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RLC-4 V1.79 Copyright © 1998 Link Communications Inc. 9/18/98
Chapter 11: The ID System
How the ID's Work:
Whenever an ID needs to be sent, a macro is called automatically by the controller. Those macros
can be programmed to do anything, but typically they send a CW message. There are two different
ID macros for each port, one initial ID macro, and one pending ID macro. You can either program
them both to send the same message, or program them with different messages for variety. The
initial ID macro is called the first time the repeater is kerchunked after not being used for a while. It
is usually programmed to send a relatively long descriptive message. The pending ID macro gets
called occasionally during a conversation. It is usually programmed to send a shorter ID. The
controller tries to wait until you unkey to send an initial or pending ID, but if it is time to send an
ID and you don't unkey within a certain period of time, it has to ID while you are still keyed to stay
legal. When this happens, the controller sends the pending ID.
Example:
We want to program the ID's for the repeater on port 1. The initial ID will be, "KC7HXB/R
PL100". The pending ID will be "KC7HXB/R". This example is written as it could be typed into a
computer or serial terminal or stored in a file (see Appendix F). If entering it from a radio with
DTMF, you can leave out the two lines beginning with a ';'.
; Initial ID: KC7HXB/R PL100
053 151 030 20 12 07 17 33 11 36 27 40 25 21 01 00 00
; Pending ID: KC7HXB/R
053 151 030 20 12 07 17 33 11 36 27
To Program Your Own ID's:
The following instructions and the above example should be enough to get your ID's programmed
for port 1. More details about how everything works internally will follow, but aren't needed just to
get started. The following commands can be entered either from a radio with a DTMF pad or from
a computer or serial terminal. The two-digit numbers used
053 151 030 <two-digit numbers for CW characters>
053 155 030 <two-digit numbers for CW characters>
To program the ID's for port 2, use the following:
053 152 030 <two-digit numbers for CW characters>
053 156 030 <two-digit numbers for CW characters>
To program the ID's for port 3, use the following:
053 153 030 <two-digit numbers for CW characters>
053 157 030 <two-digit numbers for CW characters>
To program the ID's for port 4, use the following:
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