ACC RC-96 Owner's Manual page 5

V5.212/91
Version S!
For the '96 and '85
Introduction
The new Version 5 firmware for your RC-96 or RC-85 Repeater Controller adds
the following exciting features:
• Time of day clock and calendar
• Scheduler
• Expanded vocabulary - FEMALE and sound effects
• Support for an HF remote base
• Miscellaneous additions and improvements
These features are easily added to your existing Version 3 or Version 4 controller
by simply plugging them in!
Description
The time of day clock and calendar is set with Touch-Tone programming
commands, and is battery backed up to keep it running even if your controller
loses power. You can choose 12 hour a.m./p.m. or 24 hour military format.
Several time and date "run time variables" are like synthesized speech
vocabulary, but instead of being fixed words, these variables say the time, date,
a.m.. or p.m., the day of the week, and morning/ afternoon/evening when
programmed into messages. These run time variables can be included in any
messages (IDs, tail messages, bulletin boards, etc.) using the message editor.
The scheduler works in conjunction with the time of day clock and your
existing macro sets. It relieves you of the chore of repetitively manually
selecting different macro sets at different times of the day and days of the week.
It's like an automatic control operator. With programming commands, you
select the time and days (every day, weekends only, etc.) for automatic
changeover of macro sets to automatically control everything from Control Op
settings to remote bases and user function outputs.
We've added a new voice to your controller to announce the time - and she'll
really perk up your repeater. She often goes by the name Juliet, and she joins
Romeo in her new duties. Technically, Juliet is the female synthesized speech
vocabulary, and along with some sound effects we've added, she brings the total
vocabulary size of your controller to 535.
Many people have asked for the ability to hook up an HF remote base
transceiver to their repeater so they could work HF from their handhelds.
Now you can! The '85 and '96 controllers each have one link or remote base
~,ort,
and now an HF radio can be connected to that port.
(If
you're already using
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