ZETRON 4000 Series Operator's Manual

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ZETRON

Series 4000

Communications Control System

Operator's Manual

Part No. 025-9067Q

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Page 1 ZETRON Series 4000 Communications Control System Operator’s Manual Part No. 025-9067Q Please check for change information at the beginning of this manual. Copyright © 1988 - 2001 by Zetron, Inc. All Rights Reserved...
Page 3 Zetron, Inc. The software in this product is protected by copyright by Zetron, Inc. and remains the property of Zetron, Inc. Reproduction, duplication, or disclosure is not permitted without prior written consent of Zetron, Inc.
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Page 5 Contents WARRANTY ......................iii LIMITATION OF LIABILITY ................iii COPYRIGHT.......................iii TRADEMARKS ....................iii INTRODUCTION OVERVIEW ......................1 COMMON CONTROL UNIT................2 CONSOLES......................2 MANUALS......................3 CONSOLE PANEL OVERVIEW MODEL 4018 DESKTOP CONSOLE (TABLE-TOP) ........5 MODEL 4016 DISPATCH CONSOLE (TABLE-TOP)........6 MODEL 4015 CONSOLE EXPANDER (TABLE-TOP) ........7 MODEL 4014 CONSOLE ENCODER (TABLE-TOP)........7 MODEL 4118 DISPATCH CONSOLE (RACK-MOUNT)........8 MODEL 4116B DISPATCH CONSOLE (RACK-MOUNT)......8 MODEL 4115B CONSOLE EXPANDER (RACK-MOUNT) ......9...
Page 6 Contents Speaker/H-Set (SPKR/H-SET) ..............17 Priority Marker (PRI’TY MARKER)............18 Clock Set (CLCOK SET).................18 Volume Reset (VOL RST)...............18 LTR SYSTEM FUNCTIONS................18 Increment System (INC SYS)..............18 Decrement System (DEC SYS) ...............18 Increment Group (INC GRP)..............19 Decrement Group (DEC GRP) ..............19 System/Group Display (SYS GRP) ............19 CHANNEL CONTROL FUNCTIONS ...............19 Select (SELECT/CALL)................19 Frequency Select (F<n>) .................19...
Page 7 Contents PAGING FUNCTIONS (MODELS 4014 & 25 ONLY)........24 Keypad .....................24 Enter & Clear Entry (ENTER & CLEAR ENTRY) ........24 Send Buttons (SEND) ................24 Alert (ALERT)..................25 Reset (RESET)..................25 Instant Call ....................25 Instant Call Clear (IC CLEAR)..............25 Instant Call Send (IC SEND)..............25 PAGING FUNCTIONS (MODELS 4018 &...
Page 8 Contents ENHANCED TELEPHONE LINE OPERATION..........39 Overview....................39 Select (Answer/Hold)................39 ON HK/OFF HK (Release)..............40 Mute (MIC Mute) ..................40 Patch (Patch-XMIT).................40 Using the Telephone ................41 ANI OPERATION....................42 Reserve Selective Calling Mode..............43 PTT ID Mode...................43 ANI REVIEW Button ................44 ANI SOURCE Button................44 CLOCK/CALENDAR SETTING ...............44 OPERATIONAL MESSAGES................45 DIAGNOSTICS MESSAGES ................46 INDEX...
Page 9 INTRODUCTION Figure 1. Model 4024 Common Control Unit OVERVIEW The Series 4000 Communications Control System provides a means for one or more dispatchers to efficiently control a radio system composed of up to 24 radio channels. It is suitable for use in public safety applications, such as police and fire communications, as well as public service applications, such as utility and industrial communications.
Page 10 Introduction COMMON CONTROL UNIT The Common Control unit is the central interface that routes signals between radio channels and dispatch consoles. The Model 4024 contains up to 16 modular circuit cards. It handles up to 24 radio channels and up to eight dispatch console positions. The Model 4008B contains up to eight modular circuit cards.
Page 11 Introduction Figure 3. Rack-mount Model 4016 Installation Each rack-mount Model 4116 Dispatch Console has connections for headsets, gooseneck microphones, foot switches, and recorders. Each Model 4116 requires at least one Model 4115B Console Expander and supports up to three Console Expanders and one Model 25 Programmable Encoder.
Page 12 Introduction Table 1. Series 4000 System Manuals Manual Title Part No. Description Series 4000 Communications 025-9067 Presents an overview of the console Control System Operator's Manual panels, a description of each button function, and a detailed operational description of the Series 4000. Series 4000 Communications 025-9068 Describes how to configure and...
Page 13 CONSOLE PANEL OVERVIEW In this section: MODEL 4018 DESKTOP CONSOLE (TABLE-TOP) ........5 MODEL 4016 DISPATCH CONSOLE (TABLE-TOP)........6 MODEL 4015 CONSOLE EXPANDER (TABLE-TOP) ........7 MODEL 4014 CONSOLE ENCODER (TABLE-TOP)........7 MODEL 4118 DISPATCH CONSOLE (RACK-MOUNT)........8 MODEL 4116B DISPATCH CONSOLE (RACK-MOUNT)......8 MODEL 4115B CONSOLE EXPANDER (RACK-MOUNT) ......9 MODEL 4018 DESKTOP CONSOLE (TABLE-TOP) The Model 4018 Desktop Console is a single-position console.
Page 14 Console Panel Overview The field of 60 keys across the upper portion of the Desktop Console is the channel control section. The layout and function of the keys in the channel control section are also tailored to your specific system by using the Series 4000 Console Programming System. Usually the channel legend plaque above a column of keys indicates that those keys are used to control that channel.
Page 15 Console Panel Overview MODEL 4015 CONSOLE EXPANDER (TABLE-TOP) The optional Console Expander contains one field of push-buttons switches that are usually used to expand the channel control section of the Model 4016 Dispatch Console (See Figure Figure 6. Model 4015 Console Expander MODEL 4014 CONSOLE ENCODER (TABLE-TOP) The optional Console Encoder contains a 6-digit encoder display and a 16-key encoder keypad.
Page 16 Console Panel Overview Refer to the Model 4014 Console Encoder Technical Manual (Part No. 025-9168) for detailed instructions on operation and programming. MODEL 4118 DISPATCH CONSOLE (RACK-MOUNT) The Model 4118 Dispatch Console is a single-position rack-mount console. It contains the select and unselect speakers and their volume controls, channel volume control, 24-hour time display (or message display), and level meter.
Page 17 Console Panel Overview Figure 9. Model 4116B Dispatch Console MODEL 4115B CONSOLE EXPANDER (RACK-MOUNT) The optional Console Expander contains a field of push-buttons switches that are usually used to provide system and channel control buttons for the Model 4116 or 4118 Dispatch Console (See Figure 10).
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Page 19 CONSOLE FEATURES In this section: SELECT/UNSELECT SPEAKERS ..............11 MICROPHONE ....................11 TIME/MESSAGE DISPLAY ................11 LEVEL METER ....................12 SELECT/UNSELECT SPEAKERS The speakers of the table-top Model 4016 console are external to the main enclosure. The speakers of the Model 4018 and all the rack-mount consoles are contained within. In either case, the speaker on the left is the “select”...
Page 20 Console Features Communications Control System Programming Manual (Part No. 025-9070) for programming information. LEVEL METER During transmit and intercom operation, the bar-graph level meter (under the time display) shows the level of your voice. During receive-operation, the meter will show the level of the audio on the “Selected”...
Page 21 BUTTON FUNCTIONS In this section: SYSTEM CONTROL FUNCTIONS ..............14 Transmit (XMIT) ..................15 Monitor (MON) ..................15 Site Intercom (SITE I’COM) ..............15 Alert (ALERT)..................15 All Mute (ALL MUTE) ................15 Simultaneous Select (SIMUL-SELECT)..........15 Group Select (<name> SELECT) ............16 Group Instant Transmit (<name> XMIT)..........16 Patch Transmit (PATCH XMIT) .............16 Priority Transmit (PRI’TY XMIT) ............16 Last Call Transmit (LAST <type>) ............16...
Page 22 Button Functions Monitor On/Off (MON)................22 Instant System/Group Select (SYS/GRP SEL)........22 Set System/Group (SET SYS/GRP) ............22 System/Group Display (SYS/GRP) ............22 Transmit (XMIT) and Instant Transmit (XMIT/BUSY) ......22 MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS..............22 Private Line Select (PL<n>) ..............23 Repeat On/Off (RPT ON/RPT OFF) ............23 Coded/Clear (CODED/CLEAR)..............23 Self Repeat (SELF RPT)................23 Second Receiver On/Off (R2 ON/R2 OFF)..........23 ANI Source (ANI SOURCE)..............23...
Page 23 Button Functions Transmit (XMIT) Depressing and holding this button allows you to transmit on all selected channels. This is paralleled with the optional foot-operated PTT switch. Whenever your console is transmitting, this button’s red LED indicator will be illuminated. Monitor (MON) Pressing this button will cause the selected channel to disable its coded squelch (PL) decoding, thus allowing you to monitor for activity on the channel prior to transmitting.
Page 24 Button Functions Group Select (<name> SELECT) button is used to automatically select a pre-defined set of channels with GROUP SELECT a single button stroke. There may be several buttons on a console. The GROUP SELECT button is usually labeled with the name of the group it selects, such as GROUP SELECT .
Page 25 Button Functions (monitored) at your console, the amber LED of the button will be CONSOLE I'COM TALK illuminated. While you are talking over the intercom, the red LED of the CONSOLE I'COM button will be illuminated. There may be several buttons but TALK CONSOLE I'COM CALL...
Page 26 Button Functions will show the route of the automatically switched audio. This button may be used to override the automatic routing. Priority Marker (PRI’TY MARKER) Pressing this button enables the priority marker for the currently selected channel. This function will emit a brief tone over the radio channel every few seconds while radio traffic is idle.
Page 27 Button Functions Increment Group (INC GRP) This button causes the Group Number of the LTR radio connected to the selected channel to be incremented by one. The system and resulting group number will be displayed. The System Number is unchanged. Pressing this switch is functionally equivalent to pressing the button on the radio panel.
Page 28 Button Functions Instant Select (F<n> SEL/CALL) buttons are exclusive features of the Zetron console. In systems that INSTANT SELECT allow this, is a direct way of simultaneously selecting both the channel INSTANT SELECT and the frequency for the channel. If your console is equipped with such buttons, you will not...
Page 29 Button Functions illuminated. During operation, the first channel to have receive-activity will cause its receive- audio to be transmitted on all other channels in the patch. Main/Standby (MAIN/STBY) Pressing the button will cause the system to switch to the channel’s standby MAIN/STANDBY base station.
Page 30 Button Functions Monitor On/Off (MON) This button toggles the Monitor function on the radio channel. When the radio acknowledges the command, the button’s green LED will reflect the state of the function; green LED on indicates the function is on; green LED off indicates the function is off. Please refer to the Radio Operators Manual prior to issuing this command and for a complete understanding of its function.
Page 31 Button Functions Private Line Select (PL<n>) Private line (or PL) selection on a channel is performed much like frequency selection is performed. buttons are typically labeled , etc. To select a PL, press the PL SELECT button labeled with the desired PL number and the button’s green LED will illuminate (all other PL selections in the channel will extinguish).
Page 32 Button Functions Wild Card On/Off (WC ON/WC OFF) This function allows remote control of miscellaneous equipment at the base-station site. This is often used to turn on or off generators, beacons, and similar on-site equipment. Usually, the label of such buttons will reflect the equipment it controls. On Hook / Off Hook (ON HOOK/OFF HOOK) This button is found on Telephone line channels only.
Page 33 Button Functions Alert (ALERT) button is used to manually generate one of four alert tones on the channel ALERT currently selected on the Dispatch Console. The alert is generated while the button is depressed. If no digits are entered on the keypad prior to pressing the button, the alert is a steady tone.
Page 34 The Models 4018 and 4118 consoles have a built-in paging encoder with features similar to the Zetron Model 25 encoder. The following features and buttons may therefore be present. In the following descriptions, the abbreviation to the right of the feature is the name typically found on the button label.
Page 35 Button Functions button is pressed or a new manual page entry is started. This button’s red PAGE CLEAR LED will be illuminated during the page stack transmission. Clear (PAGE CLEAR) This button’s operation depends on the current paging mode. 1. If manual paging code entry is in progress, will abort the current button PAGE CLEAR entry sequence and clear the paging display.
Page 36 Button Functions message. When the last (newest) message has been played, the Playback/Pause modes will be canceled and the IRR will be idle. To help distinguish between recorded and live audio, a short, distinctive beep precedes each IRR playback and a different beep is heard when the IRR playback is stopped. The playback message pointer is initially set to the beginning of the most recently recorded message and can be manipulated with the REWIND and RESET functions.
Page 37 Button Functions on if the IRR playback pointer has not reached the first (oldest) message or blinks if the IRR playback pointer is now at the first message. The LED will always go off when the button is released. Note that no IRR response will be returned if the Channel Card has no IRR or nothing has yet been recorded.
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Page 39 OPERATION In this section: RECEIVE OPERATION ..................31 TRANSMIT OPERATION .................32 PATCHING OPERATION..................32 Standard - Single Patch per Console Position .........32 Optional - Multiple Patches per Console Position........33 INTERCOM OPERATION .................34 PAGING OPERATION (MODELS 4014 & 25 ONLY) ........34 Instant Call Operation ................34 Manual (Keypad) Operation ..............35 PAGING OPERATION (MODELS 4018 &...
Page 40 Operation knobs may be used to adjust the speaker SELECT VOLUME UNSELECT VOLUME audio levels. On tabletop consoles, the handset/headset earpiece volume may be adjusted using the slider under the front of the dispatch console. Headset earpiece volume is adjusted using the knob on the headset jack-box.
Page 41 Operation Prior to adding a telephone party to the patch, you must first connect with the telephone line using your telephone instrument and dial the desired telephone number. After you have informed the party, press the button, so that the line becomes part of the patch, and PATCH you may hang-up your telephone instrument.
Page 42 Operation patch function button of a non-patched channel is pressed without holding down a patch group button, the channel is added to the lowest order patch group programmed at the console. When a patch group or a channel has been selected by a console, the patch group and channel patch button LEDs on other positions in the system will also go on.
Page 43 Operation button can be used to clear all pending Instant Calls and their INSTANT CALL CLEAR LEDs. If the optional button is present, transmission of pending Instant Calls INSTANT CALL SEND will not begin until the button is pressed. When the first button is IC SEND INSTANT CALL...
Page 44 Operation The keypad stack may be transmitted by pressing the desired button. SEND Transmission of the stack will begin with the first code entered and will proceed in the order of entry. As each pager code is transmitted, its code will appear in the display.
Page 45 Operation button may be used to immediately terminate any Instant Call currently PAGE CLEAR being transmitted. This will also clear all pending Instant Calls and their LEDs, returning the encoder to the idle state. Manual (Keypad) Operation The keypad and control buttons of the encoder are normally used for paging seldom called, non-emergency equipment, or personnel which may not merit an individual INSTANT CALL button.
Page 46 Operation CHANNEL IRR OPERATION (MODELS 4018 & 4118 ONLY) Note that this feature is only available with the Universal Dual Channel Card (950-9819 or 950-9820). On this DCC, each channel is equipped with its own Instant Recall Recorder. This IRR can store 64 seconds of audio on each channel for each megabyte of installed memory.
Page 47 DTMF mode when the telephone is off-hook. The Telephone Control selection also incorporates a new answer/hold mode. This enhanced telephone channel type is configured as a Local dual channel card connected to a telephone line through a Zetron S4000 Phone Coupler. To facilitate the enhanced telephone option, the...
Page 48 Operation radio channels no longer goes to the Select speaker, these radio channels still remain Selected. To indicate this, the green LED on these Selected channel’s button will SELECT flash. Pressing this button again toggles the telephone into the Hold mode. All receive and transmit telephone audio is then blocked, but the telephone remains off-hook.
Page 49 Operation will be ignored. Hanging up a patched telephone channel by pressing the ON-HK/OFF-HK ) button will also cancel the patch. The button can be used to allow RELEASE PATCH-XMIT the operator to talk over all patched channels (including the telephone). This is the only transmit function that will allow the Mic audio to go to the telephone, but only if the telephone is patched.
Page 50 Operation Setting up a Phone Conference When one telephone is active and a second telephone is taken off-hook, the first telephone is automatically put in the Hold mode. If the first telephone is returned to the active mode, both telephones will be active and the receive and transmit audio is routed to both telephones. This can be repeated with as many additional telephones channels as are available.
Page 51 Operation Reserve Selective Calling Mode When a valid ANI is received, the console will beep and display the number of the calling unit bracketed by dashes (-XXXXXX-). If the number is longer than six digits, only the last six digits are retained. If the calling unit’s channel is muted, it will automatically be unmuted to allow the audio from the calling party to be heard (this can be changed with CPS).
Page 52 Operation The emergency ANI operator alert temporarily stops when a call is received on any channel so that the call can be heard. The alert resumes when all call activity stops. This behavior continues until all emergency ANIs have been reviewed. Non-emergency ANIs When a valid non-emergency ANI is received, it is placed into the ANI buffer.
Page 53 Operation Dispatch Console is labeled and is a square, gray colored component with a SW1 CLK SET round, black dome. The first time the switch is depressed, the seconds-unit on the time display will CLOCK SET begin to flash. The seconds-unit may be adjusted up or down using the CHANNEL VOLUME knob.
Page 54 Operation DIAGNOSTICS MESSAGES In the event that the continuous system diagnostics finds a problem, the time/message display of the appropriate consoles will display a message. This message will indicate the general nature of the problem. To aid service personnel, you should record the error message with the time of day.
Page 55 INDEX console features level meter, 12 alert, 15, 25 microphone selection, 11 all mute, 15 speaker selection, 11 ANI operation time/message display, 11 ANI review, 44 console intercom call/talk, 16 ANI source, 44 console takeover, 17 emergency ANIs, 43 non-emergency ANIs, 44 PTT ID mode, 43 reserve selective calling mode, 43 decrement group, 19...
Page 56 Index LTR system, 18 increment system, 18 miscellaneous, 22 system/group display, 19 paging - m4014 & m25 only, 24 paging - m4018 & m4118 only, 26 system control, 14 main/standby, 21 manuals for series 4000, 3 messages group instant transmit, 16 diagnostic, 46 group select, 16 operational, 45...
Page 57 Index ANI - emergency ANIs, 43 patch, 21 ANI - non-emergency ANIs, 44 patch transmit, 16 ANI - PTT ID mode, 43 patching operation ANI - reserve selective calling mode, multiple patches / console position, 33 single patch / console position, 32 channel IRR, 38 play/pause, 27 clock/calendar setting, 44...
Page 58 Index last call transmit, 16 telephone patching, 39 monitor, 15 transmit, 15 patch transmit, 16 transmit & instant transmit, 22 priority marker, 18 transmit operation, 32 priority transmit, 16 simultaneous select, 15 site intercom, 15 volume adjust, 20 speaker/H-set, 18 volume down, 21 transmit, 15 volume reset, 18...

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