I have heard plenty of Pos. comments about Zetron equiptment being of a commercial quality I don'tthink you could go wrong..
BTW I removed my email address & popped a spam food to fill their drives.. L8tor Mark A. Holman, CRO, AB8RU email address removed due to viruses.... spam food come & get it [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "bradley glen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, August 01, 2004 2:59 AM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Community Tone panrl > Hi > > My experience with many panels have found the ones we > standardised on was the ZETRON 38 series. > > We did this with our 19 repeaters purely because of > less glitches and they too have a relay option for a > given tone eg: external link PTT or light to be > switched on etc-or an onite voice recorder for a given > tone.This is remotely programmed.The zetron has three > options to program-Serial programming via modem and > black box switched remotely or at the panel-DTMF over > the air-DTMF onsite programming model-8 unit. > We had two sites with 7 repeaters at each and the > others stand alone.We programmed these sites via the > modem and a "Black Box " serial modem switch.Worked > great and little problems. > I managed to get a spare and am still using it on my > main Ham UHF repeater years down the line and still > working well. > > Although I have only mentioned Zetron it is because I > have most exposure to this make. > > Regards > > Brad > --- skipp025 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages! > http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
