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Version 1.73 Copyright © 1997 Link Communications Inc. 1/18/97
Make the voice ID's do something besides the impolite ID CW message. To do this, put a
different command number after the 064 when you program the macro. That command will
be executed if you interrupt the ID (but not if you are keyed when it is time for the ID to be
sent - the impolite ID macro will be called in that case).
Make the voice ID's just quit if you key up while they are being sent. To do this, just
replace command 064 with 063 and remove the following three digits (063 doesn't need to
know what to do if it is interrupted).
Make the voice ID's impolite, that is make them keep talking even if you key up. To do
this, just replace command 064 with 036 and remove the following three digits (036, like
063, doesn't need to know what to do if it is interrupted).
Make the initial and pending ID's use the optional digital voice recorder. To do this, instead
of using command 064, use 173 for the DVR1 or 184 for the DVR2 followed by the DVR
track numbers you want to play. There is no way at this time to make the DVR ID's polite.
ID Timing:
You may have wondered how the controller knows when to send an ID. It uses three timers,
the initial ID timer, the pending ID timer and the impolite ID timer (see command 020 for more
timer information). The default values are 10 minutes, 9 minutes and 20 seconds, respectively.
If it has been more than 10 minutes since the repeater was last used, the next time it is keyed
up, the controller will try to send the initial ID. It will attempt to wait until you unkey so it can
send the (typically) voice ID without it talking over you or switching to CW (if it is polite). It
will wait up to the length of the impolite ID timer for you to unkey. If you do not unkey within
this time, it will cancel the initial ID and send the impolite one instead. If you do unkey so it
starts to speak the initial ID and that ID is programmed to be polite, keying up will make it
switch to CW.
The pending ID timer is started whenever any ID is sent. When the pending ID timer expires, it
checks to see if anyone has keyed the repeater since the last ID. If they have not, there is no
need to ID - the last transmission was already ID'ed. If someone has keyed since the last ID,
the controller starts trying to send a pending ID. Like with the initial ID, it will wait a while for
you to unkey to avoid sending a voice ID while you are keyed up. If you unkey, it checks to
see if you have chosen to have the pending ID's rotate through their cycle, or whether you want
them selected randomly, and sends that ID. If you don't unkey before the impolite ID timer
runs out, it calls the impolite ID instead.
To summarize, with the default timer settings, the controller will ID every 9 minutes during a
conversation and one more time after the last time the repeater is keyed. If it can, it will send a
voice ID; otherwise it will send a impolite CW ID. It will not ID at all if no one is using the
repeater. You can change the ID timers if you want to, but make sure you set the pending ID
timer to be shorter than the initial ID timer (at least a second) and that the length of the pending
ID timer plus the impolite ID timer is less than 10 minutes (or whatever the legal maximum
time between ID's is). The initial ID timer can be as long as you like. Since the only thing that
causes ID's to be sent is someone keying up, you should also include your ID in messages that
may be sent spontaneously such as scheduled messages (time on the hour for example) or
analog alarms.
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