Repeater Systems: Community Tone Panel TP-154

 

 

 

TP-154
Community Tone Panel

 

 

 

 

The TP-154 contains everything necessary to convert any receiver and transmitter into a powerful Shared Repeater system. It brings you many features and advancements which are simply unavailable in competing panels costing hundreds of dollars more.

For example, programming is accomplished by inserting a standard telephone in the back of the unit and using the front panel display to display the results. Competing panels require the user to have a computer to make any changes.

 

TP 154 Standard Features:

* Supports 154 Subscribers

* 50 CTCSS and 104 DCS codes

* Separate DCS and CTCSS Deviation Adjustments: No other panel gives you independent deviation settings for CTCSS and DCS.

* Allows users to determine all active users. By means of the front panel display, all the active users in the system can be displayed.

* Squelch Tail Elimination: Using DCS turn off code. CTCSS Trak: A proprietary DSP engine gives CSI tone panels unbeatable sensitivity and talk off rejection.

* Built in Test mode for setup. Allows the technician to generate any CTCSS or DCS from a telephone plugged in the back of the unit.

* Front Panel Status Lamps. Indicates if the system is in programming mode, if DTMF is being transmitted, if transmitter is on, if COS is active, and more.

* COS input with Polarity Select and Threshold Control

* Low Power Mode for battery powered sites

* Busts Stuck Mic Users: The TP-154 lets you determine who caused intentional or accidental interference by maintaining a stuck mic record.

* Permament Cross Tone: Using DTMF, a mobile can cross his tone/code to any other tone/code for unusual communications possibilities.

 

PER USER PROGRAMMABLE FEATURES:

* Courtesy Tone: Generates a Beep after the user unkeys the mobile.

* Hang time: Amount of time the repeater will be active after the subscriber ceases transmission from his mobile.

* CTCSS/DCS During Hang Time: Gives the user the choice of generating CTCSS or DCS during the hang time

* Cross Tone: Allows the transmitting CTCSS/DCS to be different than the received CTCSS/DCS

* Barge In Control: Controls whether the subscriber can be barged in by another subscriber with a different tone or code

* CWID Sequence Characters: Allows each user to have a different call sign.

* User Enable: Enables or disables specific tones or codes for repeater use

* Hog Penalty: Enables the system operator to control the length of time the subscriber can access the repeater.

* Reserve Tone: If a subscriber is turned off and reserve tone is enabled, the repeater will come up, but no audio will pass. Beeps indicate reserve tone is active.

 

 

GLOBAL PROGRAMMABLE FEATURES:

Per User Programmable Features

* Squelch Tail Length: Allow the user to set the squelch tail for those operators who like to hear a squelch tail after the mobile has finished transmitting.

* Anti-Kerchunking Time: If enabled, repeater will not hang unless user keys down at least as long as the time set.

* CTCSS/DCS Hold Delay: Allows the repeater to remain active for the specififed time even though the incoming CTCSS/DCS has been lost.

* Stuck Mike Activity Timer: If the user keeps his mike pressed beyond the specififed time, the transmitter will be turned off until the Mike is released.

* DCS Encode Polarity: Allows the user to remotely program the polarity of the DCS data being transmitted.

* DCS Decode Polarity: Allows the user to remotely program the polarity of the DCS data being received.

* Hog Penalty Time: The amount of time the repeater will be disabled for that user that exceeded his allocated time on the repeater.

* Hog Idle Time: The amount of time the user must not use the repeater to reset the hog monitor time.

* Hog Monitor Time: The maximum time the user can use the repeater without incurring a hog penalty time.

System Programmable Features

* User CWID Interval: Subscribers callsigns are sent five seconds after picking up the system and then every "CWID Interval" thereafter.

* CWID Speed: Allows the user to select how fast the Morse Code is sent.

* CWID Sequence Characters: Allows a callsign of up to ten characters to be transmitted for the system CWID.

* System CWID Interval: Determines how often the system will send its callsign when the system is not in use.

* COR or CTCSS/DCS Operate: Allows the user to operate in a tone mode using CTCSS or DCS or in a carrier mode where the tones or codes are not used.

* Response Delay to CD2: Delays the data transpond to give the base radio time to return to receive after transmitting a command

* Programming Mode Access Code: Code needed to enter the programming mode locally or over the air.

* Courtesy Tone Delay: Delays courtesy beep after mobile drops input carrier.

* Carrier Drop Delay: Adjust how long the transmitter will stay on after the CTCSS/DCS drops at the end of hang time.

 

 

ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL SPECIFICATIONS:

Audio In
Input Level: 20mV pp to 2.0V pp
Input impedance: 220K AC coupled.

Audio Out
Output Level: 0-5V pp
Output Impedance: 1K AC coupled

DCS/CTCSS Out
Output Level: 0-5V pp
Output impedance: 5K AC coupled

PTT Keying
Polarity: NPN pull to ground.
Current: 150mA max.

COS In
Input Voltage: 0 - 12 Volts
Impedance: Greater than 100K

Mechanical
Height: 1.75 inch
Width: 19.0 inch
Depth: 7.5 inch
Weight: 4 LBS

 

Warranty
60 Day Return Privilege
One Year Labor
Five Year Parts

 

TP-154. Price: $594.00

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