RELM Communications RPU499A Users manual

Preface

Scope

This manual is intended for use by qualified technicians familiar with similar types of communication equipment. It contains all service information and data required for the equipment.

Caution

The following precautions are recommended for personnel safety:

 DO NOT transmit until all RF connectors are verified secure and all connectors are properly terminated.  SHUT OFF the power and DO NOT operate this equipment near electrical blasting caps or in a potential explosive

atmosphere.

This equipment should be serviced by qualified technicians only.



Brief Introduction

(1) ANTENNA (2) CHANNEL SELECTOR KNOB

Used to select channel and squelch level. In addition, it can be programmed by the dealer to delete undesired channels from scan list or to select a CTCSS frequency.

(3) LED INDICATOR

 Is red when transmitting  Is green when receiving  Flashes red when the battery voltage is low and approaching the cut-off point  Flashes orange, when the radio receives proper DTMF or Two Tone decode signals.

(4) ON-OFF/VOLUME KNOB

Rotate the volume control knob clockwise to turn the unit “on” and fully counter clockwise to turn the unit “off”. Increase or decrease volume by adjusting the volume control accordingly.

(5) SPEAKER (6) MICROPHONE (7) LCD

Used to display channel and operation status.

(●,○

(8)

Used to enable auxiliary functions. Press each key to enable its corresponding function.

(9) KEYPAD

Used to enter, store or send DTMF codes.

■,□) PROGRAMMABLE SOFT KEYS

(10) PTT BUTTON

Used to switch between transmit and receive mode.

(11) LAMP BUTTON

Used to turn on/off the LCD backlight. Press the [LAMP] button, the backlight will illuminate for about 5 seconds and then automatically turn off. Press any key other than [LAMP] button, the timer will retime. If you press the [LAMP] button, the backlight will light off.

(12) MONI BUTTON

Used to monitor the selected channels.

(13) EXTERNAL SPEAKER-MICROPHONE JACK

Used to connect with external speaker-microphone, programming cable, or cloning cable.

(14) BELT CLIP (15) BATTERY (16) BATTERY LATCH

LCD

(1) Displays the selected channel number, channel frequency, channel label, squelch level or DTMF

code. When selective call is enabled, messages received are also displayed here.

Note: The “soft keys” can be programmed to toggle between display modes. Channel Number Channel Frequency

Channel Label– Displays characters of the channel label (up to 16 alphanumeric characters can be

programmed. Any label over 8 characters will scroll across the display).

– Displays channel number. Factory default.

– Displays the channel frequency.

(2) Appears when Low Power is selected. (3) Appears when selected channel is busy. (4) Appears when MONI button is pressed to disable CTCSS, CDCSS, DTMF or 2-Tone. (5) Appears when MONI button is pressed to switch the speaker on. (6) Appears when current channel is in the scan list. Radio only scans channels in scan list.

(7) Appears when enter number during channel label programming. Appears when CDCSS decoder

is reversed in destination set mode.

(8) Appears in scan mode.

(9) Appears when keypad lock is on.

Radio Modes

1. Frame of Radio Modes

Select the function you want from the modes and make the necessary settings.

DEALER MODE

TEST MODE LCD Full Screen mode

PC MODE

Conventional mode USER MODE

Self-Programming mode

Function Set Mode

DTMF Set Mode

ew Function Set

Channel Set Mode

Wired Clone Mode

Wireless Clone Mode

All Reset

Destination Set Mode

Frequency Display mode

Alignment Mode

2. Description of Mode Functions

MODE FUNCTION

USER MODE

DEALER MODE

Self Programming (FUNCTION SET MODE)

Self Programming (DTMF SET MODE)

Self Programming (CHANNEL SET MODE)

Self Programming (NEW FUNCTION MODE)

WIRED CLONE MODE In this mode data is copied from one radio to another through a cable. WIRELESS CLONE MODE In this mode data is copied from one radio to another without cable by means of the DTMF

ALL RESET In this mode transmit/receive frequencies of each channel and function settings are

TEST MODE

MENU MODE This mode is used to enter the following setting options. ADJUSTMENT MODE FREQUENCY TEST MODE ADJUSTMENT DATA CLONE MODE LCD FULL SCREEN MODE DESTINATION SET MODE

Conventional mode Dealer set the below modes: Function set mode, DTMF set mode, Channel set mode, Wired clone mode, Wireless clone mode, All Reset The dealer set the following functions ON/OFF according to the user operating needs.

1.Monitor 2.Scan 3.Dial 4. Talk around 5.Low 6.Priority 7.Priority Channel 8.Look Back A

9.Look Back B 10.Revert Channel 11.TX Dwell time 12.Dropout Delay Time 13.Time out Timer 14.Tramsmit Warning 15.TOT Rekey Time 16.TOT Reset Time 17.Squelch Level

18.BEEP 19.Signalling 20.Battery Save 21.Selectable CTCSS 22.DELETE/ADD

23.Dealer Mode-Test Mode The dealer set the following functions ON/OFF according to the user operating needs.

24.Digit Time 25.Inter Digit Time 26.First Digit Time 27.Rise Time 28.Rise Time with CTCSS 29.PTT ID 30.Dial ID 31.Connect ID 32.Disconnect ID 33. NO. of DTMF key

34.DTMF Hold Time 35.Store & Send 36.D key Assignment 37.DTMF Signaling

38.Intermediate Code 39.Group Code 40 SQ. Auto Reset Time

41.Call Alert/ Transpond The dealers use this mode to set channel frequencies and signaling according to the user operating needs.

1.Channel Selection 2.RX Frequency 3.RX Signaling 4.TX Frequency 5.TX Signaling

6.DTMF/2-Tone signaling 7.PTT ID Enable 8.Scan DEL/ADD 9.Busy Channel Lockout

10.Clock Frequency Shift 11.TX Power 12.Wide/narrow Band

13. ID Code/RX 2-Tone 14. TX 2-Tone 15. Channel Label

45.group tone 46. group tone duration 47. channel label size

48. programmable key 1

50.

programmable key 3

signal.

initialized.

This mode is for alignment of radio operation.

This mode is for checking the frequencies and repairing the radio.

This mode is used to clone adjustment data from one radio to another.

All characters and signs on the LCD are displayed.

This mode sets radio destination.

[●] 49.

[■] 51. p

programmable key 2

rogrammable key 4

[○]

[□]

3. Keypad Entry for Mode Startup

USER MODE

DEALER MODE

MODE Key Remarks

Conventional Mode POWER ON Turn on the power to enter Conventional Mode

While holding down [LAMP] and

Function Set Mode

DTMF Set Mode As above

Channel Set Mode As above New function set

mode Wired Clone Mode As above Press [LAMP] to enter Wired Clone Mode. Wireless Clone Mode

[○]

key simultaneously, turn on the

power (in 2 seconds)

As above

As above Press [MONI] to enter Wireless Clone Mode.

Press

[●]

key to enter Function Set Mode.

[○]

key to enter DTMF Set Mode.

[■]

key to enter Channel Set Mode.

[□]

key to enter New Function Set Mode.

TEST MODE

All Reset As above

While holding down [LAMP] and

Menu Mode

Adjustment Mode Select “ADJUST” in menu mode.

Frequency Test Mode Adjustment Data Clone Mode LCD Full Screen Mode Destination Set Mode

[■]

key simultaneously, turn on the

power (in 2 seconds).

Select “FREQ TST” in menu mode.

Select “TUNE CLN” in menu mode.

Select “FULL LCD” in menu mode.

Select “DEST SET” in menu mode.

[□]

Press

Press return to Menu Mode.

Press

key and [PTT] simultaneously.

[□]

key to enter test mode and

[□]

key to enter the mode and

[■]

key to

[■]

key to exit.

Prohibit entering dealer mode and test mode

 Dealer mode and test mode can be prohibited by programming to prevent users from changing the parameters with self-

programming feature or with external programmer.

 Cancel the Prohibit

Short the dealer mode control point and the test mode control point and then the prohibit will be cancelled at

POWER-ON. Or use the programming software to cancel. Note: The dealer mode control point and the test mode control point locate over LCD and marked with SELF.

DEALER MODE

Self-Programming (Function Setting)

1. Turn on the power while pressing [LAMP] and

appears on LCD.

Note: please refer to the notes of self-programming mode.

2. In dealer mode, press

[●]

key to enter function set mode.

3. Use Channel Selector knob to set functions ON or OFF or to select the setting.

4. After a function is set, press [PTT] to store the setting and the menu goes to the next function option.

[○]

, in 2 seconds the radio enters the dealer mode, and “SEL”

key

5. Press

[●]

key to return to Dealer Mode from current option, and the current data shown on the display will not be

stored.

6. Press [PTT] to store current function setting and a beep will sound to confirm the action.

7. END appears when settings in function mode are completed.

Function No.

1 MONITOR

Function Name

2 SCAN

3 [DIAL]

TALK

AROUND

5 [LO]

6 PRIORITY

PRIORITY

CHANNEL

LOOK BACK A 0.3s ~1.5s 0.5s

LOOK BACK B 0.5s ~ 5.0s 2.0s

REVERT

CHANNEL

Settings (Defaults are underlined)

OFF

Monitor Momentary MONI 1

Monitor Lock MONI 2

SQ OFF Momentary OFF SCAN OFF Invalid

CO SCAN CO “Carrier Operated” function TO SCAN TO “Time Operated” function Disable DIAL OFF Disables the [DIAL] key. Enable Disable TARE OFF Invalid Talk Around TARE TA “Talk around” function is enabled Reverse TARE RE “ Frequency Reverse” function is enabled Disable LO OFF Disables [LO] key. Enable OFF

Fixed PRIO FIX Fixed priority channel Selected PRIO SEL Variable priority channel 1 ~ 99 1

(0.1s/1STEP)

(0.5s/1STEP)

Selected

Last Call REV LSTC

Last Used REV LSTU

Selected + Talk Back

Priority REV PRIO Priority channel

Display Remarks

MONI OFF Invalid

Signaling squelch is temporarily disabled while [MONI] button is held down. Signaling squelch is temporarily disabled while [MONI] button is pressed. Each time press can toggle between squelch disable and enable.

MONI 3 Squelch is disabled while [MONI] button is held down.

DIAL ON Enables the [DIAL] key.

LO ON PRIO OFF NO priority setting

PRICH 1 PRICH 99

LBA 300

LBA 1500

LBB 500

REV SEL Channel where scan starts.

SEL TALK

Enables [LO] key.

Priority channel (Only valid when “fixed priority” is enabled) The period time between radio back scanning a priority channel from a normal channel when there is no activity on priority channel

The period time between radio back scanning a priority channel from a normal channel when there is activity on priority channel but not matching its signaling.

During scanning, it’s the latest channel at pause; during scan stopping, it’s the channel stopped; if scan never stops, it’s the start channel. During scanning, it’s the latest transmit channel; during scan stopping, it’s the channel stopped; if scan never stops, it’s the start channel. During scanning, it’s the start channel; during scan stopping, it’s the channel stopped.

Priority + Talk Back PRI TALK

TX-SCAN

DWELL TIME

DROP OUT

DELAY TIME

DODT 5.0

0.5s ~ 5.0s 3.0s (0.5s/1STEP)

TSDT 0.5

TSDT 5.0

DODT 0.5

During scanning, it’s the priority channel; when scan stopping, it’s the channel stopped.

Duration before scan restarts when it stops by transmission.

Duration before scan restarts when it stops by signal input.

TIME OUT

TIMER

TOT ALERT

TIME

TOT REKEY

TIME

TOT RESET

TIME

SQUELCH

LEVEL

SQL 9

18 BEEP NO BEEP OFF No beep tone

YES BEEP ON Beep tone sounds

19 SIGNALING AND SGNL AND Squelch is opened when both match.

OR SGNL OR Squelch is opened when either matches.

BATTERY

SAVE

Enable BATT ON Battery Save function.

SELECTABLE

CTCSS

Enable VQT ON Permit Selectable CTCSS

DELETE/

ADD ENABLE

Enable SADD ON Permit Delete/Add

DEALER

MODE/ TEST MODE ENABLE

Enable MODE ON

END END

OFF 30s~300s 60s (30s/1STEP)

OFF

1 ~ 60

(10s/1STEP)

OFF 1s ~ 60s OFF (1s/1STEP)

OFF 1s ~15s OFF (1s/1STEP)

0 ~9 5 (1s/1STEP)

Disable BATT OFF No Battery Save function.

Disable VQT OFF Prohibit Selectable CTCSS

Disable SADD OFF Prohibit Delete/Add

Disable MODE OFF Prohibit dealer mode and test mode

TOT OFF

TOT 30 TOT 300

TOTA OFF TOT off.

TOTA 1

TOTA 60

TOTK OFF

TOTK 1 TOTK 60

TOTS OFF TOT is immediately reset after transmission stops.

TOTS 1 TOTS 15

SQL 0

When OFF, in order to protect power amplifier, max. time of continuous transmission is set as 10 minutes. Maxi. time of continuous transmission

When this feature is enabled, the radio will call an

alert at the set time. Transmission will be prohibited

by TOT after this time.

Duration until transmission is allowed after radio returning to receive mode by TOT.

Transmit prohibited until preset time elapses.

TOT won’t reset until preset time elapses, even if transmission has stopped.

Squelch level is set higher (tighter), as the figure increases.

Permit dealer mode and test mode

When END is displayed, press [PTT] to return to Function Setting.

Note:

LOOK BACK: When radio is scanning a non-priority channel, the status of the priority channel will be detected

periodically. The time interval for this detecting is as the following:

A is period when there is no activity on the priority channel.

B is period when there is activity on the priority channel, however not matching its signaling.

Self-Programming (DTMF setting)

1. Turn on the power while pressing [LAMP] and

mode.

[○]

key simultaneously, and in 2 seconds the radio enters the dealer

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