M/A-Com OpenSky CS-803 Operator's Manual
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- Page 1 Operator’s Manual OpenSky CS-803/ SP-103/TRCM -103 Digital Trunked Control Station...
- Page 2 This manual is published by M/A-COM, Inc., without any warranty. Improvements and changes to this manual necessitated by typographical errors, inaccuracies of current information, or improvements to programs and/or equipment, may be made by M/A-COM, Inc., at any time and without notice.
- Page 3 Proper Radio Use, Installation, and Service Introduction Use, installation, and service of the CS-803 radio as summarized below will ensure the safe performance of this equipment. Use of this radio as described below will result in user exposure substantially below the FCC recommended limits human exposure Radio...
- Page 4 FCC regulations This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference; and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that cause undesired operation.
- Page 5 Read these instructions. Important Safety Instructions Keep these instructions. Heed all warnings. Follow all instructions. Do not use this apparatus near water. Clean only with dry cloth. Do not block any ventilation openings. Install in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions. Do not install near any heat sources such as radiators, heat registers, stoves, or other apparatus (including amplifiers)
- Page 6 Use only with the cart, stand, tripod, bracket, or table specified by the manufacturer, or sold with the apparatus. When a cart is used, use caution when moving the cart/apparatus combination to avoid injury from tip-over. Unplug this apparatus during lightning storms or when unused for long periods of time.
- Page 7 Warning: The exclamation point alerts the user to the presence of important operation and maintenance (service) instructions in the literature accompanying the product. Outdoor Use Warning: To reduce the risk of Fire or Electric Shock, Do Not Expose This Apparatus to Rain or Moisture.
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Page 8: Table Of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS PRODUCT DESCRIPTION..............10 ............11 OICE AND PERATION ..................11 ANEL OPERATION...................12 SP-103 CH-103........12 PERATION WITH THE 2.1.1 User Interface Components...........12 2.1.2 Display Screen Overview............15 2.1.3 Operating the Control Station with an SP-103 or CH-10318 2.1.4 Lock Out Talkgroup..............28 2.1.5 Select Scan Mode..............30 2.1.6... - Page 9 TABLES 2-1: U ......14 ABLE NTERFACE ONTROLS AND UNCTIONS 2-2: D ..........17 ABLE ISPLAY ARTS AND UNCTIONS 2-3: S ......18 ABLE AMPLE ETUP WELL ISPLAY IERARCHY 2-4: S ..........25 ABLE ONES OMPONENTS 2-5: B ......25 ABLE RIGHTNESS ELECTION...
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Page 10: Product Description
1 Product Description Your CS-803 Digital Control Station is a hardware component of OpenSky network, integrated voice data communications system that delivers end-to-end digital transmissions over a single wireless network to various subscriber units. The CS-803 is intended to operate in an office environment, typically for dispatch purposes. -
Page 11: Voice And Data Operation
1.1 Voice and Data Operation In Conventional FM mode, the voice path operates like a traditional dispatch radio, with a microphone to transmit (push-to-talk) and a speaker to receive. The data path operates similarly to the voice path, but has a few slight differences. In OpenSky Trunked Protocol (OTP), there is no separate voice and data path –... -
Page 12: Operation
2 OPERATION 2.1 Operation with the SP-103 or CH-103 2.1.1 User Interface Components User interfaces such as the CH-103 and the SP-103 for your CS- include Power Button/Speaker Volume Dials, Microphone/Speaker I/O Port, a 5-key “soft-button” keypad for making menu selections, a 19-character vacuum fluorescent Display Panel, 3 Mode Selector buttons, an Emergency Button (CH-103 and SP-103 only) and an Ambient Light sensor. -
Page 13: Figure 2-2: Sp-103 Skyport
Figure 2-2: SP-103 SkyPort... -
Page 14: Table 2-1: User Interface
Table 2-1: User Interface Controls and Functions PART FUNCTION Push to Power Up. POWER Button/Volume Push again to Power Down. Dial Twist clockwise increase speaker (CH-103 only, volume. SP-103 has AC Twist counter-clockwise decrease power with speaker volume. on/off switch on back of unit) Mic Connection Attach hand-held microphone, hands-free... -
Page 15: Display Screen Overview
PART FUNCTION Depending on setup choices made by your MODE Network Administrator, you’ll use these SELECTOR buttons buttons to choose between software modes (FM, OTP), voice groups or channel presets. Depending on setup choices made by your DTMF Keypad 3x4 array (SP- Network Administrator, you’ll use the 103 only DTMF keypad for specific tasks such as... -
Page 16: Figure 2-3: Sample Display Screen
Menu Display (The bottom line of text) The Menu Display changes as you press the Up and Down menu selector buttons to scroll through the menu loop. Dwell Display (The user-defined display default) When not engaged in menu selection, the 2-line VF display defaults to the user-selected Dwell Display. -
Page 17: Table 2-2: Display Parts And Table 2-3: Sample Setup : D
Table 2-2: Display Parts and Functions COMPONENT FUNCTION Resident in every display screen. If Data this icon is displayed, there is a data Connectivity Icon connection. If the icon is not present, there is no data connection. Resident in every display screen. VOLUME Icon Shows current speaker volume setting... - Page 18 Dwell Display User-Selectable The first line of any Dwell Display for Open Sky trunked mode operation is always the selected Talkgroup for your selected profile. What appears in the second line, depends on what choice you make for your default display preference. Whatever your preference, your control station user interface will respond dynamically to changes in status, always displaying the current information about your network connection.
- Page 19 How to turn the Control Station/SP-103 on 1. Push the Power Switch on the rear panel of the CS- 803. An LED on the front of the CS-803 will illuminate to indicate Power Up. CS-803 Power Switch 2. Push the Power Switch on the rear panel of the SP- 103.
- Page 20 3. Wait through the Startup Sequence, which lasts approximately 10 seconds. During this time your control station is provisioned with your customized user personality, emergency conduct and user specifications, all designed for your specific needs by the Network Administrator and prompted by your User ID.
- Page 21 memory elements, interfaces, connectivity elements, and RF functionalities are diagnosed for operational integrity. How to Turn the Control Station/SP-103 Off 6. Push the Power Switch on the rear panel of the CS-803 and the SP-103. The LED on the front of the CS -803 and the user interface on the SP-103 will cease to illuminate to indicate Power Down.
- Page 22 Voice Calls As soon as your control station completes the Startup/Log On/Provision/Self-Test sequence and registers on the OpenSky network, you will begin to hear voice calls from the talk and listen groups in your active profile, if they are available. 2.1.3.1.1 How to Receive a Voice Call No action is required on your part, but the following list details...
- Page 23 Radio Tones The control station user interfaces provides four (4) tones that provide feedback to the user indicating whether the control station is able to transmit on the channel when Push-t o-Talk (PTT) is pressed. These are described in the sections below. •...
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Page 24: Figure 2-4: Side Tones Menu
Enable/Disable Side Tones The control station user interface sounds confirming tones when the Menu or Selector buttons are pressed. Most users find this audible confirmation helpful in navigating the menus in the Display Panel. The side tone level can be adjusted, by navigating to the Side Tone menu, and selecting Off, Low, Med, or High. -
Page 25: Table 2-4: Side Tones Menu
Table 2-4: Side Tones Menu Components COMPONENT EXPLANATION Side Tones Used to select side tone level. Menu Menu Option When the Menu is accessed, the screen will indicate whether the side tones are Off, Low, Med, or High. To change the setting, press the Left or Right button and confirm your choice with the Select button. -
Page 26: Figure 2-5: Profile Selection Menu
Check or Change Active Profile If the Dwell Display is set to Profile, the screen will display the user’s active profile at all times. O therwise, to see the current selection, use the Menu Selector keypad to access the Profile Menu. -
Page 27: Figure 2-6: Talkgroup Selection Menu
Check or Change Active Talkgroup 1. Use the Up and Down buttons to cycle through the Menu choices until TalkGrpMenu appears. 2. Use the Left and Right buttons to cycle through the list of user groups in your Active Profile, as established by your Network Administrator. -
Page 28: Lock Out Talkgroup
2.1.4 Lock Out Talkgroup There are at least two ways to focus your voice communications by suppressing calls from user groups in your active profile. • No Scan. By changing your Scanning Mode to NOSCAN means, you only scan your selected Talkgroup. •... -
Page 29: Table 2-8: Lockout Selection
2.1.4.1.2 How to Unlock a Listen Group 1. Use the Up and Down buttons to cycle through the Menu choices until LockOutMenu appears. 2. Your display screen shows LockOutMenu in the bottom line and, in the top line, the name of a user group from your active profile. -
Page 30: Select Scan Mode
2.1.5 Select Scan Mode Two scanning modes are available for the CS-803, but only one can be active at any time. Changing your scanning mode changes the way your control station scans voice calls for all of the profiles in your user personality, no matter which profile is or becomes active. - Page 31 Check or Change Active Scan Mode The Dwell Display screens do not show active Scan Mode status. To see your current selection, use the Menu Selector keypad to access the Scan Mode Menu. The scan mode status displayed in the top line of the screen display is your active status.
- Page 32 2.1.5.1.1 How to set your Scan Mode 1. Use the Up and Down buttons to cycle through the Menu choices until ScnModeMenu appears. 2. Use the Left and Right buttons to cycle through the list modes until your choice appears: Normal or No Scan. 3.
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Page 33: Emergency Communications
2.1.6 Emergency Communications Your control station can send out an Alert or place Voice Calls over the entire network in an emergency. OpenSky handles Emergency Calls and Alerts with the very highest priority, giving you and the people you serve access to the help you need no matter how much traffic the network is handling. -
Page 34: Selective Call
2.1.7 Selective Call Selective calling is the capability for two voice radio units/control stations to shortly obtain and utilize an independent talkpath for a private call. In the OpenSky system, a source control station can be configured to initiate selective calls through a preprogrammed list in memory. -
Page 35: Dynamic Regrouping
2.1.8 Dynamic Regrouping In the event of an emergency, the network administrator will determine what control station/radio users should be formed into an ad hoc talk group to respond to the emergency conditions. The administrator will edit the personalities of the affected users to include an emergency profile and then page the affected control stations/radios (not users) to re-register with the network to receive their edited personalities. -
Page 36: How To Log On To The Network
CS-803 Power Switch 3. Power Up the Desk Set as directed by the Third Party Desk Set’s user manual. 4. Wait through Startup Sequence, which lasts approximately 10 seconds. During this time your control station is provisioned with your customized user personality, emergency conduct and user specifications, all designed for your specific needs by the Network Administrator and prompted by your User ID. -
Page 37: Self-Test
2.2.3 Self-Test After Power Up, your CS-803 control station undergoes a multi- function automatic Boot procedure. Your control station is provisioned with your user personality: as many as 16 user profiles are downloaded to your equipment from the network in response to your User ID. -
Page 38: Voice Calls
2.2.6 Voice Calls As soon as your control station completes the Startup/Log On/Provision/Self-Test sequence and registers on the OpenSky network, you will begin to hear voice calls from the talk and listen groups in your active profile, if they are available. How to Receive a Voice Call No action is required on your part. - Page 39 • Deny Tone If the control station is not able to access the channel, the control station user interface will issue three short beeps, all of the same pitch, as the deny indication. The control station user interface will issue the deny tone if it is out of coverage, or if the requested voice group is already active.
- Page 40 M/A-COM, Inc. 1011 Pawtucket Boulevard Lowell, MA 01853 1-877-OpenSky/978-442-5000 Fax: 978-442-5350 www.macom.com...
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