Link Comm RLC-2A please help

[clovisb31]

Hello all,

Can anyone here help with a Link-Comm RLC-2A controller?
Mine will not accept/ act on any DTMF commands.

I have tried a power on/off reset with no results.

Can anyone suggest a course of action?

I tried joining the yahoo group that deals with these controllers but the group owner does not respond to my request to join.

Thanks in advance for any help.

Shane,
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[ShawnInPaso]

Is the controller in service and stopped working or are you attempting to install it found it won't accept commands? Also, do you have the manual?

Off hand, the most common issue for controllers not acting on DTMF commands is the lack of COS.

 

[clovisb31]

RLC-2a

The controller has been in service and operated normally for a long time. Recently it just stopped acting/accepting DTMF commands. It has normal COS. The repeater is fundtioning. Just cannot make the controller do anything.

 

[ShawnInPaso]

I went over to the RLC Yahoo group and looked for similar issues. Indeed there was one other with an RLC2 that wasn't decoding tones but all else was working. Unfortunately he never reported back what was done or corrected. Below is the crux of the dialog between him and the RLC guy -

Also they refered to this link: Troubleshooting DTMF Decoders - RLC Controllers - Support


There is a DTMF valid LED on the main board that flashes when DTMF tones are decoded, usually the cause on the RLC-2 is pin 1 is grounded on the main port connector selecting the control channel input, or the audio levels have changed.
Allan

> To: RLC@yahoogroups.com
> From: RLC@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2014 18:13:46 -0500
> Subject: Re: [RLC] RLC-2 DTMF problems
>
> On 9/25/2014 10:33 AM, Allan Overcast link_comm@... [RLC] wrote:
> > Does the DTMF LED flash indicating that the controller is decoding?
> > If you have cover tone enabled, does the cover tone start, just no
> > commanding? if it covers then the decider is decoding so either your
> > command names have been changed or the DTMF decoder is not properly
> > decoding, we need more information as to its operation to better help out.

 

[clovisb31]

RLC-2a

Thank you for the thread. They also approved my membership in that group so I will go there and follow up with any help they can provide.

Again, thanks Shawn for your help.

Shane in Sanger.

 

[ShawnInPaso]

Good deal Shane, maybe hear you on the air sometime as I can work into the valley from my QTH.

Cheers.