................179

C147 Turn PL Encode Off/On for RBI-1 ..........................180

C148 Turn PL Decode Off/On for RBI-1 ..........................181

C149 Recall Band, Frequency and Offset for RBI-1 ..................182

C150 Recall All RBI-1 Settings .................................183

C155 Enable or Disable PTT for a Port ............................184

C156 Recall Which PTT are Enabled .............................185

C157 Event Macro Assign .....................................186

C158 Event Macro Recall ......................................190

C159 Event Macro Enable/Disable ...............................191

C160 Clear Analog High/Lows ..................................192

C161 Set Analog Smoothing Factor ..............................193

C162 Always Send a Serial Message out the RLC-3 Port .............194

C163 Keypad Test ............................................195

C164 Select EOF-Entered Command .............................196

C165 Reset COP Watchdog Timer ...............................197

C166 Display Status Screen ....................................198

C167 Do Nothing ............................................199

C168 Set DTMF Acceptance Requirements ........................200

C169 Send Serial by ASCII Code Always .........................201

The Digital Voice Recorder .................................................202

What the DVR is ....................................................202

Memory Installation and Testing: .......................................203

The Serial Interface ..................................................207

C170 Record and Play Audio Test ...............................209

C171 Record DVR Track (non-prompted) .........................210

C172 Record DVR Track (prompted) .............................211

C173 Play DVR Tracks ........................................212

C174 Erase DVR Tracks .......................................213

C175 Record Public Mail ......................................214

C176 Check Public Mailboxes ..................................215

C177 Retrieve Public Mail .....................................216

C178 Erase Public Mail ........................................217

C179 Record Private Mail ......................................218

C180 Retrieve Private Mail .....................................219

C181 Erase Private Mail .......................................220

C182 Select DVR Type ........................................221

Macros .................................................................222

What a macro is ....................................................222

Limits on Macros ...................................................223

C200..C499 Execute an Internal Macro .................................224

C500..C999 Execute a User Macro ....................................225

Appendix A: The Audio Routing Variable System ...............................226

Explanation of the System ..........................................226

Suppressing Command Responses in Macros .............................227

Appendix B: Voice Word Table .............................................228

Appendix C: CW Code Table ...............................................235

Appendix D: Automatic Macros .............................................236

Automatic Macro Numbers ...........................................239

Appendix E: Reset and Initialization ..........................................242

Appendix F: Controlling a Rotor .............................................243

Appendix G: Programming with the Serial Port .................................246

Appendix H: ASCII Chart ..................................................249

Appendix I: Using the LM335 Temperature Sensor ..............................251

Software Problem and Request Form ..........................................252

Component Layout ........................................................254

Main Board ........................................................255

Radio Board .......................................................256

I/O Board .........................................................257

Power Board .......................................................258

Autopatch Board ....................................................259

Jumper and Switch Locations ...............................................260

Main Board Important Connections ...........................................261

Radio Board Important Connections ..........................................263

I/O Board Important Connections ............................................265

Power Board LED Definitions ...............................................266

Bill of Materials ..........................................................267

RLC-3 Main Controller Board Parts .....................................268

RLC-3 Power Board Parts ............................................271

RLC-3 I/O Board Parts ...............................................272

RLC-3 Autopatch Board ..............................................273

Schematic Diagrams .......................................................274

Limited Warranty

COVERAGE:

Link Communications Inc. warrants that its products will be free from defects in materials and

workmanship for a period of one year from the date of shipment. During this time, Link

Communications Inc. will cover parts, labor and return shipping. If failure is caused by

instances other than manufacturing defects, Link Communications Inc. will repair the product

and bill the customer for parts and labor. Contact Link Communications Inc. for more

information.

What Link Communications Inc. will not cover:

1. Too much voltage to the controller. The RLC-3 operates at +11V to +15V, negative

ground.

2. Damage to the controller by lightning, accident, or incorrect power hook-up.

3. Incorrect unit installation.

4. Damage caused by shipment (damage claims are handled by the carrier).

6. Repairs by other than Link Communications Inc.

THIS WARRANTY HOLDS ONLY TO THE ORIGINAL PURCHASER

HOW TO GET SERVICE

Please contact Link Communications Inc. for servicing information and authorization.

SOFTWARE

Link Communications holds the copyright on the RLC-3's software and hardware. Changes

to the software, copying of the software, and use of the voice code is prohibited without the

written consent of Link Communications.

SOFTWARE UPDATES

Link Communications Inc. will provide FREE Software updates for 6 months from the date of

purchase. The owner must return replaced software chips to Link Communications in order to

obtain further software updates. Software updates costs will be determined at the release of

the update. Manual inserts and shipping are additional.

User Survey (Optional)

A knowledge of the user base will allow us to better serve you in the future by helping us

develop more specialized software and hardware. Please take a few minutes and fill out this

questionnaire.

RLC-3 Serial Number ................. ________________

RLC-3 Purchase Date ................. ________________

Application: (Circle All That Apply)

Ownership:

- 1 - Privately Owned Repeater

- 2 - Club Owned Repeater

- 3 - Group Owned Repeater

- 4 - Commercial Business Repeater

- 5 - Other _______________________

Installation:

- 1 - Wide Coverage Repeater with Chain Links

- Port to Port Linking

- 2 - Full Duplex Links

- 3 - Half Duplex Links

- 4 - VHF Repeater: Power _____ Make ____________

- 5 - UHF Repeater: Power _____ Make ____________

- 6 - Link Ports Used as Repeater Ports: Yes No

- 7 - Serial Data Used to Control Repeater: Yes No

- 8 - Other Amateur Repeaters At the Site: Yes No

- 9 - Other Link Communication Inc. Products Used: Yes No

Misc:

- 1 - User Base: Technical Rag Chew Personal

- 2 - Autopatch used on the System: Yes No

- 3 - Frequency Adjustable Remotes: Yes No

- 4 - Linking to Other Repeaters: Yes No

- 5 - Linking Closed Access: Yes No

- 6 - PL Required on Main Repeater: Yes No Varies

- 7 - PL Required on Linking System: Yes No Varies

Please Return to: Link Communications Inc.

P.O. Box 1071

Sidney, MT. 59270

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