Hi Chris,
Here's some things to think about.
Most Commercial Repeater Tone Panels operate directly from the
receiver descriminator output. They need to see the low frequency
type signaling and the voice audio doing all the work for you
inside their respective box.
The typical output from a Commercial Repeater Tone Panel is a voice
audio source and a second/separate ctcss/dcs source in most (not
all) cases.
Moving along to a typical Amateur Repeater Controller...
Most repeater controllers prefer gated (on and off) voice audio
with any signaling removed (that being ctcss "pl" or dcs). A
large number of operators connect their controllers to ungated
or constant audio so the controller input has noise on the
input when no signal is present. Sometimes it's not a big deal
but a lot of time using ungated audio adds a bit of squelch
crash noise every time someone unkeys their radio. It just depends
on how your controller is designed really.
Some repeater controllers have input circuit mods so you can
select unchanged receiver descriminator audio or flat audio
that's been run through a de-emph circuit and possibly (or
hopefully) a ctcss filter.
Some newer microprocessor based controllers do like and use
direct discriminator audio... doing all the repeater requirements
including logic functions like cor for you.
The typical or classic Amateur Radio Repeater Controller output
is just the voice audio routed back to the transmitter.
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You could use your CSI-32 Tone panel for just the ctcss functions
in parallel with a lot of Amateur Repeater Controllers for just the
voice functions.
The CSI-32 voice section would simply not be used. You'd still
have to provide discriminator audio to the Tone Panel and voice
audio (gated hopefully) and cos type logic to the common repeater
controller.
The Repeater Controller provides the return voice audio instead
of the Tone Panel. The hook is to provide audio to both boxes
at the same time and select the functions you want or need on
the output side.
Hope that helps...
cheers,
skipp
> I just acquired a Micor repeater with a CSI 32 Tone Panel, I am also
> almost done with the ICS Basic contoller that I am building from a
> kit.
> My query is: can I use both? I need the CSI for PL tones and the ICS
> for ID and other features. Is there a way to pass the necessary
> signals through one (CSI for tone) and into the other for the other
> controls?
>
> This is my first real repeater and I am mostly clueless but a quick
> study.
>
> Thanks in advance for your help.
> Chris/KE7DZZ
>
