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1. 03 01 01 Name KPC 2000 FC 2000 FC 2500 FC 3000 Comments default default default default ABAUD 0 0 0 0 Console port rate AUTOLF ON ON ON ON Applies to console port BLIND ON ON ON ON ON ON TNPP ports protocol BKONDEL ON ON ON ON Applies to console port BP96 OFF BUSYTIME 10 10 10 10 In minutes CALIBRAT immediate immediate immediate immediate Test tones GPS delay measure CANLINE 18 18 18 18 Applies to console port CANOUT 19 CDINVERT OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF Inverts sense of CD input CHDELAY 30 30 30 30 Channel change delay in tens of milliseconds CMDTAG 0000000 0000000 0000000 0000000 Remote command address CMDTIME 1 COMMAND 03 CWID OFF OFF OFF OFF ON OFF CWIDTEXT DE call DE call DE call DE call Your entered callsign DAYSTR US form US form US form US form Mm dd yyyy hh mm ss DAYTIME 1 1 2000 1 1 2000 1 1 2000 1 1 2000 With zero time DELETE 08 08 08 08 Applies to console port DISPLAY immediate immediate immediate immediate Applies to console port EANDM OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF Channel sharing ECHO ON ON ON ON Applies to console port EQUALIZE 115 ESCAPE OFF OFF OFF OFF ESC printed as 75 Name KPC 2000 FC 2000 FC 2500 FC 3000 Comments default default default d
2. Again viewing the unit from the back pushing a switch to the Left programs a 1 Pushing a switch to the Right programs a 0 Switch 1 nearest the front panel must be to the right a 0 for the unit to be in tone control mode Station Number Selection Table Station Number DIP SW setting DIP SW Setting Transmitter 1 7 1 7 Default 000 1111 R RR LLLL 1 0 01 0001 RRL RRRL 2 0 01 0010 RRL RRLR 3 001 0011 R RL RRLL 4 0 01 0100 RRL RLRR 5 0010101 R RL RLRL 6 0010110 RRL RLLR 7 0010111 R RL RLLL 8 0 01 1000 RRL LRRR 9 0 01 1001 R RL LRRL 10 0 10 1010 RRL LRLR 11 0 10 0001 R LR RRRL 12 0 10 0010 R LR RRLR 13 0 100011 R LR RRLL 14 0 10 0100 R LR RLRR 15 0100101 R LR RLRL 16 0 100110 R LR RLLR 17 0100111 R LR RLLL 18 0 10 1000 R LR LRRR 19 0 10 1001 R LR LRRL 49 20 0 10 1010 R LR LRLR 21 0 11 0001 RLL RRRL 22 0 11 0010 RLL RRLL 23 0110011 R LL RRLL 24 0 11 0100 R LL RLRR 25 0110101 RLL RLRL 26 0110110 R LL RLLR 27 0110111 RLL RLLL 28 0 11 1000 R LL LRRR 29 011 1001 R LL LRRL 30 0 11 1010 R LL LRLR AUDIO INPUT CABLE Link Receiver to Exciter Port 2 Cable two wire This cable will supply link receiver audio and ground to exciter port 2 of the controller In TONE MODE exciter port 2 is the INPUT PORT Link Receiver From To FC Exciter Port 2 Pin Number
3. All signals are RS 232 and the port supports from 300 to 38 400 baud operation Auxiliary Port This port is reserved for future use GPS Port This port is used to attach a remote Palisades or Accutime Smart Antenna by Trimble to obtain a measure of satellite delay for simulcasting See the Measuring Satellite Delay appendix The signal format used is RS 422 a differential format enabling long cable runs of up to 3 000 feet The Trimble unit provides a comprehensive timing packet and a synchronizing pulse each second Power Connector The power connector receives both ground and 12 VDC The 12 VDC is looped through to the GPS port to provide power to the Trimble GPS receiver Exciter Port One DB 15 Pin Signal Name Format Comment l Push to talk 1 PTT1 Open drain 2 Select 1A Open drain 3 Select 1B Open drain 4 Model Open drain 5 Transmit Data 1A Open drain RS 232 Jumper select format 6 Transmit Data 1B Open drain RS 232 Jumper select format 7 Error1 Pull up input With resistor 8 Busy 1 Pull up input With resistor loop back 9 Ground 10 Ground 11 Ground 12 Ground 13 TxD2B Open drain RS 232 From port 2 loop back 14 Ground 15 Ground 70 Exciter Port Two DB 15 Pin Signal Name Format Comment l Push to talk 2 PTT2 Open drain 2 Select 2A Open drain 3 Select 2B Open drain
4. Additional commands are available to tailor your system further See the Command Reference in the appendix for detail on all of the commands available 35 Installing Parameters Follow these steps STEP 1 Turn the FC Controller On Apply power STEP 2 Establish Communication Between Your PC and the FC Controller With a NULL MODEM cable attached between the controller s CONSOLE PORT and your PC or laptop you are ready to configure the unit Youll need a communications terminal program running in your computer We suggest using PROCOMM PLUS or HyperTerminal Windows 9x Configure the communications comm port of your PC or laptop for 19 200 baud or another rate if you like with an N 8 1 format Start at this rate with your laptop software If you receive unreadable characters then the unit is already set at another rate or was not set at the factory Try hitting the key at the top of your keyboard first to set the baud rate If this doesn t work then the unit is set to another rate Try 9600 4800 and so on If you cannot establish communication perform a hardware reset Turn the unit off remove the top of the chassis place jumper J10 located right behind the DATA IN LEDs on both posts and turn the unit back on Wait a few seconds Then turn the unit off place the jumper at J10 on just one post off and turn the power back on Then hit the key to lock the controller to the rate of your commun
5. CONFIGURING PARAMETERS IN THE CONTROLLER A comprehensive list of all commands is available in the Commands Reference in the Appendix You ll use a terminal or computer running a commercial terminal program such as PROCOMM PLUS to program the parameters you ll need to run the controller with the TONE OPTION BOARD in TONE MODE REMINDER The console port of the controller requires a NULL MODEM adapter and accepts a DB 9 female connector In most cases for tone control operation the only parameters you ll have to change are the simulcast delay and the mode of operation These are set using the SIMDLY and INTFACE commands If simulcast delay is not a concern then simply set the INTFACE command for TONE 1 For simulcast delay at the command prompt cmd enter the following cmd SIMDLY X lt enter gt where X is in miles up to 255 2 To configure the unit for TONE MODE enter the following cmd INTFACE TONE lt enter gt Upon hitting the return key the unit will go immediately into TONE MODE CAUTION To take the unit out of TONE mode it is necessary to enter a RESET command and lt enter gt at the console port That is attach your laptop or PC to the console port type RESET is capitol letters and then hit the return key The controller will respond with the usual sign on message and again provide you with a command prompt for programming changing parameters of the controller NOTE Typing RESET to return the consol
6. Interfacing the Glenayre DSP Exciter 8500 8600 8651 etc Cabling to the Glenayre DSP exciter is from the FC s Exciter Port 1 DB 15F to the DSP s J4 connector a DB 25M You ll make these connections Push to talk PTT DATA MSB open drain or RS 232 jumper option DATA LSB open drain or RS 232 jumper selectable Ground Note that the DATA CLOCK is not required The Glenayre DSP includes its own edge detector circuitry eliminating the need for a data clock Also note that the cabling recommended here assumes that you are installing the DSP exciter for channel one operation The exciter supports 8 and or 16 channel operation By not connecting any of the three channel select lines the pull up resistors at these pins within the exciter automatically select channel one for operation The mode select line is also tied high so the mode will be that selected within the software of the DSP exciter You may change rise time mode and DATA INNVERT by connecting a laptop at 9600 baud and 8 N 1 format to configure the internal settings of the exciter WE RECOMMAND that you leave the DSP exciter in the DATA NON INVERTED mode along with our pagers Then use the DATA INVERT feature of the FC controller if necessary if the PA calls for it When ordering Glenayre stations all you ll need is the following e The standard interface board PN 263 0082 036 as of this data 07 03 00 e The internal 10 Mhz Refere
7. NULL for Computer Laptop TNPP Input Exciter Output FC controller back panel o of Joo jo eh ote of jo of Jo E o EXCITER 1 EXCITER 2 CONSOLE AUX The connectors for exciter ports I and 2 are DB 15 females with pin I at the upper right of each looking at the back panel The TNPP1 TNPP2 CONSOLE AND AUX ports are DB 9 male with Pin 1 of these connectors at the upper left The GPS port is a DB 15 male with Pin I at the upper right also The power jack is male with the left Pin assigned to ground POWER CONNECTION Power is supplied to the unit via the POWER jack at the far right Use a DC supply with a voltage in the range of 12 VDC to 18 VDC capable of delivering 200 ma Use the supplied green male two position screw terminal Attach the positive lead from the supply to the right hand terminal and attach the ground lead to the left hand terminal Leave the power off until you have fully cabled the unit AUXILIARY PORT This port is reserved for future use CONSOLE PORT To program the FC controller with your PC or laptop you ll need an RS 232 NULL MODEM cable or a standard serial cable and a NULL MODEM ADAPTER The NULL cable is required since the transmit and receive lines in the console port are reversed to accommodate the attachment of a modem for remote supervision maintenance The pin outs for the DB 9M console connector are listed in the appendix TNPP INPUTS As a remote station transmitter cont
8. 4 Mode2 Open drain 5 Transmit Data 2A Open drain RS 232 Jumper select format 6 Transmit Data 2B Open drain RS 232 Jumper select format 7 Error2 Pull up input With resistor 8 Busy 2 Pull up input With resistor loop back 9 Ground 10 Ground 11 Ground 12 Ground 13 Ground 14 Ground 15 Ground TNPP Port 1 TNPP1 Pin Signal Name Format Comment 1 RxCinA CDA RS 232 Clock in or carrier detect 2 RxA RS 232 Receive data 3 TxA RS 232 Transmit data 4 TxCoutA DTRA RS 232 Transmit Clock Out or data terminal ready 5 Ground Ground 6 TxCinA DSRA RS 232 Transmit Clock In or data set ready 7 RTSA RS 232 Request to send 8 CTSA RS 232 Clear to send 9 RIA RS 232 Ring indicator 71 TNPP Port 2 TNPP2 Pin Signal Name Format Comment 1 RxCinB CDB RS 232 Clock in or carrier detect 2 RxB RS 232 Receive data 3 TxB RS 232 Transmit data 4 TxCoutB DTRB RS 232 Transmit Clock Out or data terminal ready 5 Ground ground 6 TxCinB DSRB RS 232 Transmit Clock In or data set ready 7 RTSB RS 232 Request to send 8 CTSB RS 232 Clear to send 9 RIB RS 232 Ring indicator Console Port control Pin Signal Name Format Comment 1 CDO RS 232 Carrier detect 2 RxDO RS 232 Receive data 3 TxDO RS 232 Transmit data 4 DTRO RS 232 Data terminal
9. To program the second controller giving ita CMDTAG of 1110002 enter the following cmd CMDTAG 1110002 lt enter gt When you are ready to program these controllers remotely or if you are curious now see the procedures outlined in the chapter titled OVER THE AIR PROGRAMMING Keep in mind that you can send commands to all or individual controllers using this method STEP 20 Setting Mode of Operation The last command you ll enter to configure the unit as a Master or a Slave in the Master Slave system is the INTFACE command Enter the following to set the controller as a Slave cmd INTFACE SLAVE lt enter gt Enter the following to set the unit as a Master cmd INTFACE MASTER lt enter gt Operating the Controllers During operation i e when moving paging traffic each FC controller will be in a particular mode of operation For example if used in a Master Slave system a remote station controller will be in SLAVE mode If used in a SYNSIM system each remote station controller will be in SYNSIM mode While an FC controller is passing traffic you may check its status via its CONSOLE port This port is independent of the TNPP and EXCITER ports Simply attach a NULL MODEM cable between your laptop and the CONSOLE port and use PROCOMM or a similar communications terminal program to check the controller s status or issue commands 25 For example you may wish to see if traffic is backed up i e delayed Use the STATUS
10. busy When ON a TTL high 5 VDC is expected CHDELAY n n 0 255 default 30 300 msecs Delay in tens of milliseconds between when the channel is changed exciter port select lines and channel access is determined or PTT is activated CMDTAG ddddddd ddddddd is seven numeric digits default 0000000 In order to enable the controllers for remote programming you ll need to assign them an address The remote ID is set by the CMDTAG command Most of the commands may be changed remotely if the CMDTAG of the unit is set to a non zero value To change them send a TNPP command packet addressed to SIMDST The command packet will have a KAN manufacturer code followed by the CMDTAG of the unit or units you wish to change followed by one of the commands with its parameters The commands must be fully entered full spelling There should be a space between the command and the parameter value If the CMDTAG in the TNPP command packet is of the form ddd0000 then all controllers with a CMDTAG of ddd0000 and the proper SIMDST will accept the command If the last 4 digits of the CMDTAG in the packet are not 0 then the controller with that exact same CMDTAG is the only controller which will accept the command There is no indication feedback from the remote controller that any command has been accepted or not If the controller does accept the command but finds errors no parameters are changed See the TNPP TOOLBOX appendix f
11. FC 2000 to FC 2500 etc rather than in kind updates new version of FC 2000 code for an FC 2000 contact the sales department You may use any full featured terminal program to load the ASCII files Procedures using PROCOMM PLUS DOS version and HyperTerminal Windows 9x are given below Flash memory within each of these units is large enough to hold both the current program in use and the update you ll load You may load the new file via the console port while the unit is still on line i e processing pages Once the new version is loaded into the FLASH you will use the RELOAD command to switch operation of the unit to the new program When you do so the unit resets and transfers the new program to RAM Updating flash memory through the console port PROCOMM PLUS DOS The following is an example of loading new firmware into an FC 2500 using PROCOMM PLUS Configure the terminal options of PROCOMM PLUS as follows terminal emulation as ANSI duplex as FULL use either software or hardware flow control Cable the serial port of your laptop to the CONSOLE port of the unit Recall that you MUST USE A NULL MODEM as part of the cable system Set your laptop serial port for operation at the same baud rate as the console port of the unit The default rate for the console port is 19 200 but it may have been changed since leaving the factory Useable rates are 300 1200 2400 4800 9600 19200 or 38400 with an N81 format You will also
12. Generally you ll want to tailor the controller with these key parameters commands Configuring the ports XCITER to set the number of channels used per exciter port TBAUD to set the baud rate of the TNPP ports BLIND to set TNPP ports for blind or acknowledgement mode TNPPDEST to enter a list of allowable TNPP destination addresses SIMSRC to set the source address of the Master SIMDST to set the destination address of the Master SIMFREQ to set the satellite receiver clock frequency to lock to Setting Timing TXDELAY to set transmitter key up delay PAGEMAX to set the maximum time for a page transmission in seconds HOLDOFF to set the time to hold off after a page transmission in seconds SIMDLY to set the simulcast delay for this remote site BUSYTIME to set a timeout for dumping pages Setting Other Parameters CWID to set the occurrence rate of a CW ID CWIDTEXT to set the STATION ID letters sent during CW ID PAGEXINV to invert the paging channel signal if required PAGEBAUD to set page types you wish to transmit GOLAY and or POCSAG MAXALPHA to set the maximum number of characters for alpha pages MAXNUMER to set the maximum number of characters for numeric pages Setting ID for Remote Programming CMDTAG _ toset the address for remote programming the controller Setting the Mode of Operation INTFACE to configure the unit for Master Slave mode Additional commands are available to tailor your system further Se
13. Signal Name Format Comment 1 12 VDC DC A battery adapter may be used see the specs 2 Ground ground 73 Appendix B Command Reference The commands listed below in the PAGING COMMANDS COMPARISON CHART are used to configure or monitor activity of the FC family of transmitter controllers FC 2000 FC 2500 and FC 3000 and the predecessor KPC 2000 controller Users of the KPC 2000 will note the similarity in commands In fact for Master Slave simulcasting any of the FC controllers can emulate a KPC 2000 and thus work within an existing KPC 2000 based system When FLEX must be added to your system you ll have to utilize the FC 2500 for 1600 FLEX or the FC 3000 for all speeds of FLEX The chart shows that not all commands are included in each model Each FC controller has a console port in addition to the TNPP ports The KPC 2000 shared one port for these functions Hence some commands dealing with the dual use of the single serial port in the KPC 2000 are no longer needed Note to users of the Kantronics KPC 2000 Command mode is always present at the console port of the FC series controllers that is there is no need to use three control C characters to leave a paging operating mode to return to command mode The chart also includes where applicable the default values of the parameters associated with commands Default values are those values set at the factory Some commands do not have a value a numbe
14. Speaker or discriminator audio TO Audio Input TXD2A Pin 5 Ground TO Ground Pin 9 CONTROLLER TO TRANSMITTER CABLE Exciter port 1 to Transmitter Exciter three wire This cable supplies push to talk paging data and ground for the exciter Note that both the PTT and DATA lines are OPEN DRAIN and require pull up resistors at the exciter for proper operation These signals are digital and TTL in format i e high is typically 5 to 8 volts low is ground RS 232 feed is jumper selectable if your exciter needs that format Most exciters have pull ups as standard If your exciter can accept a TTL signal but does not have pull ups in its input circuitry pads exist on the controller board to add pull ups only on boards at rev number 3 or later If an analog drive is required you ll have to fashion an adapter to convert the TTL data or RS 232 data optionally by jumper to the analog level required CAUTION you ll need to filter and limit the drive so that your RF emissions meet paging channel standards This is your responsibility not ours CABLE Controller to Transmitter FC Exciter Port 1 Pin Number From To Exciter PTT open drain Pin 1 TO PTT DATA open drain Pin 5 TO DATA Ground Pin 9 TO Ground Power Cable Power for the option board is supplied by the FC 2000 2500 via jumper J19 Refer to the FC 200 2500 User s Manual for providing power to the FC 2000 2500
15. d enter the following cmd SYSCLLPS 4 lt enter gt For systems where Golay and POCSAG carry a majority of the traffic enter a low value such as 0 or 1 All remotes in the system must have this value A low value will force FLEX pagers to listen for their pages more 39 often and leave more time allotted for Golay and POCSAG pagers during each minute STEP 12 Setting a Timeout to Dump Pages An FC configured as a remote and placed in a SYNSIM system will transmit dump its pages if it does not receive a time packet for a given period of time Use the SIMTIME command to set this timeout period For example if you wish to time out in two minutes having not received a time packet via the satellite feed during that period enter the following cmd SIMTIME 120 lt enter gt Note SIMTIME has two parameters The first x is only used if the controller is configured for a Master Slave system as the Master As a SYNSIM remote enter the timeout value as shown above i e with the first STEP 13 Setting the Maximum Length of an Alpha Page With the advent of e mail paging you may want to increase or limit the length of alpha pages The controller defaults maximum length to 128 You may increase the allowed length up to 4 000 characters To set the limit on alpha pages to 500 characters enter the following cmd MAXALPHA 500 lt enter gt STEP 14 Inverting the Paging Channel Signal Use the PAGEXINV command if you n
16. giving ita CMDTAG of 1110001 enter the following cmd CMDTAG 1110001 lt enter gt To program the second controller giving ita CMDTAG of 1110002 enter the following cmd CMDTAG 1110002 lt enter gt When you are ready to program these controllers remotely or if you are curious now see the procedures outlined in the chapter titled OVER THE AIR PROGRAMMING Keep in mind that you can send commands to all or individual controllers using this method STEP 19 Setting Mode of Operation The last step in configuring your controller is to put it in its mode of operation To set the mode of operation of the controller i e to configure it as a remote within a SYNSIM system enter the following cmd INTFACE SYNSIM_ lt enter gt Operating a SYNSIM system During operation i e when moving paging traffic each FC controller will be in a particular mode of operation For example if used in a Master Slave system a remote station controller will be in SLAVE mode If used in a SYNSIM system each remote station controller will be in SYNSIM mode While an FC controller is passing traffic you may check its status via its CONSOLE port This port is independent of the TNPP and EXCITER ports Simply attach a NULL MODEM cable between your laptop serial port and the FC CONSOLE port and use PROCOMM or a similar communications terminal program to check the controller s status or issue commands For example you may wish to see if traffi
17. 2000 EPROMS This is due to the fact that a more efficient batching algorithm was incorporated within the FC controllers so the KPC 2000 update EPROM includes that Q3 What is a Synchronous Simulcasting System SYNSIM It is the operating system developed by Kantronics to control the simulcasting of groups of FC series transmitter controllers SYNSIM can be used for Golay POCSAG operation with any combination of FC series controllers SYNSIM also supports a combination of Golay POCSAG and FLEX paging with the FC 2500 and FC 3000 controllers The FC 2500 supports 1600 FLEX while the FC 3000 supports 1600 3200 and 6400 FLEX A SYNSIM system must contain a Time Gate 1000 at a satellite teleport site or at a control channel central site and may have any number of FC controllers located at remote station sites The system uses the TG 1000 to insert accurate time packets into the TNPP stream These packets are used to time and control the batching of pages Q4 Will a KPC 2000 run in a SYNSIM system No However FC 2000s can emulate a KPC 2000 and be run within a MS system Q5 Is the KPC 2000 upgradeable to a FC 2000 No The hardware does not support an upgrade Q6 Is the KPC 2000 upgradeable to FLEX No To run FLEX traffic you ll need to purchase an FC 2500 or FC 3000 or upgrade the base FC 2000 Q7 Why would I want to convert my system to a SYNSIM system If you wish to carry FLEX traffic then SYNSIM is required
18. FC controller for SYNSIM service All three FC controllers FC 2000 FC 2500 and FC 3000 may be configured that is programmed for service in a SYNSIM system Generally you ll want to tailor each controller with these key parameters commands g Configuring the ports XCITER TBAUD BLIND TNPPDEST TIMESRC SIMSRC SIMDST Setting Timing TXDELAY GPSDELAY SIMTIME SYSCLLPS to set the number of channels used per exciter port to set the baud rate of the TNPP ports to set the TNPP protocol mode per TNPP port to enter a list of allowable TNPP destination addresses to set the address of the time gate source to set the system source address for over the air programming to set the system destination address for OTA programming to set transmitter key up delay to set the simulcasting delay to set a timeout to dump pages to set the FLEX system collapse value Setting Other Parameters CWID CWIDTEXT PAGEXINV PAGEBAUD MAXALPHA MAXNUMER to set the occurrence rate of a CW ID to set the STATION ID letters sent during CW ID to invert the paging channel signal if required to set page types you wish to transmit FLEX GOLAY POCSAG to set the maximum number of characters for alpha pages to set the maximum number of characters for numeric pages Setting ID for Remote Programming CMDTAG _ toset the address for remote programming Setting the Mode of Operation INTFACE to configure the unit as a SYNSIM remote
19. LOAD loads a new program into the FC xxxx through the console port MAXALPHA prefs norm Max chars sent in an alphanumeric page 10 4000 MAXNUMERprefs norm Max chars sent in a numeric page 10 4000 PAGE Specifies a page to add to the pagelog using the form Af Nf Bf Df 512 1200 2400 G T F P x capcode message where f 0 8 is function code and x 1 4 is XCITER channel and is priority and P is preference PAGEBAUD Allows sending pages only in these formats 512 1200 2400 GOLAY TYPE2A FLEX16 FLEX32 FLEX32D FLEX64D NONE PAGEDIR LIST ALIAS alias CAPCODE capcode alias Af Nf Bf Df 512 1200 2400 G T F P x capcode where f 0 8 is function code and x 1 4 is XCITER channel PAGEID __ f P alias message sends message to capcode defined by alias in PAGEDIR where f 0 8 is function code is priority and P is preference PAGELOG STATUS LIST n CLEAR CLEARALL FIND capcode OLDEST PAGEMAX Maximum time allowed for sending pages in one transmission PAGEXINV Inverts polarity of transmitted pages PASS Char used to pass special characters as data PASSWORD Modem password upto 15 chars single to clear PASSLOCK If PASSWORD is set no more commands accepted without password PDA Forces two POCSAG address words between POCSAG messages PFTIMER 0 60000 OFF If power is off for more than n seconds pagesthat have not yet been sent are marked as
20. OFF This jumper is used to perform a hard reset After the reset all parameters will be forced to factory defaults The jumper is located just behind LED D7 To perform a hard reset turn power to the unit OFF place a jumper on both pins of J10 turn the power ON wait ten seconds turn the power OFF and place a jumper on just one post off of J10 The unit will then be in autobaud mode that is the processor will be looking for a character to appear at the input of the console port to match that port s baud rate with that of your attached PC and terminal program Once you hit the key the unit will generate a sign on message and display the command prompt cmd At this point you may enter new parameters to reconfigure the controller Data Clock Jumper J23 Default OFF Some paging exciters require a data clock to accompany the paging data The clock is presented at the output of exciter port 1 on pin 13 when a jumper is placed on the center pin 2 and pin 3 of jumper J23 Generally for 2 level exciter operation i e Golay POCSAG and 1600 FLEX the clock is not required For 4 level FLEX operation most exciters require the data clock Note that pin one is the left hand pin when viewing the jumper from the back of the unit Data Output Jumpers J15 J16 J17 J18 Default TTL Output Many transmitter exciters use resistor pull ups on their input lines thus accepting an open collector or open drain drive from the at
21. command is see how many pages are in the buffer or use the PAGELOG command to list all or part of the pagelog CAUTION Avoid listing the whole pagelog Once filled up it is lengthy and will take several minutes to scroll by on your PC screen Entering another command or just a carriage return will stop the listing Limit the number of pages you d like to inspect by using the pagelog s list directive For example ask for a listing of the last twenty pages as follows cmd PAGELOG LIST 20 lt enter gt In short form for the same effect enter the following cmd PAGEL 20 lt enter gt For more detail on this command and others used during operation look at the Commands Reference found in the appendix Kantronics Pwr Cmd Sync Comm Aux P1 P2 Busy PTT Sell Sel2 Busy PTT Sell Sel2 Fc 3000 Hooo 6 os ee odo lotto ae SYSTEM DATA IN EXCITER ONE EXCITER TWO Front Panel LEDS in Master Slave mode The front panel houses the power switch and nineteen LEDs divided into four groups SYSTEM DATA IN EXCITER ONE EXCITER TWO Some of the LEDS have no function when the controller is running in Master Slave mode as noted below SYSTEM LEDs Pwr Cmd and Sync are active in Master Slave mode Pwr denotes that the controller has power Cmd indicates that the controller if a Master has sent out a command The LED goes off when the command is acknowledged Sync indicates that the clock of the controller is locke
22. gt For Master Slave simulcasting you will generally want to use the clock from the satellite receiver for ongoing timing calibration Setting TBAUD to 0 specifies using the satellite clock which must be connected to TNPP port 1 STEP 5 Setting the TNPP Protocol TNPP channels can be one way blind or two way full When blind the channel is receive only When full the receipt of a TNPP packet is acknowledged by the other end and traffic can be two way The BLIND command is used to set the TNPP Ports of the controller as receive only i e one way and blind or as full The ports are defaulted as blind If a Slave FC controller is to receive its TNPP traffic from a satellite feed then Port 1 must be set to receive only i e blind BLIND set to ON means blind BLIND set to off means full As a Slave TNPP Port 2 need not be specified its default is blind Enter the command this way to configure your Slave cmd BLIND ON lt enter gt To configure the controller as a Master you may wish to set TNPP Port 2 as blind or full This is the port cabled to the paging terminal If set full the Master will see acknowledgments coming back from the paging terminal Set the protocol as follows cmd BLIND ON OFF lt enter gt What are we doing here We ve configured TNPP Port 1 as blind i e receive only from the satellite and Port 2 as full STEP 6 Installing TNPP Destination Addresses A controller will accept for pagin
23. have to set the pacing character Use ALT S to get to the PROCOMM PLUS setup menu Select PROTOCOL OPTIONS then ASCII TRANSFER OPTIONS Set the pacing character to 2A hex or 42 decimal Place the update diskette in the A drive You can load the program from there or copy the file to a hard drive and load it from that directory When you run PROCOMM PLUS or another terminal program you ll encounter the command prompt of the FC 2500 at the console port This port will always be in command mode At the command prompt type LOAD and hit return cmd LOAD lt enter gt The unit will respond with the following line NEW FLASH SECTOR ERASED START LOADING Hit the PageUp key for PROCOMM PLUS which will bring up a window requesting the type of file to upload Select A for ASCII and hit return Another window will pop up asking for the file name and you ll enter the drive and name of the file For example if your update is still on diskette and in the A drive you ll complete the following ENTER FILE NAME gt A UPDATENAME ENC lt enter gt The screen will then scroll as the file is being loaded into FLASH memory It will take roughly 2 4 minutes for the program to load at 19200 baud Once the program has loaded the screen will prompt you to continue as follows CYCLE POWER OR TYPE RELOAD TO LOAD NEW PROGRAM INTO RAM Until you cycle the power or use the reload command your unit is still running and proce
24. ms 200 ms Frequency of comma 750 bps 1500 bps XCITER m n default 1 0 where m sets the number of channels assigned to exciter port 1 and n sets the number of channels assigned to exciter port 2 The total number of channels available is 4 In other words m n lt 4 XFLOW ON OFF default ON XFLOW sets the Master switch for flow control of the console port When XFLOW is ON the software flow control will be implemented according to the START STOP XON and XOFF parameters When OFF the unit will only use and recognize hardware flow control lines CTS and RTS The RS 232 cable must include these lines for hardware flow control Some communication programs may not support hardware flow however PROCOMM PLUS does XOFF n n 00 FF default 13 lt Ctrl S gt 97 XON The command selects the character sent out from the console port to stop input from the computer or terminal If XOFF is set to 0 hardware flow control must be used n n 00 FF default 11 lt Ctrl Q gt This command selects the character sent out from the console port to restart input from the computer or terminal If XON is set to 0 hardware flow control must be used 98 Appendix C Using Multiple RF Channels When running Golay and or POCSAG the FC family supports a maximum of four channels of RF with exciter ports 1 and 2 When running any level of FLEX with or without Golay POCSAG just one RF channel is supporte
25. of the option board is nearest the front panel of the controller Note that the standoff on the option board should line up with a pad on the controller board Setting the Dipswitches If you plan to transmit all pages received i e to not de select the paging station by tone addressing for zoning place the DIP SWITCHES in their default positions View the 8 position dipswitch from the back panel of the unit Switch 1 is nearest the front panel switch 8 which is not used is nearest the back panel R or to the right is equivalent to a 0 L or left is equivalent to a 1 The default positions for the switches are from 1 through 7 RRRLLLR or 0001110 48 Note that in any event switch 1 must be in the 0 or right hand position as viewed from the back of the unit When set to the left the unit will be in TEST mode as described later in this chapter If you plan to zone your installation i e use tones to de select stations with a particular station identification then you ll want to assign a STATION ID to the option board Setting dipswitches 2 through 7 does this Only one ID number of 30 possible may be assigned Make the assignment based on the Station Number Table listed below For more detail see the Table of Tone Frequencies in the appendix Setting Exciter Port 2 Jumpers Make sure J17 is set to open no pins connected Station Number Selection and Dipswitch Settings
26. of these rates configured using the TBAUD command discussed later Satellite Delivery of TNPP If your sites are to receive their TNPP feed via a satellite receiver then a three wire cable is sufficient to deliver this data to the FC controller You ll have to make up at least one end of this cable The fastest and easiest way to make up the cable is to purchase a molded DB 9F to DB 9F cable and cut it in half You ll then attach a connector at the cut end to accommodate the satellite receiver pin outs All connections from your satellite receiver go to TNPP Port 1 of the controller We have used the SPACECOM M2000 satellite receiver to illustrate the necessary connections other receiver brand pin outs may vary Please note pin function for determining connection to those receivers Cable Pin Out Chart Satellite to TNPP Port 1 FC controller FC 2000 Function Pins on Satellite DB 9M Pin Name Receiver e g Pin Numbers M2000 Pin 2 RxD Satellite Data M2000 pin 3 Pin 1 RxC Satellite Clock M2000 pin 9 Pin 6 TxC Satellite Clock M2000 pin 9 Pin 5 Ground Ground M2000 pin 5 TNPP Output Cable required only for the Master controller As a Master controller the FC receives pages in TNPP format via TNPP Port 1 the same as if it was a Slave and generates control packets via TNPP Port 2 Hence cable the satellite receiver to the Master as if it were a Slave see table above and ALSO wire a two
27. paging system with paging directory when combined with a terminal or computer Pages may be sent using the PAGE command and a directory of alias names can be set up including pager parameters and capcodes 45 For example a list of employees could be entered Within this list the details of each employee s pager are stored including capcode The operator may then page an employee in the list simply by typing that person s name and following it with a message For example at the command prompt you d type the following cmd PAGEID BOB Hey Bob Call the office right away lt enter gt The controller looks up Bob s pager details in its Page Directory including the capcode collects the message forms up a POCSAG page and delivers it to the transmitter port For more information on the use of pager mode see these commands in the Commands Reference in the appendix PAGEDIR PAGEID PAGE If you choose to install an FC controller as a stand alone paging system use the install steps called for in the MASTER SLAVE SYSTEM chapter for the transmitter portion of the installation At the input side of the system you d simply use your computer to feed page commands to the CONSOLE port 46 Tone Control System INTRODUCTION The FC 2000 FC 2500 or FC 3000 may be installed in a tone control system as a station controller if the TONE OPTION BOARD is installed The option board decodes control tones keys or de selects the contr
28. site to each remote site With the GPS unit attached the remote controller computes the uplink site to controller site delay For example the delay from a SAT uplink in Chicago to Lawrence KS measured 252 000 microseconds Historically TNPP traffic was combined from a number of paging switches and backhauled to a satellite uplink port via continuously leased line Today most providers deliver traffic to the uplink site via the internet Consult with your satellite provider for details There are a number of program and equipment options available To install a batch of FC controllers ina SYNSIM system refer to the SYNSIM SYSTEM chapter There is no need to read the installation chapters on MS systems or tone signaling Each chapter stands alone Non Simulcasting TNPP Paging Controller Configured as a TNPP stand alone controller an FC can be used to encode and transmit pages into a non simulcasting area and can accept TNPP traffic from one or two communications channels For example you might combine your traffic with that of another provider to reach an isolated area such as a parking garage Configured in PAGER mode an FC can be combined with a PC or other serial source of traffic to send test pages or to send pages with an alias address using the page directory facility of the unit Using an alias as a pager address you can combine an FC a PC and a generic communications terminal program such as PROCOMM to set up a small non s
29. the group address of your system of Slaves and the Master Example cmd SIMDST 1152 lt enter gt STEP 8 Setting the SIMFREQ Parameter CAUTION If the clocks of a batch of Slaves are not locked to a common reference signal such as the clock from the satellite receiver their crystals will drift relative to each other That means simulcasting will suffer if batch transmissions exceed a minute or so If you are going to lock the clock of the controller to the data clock of the satellite receiver recommended in a Master Slave simulcasting system then enter a value for SIMFREQ This value may vary by satellite receiver brand and model For Spacecom M2000 receivers the data clock should be 1 0147 times the baud rate on channel For example if your SAT feed is 2400 baud then enter 2435 28 for SIMFREQ cmd SIMFREQ 2435 28 lt enter gt If you don t wish to lock the clock to the SAT receiver clock perhaps your SAT receiver doesn t have or provide an accurate clock then leave SIMFREQ at its default of 0 If you are running only FC controllers in your Master Slave system no KPC 2000 units and you have a Time Gate installed at the teleport site to feed your Slaves and SIMFREQ is set to zero then you may wish to lock the controller clocks to the TNPP time packet included with the TNPP traffic In this case enter the following cmd TIMESRC time source address lt enter gt This is a good alternative when y
30. the controller to hold off paging for X seconds after each transmission is completed Setting too low a holdoff value may result in wasting airtime i e sending too many preambles It may be better to wait a bit between transmissions to accumulate a number of pages that can be packed into a batch efficiently Setting PAGEMAX to 60 and HOLDOFF to 20 works well on high traffic networks where the channel is shared To set HOLDOFF to 20 enter cmd HOLDOFF 20 lt enter gt STEP 13 Setting the Maximum Length of an Alpha Page With the advent of e mail paging you may want to increase or limit the length of your alpha pages The controller defaults maximum length to 128 You may increase the allowed length up to 4 000 characters To set the limit on alpha pages to 500 for example enter the following cmd MAXALPHA 500 lt enter gt STEP 14 Inverting the Paging Channel Signal Use the PAGEXINV command if you need to invert the polarity of your paging signal If turned on Golay and POCSAG will both be inverted To invert enter cmd PAGEXINV ON lt enter gt STEP 15 Configuring A Simulcasting Delay If you plan to simulcast you ll want to enter a simulcast delay for each Slave controller Assuming a Master Slave system that is fed by satellite you ll want to enter the smallest delay for the Slave closest to the satellite and the largest delay for the Slave furthest from the satellite For example the Slave closest to the satell
31. transmitted PAGE Af Nf Bf Df 512 1200 2400 G T F P x capcode message This command allows the paging technician to send pages in PAGER or TNPP mode using the console port The options specify the following A alphanumeric N numeric B tone only D binary FLEX only f function code 1 4 for POCSAG Golay 0 8 for FLEX priority 512 512 bps POCSAG 1200 1200 bps POCSAG 2400 2400 bps POCSAG G Golay T Type 2A Golay F FLEX for FC 2500 or FC 3000 only P preference X exciter channel 87 PAGEBAUD 512 1200 2400 Golay TYPE2A default 512 1200 2400 This command sets the type of pages allowed by the controller Pages received in TNPP but not listed in PAGEBAUD will be discarded and not sent For the FC 2500 with 2 level FLEX enabled add FLEX For the FC 3000 with 4 level FLEX enabled add these FLEX16 FLEX32 FLEX32D FLEX64D PAGEDIR LIST ALIAS alias CAPCODE capcode alias Af Nf Bf Df 512 1200 2400 G T F P x This command is used to set up and manage the page directory The page directory is used to store a list of shortcuts i e alias name type special function and baud to specific pages The alias name is used when manually sending a page to the capcode associated with that alias using the PAGEID command LIST will display all entries in the page directory ALIAS will display all entries associated with a given alias CAPCODE will display a
32. until BSY becomes inactive before activating PTT and sending the pages When the FC releases PTT it will also release the SELxA line If both exciter ports are set up for E and M signalling it is possible that both ports may have the SELXA line active waiting for a busy condition to clear When the BSY line of one port becomes inactive and PTT is activated for that port the SELxA line for the other port will be released so that other stations may continue to use that radio channel 122
33. up to 32 TNPP source gt destination addresses per transmitter channel that are compared to the addresses of incoming TNPP frames If the source gt destination of the received frame matches an entry in the table then the page is accepted into the controller s pagelog buffer Wild cards can be used to specify the source or the destination A single address is treated as a destination with a wild card source The command expects addresses to be expressed in hex For example cmd TNPPDEST A401 3005 gt 4BC1 BC09 gt E499 lt enter gt The FC will now accept any pages for destination A401 and 4BC1 any pages from 3005 and any pages to E499 from BCO09 TNPPFILT xxxx xxxx This command establishes a list of TNPP source addresses to reject TNPP frames received containing a source address in the table are rejected TNPPPREF Xxxx gt xxxx Kxxx gt xxxx This command allows setting up to 32 TNPP source gt destination addresses that are compared to the addresses of incoming TNPP frames If the source gt destination of the received frame matches an entry in the table then the page is accepted into the controller s pagelog and given preference TNPPSER ON OFF default ON The command enables number checking of incoming TNPP frames If ON frames with a serial number the same as any received in the last 64 are discarded If OFF all packets are received without regard to serial number Protocol practice calls for l
34. ups are not present within the exciter but TTL signal levels are required FC circuit boards with rev number 1 500 3 or above have pads to attach internal resistor pull ups to 5 VDC See the Positive Pull Ups appendix for details To make the FC to Exciter cable these connections are required e Push to talk open drain e Data open drain or RS 232 jumper option e Ground Cable Pin Out Chart FC to Exciter FC xxxx Exciter Port 1 Pin Name Function Exciter Connections DB 15 pin numbers Pin 1 PTT Push to talk As per exciter Pin 5 TxDIA DATA 2 level As per exciter Pin 15 or 9 Ground Ground As per exciter CAUTION If you are using a two way radio with flat audio for an exciter instead of an exciter designed explicitly for paging with built in deviation control and filtering an attenuator and filter for the TTL output is required but is not provided or available from Kantronics Drive level should be limited and conditioned so that transmitter deviation is not excessive Cabling Interconnection Plans For These And Other Exciters Transmitters Are Included In The Appendices e Glenayre DSP Exciter 8500 e Glenayre 3T99B4 e PURC 5000 ASC exciter e Sonik PTX 150 e Sonik DPT series Configuring an FC controller for Master Slave service All three FC controllers FC 2000 FC 2500 and FC 3000 may be configured that is programmed for service in a Master Slave system as a Master or a Slave
35. 13 Interfacing a PURC 5000 ASC TX PURC 5000 Transmitters may include an SSC or ASC control shelf This appendix deals with those including the Advanced Simulcasting Control ASC module Control lines from the FC series controller attach to the transmitter at connector J2 of the advanced control shelf J2 is a DB 25 connector Cable the controller to the transmitter as follows PURC 5000 ASC TX FC DB 15F Pin Name Function Purc 5000 ASC Pin Name Exciter Port 1 DB 25 J2 Pin Numbers Pin Numbers Pin 1 PTT Push to talk 9 External Key Request Pin 5 TXDIA DATA 3 External Paging Data Pin 9 15 Ground Ground 1 7 Analog ground 24 External Mode Request Pin 24 at J2 of the TX is strapped to ground This selection wires the unit for digital mode data Local control within the ASC is configured using the Station Options menu OPT1 See your ASC manual for details These basic steps are needed to configure the TX Enable the feature with External Key request active Set SPECIAL KEY SETUP TO EXTERNAL Select the control path Set DRC BINARY DATA TO EXTERNAL Set external paging data setup to EXTERNAL MODEM Rx 114 Interfacing a Nucleus with NAK Controller Nucleus Transmitters may include a NAK or SYLC interface Interfacing Nucleus transmitters with one of these interfaces is similar to interfacing a PURC 5000 transmitter as far as the FC controller is concerned Mat
36. AG CWID CWIDTEXT DAYTIME DAYSTR DELETE DISPLAY ECHO EANDM ESCAPE ETB FLOW FLEXTXC GPS GPSALIGN RS232 terminal baud rate LF sent to terminal after CR TNPP port uses BLIND TNPP If on DELETE will backspace else If a channel is busy for more than n minutes the FC xxxx will dump pages for that channel Output a squarewave at different rates Char used to cancel a partial input line Inverts sense of CHANNEL BUSY pin for paging per radio Delay used after changing to a different channel 10 msec Code word used for changing parameters via TNPP niON OFF If on CWID sent after every page else after n minutes Text sent during CW IDs yymmddhhmmss Format used when displaying time and date Char used to delete last char in line ASYNC CHAR ID PAGE SIMULCAST TIMING TNPP Characters from terminal are echoed back Enables channel sharing with GLENAYRE If on received ESCAPE characters printed as If on ETB added to last TNPP block before ETX FC xxxx will not send data to terminal until input line complete Enables transmit data clock for flex modes If on timing is from attached GPS module If on FLEX will be aligned to GPS time in PAGER and TNPP modes FC 2500 and FC 3000 only 78 GPSDELAY time in microseconds to receive an uplinked time packet 0 100000 HELP command Prints help message HOLDOFF Minimum time to wait between page transmissions INTFACE TERMINAL PAGER TNPP MASTER SLAVE SYNSIM TONE
37. Alternatively you may wish to make up another Palisades to TG 1000 jumper cable see the TG 1000 User s Guide for further Palisades details and use that jumper in this application The Palisades is cabled to the TG 1000 by terminating the Palisades cable in a DB 25 connector and then making up a DB 25 to DB 15 jumper to accommodate the TG 1000 Issue the CALIBRAT command at the console port The FC controller will respond as shown below PAGING CALIBRATE MODE send 512 bps square wave send 1200 bps square wave send 2400 bps square wave send 300 bps square wave send 600 bps square wave send 1600 bps square wave send 3200 bps square wave send 1600 bps step wave send 3200 bps step wave stop transmitting Calibrate GPSDELAY x lt Q BooarnnRwne exit Respond by typing G The FC controller will display Waiting for PPS signal from GPS module Press ESC to abort If the GPS is running properly within one second the FC will display Waiting for TNPP time packet Press ESC to abort When this packet have been received about a ten second wait depending on the TG 1000 the FC will display something like Time difference 302 Average 1 302 min max 302 302 If the time difference between the GPS unit and the TNPP time packet is greater than 25 the FC controller will also display something like 120 Change GPSDELAY from 266500 to 266198 Finally the FC will display something like Oscillator offset 1 The os
38. C now generates will have hexadecimal data rather than binary Unfortunately the amount of data is now doubled To speed up the upload you can use the n option with the UPLOAD command Each TNPP packet generated by the FC has a block of 32 bytes The n option will specify how many 32 byte blocks to send in each TNPP packet For example UPLOAD 4 1230000 will send 128 bytes of program data in each packet effectively speeding up the upload by a factor of 4 Be careful if you are going to use a large n there may be packet size limitations in the TNPP network also you probably would not want to do this during a time of heavy traffic Because transferring data through a satellite is one way delivery is not guaranteed The FC makes sure that it receives all the data that it sent but it has no way of knowing if all the remote stations received the data without error It would probably be a good idea to use the UPLOAD command 2 or 3 times to send the same update file to the remotes If a remote missed any of the data blocks it will just fill in with resent data Uploading the same file will cause no problem for remotes who have already received the program data without errors Once all the remotes have the new firmware you can use the FC to send a remote reload command to start the new firmware cmd REMCMD cmdtag RELOAD lt enter gt If a remote unit did not receive the new firmware without error it will reload the last valid fir
39. FC xxxx to terminal Char to stop serial output from FC xxxx to terminal ALL NONE a b c d e f g h where i is 0 127 Specifies which frames are available for time sharing Sets FLEX system collapse 0 7 TNPP baud rates port SLAVE port2 MASTER TNPP source address of time packets in hex OFF TRANSPAR ON Enables CRC checking in TNPP modes Xxxx gt xxxx xxxx gt xxxx Accepted TNPP source gt destinations in hex xxxx xxxx Rejected TNPP sources in hex Xxxx gt xxxx XXXx gt xxxx TNPP source gt destinations given preference Enables serial number checking in TNPP mode Time delay between PTT and preamble radio data out 10 msec Time margin to release PTT when channel sharing 10 msec Time delay after last bit sent before PTT is released 10 msec H n cmdtag Uploads a new program into the FC xxxx using the TNPP ports where H specifies hex transfer binary by default and n specifies max number of 32 byte blocks per TNPP packet default 1 Displays firmware version number If ON warm up sent before 512 and 1200 baud POCSAG preamble Selects number of channels per radio port Master switch for software flow control Char to stop serial input from terminal to FC xxxx Char to restart serial input from terminal to FC xxxx pmi 1 For FC 2500 and FC 3000 only Command Descriptions ABAUD n n 300 600 1200 2400 4800 9600 19 200 38 400 default 0 Use this command to set the baud rate of the conso
40. FLEX in the mix is more complex In simplified terms the controller will transmit FLEX pages it has at the top of the minute and then send POCSAG pages for the remainder of the minute How often FLEX pages are sent during the 4 minute cycle depends upon parameters set for the system 30 In effect all controllers must run an identical program in order to have the system simulcast successfully Restrictions and other factors In order for a SYNSIM system to work properly the TG 1000 must be connected directly to the uplink transmitter Also the satellite system must not insert any variable delays between the TG 1000 and the remote FCs in other words there must be a fixed delay between the time the TNPP time packets leave the TG 1000 and arrive at the FCs Although SYNSIM is based on the 4 minute FLEX cycle SYNSIM can be used with just Golay and POCSAG traffic If you are sharing a satellite channel of TNPP traffic with another provider you can both make use of the TG 1000 installed at the teleport site In addition just one GPS Smart Antenna is required for SYNSIM operation at the teleport site driving more than one TG 1000 Installation cabling To install any FC controller as a remote in a SYNSIM system you ll need to purchase or make up four cables These cables will attach to the controller back panel shown below Fortunately you can use molded cables for most of these connections These cables are required Power Serial
41. NPP mode i e running in a Master Slave or TNPP system INTFACE TERMINAL PAGER TNPP MASTER SLAVE SYNSIM TONE INTFACE sets the mode that the FC will run in when it is powered up or reset Generally you will configure the unit while in TERMINAL mode and then change INTFACE to one of the paging modes Note that the TNPP ports are not active in terminal mode but are active in a paging mode LOAD This command is issued to load new firmware into flash memory via the console port For detailed procedures see the appendix titled Firmware Update Procedures See also RELOAD Caution If you have an FC 2000 and want to reconfigure the unit as an FC 2500 or an FC 3000 or if you have an FC 2500 and want to reconfigure the unit as an FC 3000 you ll need to obtain a special upgrade file for a specific FC unit directly from the factory Upgrade code carries an upgrade charge If you inadvertently attempt to load the wrong code say for a FC 2500 into a FC 2000 the FC will generate an error message UNAUTHORIZED FILE MAXALPHA n n 10 1024 default 128 128 This command sets the maximum number of characters actually transmitted in each alphanumeric page MAXNUMER n n 10 1024 default 65 65 This command sets the maximum number of characters actually transmitted in each numeric page Alpha characters may appear in a page to a numeric pager as shown in the pagelog however these characters are ignored when the numeric page is
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43. PP network and when that command is to be received from the satellite If a sent command is not received before SIMTIME times out the Master will go ahead and start sending its pages If a Slave has pages in a queue and does not receive a command it will start sending its pages when SIMTIME expires Note For debugging installations the wait LED will light when the TNPP XMT command is sent to the network via backhaul then cleared when the TNPP command is received back from the satellite 92 STAR IGNORE SPACE DASH SPARE default IGNORE This command is used to specify how the FC converts a received for a POCSAG numeric page into one of the permissible POCSAG numeric characters To send to a canned message type of pager STAR would typically be set to DASH START n n 00 FF default 11 lt Ctrl Q gt This command specifies the character used to restart serial output from the console port If set to 00 only hardware flow control is used STOP n n 00 FF default 13 lt Ctrl S gt This command specifies the character used to stop serial output from the console port If set to 00 only hardware flow control is used SYNSHARE a b c d e etc default ALL 0 127 This command may be used to set the start and duration of transmission times for each paging channel If a competing paging provider is also using an FC controller this command can be used to arbitrate your channel transmissions This command specif
44. Pin Name Function Exciter DB 15F pin numbers Connections Pin 1 PTT Push to talk As per exciter Pin 5 TxDIA DATA 2 level As per exciter Pin 15 or 9 Ground Ground As per exciter 33 CAUTION If you are using a two way radio with flat audio for an exciter instead of an exciter designed explicitly for paging with built in deviation control and filtering an attenuator and filter for the TTL output is required but is not provided or available from Kantronics Drive level should be limited and conditioned so that transmitter deviation is not excessive To make the FC to Exciter cable for 4 level FLEX or for exciters transmitters requiring a data clock these connections are required Ground Push to talk open drain Data Low open drain or RS 232 jumper option Data High open drain or RS 232 jumper option Data Clock optional CABLE FC to Exciter for 4 Level FLEX and or Golay POCSAG FC 2000 DB 15F Pin Name Function Exciter Exciter Port 1 Connections Pin Numbers Pin 1 PTT Push to talk As per exciter Pin 5 TxDIA Data Low As per exciter Pin 6 TxD1B Data High As per exciter Pin 13 CLK Tx Data Clock As per exciter Pin 15 or 9 Ground Ground As per exciter Cabling interconnection plans for these and other exciters transmitters are included in the Appendices e Glenayre DSP Exciter 8500 e Glenayre 3T99B4 e PURC 5000 ASC exciter e Sonik PTX 150 e Sonik DPT series Configuring an
45. Q1 What is a Master Slave MS System It is the operating system developed by Kantronics to control the simulcasting of groups of KPC 2000 transmitter controllers Kantronics MS system supports simulcasting of Golay and or POCSAG traffic An MS system must contain one controller configured as a Master and may include any number of controllers configured as Slaves for the remote stations The Master must be placed at the paging terminal site and its primary purpose is to generate XMT commands in TNPP format upon receiving pages via satellite or a control channel The XMT commands are merged with TNPP traffic arriving at the paging terminal and sent via satellite or control channel back to the Master and the Slaves in the MS system The controllers use the XMT upon reception as a gate or go signal to initiate the transmission of pages held in their buffers Hence timing for this system is asynchronous based on the arrival of paging traffic and the XMT command Each Slave station consists of a satellite antenna and receiver or control link antenna and receiver a Kantronics controller and the exciter transmitter Q2 Can I use FC 2000s in a KPC 2000 system Yes Any FC series controller can emulate a KPC 2000 Master or Slave and make use of the XMT command sent by a Master just as a KPC 2000 Slave does If you introduce FC controllers such as the FC 2000 into a Master Slave MS system you ll need to upgrade the KPC
46. The FC Family of Paging Controllers FC 2000 FC 2500 FC 3000 User Manual Kantronics 30 May 2002 Kantronics Inc 3115 W 6th Street Suite A Lawrence KS 66049 Monday Friday For Product Information and Commercial Technical Support 785 842 7745 FAX 785 842 2031 e mail sales kantronics com website http www kantronics com Copyright 2002 by Kantronics Inc All rights reserved Contents of this publication may not be reproduced in any form without the written permission of the copyright owner RADIO FREQUENCY INTERFERENCE STATEMENT c seseeeeeeeeeeeeeees 5 Information for the Paging Technician 0 ee cescceeeceeseeceseeceeececeaeeeeneeceaeeeeaeeceaeeseneecsas 5 MANUAL OUTEIN Eva sic cccnsccssssssianatenacesacanaianaaaeacasacanssasduensnanasanacasatansanaasenacaasuaaaeen 6 INTRODUCTION SYSTEM OVERVIEWS c cccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeneeseeeeeees 7 Master Slave Systemic sce Kano ceased EREE EEE EN E E ands Se E cetera cease ceva tewee tenes 7 SYNSIM System oiea tthe hoe inate asian ities ee eee ea ee 8 Non Simulcasting TNPP Paging Controller 0 ccccceecceesseceseeeenceceseceeneeceaeeeeaeecsaeeeeneeceas 8 PURE Repeating Controler secere hnr eis ac erie a EEA E E ans eee 9 MASTER SLAVE SYS 7 EM onigzesacesacecccesitssiestacns scesacnvadsvncenadeaacassisaasnnacnsacnnaceritenas 10 Introduction to the Master Slave System 0 cccccccccesceeseecesec
47. The MS system does not support FLEX Even if you don t wish to run FLEX SYNSIM is more straightforward more efficient faster and easier to install With SYNSIM a Master is not required at your paging terminal site This means that you don t have to cable a KPC 2000 or FC 2000 Master to an TNPP input port of your paging terminal and reprogram the TNPP routing within your terminal You must however install a TG 1000 at the teleport site if using satellite delivery or at the transmit end of your RF control link The TG 1000 supplies very accurate GPS timing for the system Q8 Do I need to install my own TG 1000 at the teleport site to run SYNSIM if one is already there No Only one TG 1000 should insert timing packets into any given TNPP channel So if you are sharing a channel of TNPP traffic with another provider you both can make use of the same TG 1000 installed at the teleport site Q9 If I run SYNSIM do I have to have a GPS device and antenna at each remote station No Only one GPS Smart Antenna is required for a SYNSIM system attached to the TG 1000 Q10 How do I set the simulcasting delay at each remote station controller in a SYNSIM system Temporarily attach a GPS Smart Antenna to the GPS port of the FC 2000 FC 2500 FC 3000 at the remote site Then issue the CALIBRAT command to the unit The FC controller will then compare the time received at its latitude and longitude to that delivered to it in TNPP format fro
48. aborted PGRCLLPS Set to minimum pager collapse supported 0 7 POUND IGNORE SPACE DASH SPARE How is handled in a numeric page PRIORITY Allows priority pages RELOAD Reload program memory from FLASH REMCMD cmdtag remote command Sends commands to remote units remember the remote command must be spelled in full RESYNCS Number of POCSAG batches sent before preamble is resent RESET Soft reset RESTORE Reloads program memory and changes parameters to factory defaults STATUS Displays current status for interface mode SELPTT Changes select lines to extra PTTs SIMDLY Difference in miles to sat between this unit and unit closest to sat For FC 2000 D F options are not available and function codes are 1 4 gt For FC 2000 no FLEX is available for FC 2500 only FLEX16 is available 4 For FC 2000 D F options are not available and function codes are 1 4 For FC 2000 function codes are 0 4 FC 2500 and FC 3000 only 79 SIMDST SIMFREQ SIMSRC SIMTIME STAR START STOP SYNSHARE SYSCLLPS TBAUD TIMESRC TNPPCRC TNPPDEST TNPPFILT TNPPPREF TNPPSER TXDELAY TXMARGIN TXTAIL UPLOAD VERSION WARMUP XCITER XFLOW XOFF XON TNPP destination address for simulcasting in hex Frequency of synchronizing signal TNPP source address for simulcasting in hex Master Slave timeouts secs for TNPP network operating properly IGNORE SPACE DASH SPARE How is handled in a numeric page Char to restart serial output from
49. ag is a seven digit number If that cmdtag address is 1120001 enter the command as follows cmd REMCMD 1120001 RESET lt enter gt That s it The command will be encoded in a TNPP frame sent via the backhaul path to the satellite facility downloaded received by all of the remotes decoded by just the remote with the address 1120001 which will then reset itself Assuming that the first three digits of the CMDTAG for all of your remotes was programmed to be 112 then enter the following to RESET all remotes cmd REMCMD 1120000 RESET lt enter gt The following FC commands can be executed remotely ABAUD BLIND BUSYTIME CDINVERT CHDELAY CWID CWIDTEXT GPSDELAY HOLDOFF MAXALPHA MAXNUMER_ PAGEBAUD PAGEDIR PAGEHOLD PAGEMAX PAGEXINV PDA PFTIMER POUND RELOAD RESET RESYNCS SELPTT SIMDLY SIMFREQ SIMTIME STAR STATUS SYNSHARE TBAUD TNPPDEST TNPPFILT TNPPPREF TNPPSER TXDELAY TXMARGIN TXTAIL UPLOAD WARMUP For more detail on remote programming see REMCMD SIMSRC SIMDST CMDTAG LOAD UPLOAD and RELOAD in the Command Reference appendix Remote Status The remote STATUS command works differently than the STATUS command at the CONSOLE port For example the command cmd REMCMD 1124354 STATUS 43254 lt enter gt will cause the FC with CMDTAG 1124354 to send a POCSAG status page to capcode 43254 during a time when the other remotes should not be transmitting The status page is always in POCSAG form
50. an advanced batching algorithm for Golay and POCSAG it is necessary that the firmware PROM of KPC 2000 units designed and produced earlier be replaced with a newer version to include this feature Two new commands have been added also RESYNC and WARMUP See the Command Reference in this manual for details The KPC 2000 has been discontinued with the advent of the FC series controllers The bottom line is that if you wish to mix KPC 2000 and FC controllers within the same simulcasting system then you must update the firmware in your KPC 2000s installed in the field Any of the FC series controllers can be mixed with KPC 2000s given that the system is to run in Master Slave mode A KPC 2000 or an FC controller may be used as the Master and or a Slave SUGGESTION If you are adding FC controllers to an existing KPC 2000 based Master Slave system we highly recommend that you replace the KPC 2000 Master at the central site with an FC controller configured as the Master All FC controllers can encode remote commands a feature not included in the older KPC 2000 Through the use of the remote command feature you can reconfigure parameters in remote Slave units over the air OTA FC controllers when configured as a Master only allow you to enter FC commands via the console port with a laptop and the FC encodes these commands in TNPP COMMAND format for insertion into the outgoing TNPP port traffic stream along with Master XMT command
51. ands for most significant bit This data line conveys Golay POCSAG 1600 and 3200 2 level FLEX pages The LSB DATA bit is required when one wishes to run 3200 or 6400 4 level FLEX Level refers to the deviation of the paging channel FM signal Two level denotes that the paging signal frequency is increased or decreased about the carrier frequency Recommended deviation for Golay and POCSAG is 4 5 Kilohertz above and below the channel carrier Four level FLEX uses four levels of deviation 4 8 1 6 1 6 and 4 8 kilohertz 109 Some paging providers make use of two way radios as exciters Generally these are land mobile radios that were not designed for exciter or data use Some models are capable of data operation and have digital card options available presenting the user with an RS 232 input If the data option is not available a flat audio analog drive to the varactor of the radio is required for successful paging Driving the MIC circuit is unacceptable If you plan to use a two way radio as an exciter an attenuator and filtering will be required to interface the TTL or RS 232 output provided by the FC series of controllers Drive level should be limited and conditioned so that deviation is not excessive and adjacent channel interference does not result Cabling plans are tabulated in this application note for the paging exciters listed below While many of the exciters have been used as a part of a complete st
52. are encoded into The Telocator Network Paging Protocol TNPP format placed in a queue and sent to the satellite via uplink transmitters Master and Slave stations on the ground in turn receive the stream of data from the geo synchronous satellite The data stream often called the downlink arrives at a specified rate typically 1200 2400 4800 or 9600 bits per second The uplink equipment satellite transponder and downlink equipment consisting of a dish and satellite receiver do not modify the TNPP data stream they simply deliver it to the controllers The controllers receive pages in TNPP format store them in a modified form and transmit like kind batches under the timing control of the Master controller at the central site The Master Does Several Things to Control the Simulcasting of the Pages e It receives pages from the satellite as do all the Slaves e It rejects pages whose TNPP destination address does not match one in its table of acceptable addresses the TNPPDEST table e It stores pages addressed to it in a page buffer e In response to the first of a new batch of acceptable pages it generates a transmit command abbreviated XMT and sends that command to the paging switch e It waits for the XMT to return via the satellite path e It then starts sending the oldest page in its buffer and others of like kind For example suppose that the oldest un sent page is a 512 baud POCSAG page The control
53. ast 250 ms Theory of operation This manual is not intended as a tutorial for tone control signaling It is a quick summary a review if you will Additionally we assume that your central site generates all of the necessary standard PURC tones to control the flow of pages transmitted over a control link The tones we consider standard are listed in the Tone Table below Tone Signaling Protocol Pages received at a remote transmitter site are not retransmitted unless that site first receives a GO signal in the form of a High Level Guard Tone HLGT a 2175 Hertz tone Further if the TONE CONTROLLER at the remote site receives a station identification that matches its ID that station will ignore the batch of pages arriving thereafter If that de selection signal is not received by the station but a 1950 Hertz group tone is received then the pages following are transmitted Once a period of silence carrier but no tones exceeding 250 ms has been received the controller de keys the 54 transmitter and no additional pages will be sent until a new HLGT starts the whole process up again Each controller with tone option can be assigned just one station ID number The protocol allows for one of 30 possible station numbers A station ID is sent using one of ten tones and one of three group tones See the Tone Table for additional detail Table of Tone Signaling Frequencies The dipswitch on the option board U4 is used to set the st
54. at default alphanumeric A4 at 1200 bps 1200 Baud rate and form can be changed in the command REMCMD cmdtag STATUS A N 1 43 512 1200 2400 capcode The status page will include the following information e Version The version number of the firmware will be displayed If a different version of the firmware has been loaded or uploaded to the FC properly but has not started executing because of a RELOAD command or power cycle its version number will also be displayed in brackets e Runtime The runtime since the last reset is displayed e Pages Pending The total number of pages in the pagelog not yet sent will be displayed If there is more than one channel the number of pending pages for each channel will also be displayed e Pages Sent The total number of pages in the pagelog that have been sent will be displayed If there is more than one channel the number of sent pages for each channel will also be displayed e Free Blocks The number of free memory blocks is displayed 67 Battery If the voltage of the on board lithtum memory backup battery gets low BAT is displayed Appendix A Connectors The FC series back panel contains these connectors left to right Exciter Port 1 DB 15F Exciter Port 2 DB 15F TNPP Port 1 DB 9M TNPP Port 2 DB 9M Console Port DB 9M Auxiliary Port DB 9M GPS Port DB 15M Power Connector The Exciter Ports While there are two exciter ports only one is act
55. ate immediate Enable Password protection PASSWORD none none none Modem Password PDA ON ON ON ON POCSAG standard 76 Name KPC 2000 FC 2000 FC 2500 FC 3000 Comments default default default default PFTIMER 0 0 0 0 Power fail timer PGRCLLPS 0 0 Applies only to FLEX POUND IGNORE IGNORE IGNORE IGNORE Choices for in numeric pages PRIORITY OFF OFF OFF Enables TNPP priority pages REDISPLAY 12 RELOAD immediate immediate immediate Reloads program from flash REMCMD Yes Yes Yes Send remote command RESET immediate immediate immediate immediate Reset unit RESTORE immediate immediate immediate immediate Restore defaults RESYNCS 0 0 0 0 Sets rate for resending preamble STATUS immediate immediate immediate SELPTT OFF OFF OFF SEL lines used as PTTs SIMBAUD simfreq SIMDLY 0 0 0 0 Simulcasting delay SIMDST 0000 0000 0000 0000 Hex address SIMFREQ 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 Locks timing to SAT receiver SIMSRC 0000 0000 0000 0000 Master Slave source address SIMTIME 10 255 10 255 10 255 10 255 Simulcasting timeout STAR IGNORE IGNORE IGNORE IGNORE Choices for in numeric pages START 11 11 11 11 Applies to console port STOP 13 13 13 13 Applies to console port SYNSHARE ALL ALL ALL Sets frames avail for TX SYSCLLPS 0 0 Applie
56. atellite clock which must be connected to TNPP port 1 STEP 5 Setting the TNPP Protocol TNPP channels can be one way blind or two way full When blind the channel is receitve only When full the receipt of a TNPP packet is acknowledged by the other end and traffic can be two way The BLIND command is used to set the TNPP Ports of the controller as receive only i e one way and blind or as full The ports are defaulted as blind If a remote FC controller is to receive its TNPP traffic from a satellite feed then Port 1 must be set to receive only i e set BLIND to ON which is the default for this parameter As a remote TNPP Port 2 need not be specified cmd BLIND ON lt enter gt STEP 6 Installing TNPP Destination Addresses A controller will accept for transmission only those TNPP formatted pages that contain a destination address that matches an entry in the controller s table of destination addresses Hence you can tailor your system to accept 37 some addresses and not others In this way you can share a satellite channel with another provider and also zone your own system Use the TNPPDEST command to set the TNPP destination addresses For example suppose you want to accept these hex addresses A801 0801 and 1250 Enter the following cmd TNPPDEST A801 0801 1250 lt enter gt Note All FC controllers default ON for TNPP frame parity and serial number checking If you wish to turn these parameters o
57. ation number of the controller or to set the board into its TEST mode The dipswitches are numbered 1 to 8 Pin 1 is nearest the front edge of the board The switches program a 1 when slid to the left L a 0 when to the right as viewed from the back of the unit Switch 1 should be set to the right for normal operation It s set left to put the board into its test mode Switch 8 is not used The station number is determined by a group number and a tone number Three group numbers and ten tone numbers provide for 30 possible station numbers For example station number 14 is programmed as group 2 or KT2 and tone 4 The table in the install section lists DIP SW settings by station number These switches except switch 1 may be changed during power up A change of switch 1 will be recognized only after the next power cycle Dipswitch 8 is not used Tone Name Frequency Dip Switch Dip Switch Comment Hz No s setting HLGT 2175 NA NA High Level Guard Tone KT3 2050 2 3 11 Group three tone KT2 1850 2 3 10 Group two tone KT1 1950 4 7 01 Group one tone ANY 4 7 1111 TONE 1 1750 4 7 0001 Tone numbers 2 1650 4 7 0010 3 1550 4 7 0011 4 1450 4 7 0100 5 1350 4 7 0101 6 1250 4 7 0110 7 1150 4 7 0111 8 1050 4 7 1000 9 950 4 7 1001 10 750 4 7 1010 Test Mode CAUTION If you plan to test the option board while not installed in an FC controller be sure t
58. ation package including the same brand of power amplifier PA and transmit controller TXC you ll note that all of the exciters have pull up resistor inputs or accept TLL or RS 232 inputs for DATA and PTT That means that the FC series can replace the existing transmitter controller that may have had a tone control type front end or a proprietary signaling control scheme and supply the inputs needed It is normally straightforward to find the proper jack or DB connector on the exciter and attach it directly to the FC series controller exciter port Hence it s easy to convert your existing stations for satellite control with TNPP inputs and POCSAG or POCSAG FLEX operation 110 Specific Exciters Included in this Application Note Glenayre 3T99B4 Glenayre DSP Exciter for 8615 8600 8500 station Motorola PURC 5000 with ASC Controller Nucleus with NAK Controller Micor with Digital Card Sonik DPT Series e Sonik PTX 150 Interfacing the Glenayre 3T99B4 TX Cabling to the Glenayre 3T99B4 is from the FC s Exciter Port 1 You ll make these connections e Push to talk PTT open drain e DATA open drain e Ground FC DB 15F Pin Name Function Exciter Exciter Port 1 Connections Pin Numbers Pin 1 PTT Push to talk 7 Pin 5 TXDIA DATA 5 Pin 15 or 9 Ground ground 14 15 The 3T99B4 has pull up resistors and series protection resistors on its PTT and DATA inputs 111
59. c is backed up i e delayed Use the STATUS command is see how many pages are in the buffer or use the PAGELOG command to list all or part of the pagelog CAUTION Avoid listing the whole pagelog Once filled up it is lengthy and will take several minutes to scroll by on your PC screen Entering another command or just a carriage return will stop the listing Limit the number of pages you d like to inspect by using the pagelog s list directive For example ask for a listing of the last twenty pages as follows cmd PAGELOG LIST 20 lt enter gt In short form for the same effect enter the following cmd PAGEL 20 lt enter gt For more detail on this command and others used during operation look at the Commands Reference found in the appendix Kantronics Pwr Cmd Syne Comm Aux P P2 Busy PTT Sell Sel2 Busy PTT Sell Sel2 FC 3000 De 0 o o o o o o o o o o o o o SYSTEM DATA IN EXCITER ONE EXCITER TWO Front Panel LEDS in SYNSIM mode The front panel houses the power switch and nineteen LEDs divided into four groups e SYSTEM 43 e DATAIN e EXCITER ONE e EXCITER TWO Some of the LEDS have no function when the controller is running in SYNSIM mode as noted below SYSTEM LEDs Pwr and Sync are active in SYNSIM mode Pwr denotes that the controller has power Sync reports that the clock of the controller is locked in step with GPS time If this LED is out the controller s crystal clock is not in syne w
60. can accept a firmware file and forward it via satellite to the controllers It is also possible to change individual parameters within one or more controllers using the remote command feature To install a group of FC controllers in a Master Slave system refer to MASTER SLAVE SYSTEM chapter There is no need to read the installation chapters on SYNSIM or tone signaling systems SYNSIM System Configured as a Synchronous Simulcasting system SYNSIM FC family units solve these problems Paging channel arbitration with another provider Combining FLEX with Golay and or POCSAG pages Driving more than one paging channel at a remote site Unnecessary site visits to change controller parameters firmware A SYNSIM system consists of one Time Gate TG 1000 at your satellite uplink site and one or more FC controllers at each transmit site The TG 1000 has two basic jobs collect backhaul traffic from your switch and others if you are sharing a satellite SAT and or backhaul channel and generate precise GPS based TNPP formatted timing packets The timing packets are combined with the SAT downlink traffic and are used to synchronize the station controllers Hence just one GPS Smart Antenna a Palisades or Acutime 2000 by Trimble is required by the TG 1000 at the SAT uplink site GPS units are not required at any of the remote sites You may wish to carry one GPS unit as maintenance equipment to measure SAT simulcasting delay from the uplink
61. ch up pin functionality with the DB 25 connector of the NAK or SYLC interface within the Nucleus Cable the controller to the transmitter as follows for Golay POCSAG and or 1600 3200 2 level FLEX operation PURC 5000 ASC TX FC DB 15F Pin Name Function Nucleus NAK or Pin Name Exciter Port 1 SYLC Pin Numbers DB 25 interface Pin 1 PTT Push to talk External Key Request Pin 5 TXDIA DATA External Paging Data Pin 9 15 Ground Ground Analog ground Interfacing a MICOR with Digital Card Some paging providers make use of two way radios as exciters including the MICOR series of radios The MICOR is a land mobile radio that was not designed for exciter or data use A digital card was however available for direct FM modulation and may still be available through used equipment suppliers If the data option is not available a flat audio analog drive to the varactor of the radio is required for successful paging Driving the MIC circuit is unacceptable If you plan to use a two way radio such as the MICOR an attenuator and filtering will be required to interface the TTL or RS 232 output provided by the FC series of controllers Drive level should be limited and conditioned so that deviation is not excessive and adjacent channel interference does not result Kantronics does not sell the digital card or such filtering circuitry 115 Interfacing the Sonik DPT Exciter Transmitter The S
62. character is added to the last TNPP block before ETX FLEXTXC ON OFF default OFF This command exists only in the FC 2500 and FC 3000 If this command is turned on the TxD2B pin on XCITER port 2 will output a baud clock signal when the FC is transmitting FLEX There is an internal jumper in the FC which can be used to bring this line to the XCITER port 1 connector If your exciter does not require a data clock signal for proper operation leave this command off FLOW ON OFF default ON This command is one of several used to configure console port communications with your PC or terminal The console port will not send data to the terminal until the input line is complete When FLOW is ON any character entered from the terminal will halt output from the console port until the current command is completed GPS ON OFF default OFF If ON the controllers clock is locked to the attached GPS module See Appendix H for information about connecting a GPS unit GPSALIGN ON OFF default OFF If ON timing will be aligned to GPS time GPSDELAY default 0 microseconds Enter n as derived from the CALIBRAT command to set the delay in the controller for simulcasting in a SYNSIM system HELP This immediate command displays a list of the commands available for within a given mode of operation See also INTFACE command HOLDOFF n n 0 255 default 0 Holdoff sets the minimum time to wait between page transmissions when running in Master Slave or T
63. cillator offset can be used to calibrate the internal clock in the FC Normally you shouldn t have to bother with it if it is less than 5 R39 is used to adjust the FC oscillator At this point the FC will repeat the above measurements Up to 128 consecutive samples are saved in memory The average is displayed along with the minimum and maximum readings For example Time difference 81 Average 49 201 min max 318 334 The min max can be used to see how much jitter is in the timing system If the FC was connected directly to a TG 1000 the difference between min and max would be less than 5 When you are satisfied with the readings press ESC and then X to get back to the command prompt If necessary change the GPSDELAY as instructed cmd GPSDELAY n lt enter gt The unit is now set for simulcasting with other FC controllers in the SYNSIM system 121 Appendix I E and M Signalling E and M signalling is a method using hardware for two or more paging providers to share a radio channel Either of the two exciter ports of an FC unit can support E and M signalling if there is only one channel assigned to that port An FC will use E and M signalling if INTFACE is set to PAGER TNPP or MASTER and if EANDM is turned on for either or both radio ports When the FC has pages to send it will activate the SELxA line pin 2 on the exciter port and the SEL1 indicator will light If the BSY input pin 8 is active the FC will then wait
64. d for FLEX via exciter port 1 In other words FLEX is supported only on Channel one of EXITER PORT 1 while POCSAG Golay is supported on up to 4 channels of both EXCITER PORTS including the FLEX channel The hardware of the FC family supports two exciter ports Each port supports the following Push to talk PTT open drain Two Data Bits open drain or RS 232 jumper selectable Two channel select lines One mode line One error input One busy input When running POCSAG and or Golay without FLEX A MAXIMUM OF FOUR CHANNELS CAN BE SUPPORTED AT ANY TIME by the two exciter ports For example you could configure exciter port one to support three channels of one transmitter while exciter port two supports one channel of another transmitter Or you may wish to support just four channels of a transmitter cabled to exciter port 1 The most common configuration is to support just one channel of one exciter attached to exciter port 1 The channel select lines are used to enable each channel the exciter may support This parallel arrangement of control lines to support channels works of course only with radios that support selection by parallel line control TNPP destination addresses determine to which channel pages are routed for transmission During multi channel operation the front panel LEDS of each exciter port may be viewed to follow the action BUSY PTT SEL1 SEL2 MODE AND ERROR For example PTT ON SEL1 OFF and SEL2 OFF on excit
65. d in step with either the clock output of the satellite receiver or with GPS time The time source is chosen using either the SIMFREQ or SIMTIME command 26 The DATA IN LEDs denote data activity at the inputs of the console Comm auxiliary Aux TNPP 1 P1 and TNPP2 P2 ports When a remote is installed and processing traffic P1 is the only active port If you attach a PC to the console port you ll see data coming into that port on the Comm LED The AUX port is currently reserved for use so there is no LED activity for the AUX LED The LEDs on the two exciter ports are identical in function Generally the push to talk PTT LED is the only one active PTT is ON whenever the push to talk PTT line goes active The Busy and Error LEDs are inactive in Master Slave mode The select LEDS Sell and Sel2 are active only if multiple TX channels have been configured For example if you specified two channels of operation with the XCITER command sel2 would be ON when the second channel is selected for transmission of pages The select LEDs mirror the activity of the select output lines that are used to switch the TX channel of the exciter s The mode LED is active if the mode output controller line is active and required to operate an exciter Mixing FC and KPC 2000 controllers FC and KPC 2000 controllers may be mixed in a Master Slave system However since the FC series of controllers feature
66. e If the last 4 digits are 0 all remote units which have cmdtags beginning with the first 3 digits will be updated When you get the START LOADING message start the file transfer according to your terminal program As the file is loaded through the console port the FC starts sending program data blocks into the TNPP network As each block goes in the FC waits to see that block come down from the satellite before sending another This is done to verify that the block got through the network without error and also to pace the blocks so as not to hog the bandwidth If the FC does not receive a block from the satellite before the SIMTIME timer expires it will resend the block up to a maximum of 3 tries before aborting Because of the round trip time through the TNPP network up to the satellite and back your terminal program must have some kind of pacing enabled PROCOMM PLUS can use a pacing character set it to 2A hex or 42 decimal HyperTerminal does not use a 107 pacing character although its bigger brother HyperACCESS does for HyperTerminal you should set the Line Delay to be at least the round trip time If soon after starting the upload the FC displays the error message FEEDBACK CORRUPTED something somewhere in the TNPP network is probably not transferring the binary program data transparently Try using the H option with upload cmd UPLOAD H cmdtag lt enter gt The TNPP packets that the F
67. e a master ground station and any number of remote stations Each remote station in turn is made up of a satellite antenna a satellite receiver remote transmitter controller and paging exciter transmitter with antenna E E gt SC ss re a 3 ees Satellite Satellite Transmitter TG 1000 Satellite Receiver 29 Satellite Receiver Paging Transmitter Paging Transmitter The flow of paging traffic and simulcasting control Pages can enter the system from several sources telephone e mail and other paging terminals These pages are encoded by the paging switch into The Telocator Network Paging Protocol TNPP format placed in a queue and sent to the teleport by internet or direct phone line means At the teleport these pages are merged with a periodic comprehensive time packet by the TG 1000 and then sent to the satellite via uplink transmitters The TG 1000 obtains the time packet from a Palisades or Acutime 2000 GPS smart antenna also installed at the teleport site The GPS device establishes accurate system wide timing Remote stations on the ground in turn receive the stream of data from the geo synchronous satellite The data stream often called the downlink arrives at a specified rate typically 1200 2400 4800 or 9600 bits per second The uplink equipment TG 1000 satellite transponder and downlink equipment consisting of a dish and satellite receiver do not modif
68. e at pin 4 of the header Pin 1 of the header is top left when viewed from the component side of the option board The pins are numbered 1 2 for the first row 3 4 for the second row etc Alternatively if the option board is installed in an FC controller insert your audio signal at exciter port 2 pin 5 as outlined above Remember to have J17 open The Bell 202 tones are 1200 and 2200 Hertz Observe the binary output of the modem at pin 4 as you sweep your signal generator from 1200 to 2200 and back The binary output should swing on and off as you do so Table of Header Pin Outs on the TONE OPTION BOARD Mating Jumper J19 on the FC series controller boards PIN NO TONE OPTION CONTROLLER USE PCB NAME BD NAME 1 5 VDC 5 VDC 5 for tone pcb digital chips 2 5 VDC 5 VDC 5 for tone pcb analog circuits 3 PTT key out BUSY2 PTT for mother board 4 RXD data out ERROR2 Data for mother board 5 SEL2A Future use 6 SEL2B Future use 7 MODE2 Future use 8 RXA audio in TXD2A Audio in for tone pcb 9 GROUND GROUND Ground TONE OPTION Board Specifications Signal Min Nominal Max Board Size 3 4 by 3 2 inches External Supply 4 5 VDC 5 0 VDC 5 5 VDC Supply Current lt 1 ma Audio Input 2175 Hertz 100 mv pp 2 0 v pp Input Impedance 600 ohms Data Output CMOS MCU oscillator Frequency 4 000 Mhz 57 FAQs Frequently Asked Questions
69. e port to command mode is only necessary when the unit has been placed in TONE mode For all other modes of operation the console port is always in command mode 51 NOTE If it s been some time since you ve attached a PC to the console port you may have to try different baud rates with your Comm program The last tech may have changed the rate on you 19 200 or 9 600 are most common Bench Testing before Field Installation We highly recommend that you bench test the FC controllers with the TONE OPTION installed before installing them in the field Include your radio link in the test Supply the tone feed from your paging switch to the link transmitter and feed the output of a link receiver to the controller under test If the transmitter and receiver are nearby each other you should do ok with a dummy load for the transmitter or use an in line attenuator Your control link radio system must provide solid communications i e full quieting FM for the tone control system to work well Consider using the following bench setup An alternative arrangement is listed later in this chapter if you don t have an IFR Comm Service Monitor or equivalent Bench Setup e Use an IFR 1200A Communications Service Monitor or similar equipment to generate a PURC audio sequence e Apply the sequence from the tone out BNC jack to the link transmitter e Cable the output of the link receiver to Exciter Port 2 pin 5 of the control
70. e receiver optional and configuring some of its parameters to set it up for remote programming service 61 Generally four cables are required Power for the FC Cabling from the CONSOLE port to your PC Cabling from TNPP PORT 2 to a TNPP input PORT on your Paging Switch Cabling the satellite receiver to TNPP Port 1 Use a 12 VDC supply to power the FC Use a NULL MODEM cable to interconnect the FC via its CONSOLE PORT with a serial port of your PC Prepare a cable to go between TNPP PORT 2 of the FC and a spare TNPP input port on your paging switch TNPP PORT 2 is a standard RS 232 DB 9M connector configured as DTE Pinouts for this and all ports of the FC are displayed in the appendix Refer to your paging switch manual for TNPP input port pinouts and operation If you are running a Master Slave MS system as described in the MASTER SLAVE SYSTEM chapter then you ve already installed the Master as required for remote programming If you are running a TNPP or SYNSIM system with no FC at the central site install an FC configured as a Master as shown below cabling TNPP PORT 2 of the FC to a TNPP input port of your paging switch If you are running a TNPP or SYNSIM system with an FC at the central site connect TNPP PORT 2 of the local FC to a TNPP input port of your paging switch If you wish to upload firmware to the remote stations then include a satellite antenna and receiver at your paging switch site Wire the satellite
71. e the Command Reference in the Appendix for detail on all of the commands available Installing Parameters Follow these steps STEP 1 Turn the FC Controller On Apply power STEP 2 Establish Communication Between Your PC and the FC Controller With a NULL MODEM cable attached between the controller s CONSOLE PORT and your PC or laptop you are ready to configure the unit Youll need a communications terminal program running in your computer We suggest using PROCOMM PLUS or HyperTerminal Windows 9x Configure the communications port com X of your PC or laptop for 19 200 baud or another rate if you like with an N 8 1 format Start at this rate with your laptop software If you receive unreadable characters then the unit is already set at another rate or was not set at the factory Try hitting the key at the top of your keyboard first to set the baud rate If this doesn t work then the unit is set to another rate Try 9600 4800 and so on If you cannot establish communication perform a hardware reset Turn the unit off remove the top of the chassis place jumper J10 located right behind the DATA IN LEDs on both posts and turn the unit back on Wait a few seconds Then turn the unit off place the jumper at J10 on just one post off and turn the power back on Then hit the key to lock the controller to the rate of your communications software Replace the top cover STEP 3 Configuring the Trans
72. e to 0 cmd TBAUD 0 9600 lt enter gt For details on the syntax of the TBAUD command see the Command Reference in the appendix STEP 3 Set the TNPP protocol of TNPP Port 2 You don t have to set the TNPP protocol to full unless you want the paging switch to handshake on data you send it or unless your switch simply requires it to work If so use the BLIND command to switch the FC s port 2 to full If not make sure that your paging switch has configured the TNPP input port for blind operation i e not full See the Command Reference in the appendix for details on the BLIND command NOTE TNPP channels are said to be one way blind or two way full loosely referring to the TNPP protocol or handshaking on the channel When transmitting pages one way on a channel the sending station is sending blind In other words it doesn t know if the pages got there When transmitting two way or full duplex the sending channel expects a receipt for its message i e an acknowledgement STEP 4 Set the FC s system source and destination addresses Use SIMSRC and SIMDST to enter the FC s system source and destination addresses respectively Each address is made up of four hexidecimal digits For example use DC11 for these addresses cmd SIMSRC DC11 lt enter gt cmd SIMDST DB11 lt enter gt Note If the FC is not receiving any traffic just being used to generate TNPP commands or send update files from your PC there i
73. eaving this command ON TXDELAY n n 0 to 255 default 30 95 This command sets the transmitter key up delay before data is sent as 10 n milliseconds TXMARGIN n n 0 to 255 default 30 This command sets the time margin to release PTT when channel sharing is active Each count is equal to 10 msec Hence the default of 30 cuts 300 msec off the time of transmission TXTAIL n n 0 to 255 default 6 This command sets the delay between the last POCSAG or GOLAY data sent to the transmitter and the release of PTT in non SYNSIM modes A tone is sent during this period UPLOAD H n cmdtag This command is used to upload new flash firmware code for FC series controllers via satellite or other TNPP circuit The new firmware code is supplied to the console port of an FC that must be configured as a Master and is routed via the Master s TNPP PORT 2 to a TNPP input port of the backhaul circuit to the satellite uplink site The code loaded will also update the Master s flash if and only if the cmdtag address of the Master matches that entered as the parameter of the UPLOAD command SIMSRC and SIMDST must also match in the Master and in all stations for the file to be loaded in those units The H option specifies that the Master is to send the upload code in a hexadecimal format instead of binary This is for those cases where the backhaul circuit may have trouble passing binary characters along Unfortunately the H option appro
74. ed as we are not communicating through a telephone modem In the CONNECT USING selection box choose DIRECT TO COM 1 or COM 2 COM 3 etc the COM port number where the serial cable from the FC has been connected and click OK The next step is to select the port settings for this serial port connection BITS PER SECOND 19200 DATA BITS 8 PARITY NONE STOP BITS 1 FLOW CONTROL XON XOFF Click OK None of the ADVANCED settings should need to be changed The terminal screen will now be displayed Click on the FILE menu and select PROPERTIES then click on the SETTINGS tab Set the EMULATION to VT100 Click on the ASCII SETUP button set LINE DELAY to 10 milliseconds enter 10 in the box click on OK and OK again Click on the FILE menu and choose SAVE to store this configuration any changes made later can also be SAVED Remember to use a NULL cable to connect the FC CONSOLE port to the computer serial port as the CONSOLE port is configured as a DTE port To upload a new firmware file to the FC 2500 establish and verify that communication exists you should see a cmd prompt when pressing the ENTER key Enter the LOAD command and the FC will respond with START LOADING 106 Click on the TRANSFER menu and select the SEND TEXT FILE If your firmware file is not located in the HyperTerminal folder you will need to locate and select the file It can be loaded from the local Hard disk or from A or B dri
75. eed to invert the polarity of your paging signal If turned on Golay POCSAG and FLEX will all be inverted To invert enter cmd PAGEXINV ON lt enter gt STEP 15 Configuring Allowable Page Formats All FC controllers are capable of encoding and sending Golay and all speeds of POCSAG You can limit the formats to be transmitted listing only those you wish to send with the PAGEBAUD command For 40 example say you require just 512 bps POCSAG and no Golay Then enter cmd PAGEBAUD 512 lt enter gt The default for PAGEBAUD is 512 1200 and 2400 POCSAG The FC 2500 and FC 3000 controllers feature FLEX encoding as well The FC 2500 can send only 1600 FLEX For these controllers again use the PAGEBAUD command to list which pages you wish to enable For example say you want to send just 1600 FLEX and 1200 POCSAG Enter the following cmd PAGEBAUD 1200 FLEX16 lt enter gt STEP 16 Setting CW ID and CWIDTEXT Use the CWID and CWIDTEXT commands to configure each controller for transmitting a CW ID For example enter the CWIDTEXT and CWID interval as follows cmd CWIDTEXT TX449 lt enter gt cmd CWID 10 lt enter gt These settings will cause the unit to send a CW ID every ten minutes with the text TX449 STEP 17 Channel Sharing If you have full access to the radio channel SYNSHARE should be set to ALL If you are sharing a radio channel you must set SYNSHARE so that you can only transmit during the tim
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77. efault ETB OFF OFF OFF ETB added before last ETX FLEXTXC OFF OFF FLOW ON ON ON ON Applies to console port GPS OFF OFF OFF If ON timing from GPS in stand alone TNPP mode GPSALIGN OFF OFF OFF If ON timing aligned to GPS in TNPP mode GPSDELAY 0 0 0 Usec time from uplink HELP immediate immediate immediate immediate Applies to console port HOLDOFF 0 0 0 0 In sec holdoff between transmissions HOPS 0 For POCSAG repeating INTFACE TERM TERM TERM TERM Sets mode LOAD immediate immediate immediate Update flash program MAXALPHA 128 128 128 128 128 128 128 128 Max char transmitted MAXNUMER 65 65 65 65 65 65 65 65 Max char transmitted MONITOR OFF Monitors POCSAG PAGE immediate immediate immediate immediate Send a page PAGEBAUD 512 1200 512 1200 512 1200 512 1200 512 1200 2400 2400 2400 2400 2400 POCSAG Golay Can add FLEX with FC 2500 FC 3000 PAGEDIR immediate immediate immediate immediate Puts entries in Page Directory PAGEDST 0 For POCSAG repeating PAGEID immediate immediate immediate Send page using Page Directory PAGELOG immediate immediate immediate immediate View pages sent and queued PAGELOSS 50 PAGEMAX 30 30 30 30 Maximum transmission duration in stand alone and Master Slave modes PAGERPTR 0 For POCSAG repeating PAGESRC 0 For POCSAG repeating PAGEXINV OFF OFF OFF OFF Inverts TX channel data PASS 16 16 16 16 PASSLOCK immediate immedi
78. er has a page to transmit but the channel is busy a Busy Timer is started If the timer times out before the channel becomes available any pages accumulated for that channel are marked as aborted In addition the Master sends out a BSYn command via the backhaul channel to all Slaves Upon receiving the command the Slaves also mark as aborted any pages accumulated in their buffers Once the system recovers new pages will push out any pages marked as aborted thereby maintaining a sufficient paging buffer The default time for BUSYTIME is ten minutes We recommend using this default Use the BUSYTIME command to increase or decrease this timeout period for your system SIMTIME Timeout If the controller is operating as a Slave or a Master and does not receive a XMT command for a given duration it will dump transmit the pages it has accumulated on channel The default periods for a Master and Slave are ten and 255 seconds respectively We suggest that you start with these values 23 Use the SIMTIME command to change from the defaults For example to change to 20 seconds timeout for the Master and 200 seconds for a Slave enter the following cmd SIMTIME 20 200 lt enter gt STEP 17 Setting CW ID Use the CWID and CWIDTEXT commands to configure each controller for transmitting a CW ID For example enter the CWIDTEXT and CWID interval as follows cmd CWIDTEXT TX449 lt enter gt cmd CWID 10 lt enter gt These settings wi
79. er port 1 would denote that the current transmission is on port 1 and on channel 1 of 4 possible PTT ON and both SEL LEDs on would denote a transmission on channel 4 The channels are configured using the XCITER command For example you may wish to configure exciter port 1 for one channel and exciter port 2 for one channel To do so enter the following at the command prompt cmd XCITER 1 1 lt enter gt 99 Enter this command before setting other parameters The commands following will them prompt you to enter parameters as needed for each channel configured The general form for the XCITER command is as follows cmd XCITER A B lt enter gt where A B must not exceed a max of 4 Destination addresses are assigned to each channel using the TNPPDEST command In this way each page is assigned one of the available channels For the example immediately above enter the following to assign pages with TNPP destinations of A801 and A802 to channel 1 of exciter 1 and 1520 and 1521 to exciter 2 channel 1 cmd TNPPDEST A801 A802 1520 1521 lt enter gt Parameters affected or modified by setting XCITER to more than one channel are CDINVERT CWID CWIDTEXT EANDM HOLDOFF MAXALPHA MAXNUMER_ PAGE PAGEBAUD PAGEMAX SELPTT SYNSHARE TNPPDEST TNPPPREF TXDELAY TXMARGIN TXTAIL 100 Appendix D TNPP Toolbox A diskette titled TNPP TOOLBOX is shipped with each FC controller or TG 1000 The diskette con
80. es allotted to you SYNSHARE uses the 128 1 875 second frames defined in FLEX even if you are not using FLEX To have access to every other minute starting at the top of the hour you would set SYNSHARE as follows cmd SYNSHARE 0 31 64 95 lt enter gt To have access to every other 30 seconds starting at 30 seconds after the top of the hour cmd SYNSHARE 16 31 48 63 80 95 112 127 lt enter gt 42 If you are using FLEX SYNSHARE must include several frames at the beginning of each minute A radio channel cannot be shared by two FLEX providers STEP 18 Changing Controller Parameters Modes Remotely After your controllers are installed at their remote sites you can still update their parameters or update their firmware code from your paging switch site In some situations this may save you a few trips to these sites To enable you to do this you must program a command tag CMDTAG identification number into each controller If you don t enter a CMDTAG ID you cannot perform remote programming SO DO IT NOW The CMDTAG ID is a seven digit number Use the first three digits to identify your system as opposed to someone else s that might be sharing your satellite feed Use the last four digits to give each controller an individual identity For example let s give your system the digits 111 Also let s assume you have two remotes and we ll give them addresses of 0001 and 0002 So to program the first controller
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82. fault 30 seconds PAGEMAX sets the maximum time allowed for sending pages in one transmission in PAGER TNPP or MASTER SLAVE modes PAGEMAX and HOLDOFF parameters are ignored ina SYMSIM system PAGEXINV ON OFF default OFF This command is used to invert the page signal going to the exciter and applies to all pages being transmitted Golay POCSAG or FLEX PASS n n 00 SFF default 16 lt Ctrl V gt The command specifies the character used to pass special characters as data PASSLOCK This is an immediate command which will lock the console port until a proper password is entered If PASSWORD is left blank the PASSLOCK command has no effect PASSWORD password string This command is used to enter a password to restrict access to the console port of an FC controller If the password is left blank access is not restricted The password may be reset i e set blank by issuing a following PASSWORD PDA ON OFF default ON This command forces two POCSAG address words between POCSAG pages This command was added so that the KPC 2000 and FC models conform to the POCSAG standard If a POCSAG pager is receiving a message but misses the first address word indicating the end of the message the second address word will end the message missing two consecutive words will also end the message Turning this feature off may increase through put at the risk a pager will receive someone else s message appended to one he was supposed
83. ff refer to TNPPCRC and TNPPSER in the Command Reference in the Appendix STEP 7 Setting the Time Source Address You must enter a time source address for all remotes in a SYNSIM system Use the TIMESRC command to set the address of the time source the TG 1000 at the teleport uplink site For example if the TG 1000 for your system has an address of 1122 enter the same for each remote controller cmd TIMESRC 1122 lt enter gt STEP 8 Setting Master Source and Destination addresses for OTA Programming You ll want to set these addresses in your remote stations if you plan to use the remote programming features of the SYNSIM system updating individual parameters for one or all remotes and upgrading the firmware program running is each remote The details on over the air OTA programming are presented in a separate chapter of this manual An additional FC controller is required for OTA and it must be configured as a Master and located at your paging switch site Use the SIMSRC and SIMDST commands to store Master source and destination addresses in the controller The SIMSRC must be the same as that entered in the Master located at the paging switch In addition this address must be one that can be routed through your paging terminal and system that routes TNPP control packets to your system data feed such as via a satellite feed Example cmd SIMSRC A100 lt enter gt 38 Use SIMDST to enter the destination address of t
84. g only those TNPP formatted pages that contain an address that matches an entry in the controller s table of destination addresses Hence you can tailor your system to accept some addresses and not others In this way you can share a satellite channel with another provider and also zone your own system Use the TNPPDEST command to set the TNPP destination addresses in the controller For example suppose you want to accept these hex addresses A801 0801 and 1250 Enter the following cmd TNPPDEST A801 0801 1250 lt enter gt Note All FC controllers default ON for TNPP parity and serial number checking If you wish to turn these parameters off refer to TNPPCRC and TNPPSER in the Command Reference in the Appendix STEP 7 Setting the Master Source and Destination addresses Use the simulcasting source and destination commands SIMSRC and SIMDST to set the simulcasting source and destination addresses in your Master and Slave controllers SIMSRC must have a non zero value Both Masters and Slaves require the SIMSRC be set with the same source address This address must be one that can be routed through your paging terminal and system that routes TNPP control packets to your system data feed such as via a satellite feed Example cmd SIMSRC A100 lt enter gt Use SIMDST to enter the destination address of the TNPP command packets sent by the Master SIMDST does not need to be in the TNPPDEST list but must be non zero SIMDST is
85. g the Glenayre 3T99B4 TX 00 oi eecceeeceencecsseceeececsneceeeeeeaaeceeeeecaaeceereseaaeeesees 111 Interfacing the Glenayre DSP Exciter 8500 8600 8651 etc 0 cee ceeceereeenteeeenees 112 Interfacing a PURC 5000 ASC TX ooo ecececeenecneeeeceeseecsessecnevsecneeeeceaeceesaesaeeeeeneeeees 114 Interfacing a Nucleus with NAK Controller 0 0 ccc cceecceececeseceeececeneeceeeeeceeceeeeeenaeeesees 115 Interfacing a MICOR with Digital Card 0 0 0 ceeceenecsseceeececeeeceeeeeeneeceereeenaeeesees 115 Interfacing the Sonik DPT Exciter Transmitter 00 00 00 cesceseceseecneeeeteeeeeeeeeeenes 116 Interfacing the Sonik PTX 150 Transmitter cece cecccecsseceeeeecsneeceeeeecneeceeeeeeaeeeeees 117 APPENDIX H MEASURING REMOTE STATION SIMULCASTING DELAY 119 APPENDIX I E AND M SIGNALLING 2 cece ceceeecceneee seen eeeeeeessneneeeeeeeeeeeeseees 122 Radio Frequency Interference Statement Information for the Paging Technician Kantronics paging equipment was tested and found to comply with Part 15 Subpart A of the FCC Rules regarding radio frequency emissions Kantronics paging equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to other communications equipment The user is cautioned that any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user s authority to opera
86. he TNPP packets sent by the Master SIMDST does not need to be in the TNPPDEST list but must be non zero SIMDST is the group address of your system of remotes Example cmd SIMDST 1152 lt enter gt STEP 9 Configuring Transmitter Up Time Use the TXDELAY command to modify your transmitter key up time The default is 300 milliseconds 30 x 10 ms Enter the following to obtain one half second 500 ms cmd TXDELAY 50 lt enter gt STEP 10 Setting Simulcasting Delay ina SYNSIM System Use the GPSDELAY command to enter the time delay in microseconds from the uplink site to a remote station site This delay can be estimated or measured To measure it for a particular remote station location you ll need to take the controller and a Palisades or Acutime 2000 GPS Smart Antenna to that site At the site use the CALIBRAT command to obtain the delay in microseconds This delay will then be entered in the controller you ll place at that site use the GPSDELAY noted above Suppose the CALIBRAT command gave you a value of 250000 usec 1 4 second Enter this value in the GPSDELAY as follows cmd GPSDELAY 250000 lt enter gt A specific delay example The delay from Spacecom s teleport to a remote in Lawrence KS was measured to be 252 494 usec The particular channel used Telstar 5 STEP 11 Setting the FLEX System Collapse Value Use the SYSCLLPS command to enter the FLEX system collapse value 0 to 7 For a value of 4 you
87. ications software Replace the top cover STEP 3 Configuring the Transmitter Exciter Ports In most cases the controller will be configured to drive one exciter using one channel and this is the default setting for the XCITER parameter For this configuration you don t have to program anything However the controller is capable of handling up to a total of four paging channels via its two exciter ports Refer to the Command appendix and the Using Multiple Exciters appendix for details if you wish to configure the controller for more than one channel 36 STEP 4 Setting the Baud Rate of the TNPP Ports To set the baud rate of TNPP Ports 1 and 2 use the TRAUD command The generic format is as follows The cmd is displayed by convention and not meant to be cmd TBAUD n m lt enter gt part of the command line entry where n and m are the baud rates for port 1 and 2 respectively TNPP port 1 TNPP1 is used to receive the paging traffic You ll set the rate of this port to match the rate of data from your satellite feed or control See the Command Reference in the appendix for more detail To configure a SYNSIM remote to receive traffic at Port 1 at 9600 baud enter the following cmd TBAUD 9600 lt enter gt You will generally want to use the clock from the satellite receiver for ongoing timing calibration especially if the satellite baud rate is less than 9600 Setting TBAUD to 0 specifies using the s
88. ies which frames of time are available for time sharing when the unit is running in the SYNSIM mode Time is broken up into 128 frames every four minutes where each frame has a duration of 1 875 seconds For example suppose you are running two channels of paging with the FC and you wish to send CH1 during the first half of odd minutes and CH2 during the second half of odd minutes To configure the FC to do so enter SYNSHARE in this format cmd SYNSHARE 0 15 64 79 16 31 80 95 lt enter gt Another provider on channel would program his controller to be active during the even minutes Note that 8 frames are sent every 15 seconds hence the following table may be used to divide channel transmissions up into 15 second intervals frames Time complete Duration Example 0 7 15 seconds 15 seconds CH 1 8 15 30 15 seconds CH 1 16 23 45 15 seconds CH 2 24 31 60 1 minute 15 seconds CH 2 32 39 75 15 seconds 93 40 47 90 15 seconds 48 55 105 15 seconds 56 63 120 2 minutes 15 seconds 64 71 135 15 seconds CH 1 72 79 150 15 seconds CH 1 80 87 165 15 seconds CH 2 88 95 180 3 minutes 15 seconds CH 2 96 103 195 15 seconds 104 111 210 15 seconds 112 119 225 15 seconds 120 127 240 4 minutes 15 seconds The table can of course be larger allowing for durations less than 15 seconds as long as the duration is a multiple of 1 875 seconds Different durati
89. imulcasting paging system PURC Repeating Controller Configured as a PURC controller an FC can receive delay and retransmit pages received in PURC tone format This mode requires that an optional tone board be installed The FC provides a digital delay and TTL RS232 format exciter drive for simulcasting Master Slave System Introduction to the Master Slave System The Master Slave MS system was developed by Kantronics to control the simulcasting of a group of paging stations Kantronics MS system supports simulcasting of Golay and or POCSAG traffic Each MS system must contain one controller configured as a Master and situated at the paging switch and can contain any number of controllers configured as Slaves for remote stations The major components of such a system are shown in the figure below a paging terminal transmission equipment to send pages to a satellite the satellite a Master ground station and Slave stations Each Slave station in turn is made up of a satellite antenna satellite receiver Slave transmitter controller and paging exciter transmitter with antenna Geostationary Satellite Satellite ee Transmitter Ee TNPP NETWORK Paging Controller VY Paging Transmitter FC xxxx MASTER Satellite Receiver Satellite Receiver The Flow of the Paging Traffic and Simulcasting Control Pages enter the system from several sources telephone e mail and other paging terminals These pages
90. ing within a SYNSIM system see the command GPSDELAY SIMDST dddd where each d is a hexadecimal character default 0000 This command sets the destination address of a simulcasting controller If the FC is used as a Master or Slave this parameter must be set It is not used in a SYNSIM system SIMFREQ n default 0 00 This command is used to lock the clock of the controller to that coming from the satellite receiver when the controller is used in a Master Slave simulcasting system The SIMFREQ parameter is ignored when the controller is running in other modes For example if a SPACECOM M2000 has a clock of 1218 10 or 2435 18 set SIMFREQ to that value and press enter If the rate is not correct to within a very small percentage the FC SYNC LED will not light If the LED is not ON the controller will not simulcast accurately with another controller since their clocks will drift apart over time Pages will still be sent Transmissions under a minute will usually be accurate enough without the receiver clock correction SIMSRC dddd where each d is a hex character default 0000 Use this command to set the source address of a simulcasting Master controller If the FC is to be used with a Master or Slave in that mode this parameter must be set SIMTIME m s 0 255 default 10 255 seconds This parameter is used only in Master Slave systems SIMTIME is the maximum time in seconds between when the Master sends a TNPP command in the TN
91. ite could have a SIMDLY of 0 if another Slave is 15 miles further from the satellite its SIMDLY would be 15 Your satellite provider should have a spread sheet program that will calculate the delays in miles from the satellite to a Slave station given the satellite name and the latitude and longitude of your station Use the SIMDLY command to enter the delay in miles For example if you wish to have a unit delay 10 miles 5 3 usec mile 53 microseconds then enter 10 miles cmd SIMDLY 10 lt enter gt Simdly N Simdly 0 22 STEP 16 Entering Timeouts Timeouts must be established for the Master and Slave controllers to decide when to dump or abort pages if the system malfunctions Procedures taken once the timeouts are reached are designed to restore the system to proper operation A busy timer is established for systems that must share a channel with another provider If a second system provider fails to give the first system access after N minutes the first system marks as aborted all accumulated pages Once the system regains access any new pages will be transmitted Two simulcasting timers are established one for the Master and another time period for the Slaves If XMT commands sent by the Master fail to reach the Master and Slaves via the satellite backhaul path after Master and Slave periods specified the controllers will dump their pages on channel BUSYTIME When the Master controll
92. ith the GPS time received as reported by the TG 1000 at the teleport site The DATA IN LEDs denote data activity at the inputs of the console Comm auxiliary Aux TNPP1 P1 and TNPP2 P2 ports When a remote is installed and processing traffic P1 is the only active port If you attach a PC to the console port the Comm LED will indicate data coming into that port The LEDs on the two exciter ports are identical in function Generally the push to talk PTT LED is the only one active PTT is ON whenever the push to talk line is active The Busy and Error LEDs are inactive in SYNSIM mode The select LEDS Sell and Sel2 are active only if multiple TX channels have been configured For example if you specified two channels of operation with the XCITER command Sel2 would be ON when the second channel is selected for transmission of pages The select LEDs mirror the activity of the select output lines that are used to switch the TX channel of the exciter s The Mode LED and the Mode output line are active during FLEX transmissions NON SIMULCASTING SYSTEMS In the first two chapters we ve shown how the FC family of controllers can be used in a Master Slave MS system or in a synchronous simulcasting SYNSIM system both invented by Kantronics for simulcasting In addition you ve seen that a FC controller is configured as a Slave for an MS system or as a remote for a SYNSIM system using
93. ive at a given time sending paging data Two ports are provided for convenience in cabling two transmitters Note that all push to talk PTT and channel select lines are open drain That means that they will work well with the typical paging exciter that uses a TTL input and includes a pull up resistor Data lines 1 and 2 are provided in two formats open drain or RS 232 jumper selectable Note The FC 3000 supports 4 level FSK modulation when using both data lines If your exciter is capable of 4 level or is in the 4 level mode but you wish to operate 2 level and are using TTL inputs strap the Data 2 pin to ground at the exciter and don t connect it to the FC 3000 The busy inputs on both ports are TTL inputs The TNPP Ports Both ports are full RS 232 supporting 300 to 19 200 baud Connect the receive clock pin of a satellite receiver to the transmit clock pin of the FC if you wish to stabilize the crystal clock of the FC series unit when operating in other than SYNSIM mode The stability of the satellite clock is useful if you wish to page for durations longer than sixty seconds It is not necessary to connect this clock if you plan to run in SYNSIM mode there stability is derived from a TNPP timing packet from a TG 1000 at the teleport uplink site mixed in with the regular TNPP data stream Console Port This DTE port may be used while the FC series unit is in service enabling you to check status without going off line
94. le port ABAUD the rate of the console port is set automatically to your computer s rate if set at 0 when the power is turned on You must hit the usually a Shift 8 key to set the rate After turning the power off and back on or after a reset the rate will remain set Changing ABAUD requires a reset or power cycle before taking effect AUTOLF ON OFF default ON This command is one of several commands used to configure communications at the console port When ON a line feed is sent to the attached terminal after each carriage return See also ECHO FLOW BLIND ON OFF default ON This command configures the TNPP ports for blind or full TNPP operation depending upon the mode in use In TNPP mode both ports can support the full TNPP protocol BLIND ON means that the port is configured as blind hence the port does not acknowledge incoming TNPP frames BKONDEL ON OFF default ON If ON the sequence backspace space backspace is sent to the attached terminal when the DELETE character is entered When OFF the backslash character is sent to the terminal BUSYTIME n n 0 255 default 10 minutes When the FC has a page to transmit but the channel is busy a busy timer is started If the busy timer times out before the channel becomes clear any pages accumulated for that channel are marked as aborted The busy timer is suspended while the FC is sending pages to another channel In Master mode simulcasting the FC wi
95. ler as per cable described above e Cable the output of the FC controller Exciter Port 1 to another IFR paging exciter or oscilloscope for monitoring e Observe the FC front panel LEDs and exciter output for proper operation Example Program the tone control sequence listed below into the IFR as follows Program the following tones into the IFR Use the program and tone buttons to enter each tone Follow each entry of a tone with a duration and delay for that tone as shown in the second table below To program duration and delay press the three keys program 2 function tone and enter the delays Tone Hertz Action Tone 0 0001 IFR requires tone 0 be assigned Tone 1 2175 simulates High Level Guard Tone HLGT Tone 2 1350 Tone 3 1450 Tone 4 1950 simulates K1 tone calling for data Tone 5 1200 1200 2200 tones alternating to simulate modem data Tone 6 2200 Tone 7 1200 Tone 8 2200 after this tone the generator provides no tone just silence Program the time ON and DELAY for each tone into the tone sequence generator as follows Tone 0 0000 0000 SINE Tone 1 0500 0050 SINE 3500 millisecond 2175 tone Tone 2 0050 0000 SINE Tone 3 0050 0000 SINE Tone 4 0050 0000 SINE key tone Tone 5 0500 0000 SINE 1200 tone simulates data Tone 6 0500 0000 SINE Tone 7 0500 0000 SINE Tone 8 0500 0000 SINE The first numeric column sets the duration of the tone Column two sets a silence period following the
96. lers will then send that page and all other 512s it can find in the buffer It will then look for the oldest page of another kind Most often that would be a 1200 baud POCSAG page and so on The XMT command divides pages received at the Master and Slaves into batches for retransmission on the paging channel It also is used by the controllers at these stations to know when to start transmitting In this way all stations start together and have an equal number and type of pages to transmit In effect the pages are transmitted simultaneously i e simulcasted Algorithms for batching like kind pages can be pretty complex This is the job of the controllers and each must run an identical program in order to have the system simulcast successfully Installation Cabling To install any FC controller as a Master or Slave you ll need to purchase or make up five cables These cables will attach to the controller back panel shown below Fortunately you can use common type molded cables for most of these connections These cables are required Power 12VDC Serial NULL for Computer Laptop TNPP Input TNPP Output Master only Ob eS ae a Exciter Output FC controller Back Panel Please note the connectors for exciter ports 1 and 2 are DB 15 female Pin 1 of these connectors is at the upper right looking at the back panel The TNPP1 TNPP2 CONSOLE and AUX ports are DB 9 male Pin 1 of these connectors is at the upper left The GPS
97. ll cause the unit to send a CW ID every ten minutes with the text TX449 STEP 18 Use the CALIBRAT Command to Check TX Deviation You may use the CALIBRAT command to assist you in checking exciter deviation The CALIBRAT command gives you a number of baud rate choices to send a COMMA stream alternating ones and zeros PTT is also activated The comma will be sent until you hit the X key Simply type CALIBRAT and follow the screen prompts STEP 19 Changing Controller Parameters Modes Remotely After your controllers are installed at their remote sites you can still update their parameters or update their firmware code from your paging switch site In some situations this may save you a few trips to these sites To enable you to do this you must program a command tag CMDTAG identification number into each controller If you don t enter a CMDTAG ID you cannot perform remote programming SO DO IT NOW The CMDTAG ID is a seven digit number Use the first three digits to identify your system as opposed to someone else s that might be sharing your satellite feed Use the last four digits to give each controller an individual identity For example let s give your system the digits 111 Also let s assume you have two remotes and we ll give them addresses of 0001 and 0002 R So to program the first controller giving ita CMDTAG of 1110001 enter the following cmd CMDTAG 1110001 lt enter gt
98. ll connections to the exciter or paging transmitter are made via the DB 15F connector at Exciter Port 1 For Golay POCSAG and 1600 FLEX transmissions a three wire cable is sufficient for most exciters transmitters A second data line is required for 3200 or 6400 FLEX The FC controller presents push to talk as an open drain FET requiring a pull up resistor within the exciter s input port The format of the controller data output is jumper selectable as TTL or RS 232 If TTL is selected the output circuitry is again an open drain FET requiring a pull up resistor for this pin within the exciter s input port Most exciters transmitters designed specifically for paging service include resistor pull ups for these functions In the rare case where the pull ups are not present within the exciter but TTL signal levels are required FC circuit boards with REV Number 1 500 3 or above have pads to attach internal resistor pull ups to 5 VDC See the Positive Pull Ups appendix for details If you plan to run 4 level FLEX connect the second data line listed below In addition your exciter designed for 4 level FLEX may require a transmit data clock To make the FC to Exciter cable for Golay POCSAG and 2 level FLEX these connections are required e Push to talk open drain e Data open drain or RS 232 jumper option e Ground CABLE FC to Exciter for Golay POCSAG and 2 Level FLEX FC xxxx Exciter Port
99. ll entries with the given capcode and will add or remove entries from the page directory When removing an entry all parameters must match PAGEID f P alias message This command enables you to send a page message to alias if the parameters of the pager associated with the alias are stored in the page directory PAGEDIR The f parameter can be used to overide the function code specified in the page directory an f of 0 means to use the default function code specified in the page directory indicates priority and P indicates preference PAGELOG STATUS LIST n CLEAR CLEARALL FIND capcode OLDEST This command is used to list the contents of the log or to clear it STATUS will show the number of pages in the log which have been sent or are waiting to be sent To list the total pagelog enter PAGEL L CAUTION The FC controllers are capable of storing over 10 000 pages Be selective by requesting just that portion of the pagelog you need e g enter PAGELOG 10 This will display the last ten pages If you accidentally request to have all pages listed you can stop the listing by entering another command or simply just a carriage return CR CLEAR will delete all pages from the log that have been sent CLEARALL will delete all pages and cause a reset FIND will display all pages for a given capcode OLDEST will display the oldest page in the log which has not yet been sent PAGEMAX n n 0 255 de
100. ll send a BSYn command to the TNPP network when the busy timer times out When the Master and Slaves receive the BSYn command from the network they all abort the pages accumulated for that channel CALIBRAT When issued the CALIBRAT command will display a list of waveforms that you may use to drive test your exciter s deviation etc In addition the CALIBRAT command can be used to determine the GPSDELAY for simulcasting For more details on this application see Appendix H For an FC 3000 you have these choices PAGING CALIBRATE MODE send 512 bps square wave send 1200 bps square wave send 2400 bps square wave send 300 bps square wave send 600 bps square wave send 1600 bps square wave send 3200 bps square wave send 1600 baud step wave send 3200 baud step wave stop sending calibrate GPSDELAY update EEPROM exit Options 6 9 are not available in the FC 2000 options 7 9 are not available in the FC 2500 Option U is only displayed if there is ever a programming change that needs to be made to the loading program in the internal EEPROM CANLINE n n 00 FF default 18 lt Ctrl X gt This command sets the cancel line input editing character This character will cancel any characters sent to the console port since the last un PASSed carriage return CDINVERT ON OFF default OFF OFF This command inverts the sense of the paging busy pin in the Exciter interface When set to OFF a TTL low OV signal is expected to signify
101. m the TG 1000 installed at the teleport site The difference in delay will then be displayed on your terminal and you may use this value for GPSDELAY Q11 What kind of GPS antenna is required for a SYNSIM system Kantronics has adopted the Palisades or Acutime 2000 both manufactured by Trimble Navigation These GPS smart antennas are off the shelf items from Trimble Order them direct Trimble has told us that the Acutime 2000 will replace the Palisades in early 2001 Both units are pin and function compatible Check Trimble s website www trimble com for additional information The GPS units are titled smart antennas because they contain a GPS antenna the GPS receiver an RS 422 interface and power regulator Q12 How long a cable can I use with the GPS Smart Antenna Trimble s Palisades or Acutime 2000 These units feature an RS 422 interface Hence you can run shielded twisted pair cable up to 3 000 feet This is a real necessity when your paging equipment is housed inside a large building requiring a cable run of several hundred feet to allow the GPS device to receive un obstructed GPS satellite signals Q13 How do I power the remote GPS antenna The unit receives its power via the GPS cable That cable is connected to the TG 1000 or FC series controller at its GPS port and power is supplied there OVER THE AIR OTA PROGRAMMING NOTE The following assumes that you feed your remote station controller
102. me packet an offset message is included in the time report DAYTIME 03 01 2001 08 30 12 UTC OFFSET 13 DAYSTR format string default mm dd yyyy hh mm ss This command may be used to set the format of time and date presented using the DAYTIME command This command determines format only it does not report or set time DELETE n n 00 FF default 08 lt Ctrl H gt This command sets the character used to delete the last character in the line entered at the console port DISPLAY c ASYNC CHAR ID PAGE SIMULCAST TIMING TNPP This command may be used to display a list of the parameters currently configured Entering a choice e g TNPP will limit the list to that topic Otherwise the full list of parameters is displayed ECHO ON OFF default ON This command is one of several used to configure console port communications When ON characters from the terminal are echoed back and displayed Synchronize this command with your terminal program settings EANDM ON OFF default OFF OFF EANDM is used to configure input and output control lines so that two or more paging switches may share a channel EANDM uses a type of RTS CTS signaling EANDM cannot be used on an exciter port which has more than 1 channel See Appendix I ESCAPE ON OFF default OFF This command may be used to substitute a character for an escape character sent to the console ETB ON OFF default OFF If this command is turned on an ETB
103. mitter Exciter Ports In most cases the controller will be configured to drive one exciter using one channel and this is the default setting for the XCITER parameter For this configuration you don t have to program anything However the controller is capable of handling up to a total of four paging channels via its two exciter ports Refer to the command appendix and the Using Multiple Exciters appendix for details if you wish to configure the controller for more than one channel STEP 4 Setting the Baud Rate of the TNPP Ports To set the baud rate of TNPP Ports 1 and 2 use the TBAUD command The generic format is as follows The emd is displayed by convention and not meant to be cmd TBAUD n m lt enter gt part of the command line entry where n and m are the baud rates for port 1 and 2 respectively TNPP port 1 TNPP1 is used to receive the paging traffic You ll set the rate of this port to match the rate of data from your satellite feed or control link If you are configuring for a Master you ll set a baud rate for both ports See the Command Reference in the appendix for more detail Examples To configure a Slave to receive traffic at Port 1 at 9600 baud enter the following cmd TBAUD 9600 lt enter gt To configure a Master to receive traffic at Port 1 at 9600 and send XMT commands to the paging terminal at 1200 baud via Port 2 enter the following cmd TBAUD 9600 1200 lt enter
104. mware that it did receive 108 Appendix G Interfacing Paging Exciters Most transmitter exciters designed specifically for paging service require three signals from the transmitter controller to send batches of Golay POCSAG or 1600 baud FLEX pages e Push to talk PTT e DATA MSB e Ground Both the PTT and DATA signals are digital that is each signal can be either HIGH or LOW The PTT signal is used to key the exciter Most exciters will key transmit when they receive a LOW PTT signal from the controller The exciter will stay keyed until PTT again goes HIGH Most exciters have a pull up resistor at their PTT or KEY input line tied to 5 or 8 VDC The FC series controllers use a FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR FET at the PTT output to pull LOW the exciter KEY input The DATA signal may be configured by jumper within the controller as TTL or RS 232 If jumpered for TTL the signal is identical to the PTT signal in that an FET open drain output is used and the controller expects the DATA input of the exciter to have a pull up resistor This is the most common format used by exciters Exciters designed for high speed FLEX paging require an additional data line and some brands models also require a data clock Hence these exciters require at least five signals from the controller to send batches of 4 level 3200 or 6400 baud FLEX Push to talk PTT DATA MSB DATA LSB DATA CLOCK some models require Ground MSB st
105. nce Oscillator within the DSP e Power Amplifier e Power Supply e Cabinet is optional Clearly if you are just updating a station and already have most of the above you ll simply need to install the standard interface The FC family of Kantronics Transmitter Controllers KTXC has FET open drain outputs for push to talk PTT its data lines and channel select lines The Glenayre exciter has internal resistor pull ups on its J4 inputs that complement these FET outputs Wire the two units together as follows 112 Interfacing a Glenayre DSP Exciter FC 3000 DSP J4 Comment DB 15F Pin DB 25 Pin Pin Name Pin Name Ground 9 and or 15 Ground shield 3 Ground PTT 1 KEY IN 4 Push to talk TXDIA 5 DATA 1 17 DATA MSB TXD1IB 6 DATA 2 5 DATA LSB For 4 level FLEX only Mode Sel 1 No connection Open high Mode Sel 2 No connection Open high CH Sel 1 No connection Open high CH Sel 2 No connection Open high CH Sel 3 No connection Open high Notes The LSB bit for 4 level modulation FLEX is not used for FLEX1600 or FLEX3200 2 level so this bit is optional This data bit is not supported in the FC 2000 or FC 2500 It is only supported with the FC 3000 You may choose to strap these differently The default strappings shown result in CH 1 operation Refer to your DSP Exciter User s Manual for different configurations 1
106. nik PTX 150 is a VHF paging exciter and transmitter Its parameters and interfacing are set by attaching a laptop and programming it with a manufacturer s supplied program It s cabled to the FC controller via its DB 37 connector This female connector provides for the connection of DATA DATA CLOCK mode channel change and PTT control For POCSAG operation the data CLOCK input line is not required and only the MSB DATA line is needed Hence for POCSAG GOLAY operation interface the FC series of controllers to the PTX 150 as follows FC controllers to PTX 150 interface for POSCAG GOLAY FC DB 15F Pin Name Function PTX 150 Pin Name Exciter Port 1 DB 37 LIU Port Pin Numbers Pin Number Pin 1 PTT Push to talk 11 TXON Pin 5 TXDIA DATA Low 15 TDL Pin 9 15 Ground Ground 19 GND Refer to your PTX 150 User s Manual for programming configuration details For FLEX operations set FC jumpers to provide the FLEX TX Clock J23 should be placed on center and pin 2 pin closest to C26 J18 should be placed on center and pin 2 pin closest to J15 FC controllers to PTX 150 interface for 2 and 4 level FLEX FC DB 15F Pin Name Function PTX 150 Pin Name Exciter Port 1 DB 37 LIU Port Pin Numbers Pin Number Pin 1 PTT Push to talk 11 TXON Pin 5 TXDIA DATA Low 15 TDL Pin 6 TXDIB DATA High 16 TDM Pin 13 CLK Clock 18 TDCL Pin 9 15 Ground Ground 19 GND 117 If you
107. ns shows up on the far right LED of the controller front panel Once a high level guard tone HLGT 2175 and group tone one K1 1950 are received the tone option board notifies the FC controller and turns on the BUSY2 LED The BUSY2 LED will stay lighted until the tone board times out i e noting an un modulated carrier or lack of an audio tone for at least 250 milliseconds In other words BUSY2 denoted the period during which paging data is being accepted The PTT LED at exciter port 1 is lighted once it receives PTT from the tone board Hence it will appear that BUSY2 and PTT1 go on and off together During tone mode there is no TNPP activity and no LED action for the TNPP ports Alternate Bench Test Arrangement If you don t have an IFR signal generator with the tone sequencing feature you can still check the PURC default sequence using an audio signal generator This test will allow you to send a High Level Guard Tone HLGT followed by a K1 group and key PTT tone Simply set the frequency of an audio generator at about 2 500 Hertz and then slowly reduce the frequency passing it through 2175 and 1950 The option board will pick up these frequencies and then key the controller You can watch the PTT light to note that the controller was indeed keyed Then turn the audio generator off and the PTT LED should go off after a delay of 250 milliseconds This denotes that a tone or modem tones have not existed for at le
108. o power it with only 5 VDC at pins one and two at the ten pin header Pin 1 and 2 are not connected together on the option board so you ll need to jumper them Additionally provide ground to both pins 9 and 10 Pins 9 and 10 are also not connected together on the board Test mode may be used to check most of the operation of the option board whether installed in an FC controller or not The option board is put in test mode by setting dipswitch 1 to a 1 left and cycling the power supplied to it Test mode is a quick way of checking the following That the processor is running That the unit is properly decoding the signaling tones That the push to talk signal to the FC controller is operational That the modem chip is demodulating First attach a scope probe to the PTT line or observe the PTT LED if the board is installed in the FC controller Then set your audio signal generator for an output of at least 200 mv pp and sweep it slowly from about 2500 Hertz to 600 Hertz Observe the PTT line as you do You should see it key 14 times once for the HLGT once for each of the three group tones K1 K3 and once for each of the ten station tones This test verifies that the processor is running the PTT line is functional and the tone detection circuitry is working To check that the Bell 202 modem chip is working attach an audio generator to the audio input of the board at pin 8 of the header and attach a scope to the DATA out lin
109. oller and demodulates paging data received in Bell 202 dual tone format The controller s only functions in this mode of operation are to delay the paging data for simulcasting and to provide push to talk PTT for the exciter transmitter CAUTION Your control link radio system must provide solid communications i e full quieting FM for the system to work well The TONE CONTROL OPTION for the FC series controllers is a plug in circuit board enabling PURC tone control of a paging station Data Only Binary Only tone control is supported as described in Motorola s Simulcasting System Controller SSC Manual 68P81063E15 O Voice analog or mixed voice data operation is not supported For reference a listing of the audio control frequencies may be found at the end of this chapter The option board is 3 4 inches by 3 2 inches and installs internally in the controller plugging into accessory jumper J19 adjacent to exciter port 1 Power is obtained via jumper J19 from the main board Current draw is lt 10 ma at 5VDC The board includes a modem for the reception of the Bell 202 paging tones analog circuitry for the detection of the control tone frequencies and a micro controller unit MCU The MCU is used to gate the pages provide proper timing provide push to talk PTT and acts as a watchdog timer INSTALLATION AND OPERATION When using a FC 2000 FC 2500 or FC 3000 as a TONE BASED TRANSMITTER CONTROLLER only the e
110. onik DPT series includes the following e DPT 150 146 174 Mhz 5 watts e DPT 218 218 230 Mhz 2 watts e DPT 450 450 470 Mhz 2 watts The unit is cabled to the FC controller via its 5 pin terminal block on the back panel The unit is configured for frequency and other parameters via its serial port on the front panel The signals for digital paging non voice are the Key Line Transmit Data and Mode Select all are CMOS inputs The transmit line will accept an RS 232 input The defaults for PTT and Mode are active low and digital mode with no connection on pin 4 The FET open drain output of the FC series PTT can be used directly to key the Keyline of the DPT Three wires are necessary for interfacing with an FC series controller PTT DATA and ground as shown in the table below DPT Exciter Series FC DB 15F Pin Name Function DPT series Pin Name Exciter Port 1 5 pin terminal Pin Numbers Pin Number Pin 1 PTT Push to talk 2 Keyline Pin 5 TXDIA DATA Low 3 Transmit data Pin 9 15 Ground Ground 1 ground Place jumper J15 in the FC series controller in its the RS 232 position The RS 232 position is the center pin and the right hand pin as viewed from the back of the controller This setting provides for an RS 232 feed to the DPT data input Refer to your DPT manual for further details such as programming the unit for frequency of operation 116 Interfacing the Sonik PTX 150 Transmitter The So
111. ons may be applied to each channel too This command applies to all paging protocols of the given FC when it is running in SYNSIM mode Golay POCSAG and or FLEX Of course you must have an FC 2500 or FC 3000 to run FLEX SYSCLLPS n 0 7 default 0 This value sets the system collapse when running FLEX It is recommended that this value be set to 0 or 1 for systems where there is only a little flex and a lot of POCSAG TBAUD n m 0 300 600 1200 2400 4800 9600 19200 38400 default 0 The command is used to set the baud rate of TNPP ports 1 and 2 If 0 the rate of that port is determined by an external clock RS 232 see appendix A for details In general port 1 is usually connected to a satellite receiver and port 2 may be connected to the TNPP network Note that n and m may be at different rates TIMESRC dddd where each d is a hex character default 0000 If you want to use TG 1000 timing packets coming from the uplink side of the satellite link if you are running SYNSIM yes you do use this command to enter the source address of the TG 1000 that you will be hearing TNPPCRC OFF TRANSPAR ON default ON This command can be used to enable or disable CRC checking of received TNPP packets The default is to check TRANSPAR specifies using 4 hexadecimal characters for the CRC instead of 2 binary characters as described in the TNPP specification TNPPDEST xxxx gt xxxx xxxx gt xxxx This command allows setting
112. or details on a DOS program that may be used to generate these remote TNPP commands If you have an FC configured as a Master you can also send remote commands directly using REMCMD Here are some examples of TNPP command blocks CKANS5320000TXDELAY 25 CKANS5324435SIMDLY 5 The first command block sets TXDELAY in all controllers that have the CMDTAGs beginning with 532 The second command block sets SIMDLY only in the controller that has a CMDTAG of 5324435 Remote commands are disabled if CMDTAG in a controller is 000000 which is the default 83 CWID n ON OFF default OFF OFF This command can be used to force a CWID If ON a CWID is sent after every transmission in a Master Slave or TNPP system If n is not 0 a CWID is sent after a POCSAG transmission every n minutes If the controller is running under a SYMSIM system then a CWID is sent every n minutes where n is an integer which evenly divides 60 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 12 15 20 30 60 Text sent is set by the CWIDTEXT command CWIDTEXT text string 0 15 characters This command sets the text to be transmitted when the controller performs an automatic CWID DAYTIME This command is used to read the time and date of the controller clock The clock of an FC can be locked to its own internal free running crystal a satellite receiver s clock an attached GPS device or a TG 1000 s comprehensive time packet coming from the teleport site If the controller clock is set by the ti
113. our satellite receiver or system does not support an accurate common clock STEP 9 Configuring Allowable Page Formats All FC controllers are capable of encoding and sending Golay and all speeds of POCSAG You can limit the formats to be transmitted listing them with the PAGEBAUD command For example say you just want 512 bps POCSAG and no Golay Then enter cmd PAGEBAUD 512 lt enter gt The default for PAGEBAUD is 512 1200 and 2400 POCSAG 20 STEP 10 Configuring Transmitter Up Down Time Use the TXDELAY command to modify your transmitter key up time The default is 300 milliseconds 30 x 10 ms Enter the following to obtain one half second 500 ms cmd TXDELAY 50 lt enter gt Use the TXTAIL command to modify the transmitter key release time The default is 60 milliseconds 6 x 10 ms of tone after the last data is sent to the transmitter STEP 11 Setting the Maximum Time to Page per Transmission Cycle The controller does not have a command parameter to set a batch period but instead batches on the fly This scheme generally results in more pages being sent on average per minute Use the PAGEMAX command to set the maximum duration for each page transmission The default value is 30 seconds The range of this parameter is from 0 to 255 seconds For example to set a maximum time to 60 seconds enter the following cmd PAGEMAX 60 lt enter gt STEP 12 Setting A Hold Off Time The HOLDOFF command tells
114. port is a DB 15 male The power jack is male o of Joo jo ae sce of Jo of Jo ae C o EXCITER 1 EXCITER 2 CONSOLE AUX Power Connection Power is supplied to the unit via the POWER jack at the far right Use a DC supply with a voltage in the range of 12 VDC to 18VDC capable of delivering 200 ma Use the supplied green male two position screw terminal plug Attach the positive lead from the supply to the right hand terminal and attach the ground lead to the left hand terminal Leave the power off until you have fully cabled the unit Auxiliary Port This port is reserved for future use Console Port To program the FC controller with your PC or laptop you ll need an RS 232 NULL MODEM cable or a standard serial cable and a NULL MODEM ADAPTER The NULL cable is required since the transmit and receive lines in the console port are reversed to accommodate the attachment of a modem for remote supervision maintenance The pin outs for the DB 9M console connector are listed in the appendix TNPP Inputs and Outputs As a Slave remote station transmitter controller the FC controller receives pages in TNPP format via TNPP Port 1 Input data can come from any communications channel capable of delivering ASCII characters satellite receiver telephone line or control link receiver The TNPP data must be delivered in RS 232 format 8 N 1 with a baud rate of 1200 2400 4800 9600 or 19 2000 The FC controllers will accept any one
115. r or letter combination or a logical switch ON or OFF but are immediate These commands cause an action rather than set a parameter For example the CALIBRAT command when entered is used to generate tone test patterns at the exciter outputs A blank for a table entry such as no entry for BLIND and KPC 2000 denotes that the command does not exist for that unit Immediate denotes that an action will occur Use PROCOMM PLUS DOS or Windows HyperTerminal Windows 9x or any other similar general communications terminal program with a PC or laptop to configure or monitor activity via the DB 9M console port of the controller Reminder a NULL MODEM cable to connect console port to a PC serial port THIS APPENDIX CONTAINS THESE CHARTS DESCRIPTIONS AND TABLES IN THE FOLLOWING ORDER PAGING COMMANDS COMPARISON CHART with default parameters SHORT FORM HELPS FOR EACH COMMAND AN ALPHABETIC LISTING AND DESCRIPTION OF EACH COMMAND 74 A short form description of each command is always available at the console port At the command prompt cmd simply type HELP or followed by the command name Paging Commands Comparision Chart With default values for parameters A blank for the default value means the command does not exist for the unit Immediate means that the command causes an action rather than setting a value The table includes values for the FC series and the current firmware of the KPC 2000 as of
116. ready 5 Ground Ground 6 DSRO RS 232 Data set ready 7 RTSO RS 232 Request to send 8 CTSO RS 232 Clear to send 9 RIO RS 232 Ring indicator Auxiliary Port Pin Signal Name Format Comment 1 CD1 RS 232 Carrier detect 2 RxD1 RS 232 Receive data 3 TxD1 RS 232 Transmit data 4 DTR1 RS 232 Data terminal ready 5 Ground Ground 6 DSRI RS 232 Data set ready 7 RTS1 RS 232 Request to send 8 CTS1 RS 232 Clear to send 9 RII RS 232 Ring indicator 72 GPS Port GPS Pin Signal Name Format Comment 1 Power DC 12 to 13 8 VDC from FC power connector 2 Transmit Port RS 422 COMMAND packet to the GPS 3 Transmit Port RS 422 COMMAND packet to the GPS 4 Na 5 Na 6 Na 7 Na 8 Receive Port RS 422 TIME packet from the GPS 9 Ground 10 Receive Port RS 422 TIME packet from the GPS 11 PPS RS 422 Pulse Per Second from GPS 12 PPS RS 422 Pulse Per Second from GPS 13 Ground 14 Ground 15 Ground Note RS 422 is a differential pair signaling format Each data or control signal to or from Trimble s Palisade or Accutime GPS antenna has both a negative and a positive lead enabling well shielded cable runs of up to 3 000 feet Details for connecting and configuring a Trimble GPS unit are provided in Kantronics TG 1000 manual Power Connector Pin
117. receiver to TNPP PORT 1 as shown below The reason for this is that the firmware transfer program waits for an acknowledgement from itself via the backhaul path before sending another line of the firmware file It also does some error checking You are certain therefore that the file was accurately transferred at least to the central site This usually indicates if you don t have a rainy day that the file made it to the remote sites too TNPP Port 2 Cable Wire a two or three wire cable from TNPP Port 2 of the FC to your paging terminal as noted below CABLE FC TNPP Port 2 to paging terminal TNPP Input FC xxxx TNPP Port 2 Pin Name Function Paging Terminal Pin 3 TXD TNPP transmit data A TNPP input port Pin 2 if full dup TNPP RXD TNPP receive data A TNPP input port Pin 5 Ground Ground Ground Satelite Receiver To TNPP Port 1 Cable Prepare a three wire cable from the receiver to the port as noted below This is the same wiring for attaching a SAT receiver to remote station controllers You ll have to make up at least one end of this cable The fastest and easiest way to make up the cable is to purchase a molded DB 9F to DB 9F cable and cut it in half You ll then attach a connector at the cut end to accommodate the satellite receiver pin outs All connections from your satellite receiver go to TNPP Port 1 of the controller We have used the SPACECOM M2000 satellite receiver to illustrate the necessa
118. roller the FC receives pages in TNPP format via TNPP Port 1 Input data can come from any communications channel capable of delivering ASCII characters satellite receiver telephone line or control link receiver The TNPP data must be delivered in RS 232 format 8 N 1 with a baud rate of 1200 2400 4800 9600 or 19 2000 The FC controllers will accept any one of these rates configured using the TBAUD command discussed later Satellite Delivery of TNPP If your sites are to receive their TNPP feed via a satellite receiver then a two wire cable is sufficient to deliver these data to the FC controller You ll have to make up at least one end of this cable The fastest and easiest way to make up the cable is to purchase a molded DB 9F to DB 9F cable and cut it in half You ll then attach a connector at the cut end to accommodate the satellite receiver pin outs 32 All connections from your satellite receiver go to TNPP Port 1 of the controller We have used the SPACECOM M2000 satellite receiver to illustrate the necessary connections other receiver brand pin outs may vary Please note pin function for determining connection to those receivers CABLE Satellite to TNPP Port 1 FC controller FC 2000 Function Pins on Satellite DB 9M Pin Numbers Pin Name Receiver TNPP Port 1 e g M2000 Pin 2 RxD Satellite Data M2000 pin 3 Pin 1 RxC Satellite Clock M2000 pin 9 Pin 5 Ground Ground M2000 pin 5 A
119. ry connections other receiver brand pin outs may vary Please note pin function for determining connection to those receivers CABLE Satellite to TNPP Port 1 FC xxxx TNPP Port 1 FC Pin Name Function Pins on Satellite DB 9M pin numbers Receiver Pin 2 RxD Satellite Data M2000 pin 3 Pin 1 RxC Satellite Clock M2000 pin 9 Pin 6 RxC Satellite Clock M2000 pin 9 Pin 5 Ground Ground M2000 pin 5 Configuring The FC For Remote Programming NOTE Any FC model 2000 2500 or 3000 may be used for remote programming The FC controller automatically sends a TNPP system reset to the page switch on power up It also sends any remote commands to the switch in TNPP format 63 In addition firmware files for OTA uploading are sent to the switch embedded in TNPP frames when you UPLOAD the file with a remote address tag a command tag via the console port As you may have noted in earlier chapters the remotes will not accept these OTA commands or the firmware file unless their remote address called a command tag CMDTAG matches that embedded within the OTA command In addition the system source and destination addresses within the TNPP frames must match too Hence you must configure the FC with the proper SIMSRC and SIMDST addresses in the following software installation steps Note If you did not add CMDTAG addresses or SIMSRC and SIMDST system addresses to your remotes when you installed them
120. s 27 The format of the FC remote command is as follows REMCMD lt cmdtag gt lt remote command gt For example to include A801 as an additional TNPP destination address in all Slaves with a system address cmdtag of 111 enter the following cmd REMCMD 1110000 TNPPDEST A801 lt enter gt See CMDTAG and REMCMD in the commands appendix for more detail The REMCMD command is a feature of the FC series of controllers not in the KPC 2000 and is accessible only in Master mode 28 SYNSIM System What is the Synchronous Simulcasting System SYNSIM It is the operating system developed by Kantronics to control the simulcasting of groups of FC series transmitter controllers SYNSIM can be used for Golay POCSAG operation with any combination of FC series controllers SYNSIM also supports a combination of Golay POCSAG and FLEX paging with the FC 2500 and FC 3000 controllers The FC 2500 supports 1600 FLEX while the FC 3000 supports 1600 3200 and 6400 FLEX A SYNSIM system must consist of a Time Gate 1000 TG 1000 at a satellite teleport site or at a control channel central site and may have any number of FC controllers located at remote station sites System timing is established by the TG 1000 which inserts accurate GPS based time packets into the TNPP stream The major components of a SYNSIM System are shown in the figure below a paging terminal a TG 1000 transmission equipment to send pages to a satellite the satellit
121. s See the default list in the COMMANDS COMPARISION CHART at the beginning of this appendix RESYNCS n n 0 255 default 0 This command sends a POCSAG preamble every n POCSAG batches Use this command when you have heavy traffic so that a preamble is sent often enough to maintain good pager synchronization STATUS This command displays current buffer and I O ports status See the example below cmd STATUS lt enter gt RUNTIME 16 35 27 241 FREE BLOCKS CONTAINING 58456 BYTES 14305 PAGES IN PAGELOG 67 PENDING USING 961448 BYTES In addition if there are entries in the PAGEDIR the number of entries and the number of bytes used is displayed If there are any packets in the 2 TNPP output buffers the number of packets and the bytes used will be displayed If the FC is being remotely uploaded and there are received firmware blocks which haven t yet been stored in the Flash memory the number of blocks and the bytes used will be displayed If the on board lithtum memory backup battery is low BATTERY WARNING is displayed SELPTT ON OFF default OFF Turning this parameter on forces the select lines to act as separate PTTs when there are two channels enabled SIMDLY n default 0 This command is used to enter a simulcasting delay in miles and applies only to simulcasting within a Master Slave system Enter the difference in miles to the satellite between this unit and the unit closest to the satellite When simulcast
122. s by satellite and that you backhaul all of your TNPP traffic via your paging switch to a satellite uplink port for delivery With an FC controller installed at your paging switch and connected to the TNPP network you can reprogram parameters or update the firmware of your remote station controllers Keep in mind that the programming is one way via satellite and hence the programming is not verified Most of the time things work well but events such as rain fades can cause receive errors in a command or file transfer Still OTA programming can save trips to remote sites MAKING PROGRAMMING EASY Using the remote command REMCMD feature of the FC you can enter commands for remote stations as if you were entering them at their console ports You simply enter the command at the local FC console port but include a remote station address In addition if you attach a satellite receiver to the local FC you can upload new firmware for remote stations by using the UPLOAD command include a remote station address and enter the firmware via your PC at the console port Using remote programming you can do these things among others Reset one or all remote station controllers Update parameters in one or all controllers Upload a new version of firmware to one or all controllers Command the remotes to use the new firmware Installing An FC At Your Paging Switch Site Installing n FC includes cabling it to your laptop paging switch and satellit
123. s no need to enter any TNPPDEST addresses or change the parameters of any of the traffic oriented commands here That includes not having to enter a remote ID a CMDTAG for this unit since we don t plan to send anything to it remotely STEP 5 Enter Master TNPP or SYNSIM Mode Use the INTface command to put the FC in the desired mode For example enter Master mode as follows cmd INTFACE MASTER lt enter gt The unit will now stay in the selected mode until you return it to terminal or some other mode with the INT face command You may now install the FC at your paging switch Entering Commands We show you below how to enter commands that are to be sent to remote units Procedures for uploading firmware to remote units are found in Appendix F It is assumed in the following that you have your PC attached to the CONSOLE port of the local FC that TNPP PORT 2 is cabled to a TNPP port of your paging switch and that you are running a generic communications terminal program such as PROCOMM or HyperTerminal for Windows The command you are most likely to send to remote stations is RESET The process is quite simple At the cmd prompt enter the remote command REMCMD followed by a command tag address CMDTAG for the remote followed by the actual command to be sent The command to be sent must be fully spelled out and in CAPS So to send a RESET command enter the following cmd REMCMD cmdtag RESET lt enter gt where cmdt
124. s only to FLEX TBAUD 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sets TNPP ports rates TIMESRC 0000 0000 0000 Hex TG 1000 address TNPPCRC ON ON ON ON ON ON ON Enables error checking TNPPDEST immediate immediate immediate immediate Enter TNPP addresses TNPPFILT immediate immediate immediate immediate Enter TNPP addresses TNPPPREF immediate immediate immediate immediate Enter TNPP addresses TNPPSER ON ON ON ON ON ON ON Enables error checking TRACE OFF Binary trace monitor TXDELAY 30 30 30 30 TX keyup delay x 10ms TXMARGIN 30 30 30 Margin to release PTT TXTAIL 6 6 6 TX keydown delay UPLOAD Immediate Immediate Immediate Update flash via TNPP VERSION immediate immediate immediate immediate Display software version 77 Name KPC 2000 FC 2000 FC 2500 FC 3000 Comments default default default default WARMUP OFF OFF OFF OFF POCSAG warm up pattern XCITER 11 1 0 1 0 1 0 Channels amp transmitters XMTLVL 64 Transmit output level XFLOW ON ON ON ON Applies to console port XOFF 13 13 13 13 Applies to console port XON 11 11 11 11 Applies to console port Short Form Helps For Each FC Command You may recall these short form descriptions of each command while connected to the console port of the unit by typing HELP or at the cmd prompt followed by the name of the command ABAUD AUTOLF BLIND BKONDEL BUSYTIME CALIBRAT CANLINE CDINVERT CHDELAY CMDT
125. ssing paging data in real time with the old program Once you act the unit will change over to the new program and continue operating with the current pages in memory and with the current parameters Changeover from the old program to the new occurs in less than a second thereby keeping you on the air At the command prompt enter the reload command cmd RELOAD lt enter gt new program starts HyperTerminal The following is an example of loading new firmware into an FC 2500 using HyperTerminal 105 In WIN9S HyperTerminal is located in the PROGRAMS ACCESSORIES folder Get there by clicking on the START button select the PROGRAMS menu select the ACCESSORIES menu and then click on the HyperTerminal folder In WIN98 HyperTerminal is located in the PROGRAMS ACCESSORIES COMMUNICATIONS folder Get there by clicking on the START button select the PROGRAMS menu select the ACCESSORIES menu select COMMUNICATIONS and then click on the HyperTerminal folder In the HyperTerminal folder double click the HYPERTRM EXE program It will start up as a NEW CONNECTION and will request and name for the connection and allow you to select an ICON to use for this connection The name you enter and the ICON selected should be ones you can remember and can use to provide a shortcut in starting HyperTerminal with this configuration Enter a name such as FC 2500 The next screen will ask for phone number type of connection A phone number is not need
126. tached controller The FC family offers you two choices for data drive TTL in the form of an FET open drain or RS 232 All outputs are open drain TTL when jumpers are placed on pins 1 and the center pins 2 of jumpers J15 J18 Outputs are RS 232 when a jumper is placed on the center pin 2 and pin 3 Note that pin 1 is the left hand pin when viewing the jumpers from the back of the unit 102 Jumpers J15 and J16 are used to configure the low and high data bits of exciter port 1 Only J15 the low bit is required for 2 level modulation Golay POCSAG and 1600 FLEX In like manor Jumpers J17 and J18 are configured for exciter port 2 There are no jumpers for the push to talk outputs of exciter ports 1 and 2 these are both open drain When operating in TONE mode with the tone option board installed set J17 jumper to the open position no pins connected 103 Appendix F Firmware Update Procedures When maintenance update firmware becomes available for the FC 2000 FC 2500 FC 3000 or TG 1000 you ll be able to load that firmware into the unit using a laptop PC The updated firmware in the form of an encrypted ASCII file for each specific model is loaded through the CONSOLE port of the unit These files will be available on diskette or via our website FC 3000 code will not load into the FC 2500 or FC 2000 and FC 2500 code will not load into the FC 2000 The TG 1000 code is also specific to that unit To purchase upgrades e g
127. tains programs for monitoring generating and transmitting pages in TNPP ASCII format This collection of programs is helpful in bench testing and monitoring system performance The main programs one the diskette all DOS based are the following Simulate Tnppmon Tnppgen Testpage SIMULATE can merge up to two TNPP sources for retransmission The resulting stream of pages is renumbered and checked Pages not meeting TNPP requirements are rejected Simulate can use files of TNPP pages on diskette as one of its two sources and these may be selected at random and with a chosen rate Hence Simulate combined with a PC with two comm ports limited to com1 and com2 is ideal for bench testing without a pager terminal or TNPP source TNPPMON may be used to display raw TNPP pages in a more readable format Just one TNPP page is printed per display line and each segment of the page is separated by a space or spaces making the pages more readable for testing or monitoring TNPPGEN may be used to establish files of TNPP pages in Golay POCSAG or FLEX These files may then be used by SIMULATE for testing TESTPAGE may be used to send numbered TNPP formatted test pages to an FC controller or any TNPP input at a chosen rate 101 Appendix E FC board Jumpers There are six jumpers on the FC 2000 FC 2500 FC 3000 boards e Hard reset J10 e Data clock J23 e Data outputs RS 232 TTL J15 J16 J17 J18 Hard Reset Jumper J10 Default
128. te the equipment In addition any peripheral device installed with this equipment must be connected with a high quality shielded cable Manual Outline This manual includes an introduction installation operation maintenance and reference materials for the FC 2000 FC 2500 and FC 3000 transmitter controllers A separate manual exists for the Time Gate 1000 used with the controllers in some applications The introductory chapter presents an overview of the many ways the controllers can be used in a paging system Each remaining chapter provides installation and operational information for one of these ways in which the controllers can be used The chapters are independent of one another all cabling programming of parameters and operational procedures for a given use application are contained within that chapter The appendices provide additional reference material including a tabulation and description of commands available for each controller model details on configuring and installing a GPS Smart Antenna a details on interfacing to various exciters and transmitters a listing of FAQs with answers and more Introduction System Overviews Welcome to the FC family of paging transmitter controllers The FC family is designed to provide high efficiency batching of mixed paging protocols and at the same time solve the common system problems that you as the paging provider deal with every day An FC can be configured to operate in se
129. the INTFACE command The INTFACE command offers two additional modes of operation TNPP and PAGER In TNPP mode the FC controller stands alone that is no attempt is made to simulcast with any other controllers TNPP traffic entering the controller is transmitted on demand subject to PAGEMAX HOLDOFF and the other commands in the controller FLEX is also supported assuming you are installing a FC 2500 or FC 3000 A unique feature of the TNPP mode is that both TNPP Ports can be used to receive traffic Thus you could among other applications combine your traffic with that of another provider for transmission into a non simulcasting area You d feed your traffic into TNPP Port 1 your partner would feed his traffic into TNPP PORT 2 If you choose to install an FC controller in TNPP mode use the installation steps called out for in the MASTER SLAVE SYSTEM chapter Of course in the final install step you ll use TNPP rather than SLAVE as the INT parameter That is enter the following for the INTface command cmd INTFACE TNPP lt enter gt In Pager mode you can use the controller to send test pages To send a test page use the PAGE command For example to send a 1200 baud POCSAG numeric page to capcode 0010001 enter the following cmd PAGE 0010001 1234567 lt enter gt For more details see the PAGE command syntax in the Command Reference in the appendix In Pager mode the FC controller may also be set up as a small private
130. the CALIBRAT command presentation A six wire cable is required to measure the delay difference This cable must include power supply leads to feed the Palisades must include connections to the PORT A pins of the Palisades the PPS pins of the Palisades and a ground return as shown in the table below The Palisades uses it s A PORT to deliver a comprehensive time packet and this packet is compared with the TNPP time packet received from a Kantronics Time Gate TG 1000 installed at the teleport uplink site Jumper Cable Palisades to FC series controller FC GPS Color of Signal Name Format Comment Port Pins Palisades Cable 100 l Red POWER DC 12 to 13 8 VDC from the FC power connector 9 Black ground ground Ground 8 White Transmit Port RS 422 Palisades Time Packet 10 Grey Transmit Port RS 422 Palisades Time Packet 11 Orange with Timing Pulse RS 422 Pulse Per Second from White stripe Palisades 12 Black with Timing Pulse RS 422 Pulse Per Second from White stripe Palisades Attach the Palisades to a DB 15F connector to complete the measurement cable Then place the Palisades where it can see the sky and plug the jumper cable into the FC controller s GPS port The Palisades takes it power from the FC series controller make sure that you are feeding the controller with a supply capable of at least 500 ma for both the Palisades and the controller 119
131. to receive PFTIMER n OFF n 0 60000 default 0 If power is lost or unit is turned off for more than n seconds any pages in the PAGELOG that have not been sent will be aborted If PFTIMER is OFF nothing is done to the pages in the buffer PGRCLLPS n n 0 7 default 0 This FLEX command is available only with the FC 2500 and the FC 3000 Set to minimum pager collapse supported POUND IGNORE SPACE DASH SPARE default IGNORE This command is used to set how the FC converts a character received for a POCSAG numeric page into one of the permissible POCSAG numeric characters PRIORITY If PRIORITY is on pages that are specified as having priority are sent as soon as possible RELOAD This command loads the latest valid firmware stored in flash memory into program memory A reset is then performed to start execution This command is normally used after a LOAD or UPLOAD of new firmware into the FC REMCMD cmdtag command string This command may be used to generate TNPP command pages The FC sends the command which includes its SIMSRC and SIMDST addresses out TNPP Port 2 For example to send a new TXDELAY of 50 to a remote unit with command tag 1112222 enter the following cmd REMCMD 1112222 TXDELAY 50 lt enter gt RESET This command may be issued to reset the controller and restart the current program in program memory 90 RESTORE Issuing the command RESTORE resets all parameters in the unit to their factory default
132. tone With the tone sequence programmed pressing 2 Function and then TSEQ on the IFR panel will transmit the sequence of tones listed above There will be a 50 ms period of silence following the 2175 Hertz tone Use this sequence to check that the controller will key or not key given appropriate settings of the DIPSWITCHES With the dip switch set to default 0001110 for switches 1 through 7 the unit transmits all pages i e it does not deselect for any station ID codes With the switches set for GROUP ONE STATION 4 001 0100 the unit will deselect with the tone sequence given above since tone 1450 is included You can test for keying or de selection by using these two sets of dipswitch settings and the tone sequence listed above Saying it another way the unit will transmit with the switches set to defaults using the above sequence The unit will not transmit with the second set of dip switch settings station 5 using the above sequence LED Displays When running an FC controller in tone mode only four LEDs are active and used to denote action PWR power ERROR2 LED BUSY2 LED PTT1 LED where the 2 in ERROR2 denotes exciter port 2 and the 1 in PTT1 denotes exciter port 1 53 With the tone option board installed tone audio entered at exciter port two pin 5 is demodulated Bell 202 and drives the ERROR2 LED at exciter port 2 Hence any tone data received from a link receiver or other mea
133. veral different types of paging systems e Master Slave Simulcasting e Synchronous Simulcasting e Non Simulcasting TNPP Paging e Purc Tone Repeating Master Slave System Configured as a Master Slave MS system FC controllers may be mixed with previously purchased KPC 2000 controllers to form a satellite based simulcasting system for Golay and or POCSAG FC controllers may be configured as either a Master or Slave and as such are KPC 2000 compatible When you decide to upgrade your service to include FLEX the FC controllers in your system may be upgraded with firmware No hardware upgrade is necessary The MS system was introduced by Kantronics in 1997 and many SAT based systems are now operational A MS system consists of one Master at your paging switch site and one or more remote Slave controllers at each transmit site The job of Master is to watch for traffic from the satellite downlink and to issue transmit XMT commands to synchronize the remote controllers The XMT commands are routed through your paging switch as TNPP control frames and the switch combines them with the TNPP traffic This combination of pages and XMT commands arrive at the Master and each Slave controller via the SAT feed The XMT commands serve to divide the traffic into batches and to synchronize the controllers You may reprogram all FC controllers in either a SYNSIM or MS system by including an FC controller as a Master at your paging switch site The FC as Master
134. ves In the FILES OF TYPE box you may want to select ALL FILES so that all file extensions will be listed the FC firmware file does not have a TXT extension but will be in text form You should see a line by line echo of the file as it is sent to the FC 2500 At 19200 baud it will take about 3 5 minutes to completely load the file When the file has finished loading the FC will display the message CYCLE POWER OR TYPE RELOAD TO LOAD NEW PROGRAM Enter the RELOAD command or turn the FC power switch OFF and ON to start the new firmware code Updating flash memory in remote units over the air OTA via TNPP If you wish to load new code into remote stations over the air you ll need to position an FC series unit at your paging switch central site and connect it to the TNPP network as described in the Master Slave section In fact it is best to position an FC at the central site anyway since it can also be used to update specific parameters in remote units directly from an attached PC keyboard running a simple comm program such as PROCOMM PLUS or HyperTerminal This FC will need to be connected to the satellite downlink in order to verify and pace the sending of program data to the remotes Follow the above procedures for starting your terminal program At the command prompt enter UPLOAD command cmd UPLOAD ddddddd lt enter gt ddddddd is seven digits ddddddd is the cmdtag of the remote unit you wish to updat
135. will be sending POCSAG GOLAY and FLEX you must also disconnect the factory installed jumper between pins and 19 in the cable provided by SONIK in order to properly add the MODE line FC controllers to PTX 150 interface for POCSAG GOLAY and FLEX FC DB 15F Pin Name Function PTX 150 Pin Name Exciter Port 1 DB 37 LIU Port Pin Numbers Pin Number Pin 1 PTT Push to talk 11 TXON Pin 5 TXDIA DATA Low 15 TDL Pin 6 TXDIB DATA High 16 TDM Pin 13 CLK Clock 18 TDCL Pin 4 MODE Mode 1 In8 Pin 9 15 Ground Ground 19 GND The FC output lines TXD1A TXD1B CLK and MODE may require 5 volt pull ups through 10K ohm resistors to properly drive this transmitter 118 Appendix H Measuring Remote Station Simulcasting Delay When an FC 2500 or FC 3000 is used as a station controller in SYNSIM mode i e as a Slave in a SYNSIM system the CALIBRAT command can be used at the remote site to measure the delay difference of TNPP information coming from the TG 1000 at the teleport uplink site This delay can then be entered as the GPSDELAY for simulcasting A Palisades unit must be attached to the controller at the remote site to make this measurement A Palisades must remain attached to the TG 1000 at the teleport site So you need at least two Palisades the second one is to carry around to the remote sites The delay is calculated by the controller and passed on to you PC where it is displayed as a part of
136. wire cable from Port 2 of the Master to your paging terminal as noted below Cable Pin Out Chart Master TNPP Port 2 to paging terminal TNPP Input FC xxxx TNPP Port 2 Pin Name Function Paging Terminal DB 9M pin numbers Pin 3 TxD TNPP transmit data A TNPP input port Pin 2 full dup option RxD TNPP receive acks A TNPP input port Pin 5 Ground Ground Ground As a Master the FC controller automatically sends a TNPP system reset and TNPP XMT commands to itself and the Slave units via the backhaul path to the satellite These commands are used to synchronize the Master and Slaves for simulcasting of Golay and POCSAG pages The FC generates these commands at pin 3 of its TNPP Port 2 as shown above Exciter Port 1 All connections to the exciter or paging transmitter are made via the DB 15F connector at Exciter Port 1 For Golay and or POCSAG transmissions a three wire cable is sufficient for most exciters transmitters The FC controller presents push to talk as an open drain FET requiring a pull up resistor within the exciter s input port The format of the controller data output is jumper selectable as TTL or RS 232 If TTL is selected the output circuitry is again an open drain FET requiring a pull up resistor for this pin within the exciter s input port Most exciters transmitters designed specifically for paging service include resistor pull ups for these functions In the rare case where the pull
137. xciter port and the power port are cabled The TONE OPTION BOARD must of course be installed and the controller placed in TONE mode While in TONE mode the TNPP ports of the FC controller are not used Even though the TONE OPTION BOARD is installed the FC controller may be switched to any of its other modes of operation TNPP MASTER SLAVE etc 47 The console port is temporarily used for installing parameters such as transmitter up time and simulcasting delay and for placing the unit in TONE mode You will complete these steps to install and configure the controller for tone based operation Install the option board if not already plugged into the FC circuit board Set the option board dip switches if zoning de selection desired Prepare cabling Link receiver to exciter port 2 cable Exciter port 1 to transmitter exciter cable Power cable Use a NULL modem cable between your PC and the console port to program parameters e Enter parameters to configure the controller using a terminal program such as PROCOMM PLUS DOS or HyperTerminal Windows 9x e Bench test the unit e Place it in service Installing the Tone Option Board Remove the cover of the controller two screws right and left sides Orient the controller so that the back panel is facing you Note that there is a ten position header at the far left labeled J19 Plug the connector on the bottom of the option board into J19 such that the dip switch on the top
138. ximately doubles the amount of data that must be sent The n option specifies the number of 32 byte blocks sent in a single TNPP packet The default is 1 32 bytes Increasing this will reduce the time needed to upload the entire file through the backhaul However setting it too high will hog the satellite channel and may have problems caused by packets which are too large for the network to handle See also the REMCMD command The Master at your paging switch site can also be used to generate remote commands in TNPP format to update specific parameters of selected remote stations You simply enter the command REMCMD followed by a cmdtag and then followed by the usual command you d enter at the remote station s console The FC Master regenerates this command in a TNPP command block packet and sends it to the backhaul satellite channel 96 For detail on cmdtag addressing of remote stations refer to remote programming and firmware update procedures in this manual VERSION Use this command to display the version of the firmware currently loaded in memory and the serial number of the controller stored in an IC on the PCB Example for an FC 2000 controller cmd VER lt enter gt FC 2000 01058 1 0 Serial Number 0000076802E4 cmd WARMUP ON OFF default OFF If ON a warm up pattern is sent before each 512 or 1200 POCSAG page according to the following table POCSAG rate 512 1200 Duration of comma 400
139. y the TNPP pages and time packets in the data stream they simply deliver them to the controllers The controllers use the time packets as a time reference that is their clocks are locked to the satellite clock The controllers also store the pages received in TNPP format in a modified form and transmit like kind batches based on a 4 minute cycle established within each controller A Master at the central site is optional since it is not involved in the flow and transmission of pages but can be used for over the air OTA programming of parameters and updating FLASH firmware OTA operations are described in a separate chapter What does each remote station do with the stream of TNPP pages e It rejects pages whose TNPP addresses do not match those in its table of acceptable addresses the TNPPDEST table e It stores pages addressed to it in a page buffer e It transmits these pages based on in internal 4 minute clock For example take the case where the system is configured to support Golay and POCSAG pages only It will always transmit the oldest and like pages first that is if it is transmitting 512 pages it will transmit them all and then look for the oldest page of another kind in the buffer If that page is GOLAY it will send those The batching algorithm is a bit more complex than that but you get the idea Suppose the system is configured for 1600 FLEX in addition to POCSAG The algorithm for batching like kind pages that includes
140. you will not be able to remotely program them with new parameters or do remote firmware updating You are ready to install parameters in the FC Follow these steps STEP 1 Establish communication between your PC and the FC controller Attach a NULL MODEM CABLE between the controller s CONSOLE PORT and your PC or laptop You ll need a communications program to complete the programming We suggest that you use PC PLUS or HyperTerminal for Windows Configure the comm port of your PC for 19 200 baud and a format of N 8 1 Turn on the controller If you do not get a sign on message try hitting the key shift 8 at the top of your keyboard not the right side keypad first to set the baud rate of the FC If this doesn t work then the unit is set already to another rate Try 9600 4800 and so on Once you have established communications you may use the ABAUD command to change to a rate your prefer See ABAUD in the Command Reference in the appendix for procedures STEP 2 Set the Baud Rate for TNPP Ports 1 and 2 To set the baud rates for these ports use the TBAUD command Match the rate required by the satellite receiver for port 1 and that required by your TNPP input port on your paging switch for port 2 Suppose the satellite uses 2400 baud and your switch is set to accept 9600 In this example enter these rates as follows cmd TBAUD 2400 9600 lt enter gt If you are using the satellite clock set the TBAUD rat

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