TB7100 Installation and Operation Manual Functional Description 33
© Tait Electronics Limited December 2005
Function Keys
Pressing the function keys will activate the functions assigned using the 
programming application. Function keys may have functions assigned to 
both short and long key presses. A short key press is less than one second, 
and a long key press is more than one second.
Volume Control and 
Internal Speaker
Rotate the volume control potentiometer clockwise to increase the speaker 
volume and counterclockwise to decrease the volume. By default, the base 
station is programmed not to generate any audible indicators.
UI Board The UI board is connected to the receiver and transmitter modules via 
separate 18-way ribbon cables. The internal speaker is connected to the 
UI board via a cable with a mating connector for easy disconnection. 
If an internal AC Power supply is fitted, a fan power signal is routed from 
the fan power board to the fan via the UI board. For more information on 
the connectors and their signals, refer to “UI Board Connectors” on 
page 75.
Figure 3.6 on page 34 shows a block diagram of the UI board.
The UI board does not include a microprocessor. A synchronous bi-
directional serial interface provides communication of key status, LCD and 
LED-indicator data between the transmitter/receiver modules and the UI 
board. The serial data is converted to or from a parallel form by a number 
of shift registers for the function keys and indicators. For the LCD, the serial 
data is fed to a driver IC that converts the serial data to a form suitable for 
the LCD. The keys are scanned and the LCD and LED indicators updated 
approximately every 50ms. The 
TX/RX switch controls what is displayed on 
the LCD and also whether the transmitter module or the receiver module 
will be programmed.