Motorola Maxtrac Radio to Computer cable

[W1CRN]

I belong to a radio network and we have the ability to set pagers with 2-tone paging off but i can't seem to figure out how to do so. any ideas? I am useing a motorola maxtrac UHF 16 channel with the 16 pin acc slot in the back of the radio. All i want to be able to do is set the tones off and then be able to tx voice after the tones are done. Please help. thanks.

 

[NCFire11]

how many tone pairs will you need to encode?

 

[petnrdx]

I am not exactly sure from your post, but if you are trying to encode ( transmit ) tones from a basic Maxtrac, they didn't have that built in.
The Maxtrac will decode QCII paging, but needed an optional board to encode.
If you are using an external paging terminal, connected via the 16 pin accessory plug you will have to choose the settings properly and it should work once you get the audio level set...

 

[W1CRN]

how many tone pairs will you need to encode?

It would be 4 to 5 sets. I have the COMTEKK encoder on my computer but I would like to be able to hook up the Maxtrac to my computer and be able to use it like that. I have seen on other post on other sites there is a cable out there to hook up the maxtrac to the computer but i can't find it.

 

[davidgcet]

you need to have PTT, ground, and mic high in to the radio. AFAIK there is not a way for a PC to directly ground the PTT only when you wish to talk, so you would have to manually hold the mic keyed and then have the PC issue the tones. you will need a cap in the mic high wire before hooking it to your computer speaker output, since the mic high will have voltage on it.

the radio to computer cable you are thinking of is probably either a programming cable or a cable to get radio to the computer for an audio feed/recording.

 

[trlrdrdave]

Depending on the firmware and logic board there are maxtracs that will encode QCII. In the change/view menu hit f9 call list configuration. You can set your paging tones up from there.