Repeater Systems: Community Tone Panel TP-163
CSI Model TP-163 Community Tone Panel
The TP-163 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, the programming software included with the TP-163 gives you enormous programming power. You can view or edit site programming offline or online; instantly clone a replacement panel; up/download data such as time/hits, repeater loading graphs,and many additional features are included. Normal repeater operation is not affected while in programming mode!
Competing panels programmed with terminal emulation software (usually not supplied) cannot offer the advanced offline programming features which are standard with the TP-163.
TP 163 Standard Features:
* Supports 163 Subscribers
* 51 CTCSS and 112 DCS codes
* Rear Panel Adjustments: All level adjustments are available through access holes in the rear panel.
* Two DB-9 RS-232 Ports: Plug your computer into the front port, or your modem into the rear port!
* Separate DCS and CTCSS Deviation Adjustments: No other panel gives you independent deviation settings for CTCSS and DCS.
* 163 User Time and Hit Storage: Simply download Time and/or Hit data with TP163MGR. The time and hit accumulators can be reset if desired.
* Squelch Tail Elimination: Keeps carrier on up to one second after CTCSS or DCS is turned off
* CTCSS Trak: A proprietary DSP engine gives CSI tone panels unbeatable sensitivity and talk off rejection.
* PrePaid Airtime: TP163MGR allows you to sell airtime in prepaid blocks of up to 182 hours per user. Remaining airtime is automatically reduced with usage. Occasional beeps warn when remaining talk time is low and makes the subscriber aware that it is time to purchase more airtime.
* LTR® Overlay on UHF: You can now provide both LTR® and conventional on the same repeater! Our TP-163 and LT-4200 have the necessary cross busy logic to make it possible. This provides a painless entry into LTR® trunking. Please see the application note on repeater sharing on this site or call.
* Built in Test mode for setup
* Front Panel Status Lamps
* COS input with Polarity Select and Threshold Control
* Low Power Mode for battery powered sites
* Busts Stuck Mic Users: The TP-163 lets you determine who caused intentional or accidental interference by maintaining a stuck mic record. This data can be easily downloaded using TP163MGR.
* Temporary Cross Tone: Using DTMF, a mobile can cross his tone/code to any other tone/code for unusual communications possibilities.
* Programming software included: You can view or edit site programming offline or online; instantly clone a replacement panel; up/download data such as time/hits, repeater loading graphs,and many additional features are included. Normal repeater operation is not affected while in programming mode!
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
* Prepaid Airtime Subscriber: Determines the subscriber billing category. If the user has this feature enabled, then this subscribers tone will be disabled if the user has not paid the system operator.
* 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.
* Tone Valid Output: Turns on an open collector NPN transistor when a valid tone is being received.
* Hog Penalty: Enables the system operator to control the length of time the subscriber can access the repeater.
Squelch Tail Length: Allows the user to set the squelch tail for those operators who like to hear a squelch tail after the mobile has finished transmitting.
GLOBAL PROGRAMMABLE FEATURES:
* Per User Programmable Features
* System Programmable Features
* Repeater Enable/Disable: Allows all use of the repeater to be disabled
* User CWID Interval: Subscribers callsigns are sent five seconds after picking up the system and then every "CWID Interval" thereafter.
* Anti-Kerchunking Time: If enabled, repeater will not hang unless user keys down at least as long as the time set.
* CWID Speed: Allows the user to select how fast the Morse Code is sent.
* CTCSS/DCS Hold Delay: Allows the repeater to remain active for the specififed time even though the incomming CTCSS/DCS has been lost.
* CWID Sequence Characters: Allows a callsign of up to ten characters to be transmitted for the system CWID.
* 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.
* Carrier Drop Delay: Adjust how long the transmitter will stay on after the CTCSS/DCS drops at the end of hang time.
* DCS Encode Polarity: Allows the user to remotely program the polarity of the DCS data being transmitted.
* Cross Busy Enable: Determines if the cross busy feature will be enabled.
* DCS Decode Polarity: Allows the user to remotely program the polarity of the DCS data being received.
* Cross Busy Delay: Determines how long the Cross Busy input must be present before it is recognized.
* Hog Penalty TIme: The amount of time the repeater will be disabled for that user that exceeded his allocated time on the repeater.
* Cross Busy Hold Time: Determines how long Cross Busy stays active after the the Cross Busy Input drops.
* Hog Idle TIme: The amount of time the user must not use the repeater to reset the hog monitor time.
* Repeater Number: Allows assigning a unique ID number to each repeater so TP163MGR will not mix up site programming files.
* Hog Monitor Time: The maximum time the user can use the repeater without incurring a hog penalty time.
* DTMF Regeneration: If enabled, all incoming DTMF is replaced with regenerated DTMF.
* 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.
* CWID Tone Pitch: Determines the audio tone pitch of all CWID messages.
* Response Delay to CD2: Delays the data transpond to give the base readio time to return to receive after transmitting a command
* Airtime Rounding: Determines if short calls will have a minimum of ten seconds of billing.
* Programming Mode Access Code: Code needed to enter the programming mode locally, over the air, or by dial up.
* Alarm Input Enabled: Determines if the Cross Busy Input will be used as an alarm input.
* Courtesy Tone Delay: Delays courtesy beep after mobile drops input carrier.
* Alarm DTMF Digits: When an alarm occurs, the user can send a preprogrammed series of DTMF characters over the air.
* Select 39 or 51 CTCSS Tones: Allows the user to select the standard EIA tones plus 63.0 or an additional 12 tones.
* Alarm CTCSS/DCS Code: Selects which CTCSS or DCS code should accompanyh the alarm DTMF sequence or beeps.
* System CWID Interval: Determines how often the system will send its callsign when the system is not in use.
* Alarm Delay: Determines how long the alarm input must be active before an alarm is recognized and a DTMF sequence is transmitted.
* CTCSS/DCS During System CWID: Allows choice of any code or no code to accompanying system CWID.
* Alarm Retransmit Interval: Determines how often the DTMF alarm sequence is retransmitted if the alarm input remains active.
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: TP-163: 3.5 lbs
TP-163x2: 6.5 lbs.
RS-232 Ports Front and Rear DB-9, 2400 Baud
Warranty
60 Day Return Privilege
One Year Labor
Five Year Parts
TP-163. Shared Repeater Tone Panel. Price: $534.00 Dls.
CABLES:
KRR-D.Interface cable for KENWOOD radios. Price: $40.00 Dls.
SIRR-D.Interface cable for ICOM radios. Price: $40.00 Dls.
