Re: CSI and Comm Spec tone panels.
Both are great panels Joel, I have many of both
types and brands in service. I wish I could say
one is best, but they are both great working
units.
But... If you buy a used TP-3200, open it up
and make sure it has the reset timer daughter-
board installed. There is a glitch event in
the tp-3200 tone panel software, which causes
it to lockup in certain conditions. The board
is an easy spot, a two or three inch square
mounted on double sided tape (most of the
time).
Comm Spec will send you a free timer board if
you don't have it inside. The board is a 3
wire connection, doing a complete reset about
every half hour.
It took some time for the TP-3200 tone panel
software bug to appear. Under the right conditions,
the panel will lock up and require a hard reset.
Comm Spec has been quick to come up with a
"fix" that works pretty well.
There are a large number of these panels in service
without the revision timer board. Thank goodness
everyone listened to my suggestion and left their
hardware timeout timer modules installed. :-)
If you think you might ever do anything related
to commercial two-way radio, I might lean toward
the other CSI Tone Panel, the model TP-163
It has one really neat feature that could be
used for an amateur linking and commercial
radio project.
There is an optional connection (and software
option) for paralleling the tone panel with
another panels TX output line. This is a tx
busy detect line that can be used for a dual
tone panel or radio linking project.
The busy sense line option monitors a line
for "busy" logic. There are many handy uses
for this function, especially in commercial
radio systems running dual modes.
This is the only main function the CSI TP-163
has over its brother the tp-154 or the CSI-3200.
cheers
skipp
> "Joel Mele" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'd like to install a community tone panel on our group repeater.
I am considering the COM SPEC TP-3200 or the CONNECT SYSTEMS TP-154.
>
> Can any one reccommend which unit to use ?
>
> TNX...Joel W4SLH
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