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CPI Tone Remote/ Astro Consolette

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mgfromwy

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I'm attempting to connect a CPI DR-10 tone remote to an astro spectra consolette base station. I have a service manual for the consolette, but no documentation whatsoever on the CPI consoles. The consolette DOES have the tone remote board installed. So far I have done the following:

I have made a cable connected to the accessory 2 port in the back of the consolette per the manufacturer instructions as follows:

Line 1 + (green) pin 1
Line 1 - (red) pin 16
Line 2 + (black) pin 3
Line 2 - (yellow) pin 11

I have set the consolette for 4-wire operation (instead of 2-wire), as the unit was completely non-functional in 2-wire mode. Currently, the dr10 unit receives perfectly, but I am unable to key the radio to transmit.

If anyone has any experience with this, your help would be greatly appreciated!
 

mgfromwy

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Receive Audio DR10

I've made some progress, but I was wondering if anyone has any experience with these units. I'm using the DR10 remote in conjunction with a DTP series termination panel, connected to an astro consolette. I have been able to get the PTT function to work, and the transmit audio comes through the radio fine. I can't, however, get the receive audio through to the remote. I have the receive audio input on the DTP panel connected to the filtered audio output on the accessory port of the consolette. If anyone has installed one of these setups, your input would be greatly appreciated.
 

mgfromwy

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Try grounding the SQUELCH terminal on the DTP Panel and see if audio passes.

Thanks for the reply. I just tried this, and I had enormous hopes, lol. Unfortunately no luck. Something interesting though, if I connect FILT_AUD on the consolette to the SQUELCH port on the DTP for just a moment, then connect it back to the RX input on the DTP, audio passes through. The problem is, There is a lot of electrical noise that comes with it (similar to ground loop), and if you cycle the radio off, then on again, the audio goes dead. It's like the current from the squelch circuit somehow opens the FILT_AUD output on the radio. Anyone have any ideas? I have tested the FILT_AUD pin on the radio, and there is voltage present when a signal is received.
 

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You might also try a logic Hi on the SQUELCH input and see if that opens it. I have no experience with the Astro Consolette but have a number of TTP series termination panels in service.

Thanks for the reply. I just tried this, and I had enormous hopes, lol. Unfortunately no luck. Something interesting though, if I connect FILT_AUD on the consolette to the SQUELCH port on the DTP for just a moment, then connect it back to the RX input on the DTP, audio passes through. The problem is, There is a lot of electrical noise that comes with it (similar to ground loop), and if you cycle the radio off, then on again, the audio goes dead. It's like the current from the squelch circuit somehow opens the FILT_AUD output on the radio. Anyone have any ideas? I have tested the FILT_AUD pin on the radio, and there is voltage present when a signal is received.
 

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If you're going to use a DC remote on a tone remote radio, you're gonna need one of these: DC to Tone Converters, | TESSCO 800 472 7373

Otherwise you need to figure out the pinouts from your DC termination panel to the consolette's LOCAL control functions. Going from a DC term panel to a tone remote input isn't going to work.
 

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... or you could just get a tone remote, which sounds a bit easier :) In fact, tone remotes seem to be the preferred route for a number of reasons... they can be passed over telephone lines easier, they are lower voltage than DC remotes, immune to switching of polarity on the line... Just a lot better overall!
 
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