Thanks Kevin for the information. You ran the CTCSS Line out for me, active high, so all I have to do is install the reed and board in the Micor and hook the line to the controller. As always, thanks to you and the group. 73 JIM KA2AJH Wellsville, N.Y.
-----Original Message----- From: Kevin Custer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2005 1:30 PM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Select CTCSS and CSQ on Micor Receivers Jim Cicirello wrote: >Hi Kevin: >To answer your question: >I am running a Cat-200 Controller. > Okay, It has separate inputs for COS and PL logic. >The switch I was referring to is the PL Disable on the Motorola Card. > That switch likely does nothing in your case. Since I converted your station to a repeater, I would have cut the PL logic line from the stock decoder to the Audio & Squelch module to isolate the COS and PL logic signals. In this case, your Micor no longer operates stock, so the others that have replied with "stock" operation; that information doesn't pertain to you. This was done as I knew your machine was going to be used as a ham repeater, and Reverse Burst wasn't available. This mod is necessary to allow AND Squelch to be utilized by the controller. Since you have a controller to manage the state of access, the PL Disable Switch (on the Station Control Module) (if working) would really only be controlling the local speaker. >This is the repeater you converted for me and I am getting ready to put in >the tone reed. It is my understanding that when I do that, it will go to >CTCSS, until I switch the PL Disable off, then it will go to CSQ. > That would be the case if your station was "stock", but since Reverse Burst is usually not available in the ham circles, it had to be done differently. My conversion for the Micor to an amateur repeater makes the station operate in carrier squelch all the time regardless of the setting of the PL Disable Switch. Realize that when you run an outboard repeater controller that has both COS and PL inputs, those signals (from the Micor) need separated and run to the controller independently. Also, since the "controller" will be putting the repeater in and out of PL, the station no longer needs to have that function, and it is disabled to eliminate confusion. Step 7 of the following page outlines that: <http://www.repeater-builder.com/rbtip/station-a-s.html> > I am looking for the best way to use both CTCSS and CSQ and control it thru the Cat-200 with Tones. > Simple. Hook the logic available from J2 pin 10 (active high) to the PL logic input on your controller. Use the controller to set the access state of the repeater. The repeater will operate just like it does now, and the local speaker will be active without regard to the way any switches are set or if PL is being used or not. Kevin Custer Yahoo! Groups Links Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
