VEHICULAR REPEATER USER’S MANUAL 8A073X02 Rev-Preliminary Futurecom Systems Group Inc.
Vehicular Repeater System 1. TABLE OF CONTENTS Section Page 1. TABLE OF CONTENTS.......................................................................................................2 2. INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................5 REPEATER MODES .........................................................................................................................................................5 CONTROL HEAD......
Vehicular Repeater System NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment.
Vehicular Repeater System ANTENNA GAIN /dB 0 3 6 1 20 20 20 5 20 20 24 10 20 24 33 15 21 29 41 OUTPUT POWER /W Table 2: Minimum Distance Between UHF Omnidirectional Mobile Antenna and People (in cm) ANTENNA GAIN /dB 0 3 6 1 20 20 20 5 20 23 32 10 23 32 45 15 28 39 55 OUTPUT POWER /W Table 3: Minimum Distance Between 800/900MHz Omnidirectional Mobile Antenna and People (in cm) Contact Futurecom Systems Group Inc.
Vehicular Repeater System 2. INTRODUCTION The Futurecom MOBEXCOM® Vehicular Repeater is designed to interface to a range of mobile radios and control heads. It permits expanded operation of portable radios. The Vehicular Repeater system consists of e.g. a MCS2000 VHF mobile radio, MOBEXCOM® Vehicular Repeater unit, a mobile radio Control Head and a RF multiplexer. The Control Head communicates with the Vehicular Repeater and the mobile using a serial data protocol.
Vehicular Repeater System The mobile user simultaneously keys both the Mobile radio and Vehicular Repeater transmitters when using the microphone Push-to-Talk. The Vehicular Repeater receiver has full priority over the mobile radio operator microphone Push-to-Talk. The mobile radio operator microphone Push-to-Talk has priority over the Mobile receiver.
Vehicular Repeater System REPEATER RADIO UNIT The Repeater is designed to implement a Vehicular Repeater System, to provide portable radio users greater communication range by repeating signals through the vehicle's mobile radio to the dispatch centre. Various modes of repeater operation are available, to suit different operational requirements. The Vehicular Repeater Radio is the central connection point for the vehicular system. It connects to an external Control Head and Mobile Radio.
Vehicular Repeater System 3. OPERATION CONTROL HEAD The Repeater Control Head selects mode of operation for both the Repeater and the Mobile Radio. To Turn the Repeater ON or OFF Press the button in the Volume knob located on the left side of the control unit. The display should become active when the system turns ON. A test message appears briefly on the display.
Vehicular Repeater System CONTROL HEAD INDICATORS AND ALPHANUMERIC DISPLAY – MOBILE MODE REPEATER STATE ‘MOBILE BUSY’ ‘MOBILE XMIT’ MOBILE RECEIVE WITH CTCSS MOBILE RECEIVE WITHOUT CTCSS MICROPHONE PTT ON ‘ZONE CHANNEL’ ON ‘ZONE CHANNEL’ ON REPEATER RECEIVE WITH CTCSS REPEATER RECEIVE WITHOUT CTCSS DISPLAY ‘ZONE CHANNEL’ ‘ZONE CHANNEL’ ‘ZONE CHANNEL’ CONTROL HEAD INDICATORS AND ALPHANUMERIC DISPLAY – LOCAL MODE REPEATER STATE ‘MOBILE BUSY’ ‘MOBILE XMIT’ DISPLAY MOBILE RECEIVE WITH CTCSS MO
Vehicular Repeater System Functions Disabled in LOCAL and SYSTEM Repeat Modes There are several control unit button and knob functions, which are disabled in the LOCAL and SYSTEM repeat modes. These are Scan activation, Mode selection, Zone selection, Home channel operation and Mobile channel selection. NOTE A standard audible error signal “bop” as well as an error message is displayed ‘RLOC VR ACTIVE’ or ‘RSYS VR ACTIVE’ if any of the above functions are attempted in the LOCAL or SYSTEM repeat modes.
