Hi
My experience with many panels have found the ones we
standardised on was the ZETRON 38 series.
We did this with our 19 repeaters purely because of
less glitches and they too have a relay option for a
given tone eg: external link PTT or light to be
switched on etc-or an onite voice recorder for a given
tone.This is remotely programmed.The zetron has three
options to program-Serial programming via modem and
black box switched remotely or at the panel-DTMF over
the air-DTMF onsite programming model-8 unit.
We had two sites with 7 repeaters at each and the
others stand alone.We programmed these sites via the
modem and a "Black Box " serial modem switch.Worked
great and little problems.
I managed to get a spare and am still using it on my
main Ham UHF repeater years down the line and still
working well.
Although I have only mentioned Zetron it is because I
have most exposure to this make.
Regards
Brad
--- skipp025 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Re: CSI and Comm Spec tone panels.
>
> Both are great panels Joel, I have many of both
> types and brands in service. I wish I could say
> one is best, but they are both great working
> units.
>
> But... If you buy a used TP-3200, open it up
> and make sure it has the reset timer daughter-
> board installed. There is a glitch event in
> the tp-3200 tone panel software, which causes
> it to lockup in certain conditions. The board
> is an easy spot, a two or three inch square
> mounted on double sided tape (most of the
> time).
>
> Comm Spec will send you a free timer board if
> you don't have it inside. The board is a 3
> wire connection, doing a complete reset about
> every half hour.
>
> It took some time for the TP-3200 tone panel
> software bug to appear. Under the right conditions,
> the panel will lock up and require a hard reset.
> Comm Spec has been quick to come up with a
> "fix" that works pretty well.
>
> There are a large number of these panels in service
> without the revision timer board. Thank goodness
> everyone listened to my suggestion and left their
> hardware timeout timer modules installed. :-)
>
> If you think you might ever do anything related
> to commercial two-way radio, I might lean toward
> the other CSI Tone Panel, the model TP-163
>
> It has one really neat feature that could be
> used for an amateur linking and commercial
> radio project.
>
> There is an optional connection (and software
> option) for paralleling the tone panel with
> another panels TX output line. This is a tx
> busy detect line that can be used for a dual
> tone panel or radio linking project.
>
> The busy sense line option monitors a line
> for "busy" logic. There are many handy uses
> for this function, especially in commercial
> radio systems running dual modes.
>
> This is the only main function the CSI TP-163
> has over its brother the tp-154 or the CSI-3200.
>
> cheers
> skipp
>
>
> > "Joel Mele" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I'd like to install a community tone panel on our
> group repeater.
> I am considering the COM SPEC TP-3200 or the
> CONNECT SYSTEMS TP-154.
> >
> > Can any one reccommend which unit to use ?
> >
> > TNX...Joel W4SLH
>
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