RBI-1 MANUAL - Doug Hall Electronics
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3. Doug Hall Electronics 815 E Hudson Street Columbus Ohio 43211 1199 614 261 8871 FAX 261 8805 RBI 1 MANUAL REMOTE BASE INTERFACE Version 3 4 08 12 96 CONTENTS INTRODUCTION Page 3 SPECIFICATIONS Page 4 INSTALLATION CONNECTION Page 5 RADIO SETUP Page 6 EXPANSION OUTPUT Page 7 SUPPORTCROSSREFERENCE Page 8 ADVANCED COMPUTER CONTROLS SUPPLEMENT OPERATION OPTIONS Page 9 CONTROLLER SETUP Page 10 PROGRAMMING Page 11 TROUBLE SHOOTING Page 12 TYPICAL CONNECTION Page 13 SCHEMATIC Page 14 PARTS LAYOUT Page 15 Page 2 INTRODUCTION The DHE Remote Base Interface RBI 1 Adapts most of the Kenwood series TM XX1 mobile radios to several supporting Repeater Controllers All connections to the Kenwood radio are made thru the microphone jack In the maximum configuration you can control Frequency CTCSS encode decode On Off CTCSS Frequency RF Power Offset Power On Off and Band Using the analog inputs available on some controllers you can remotely read back the remote base S meter This is all still accom plished thrugh the microphone jack without any radio modifications The Supported Kenwood Mobile Radios are as follows 140 220 440 1200 DUAL TM 221 TM 321 TM 421 TM 521 TM 621 TM 721 TM 231 TM 331 TM 431 TM 531 TM 631 TM 731 TM 241 TM 441 TM 541 TM 701 The RBI 1 supports the ACC FC 1 data stream or the DHE Generic data stream The Supported ACC Controllers are as follows ACC RC 850 2
4. RADIO to the Kenwood Microphone jack Only Port 1 140 DUAL will support a Dual Band radio Port 1 is the only Port the 140 MHz radio can be connected When using a Generic controller all 4 bands are supported RBI 1 CONNECTION ACC JACC JACC JACC Line Name ACC Line 850 1850 196 85 Reference Controller User Manual Name LINK1 LINK2 UNK J2 Generic 1 RBI 1 Reset Optional DXX J3 13 2 S Meter output Optional RPT 3 N A 3 Data RB Data Di1 D11 3 J3 12 CX1 X1 4 Clock Strobe RB Strobe D18 D18 5 CX2 5 Kenwood TX Audio TX Audio TX TX T Pot 6 Kenwood RX Audio Link RX Audio L1 L2 7 J4 6 R Pot R111 R110 R103 R2 7 COS from Kenwood RX RX COS 8 PTT to Kenwood TX TX PTT D19 A J3 11 CX3 a Ground Leg Lem les e ss Audio receive level from the Kenwood to the Controller is controlled by VR2 R The audio level from the Controller to the Kenwood is adjusted by VR1 T Refer to your manuals for additional adjustments in your controller EXPANSION CONTROLLER 12VDC T R J7 J2 RESET VR1 VR2 Page 5 RADIO SETUP The Kenwood radio s need certain parameters setup before they can operate from the RBI Things such as STEP etc This can be found in your Kenwood operating guide Reset the radio s before memory channels are programmed after the reset memories will be lost TM 701 Hold the MR key down during power on to reset Note Out of band mod s must be removed for the 4
5. OUTPUT FUNCTION ENCODE FREQ DECODE J BAND SUPP ON OFF EXPANSION CONTROLLER KENWOOD E SE ee EN EE RTE NEE BEA RE RE Options available by user selection Memory support is in version 3 0 and above Memory channels must be supported by the Controller Manufac turer Memory support details Memory channels 0 20 depending on the radio can be selected using the Generic controller interface If the memory channel selected is not programed the RBI 1 will revert to the VFO frequency CTCSS decode is determined by the memory channel If encode or decode are on in the memory channel the selection from the controller is overridden If they are off in the memory channel tone encode decode and frequency can be controlled by the controller Offset is always controlled by the memory channel In the event of an invalid function IE Memory channel selected but not programed will result in an error beep from the RBI 1 to the controller Page 8 ACC Supplement OPERATION OPTIONS There are 3 option jumpers in the RBI 1 to change the operation depending on the controller GENERIC All options are available without jumpers and are controlled by the Data stream from the controller ACC RC 850 No jumper between J8 7 and J8 8 sets the remote to respond to Link 1 A jumper between J8 7 and J8 8 sets the remote to respond to Link 2 No jumper between J8 5 and J8 8 sets the 1200 MHz minus offset to
6. 12MHz A jumper between J8 5 and J8 8 sets the 1200 MHz minus offset to 20MHz No jumper between J8 6 and J8 8 Rotor control to user function only A jumper between J8 6 and J8 8 Enables Rotor control bit expansion 1200 MHz offset under Rotor control if J8 6 8 is present Rotor value CTCSS Decode TX Power 1200 MHz Offset Prefix 000 OFF LOW 20 MHz Prefix 004 ON LOW 20 MHz Prefix 008 OFF HIGH 20 MHz Prefix 012 ON HIGH 20 MHz Prefix 016 OFF LOW 12 MHz Prefix 020 ON LOW 12 MHz Prefix 024 OFF HIGH 12 MHz Prefix 028 ON HIGH 12 MHz ACC RC 85 RC 96 A jumper between J8 5 and J8 8 sets the 1200 MHz minus offset to 20MHz No jumper between J8 5 and J8 8 sets the 1200 MHz minus offset to 12MHz A jumper between J8 6 and J8 8 causes User functions 5 8 to also change the functions of the RBI 1 UF 5 On Highest band 1290 if 1200 avail Off Lowest band available UF 6 On New style Kenwood CTCSS decode on Off decode off UF 7 On CTCSS encode on Off encode off UF 8 On High power Off Low power JUMPER SETTINGS No jumpers GENERIC or RC 850 Link 1 with offset 12 on 1200 and U1 No User Rotor Function Expansion B 1 2 Jumper5to8 i 1200 MHz offset 20 ER Junper6to 8 Jumper 7 to 8 RC 850 Rotor Control Function Expansion RC 850 Link 2 RC 85 96 UserFunction Expansion Note If more than one jumper function is needed wire wrap all the appropriate jumper positions togethe
7. 1100 216 0110110 320 1010000 424 1101010 012 0000011 116 0011101 220 0110111 324 1010001 428 1101011 016 0000100 120 0011110 224 0111000 328 1010010 432 1101100 020 0000101 124 0011111 228 0111001 332 1010011 436 1101101 024 0000110 128 0100000 232 0111010 336 1010100 440 1101110 028 0000111 132 0100001 236 0111011 340 1010101 444 1101111 032 0001000 136 0100010 240 0111100 344 1010110 448 1110000 036 0001001 140 0100011 244 0111101 348 1010111 452 1110001 040 0001010 144 0100100 248 0111110 352 1011000 456 1110010 044 0001011 148 0100101 252 0111111 356 1011001 460 1110011 048 0001100 152 0100110 256 1000000 360 1011010 464 1110100 052 0001101 156 0100111 260 1000001 364 1011011 468 1110101 056 0001110 160 0101000 264 1000010 368 1011100 472 1110110 060 0001111 164 0101001 268 1000011 372 1011101 476 1110111 064 0010000 168 0101010 272 1000100 376 1011110 480 1111000 068 0010001 172 0101011 276 1000101 370 1011111 484 1111001 072 0010010 176 0101100 280 1000110 384 1100000 488 1111010 076 0010011 180 0101101 284 1000111 388 1100001 492 1111011 080 0010100 184 0101110 288 1001000 392 1100010 496 1111100 084 0010101 188 0101111 292 1001001 396 1100011 500 1111101 088 0010110 192 0110000 296 1001010 390 1100100 504 1111110 092 0010111 196 0110001 300 1001011 404 1100101 508 1111111 096 0011000 200 0110010 304 1001100 408 1100110 100 0011001 204 0110011 308 1001101 412 1100111 Page 7 SUPPORT CROSS REFERENCE CTCSS JCTCSS CTCSS MULTI POWER
8. 40 section to operate properly Set the UHF step size to 5Kc TM 221 321 421 521 Hold the VFO M and M IN keys down during power on to reset TM 621 721 Hold the F key down during power on to reset TM 631 731 Hold the MR key down during power on to reset TM 231 331 431 531 Hold the MR key down during power on to reset TM 241 441 541 Hold the VFO key down during power on to reset Set the step size to 5KHz 25KHz on 1200 MHz units Set dual band radio s to single band Set power to desired setting Remember remote base transmitters can have a high duty cycle because it will be transmitting during all activity on the Repeater side The mobile radio s used in a remote base configuration should be set to low power in most cases Set VFO MEM to VFO for external frequency input Set CTCSS for desired frequencies When using TM X31 X41 series and an ACC RC 850 or a GENERIC controller it will be set by the controller and will override your initial setting Set CTCSS Decode to off Set ABC and AL to off on models that support it Turn off Repeat functions Once these have been set connect the Mike jack to the RBI Reset the RBI to initialize the radio to the controller and get them in sync Any time there is manual changes from the radio front panel the RBI and the Radio can get out of sync This will require a RBI reset to correct We recommend hooking the reset line from the RBI to a toggled User function output Initialize the contro
9. Links 4 Bands ACC RC 96 2 Bands see options ACC RC 85 2 Bands see options GENERIC SUPPORT Since the introduction of the RBI 1 and its built in Generic format several repeater controller Companies have begun supporting this format Others are working towards implementing the support so that they too can offer an Intelligent remote base The following is a list of the current supporting controller Companies as of 02 20 96 Contact the controller Companies for a list of controllers supported A D Technologies Inc Computer Automation Technology Inc 4688 Jefferson Twp Lane 4631 N W 31st Avenue Suite 142 Marietta GA 30066 Fort Lauderdale Florida 33309 404 992 2026 305 978 6171 FAX 992 1809 BBS 404 518 6160 Link Communications PC Repeater Controllers PCRC 2 P O Box 1071 P O Box 459 Sidney MT 59270 Bohemia NY 11716 406 482 7515 516 286 7610 FAX 563 4716 S COM Industries P O Box 1718 Specialty Controls Loveland CO 80539 1718 P O Box 267 970 663 6000 Sparks NV 89432 702 972 7245 FF Systems P O Box 2363 Rolla MO 65401 314 368 3716 Copyright c 1994 Doug Hall Electronics All Rights reserved Specifications subject to change without notice Doug Hall Electronics only provides the list of Controller Companies and is not responsible for or recommend any particular Company Contact the Controller companies for special configurations versions and models supported ACC is the trademark of Advanc
10. d enter 5020 Then lock Remote base Prefix Remote Base Memories MACRO S Remote base Offset Remote Base Frequency To expand the functions of the controller refer to the Options section Page 11 TROUBLESHOOTING Symptom Radio is dead no response Test Press reset on RBI 1 The radio s should respond by the frequency of 000 temporarily entered not valid on 1200 MHz only This checks out the connection from the radio the RBI 1 and the microprocessor inside the RBI 1 If the radio s don t respond dis connect the connector to the controller at the RBI 1 J2 Try the reset again if the radio s now respond the RESET line is being held low by the controller This line must float around 5V to keep it from locking up the RBI 1 Symptom Radio doesn t respond to some commands Macro s or Memories An unavailable band selected in the controller will cause improper operation or no response to commands from the control ler Fix Correct band selection and retry Symptom Intermittent or no response to commands from the controller There can easily be ground currents between the controller and the Radio used for the remote base even if they share the same power connections Test Try the failing command with the remote base radio antenna disconnected Most ground currents will be coming from the antenna grounding system If this corrects the problem the best way of eliminating these currents is to have all antenna s go thorough a commo
11. ed Computer Controls Inc PCRC 2 is the trademark of PC Repeater Controllers Page3 SPECIFICATIONS Microprocessor INTEL 87C51 or equivalent running at 12MHz Connections Adjustments Audio COR output PTT input Power Controller Expansion Radios RCA Phono center pin 9 Pin female D Connector 9 Pin male D connector 4 8 Pin Modular jacks compatible with the Kenwood PG 4H cable 1 PG 4H provided Additional cables available from Kenwood or DHE T VR1 Radio transmit audio level adjust R VR2 Radio receive audio level adjust Radio Transmit 0 050V to 2 5V Input Impedance 15K Radio Receive 0 020V to 2 5V Output Impedance 5K S Meter output Open collector active High 4 7K pullup to 5V Active Low with internal 4 7k pullup to 5V O to 5V Approx OV no signal 5V gt S 9 Output impedance approximately 5K Expansion output Power Requirements Size 8 outputs ground active Sink 500mA each 1A maximum total 10 to 14 Vdc 23mA Unit can be powered directly from the attached radio but the radio will not be powered off when the remote is turned off 1 5 X 5 1 X 5 5 Supported data streams Page 4 ACC FC 1 format DHE Generic format INSTALLATION CONNECTION Place or mount the RBI 1 in close proximity to the Kenwood mobile radio to be used Connect the RBI with the provided PG 4H Cable from the 8 pin modular jack marked
12. l off to allow for custom audio tailoring between controllers Remove C17 or both C17 and C16 depending on how much if any roll off you need It is easier to remove than to add roll off so we decided to provided it if needed Symptom Audio levels out of balance between radio s on different ports Fix They should match but if they don t they can be adjusted in the Kenwood radio s Refer to the operator guide or service manual for adjust ments Symptom Everything works except the frequency entry Fix A memory channel is selected and the VFO frequency is ignored Symptom COR is slow to close squelch tail Fix The COR is sent in a serial stream from the radio to the RBI 1 The COR speed is determined by the radio model The RBI 1 closes the COR as soon as it can with the Kenwood architecture Page 12 KENWOOD TM XX1 SERIES MOBILE RADIO 1 REPEATER CONTROLLER RB EXPANSION CONTROLLER 12VDC T R O RESET DOUG HALL ELECTRONICS COLUMBUS OHIO Page 13 a MENR Di Ce L z gt D
13. ller output to 1 on and save those in all your Macro s or the reset line will be held low and disabled To reset the RBI on ACC controllers just interrogate the user function this will toggle the reset line and reset the RBI DUAL 140 RADIO 1 Page 6 EXPANSION OUTPUT J8 Pin RC 85 96 RC 850 GENERIC 1 UF 1 DIRECTION 0 UF 1 2 UF 2 DIRECTION 1 UF 2 3 UF 3 DIRECTION 2 UF 3 4 UF 4 DIRECTION 3 UF 4 5 UF 5 BAND HI LOW DIRECTION 4 UF 5 6 UF 6 ENCODE ON OFF DIRECTION 5 UF 6 7 UF 7 DECODE ON OFF DIRECTION 6 UF 7 8 UF 8 RF PWR HI LO N A UF 8 9 GND 0 Default 1 GND GND See options section ACC supplement J8 6 to 8 required to activate these functions RC 850 Translation The ACC expansion output is derived from the Rotor value selected It can be translated to individual bits by using the following formula and example DEGREES 4 UF Output Binary Where 1 Ground on pin Active BINARY 6432168 4 2 1 ACC 850 Expanded Functions DEGREES 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 CTCSS Decode OFF TX Power Low 4 000000 1 CTCSS Decode ON 8 0 00 0 0 1 0 TX Power HI 16 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1200 12 offset 20 default 32 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 64 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 128 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 256 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 508 111 1 1 1 1 TT PIN DEG 7654321 DEG 7654321 DEG 7654321 DEG7654321 DEG7654321 000 0000000 104 0011010 208 0110100 312 1001110 416 1101000 004 0000001 108 0011011 212 0110101 316 1001111 420 1101001 008 0000010 112 001
14. n grounded bulkhead or ground all feedlines together as they enter the cabinet grounding it to the cabinet itself Symptom Loud hum on the transmit or receive audio Fix Do the ground checks and procedures mentioned above Symptom Remote base doesn t respond Fix The remote base could be disabled in the controller Verify the remote base is on by issuing the remote base enable and on commands and retry the failing operation Symptom Output Expansion doesn t appear to work User functions Rotor bits Output expansion These outputs on J7 are open collector outputs Some applications may require external pullups to make these lines go positive Without a pullup resistor these lines will never go high Fix Add approxi mately a 4 7k resistor to 5 or 12 volts as required by your application These sinker outputs are all driven by U6 Fix Replace U6 UCN5821 if problem persists Symptom Radio s won t power off but appear to work or won t power on from the RBI 1 Fix Check the Support Cross Reference pages for radio s that support Power on off Fix External 12V is only required to allow the radio s that are capable of powering off to do so when the band or remote base is disabled Fix The RBI 1 has an internal fuse F1 that could be blown meter or replace the fuse Symptom The transmit audio out of the Kenwood remote base is muffled or has little or no high frequency response Fix We incorporated de emphasis and high frequency rol
15. r Page 9 ACC Supplement CONTROLLER SETUP ACC RC 850 Note When using an ACC RC 850 the RBI will support all 4 bands 140 220 440 1200 as follows If Port one is filled Port 2 is for 220 only Port 3 is for 440 only Port 4 is for 1200 only Basically if the selected band is unavailable on Port 1 it will go to the port assigned to that band S METER Connect the S Meter output of the RBI to an unused Analog input Assign an S Meter Meter face 30 to that Analog input port That will give you a VRT response once interrogated to the corresponding S Unit reading on the Radio COR Set the incoming COR to 1 High True active Reference Logic I O sense section in the programming reference manual REMOTE BASE LINK CHANNEL Assignment Set up the Controller for the RBI to be a Remote Base and select No Commands may differ for your application USER FUNCTION Set up your User function selected for the RBI reset We recommend hooking the reset line from the RBI to a toggled User function output Initialize the User function to 1 on and save those in all your Macro s or the reset line will be held low and disabled See Operation page under RESET MEMORY See Operation page under MEMORIES Also set up your Remote Base names and Remote Base memory names COURTESY SELECTION The Remote Base 1 uses Courtesy tone 9 Remote Base 2 uses Courtesy tone 0 Remote base Transmit uses 3 REMOTE BASE TYPE Set the controller to suppor
16. re is only one Band selection for both remote bases There cannot be duplicate bands on both links There can be only one remote base per band otherwise both RBI s will respond to any link function that contains its available band The remote base is jumper selected For Link 2 jumper J8 7 to J8 8 refer to parts layout for location Set the RC 850 refer to the 850 programming manual for FC 1 not FC 900 type remote base The S meter is attached to an Analog port The reset line is normally attached to a UFX and is reset by interrogating UFX which pulses the reset line to the RBI The following is a list of items that need or can be programmed in the RC 850 to fully support the Remote Base Remote Base Prefix Remote Base Attributes Remote Base Memories 7 Remote Base Offset Remote Base Band Remote Base Frequency Analog input port to meter face Voice Response Prefix for S meter prefix User function remote control attributes User function prefix User function response Remote Base Memory responses 7 for each RBI Scheduler Remote base functions Each remote base Memory has Rotor EXPANSION information Each remote base Memory has tone on off and frequency information BAND SELECTION 0 480 1 1250 2 140 3 220 4 440 5 1270 6 1280 7 1290 ACC 85 96 The Expansion connector has the User Function expansion Refer to Expansion Outputs On version 5 and above you must clear the HF remote base prefix Unlock an
17. t the FC 1 BCD Set Dip switch 4 off Refer to your Hardware Reference Manual for your Version software COMMAND CODE PREFIXES Set up your Remote Base prefix User Function Voice Response Telemetry S Meter etc to suite your needs ACC 85 96 The ACC RC 96 and RC 85 now support the RBI 1 Generic data stream This mode will control many more functions of the Kenwood radio s than in FC 1 mode If the Generic mode is available ignore the ACC supplement section REMOTE BASE TYPE Set the controller to support the FC 1 BCD format Set the dip switches according to the manual for synthesized remote and expanded UF outputs Switches 4 ON 5 7 OFF for the RC 96 Switches 4 5 7 ON and 6 off for the RC 85 COMMAND CODE PREFIXES Set up your Remote Base prefix to suite your needs Page 10 ACC Supplement PROGRAMMING Refer to the Operation Programming guides provided with your Controller There is always changes and different versions that can make the programming unique to your controller The following is a small list of Programming hints Software versions may cause some information about the Controller to be incorrect Remember the Doug Hall Electronics RBI uses the ACC FC 1 data provided by the controller to control the Kenwood radio s functions Most of the information in this section is a supplement and review of some of the ACC commands needed to operate the RBI ACC RC 850 The RC 850 is capable of controlling 2 RBIs Since the
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