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Chapter 1 - Introduction and Specifications
Congratulations on your purchase of the CAT-200B Repeater Controller. Programming the CAT-200B is a
snap, with its carefully structured uniform programming commands. The manual is easy to follow and
the voice synthesizer interacts with you during control and programming operation.
Voice Synthesizer
A vocabulary base of 335 words is available to ID your repeater and make voice announcements.
CW ID
The controller will switch to CW when a repeater user talks over the voice ID. When the voice ID,
message #1 is erased, the controller will ID in CW only.
Courtesy Tone
Separate courtesy tones denote repeater and link receiver activity.
Link Control
The CAT-200B will support a link transceiver. You can enable the transceiver or just the receiver to
monitor activity on the transceiver frequency while you use the repeater. The CAT-200B will suppress
your repeater identification from being transmitted on the transceiver frequency if Zone 2 Channel 5 is
disabled.
Weather Station Interface
Provide timely weather announcements on your repeater system. Connect a Peet Brothers Ultimeter ®
U-100, U-800 or U-2000 Weather Station to the serial port of the CAT-200B. Integrate temperature,
wind speed, direction and rainfall into any of the CAT-200B voice messages. Program a special weather
report message as part of your identification.
Beacon Mode
When the repeater is inactive and Zone 4 Channel 2 is enabled, the CAT-200B will key the transmitter
and announce voice message 7. This message will repeat at a rate determined by the Beacon timer.
User Function Output Switches
Four open collector user function output switches control equipment at your repeater site. These
switches are controlled manually by DTMF commands or from within a voice message. They can be
made to turn OFF, ON or Momentarily change state, any time you choose.
User Function Inputs
Four inputs activated by a voltage change from other equipment at the repeater site, causes the CAT-
200B to activate voice messages as alarms or announcements. The messages will continue to repeat as
long as the respective logic input remains active high. The logic input message timer controls the time
between announcements. Information about the repeater site will be instantly available.
DTMF Keypad Test
A DTMF keypad test will read back the numbers decoded in a synthesized voice.
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