Pacific Research Solutions RI-200 User Manual
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Pacific Research Solutions
RI-200 User Manual
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To utilize all the features, macros, and messages the repeater owner can customize a RI-210 by sending commands over the
air or telephone. This manual should be completely understood to fully enjoy all of the RI-210’s power and features.
1.4
SETTING UP YOUR REPEATER CONTROLLER
This section will cover some items that you will need to modify before you put your repeater on the air. But first, confirm the
following items to make sure that your controller is operational.
1.
Turn on the power to the repeater. You will first hear a CW “OK” and then followed by the default CW ID “HELLO”.
The system LED should be the only LED on.
2.
Apply a carrier without a CTCSS tone on the input of the repeater. The COS LED should come on.
3.
Apply a carrier with a 100 Hz CTCSS tone on the input of the repeater. The COS and the CTCSS/DCS LED should
come on. The SYS, AUX, DTMF and HOOK LED’s should be flashing 4 times per second.
4.
Apply a carrier with a DTMF tone on the input of the repeater. The DTMF LED should be on continuously.
When you are sending commands via DTMF, the controller is always in one of the two modes (User Command or System
Command) and never in both. When the power is first turned on, the controller is locked and in the user command mode.
When the controller is in this mode you will hear an ascending 4 tone courtesy each time you un-key with a full quieting
signal. If your signal is not full quieting, the courtesy will change to a descending 4 tone (weak signal). When you send the
programming password, the RI-200 unlocks and will switch to a programming or System Command (S-Command) mode.
When the controller is in this mode you will hear 2 tone courtesy each time you un-key with a full quieting signal. Again in
this mode if your signal is not full quieting, the courtesy will change to a descending 4 tone.
Each time you send commands to the RI-200, you will get one of 3 responses. First, if you send any valid command without
errors, the RI-200 will respond with a CW acknowledgment message “OK”. This message is lower pitch and has the rhythm
of “dah dah dah dah dit dah”. Second, if you send an S-Command with an error or a user command that has an error in its
programming, the RI-200 will respond with a CW error message “ERROR”. This message is high pitch and has the rhythm
of “dit di dah dit di dah dit dah dah dah di dah dit”. Third, if you send an invalid command, the RI-200 will not
respond with any message.
When you are programming your RI-200 over the air, it is important to have a full quieting signal to the repeater. As with a
noisy signal, digits can be missed and the result of the command may not turn out the way you planed. The following is a list
of some common problems people have:
•
If you key up and send the first digit of the command before the CTCSS or DCS decodes a valid tone, the first digit is
missed and the command becomes invalid or looks like some other valid command.
•
If you move in and out of a RF null while sending a command, a digit may get missed and the command becomes invalid
or looks like some other valid command.
•
If the RI-200 is in the User Command mode while you are trying to send S-Commands or the controller is in the
S-Command mode while you are sending User Commands. Note that if you are in the S-Command mode after 5 minutes
have past without sending a command, the controller will lock itself. When this happens, you will hear a CW “OK”
without sending a command.