FF-800 On-Line Manual

Description

• Digital potentiometers for control of receiver, transmitter, and courtesy tone levels. The digital levels can be entered by a DTMF command, or through the serial terminal interface.
• 8 user programable courtesy tones . Each receiver can have a separate courtesy tone (as assigned by the sysop). The tone generator features sine wave synthesis with two- tone (chord) capability, attack and decay, and frequency sweep.
• 8 predefined courtesy tones.
• Voter interface logic -- for systems that utilize an external voter system -- allows separate courtesy tone for each of up to 8 receivers in a voting system. The tone can be selected by last active or most active voted receiver.
• Over 80 sysop programmable system and annunciator messages -- allows the sysop to customize many of the controller responses. The various sysop definable responses include:
  • 6 rotating ID "bulletins & 2 rotating "welcome" ID "bulletins
  • 8 tail messages (rotating or individual)
  • Auto Patch
  • Auto Patch Disconnect
  • Auto Dial
  • Control Auto Patch up
  • Individual messages for each of 10 Emergency Auto Dial codes
  • Repeater Time-out message
  • ...plus many more.
  
  
• Full featured autopatch with number readback supress, custom user defined hang-up code, and redial capability. Control via phone, and reverse autopatch are also supported. Phone line interface includes a "line busy" logic input and an off-hook logic output for shared line environments. There are 4 autopatch prefixes, three of which can be disabled by the sysop on demand. Each patch command has its own sysop programmable annunciator message. The FF-800 autopatch features a Lock- Out list to allow the sysop to restrict toll calls, calls to a specific exchange, or even calls to a specific number.
• 250 slot auto dial memory, includes 10 emergency auto dial slots (each emergency slot has a separate, sysop programmable annunciator message).
• Autopatch dial out prefix capability for phone systems that require a prefix code for access to an outside line.
• Remote autopatch support allows the FF-800 to connect to a remote phone line via a full or half duplex link.
• Sysop selectable DTMF cover tone modes. Four modes are allowed: 1) mute DTMF digits with no cover tone. 2) individual tones; mute with beep after each DTMF release. 3) continuous tones; mute with constant rate (1Hz) beeps as long as DTMF tones are received; 4) no muting of cover tones.
• DTMF code log -- The FF-800 stores all valid DTMF digits into a special buffer that can be viewed via the serial port. The buffer is a wrap-around type which will store up to 200 of the last digits entered.
• 64 command macros -- these allow a series of commands to be executed with one command code.
• 52 event scheduler -- schedule events by month, day (or day of week), and time. Events are defined by programming a macro with the desired commands for each event.
• 6 repeater states that store timers, courtesy tone assignments, and other status information. Sysop may recall any state on demand.
• 8 on-board and 8 external digital outputs that can be turned on and off, or pulsed. The external outputs are captured off the synchronous serial bus using sysop supplied shift register ICs .
• 20 sysop programmable system timer controls, including: Tail delay -- sets minimum time between tail messages. Repeater Time Out. DTMF access activity time -- time of inactivity required for repeater to automatically shut down when DTMF access mode is enabled. ID time -- maximum time between IDs. Courtesy delay -- delay between loss of signal and courtesy tone. Hang time -- delay between courtesy tone and repeater drop Auto patch time -- maximum time for a normal auto patch.
• 4 analog inputs for remote sensing temperature or voltage. Scaling and configuration commands allow customization of the metering range and units.
• 4 digital command inputs that can be configured to execute a different macro command on rising and falling edges.
• 4 sysop definable receiver inputs, a local microphone input, a control receiver input, and 4 transmitter outputs. TX/RX pairs can be defined as main, link, or remote base.
• RS-232 serial port that can accept commands from a terminal or modem. Supports baud rates of 75 to 9600 baud.
• Synchronous serial expansion bus for adding advanced features such as the FF-8070 Digital Voice Recorder, or the FF-899 advanced rig interface (IC901, IC735, Yaesu CAT rigs, or Kenwood HF). Also supports shift-register capture of BCD frequency data for controlling thumb-wheel type radios or the Doug Hall RBI-1 Kenwood radio interface.
• over 60 sysop programmable access codes. Each user level command can have a 1 to 4 digit code.
• Three level security access. Control and configuration commands are segregated into separate security levels.
• Built-in paging functions for two-tone, five and six tone paging sequences. Also capable of supporting CTCSS and DTMF paging.
• Personal ID Numbers for up to 200 users. Allows each user to have their own 4 digit security code for access to the FF-800. The sysop may configure specific commands to require a PIN number, or all commands may require the user's PIN.