Harris Corporation Constellation™
Configuring the Constellation Radio 6-11
CONFIGURING THE
CONSTELLATION
RADIO
For more information on MODE, LOCAL OFF HOOK, and
EXTERNAL PILOT, refer to the Systems Application
Information (SAI) manual.
CONTROL Submenu
1. If it is required to mute the VF and data in the A direction, from the main
menu:
2. Select
CONTROL > SERVICE CHANNEL > DATA/VF A > MUTE
.
Notes:
• Default is ON.
• It is important not to connect two slave terminals with their external
pilot enabled if each terminal is part of a separate loop.
• At no time should a master site have its external pilot enabled; the
Service Channel will not work properly.
LOCAL OFF HOOK ENABLE If external VF signal is applied to a VF port
or
If it is a master site
or
If the HLM is set for SOURCE TIME
EXTERNAL PILOT
(for loop systems
only)
ENABLE
DISABLE
When two slave terminals are back-to-back.
When a
• master terminal and a slave terminal are back-to-
back or
• system is a repeater
DATA PORT BAUD SAMPLE
9,600 /
19,200 /
38,400
Data rates up to 4,800 bit/s can be used with no
restriction on the size of the data byte.
For asynchronous start-stop, with the data
byte set to 8 bits.
DATA PORT PARITY ENABLE To send the parity bit through the system.
The system does not monitor the parity bit.
Table 6-9: SERVICE CHANNEL submenu (Continued)
SERVICE
CHANNEL
Submenu
Selection Explanation