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A basic 8 port controller will have the following configuration…
Typical 8 port controller
Slot Assignment
0 Power supply
1 Reserved for future expansion
2 Reserved for future expansion
3 CPU
4 Radio control board - port 0
5 Radio control board - port 1
6 Radio control board - port 2
7 Radio control board - port 3
8 Radio control board - port 4
9 Radio control board - port 5
10 Radio control board - port 6
11 Radio control board - port 7
12-18 Empty
Each port is assigned a "personality" which defines the basic behavior of that RCB.
Personalities can be either a repeater, RF link, VOIP link or remotely controlled base
station. The different personalities of a system can be assigned to the ports in any
desired order. The user level and many of the configuration commands refer to specific
ports by a number, often referred to as the link number because most of them will be
links. Configuration of the system is simpler if the number by which a port will be
referred is same as the port number. A typical configuration would have a primary
repeater in port 0, RF links in the next set of ports, VOID links, remote bases and then
any additional repeaters, For example, 2 repeaters, 4 links, and 2 remote bases would be
configured as…
Slot Assignment
0 Power supply
1 Reserved for future expansion
2 Reserved for future expansion
3 CPU
4 Radio control board - port 0 – Repeater 1
5 Radio control board - port 1 – Link 1
6 Radio control board - port 2 – Link 2
7 Radio control board - port 3 – Link 3
8 Radio control board - port 4 – Link 4
9 Radio control board - port 5 – Remote base 1, link 5
10 Radio control board - port 6 – Remote base 2, link 6
11 Radio control board - port 7 – Repeater 2, Radio 7
12-18 Empty
Special Note: There must not be any empty slots between radio control boards. If there
is a gap between boards, all ports up to the gap will work fine but all subsequent ports
will not function properly. This breaks the high speed serial control bus which
communicates the state of COR, PL decode, PTT, fan control, user outputs and DTMF
signals to the master CPU.