RLC-2 V4.28 Software * VERSION 4.28 CHANGES 1) ALLOWED A BYPASS FOR THE VOICE WORD SYSTEM PAUSE BEFORE SPEAK ACTION: - IF YOU SET THE DELAY COUNTER TO 00 WITH COMMAND 118 THE CONTROLLER WILL NOT INSERT A PAUSE (ABOUT 1 SECOND) BEFORE THE VOICE STARTS TALKING. 2) FIXED THE OCCURRANCE THAT CAUSED THE LAST FEW PARTS OF A CW CHARACTER TO BE CUT-OFF 3) FIXED A BUG IN THE AUTOPATCH NUSIANCE NUMBER CHECK ROUTINE 4) HAVE AN EXPLANATION AND TIMER FIX FOR THE INITIAL ID PROBLEM MENTIONED. - INITIAL ID SENT DURING CONVERSATIONS - NOT CONSISTENTLY SENT DURING CONVERSATIONS UNLESS TIMED THE SAME BETWEEN OCCURANCES -- THE FIX IS TO SET YOUR PENDING ID TIMER TO THE FOLLOWING TIME PENDING ID TIME = (INITIAL ID TIME) - (ID WAIT TIMER) - 10 SEC. FOR EXAMPLE: MY INITIAL ID IS SET TO 10 MINUTES, WAIT TIMER SET TO 30 SECONDS. WHAT DO I SET MY PENDING TIMER TO?? PENDING = (10 MINUTES) - (30 SECONDS) - 10 SECONDS = 560 SECONDS (9.33 MINUTES) = 056 (10 SECOND UNITS) USER ENTERS INTO THE PENDING ID TIMER (056) 5) FIXED THE DTMF GENERATION PTT PROBLEM THAT OCCURRED WHEN YOU SEND DTMF OUT A PORT. THE PTT WOULD GO INACTIVE BETWEEN DTMF GENERATION DIGITS. 6) KNOCKED THE PAGER SLOTS FROM 20 TO 19 7) ADDED COMMAND 119 THAT ALLOWS THE REVERSE AUTOPATCH CALL FOR MESSAGE REQUEST TO BE REPEATED UPTO 99 TIMES. THE FORMAT FOR THE COMMAND IS AS FOLLOWS: <119> XX ; CONFIGURE NUMBER OF TIMES TO BEACON CALLSIGNS <119> NO DATA ; REQUEST ANOTHER CALL SIGN PAGE WHEN COMMAND 119 IS CALLED WITHOUT ANY ADDITIONAL DATA THE CONTROLLER WILL REQUEST ANOTHER 'CALL FOR' FROM COMMAND 147 UNTIL THE COUNTER REACHES ZERO. IF THE CALL FOR COUNTER REACHES ZERO, THEN THE COMMAND WILL BE SILENT. THIS ALLOWS THE COMMAND TO BE EXECUTED IN THE BACKGROUND CONTINUSLY WITHOUT CAUSING INTERFERENCE TO THE USERS UNLESS THERE IS A CALL WAITING. 8) ADDED EVENT 108 THIS EVENT IS CALLED WHEN A CALL SIGN IS REQUESTED. THE USER WILL USE THIS EVENT TO START A USER TIMER THAT WILL DO THE MULTIPLE CALLSIGN BEACONNING. THE USER TIMER, WHEN IT EXPIRES, WILL CALL COMMAND 119 AND REQUEST THE 'CALL FOR' MESSAGE. THE USER, WHEN ACKNOWLEGING THE 'CALL FOR' WILL SIMPLY DISABLE THE USER TIMER FROM CONTINUING THE CALL SIGN REQUEST. WHEN COMMAND 125 (ANSWER REVERSE PATCH) IS EXECUTED, IT ALSO CANCELS THE 'CALL FOR' PAGING COUNTER. MY EXAMPLE TESTED ON THE BENCH FROM INITIALIZATION: 1) 023 1 ; TIMED EXECUTION ENABLED 2) 004 1234 ; SET FIXED PASSWORD TO 1234 3) 126 2 02 04 2271 2082 ; REVERSE PATCH MODE 2, 2 RINGS TO ANSWER 4) 137 1 ; CALL SIGN MODE ENABLED 5) 132 001 4827515 ; AUTODIAL SLOT 001 SET TO DIAL: 482-7515 6) 135 01 09 040 035 007 035 052 ; CALL SIGN KF7FW ROUTED TO PATCH AND PORT 1 7) 119 05 ; BEACON COUNTER SET TO 5 TIMES 8) 168 01 169 ; MACRO 01 SILENT EXECUTION 9) 168 01 066 1 ; RESTART USER TIMER 1, BEACON CYCLE TIMER 10) 168 02 119 ; REQUEST 'CALL FOR' CYCLE MESSAGE ROUTINE 11) 168 02 169 ; MACRO 02 SILENT EXECUTION FROM NOW ON 12) 168 02 066 1 ; RESTART USER TIMER 1, BEACON CYCLE TIMER 13) 064 108 2 171 09 ; ASSIGN CALL SIGN BEACON EVENT TO MACRO 01 14) 064 089 2 172 09 ; USER TIMER 1 EVENT RESTARTS BEACON CYCLE 15) 052 35 015 ; USER TIMER 1 (CYCLE TIMER) SET TO 15 SECONDS CALLED CONTROLLER AND EXECUTE COMMAND <147> 01 VOICE RESPONSE: CALL FOR 'KF7FW' - 15 SECONDS LATER: VOICE RESPONSE: CALL FOR 'KF7FW' - 15 SECONDS LATER: VOICE RESPONSE: CALL FOR 'KF7FW' - 15 SECONDS LATER: VOICE RESPONSE: CALL FOR 'KF7FW' - 15 SECONDS LATER: VOICE RESPONSE: CALL FOR 'KF7FW' - 15 SECONDS LATER: VOICE RESPONSE: CALL FOR 'KF7FW' NO RESPONSE AFTER 5 CYCLES CANCELS 'CALL FOR' REQUEST CONDITIONS: - COMMAND 125 (REVERSE PATCH ANSWER) CANCELS THE CYCLE AND/OR... - PATCH HUNG-UP WITH COMMAND 146 OR TIMED-OUT CANCELS THE CYCLE ***** RE-INITIALIZATION NEEDED BECAUSE OF THE NEW EVENT 108 ***** TECHNICAL SUPPORT NUMBER: (406) 482-7515 EXT 103 OR 102