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Maxtrac/GM300 Digital audio
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What do you mean digital audio? Do you mean receiving flat audio to send to a device for some sort of decoding or passing it on to the modulator of another transmitter to repeat it?
jim202
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Bear in mind that both of those radios will have to be taken out of service by January 01, 2013 due to the narrow banding of the VHF and UHF bands.
With that said, are you trying to feed a public address sound system or trying to actually tie 2 radios together back to back for an actual repeater? If your looking at the 2 radio repeater operation, the first hurdle you need to get over is an FCC license for that type of operation. Then you will need some sort of controller to be able to have the time out timers available to prevent the package from locking up. Next the controller will need to be able to control the audio levels.
5 Pin style
http://www.batlabs.com/images/maxrpt.gif
16 pin style
http://www.batlabs.com/images/rpt.jpg
full link to all three pages
Maxtrac/Radius Repeater Cable
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16 pin style
http://www.batlabs.com/images/rpt.jpg
full link to all three pages
Maxtrac/Radius Repeater Cable
I am completely aware of licensing and narrow banding i am not looking to put up an illegal repeater I just was going to try an experiment and was doing a little research before i started i have a controler. I was just seeing if i could use and speaker audio pin on the back or do i have to do modifications. I am just trying to pass digital on it.
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Check out batlabs for more info. This topic has recently been brought back up, mainly focusing on the MSF5000 repeater. I think thepagergeek was the original poster there with the poor man's maxtrac digital repeater instructions.
I have done it and it works but it's not by any means perfect.
I have done it and it works but it's not by any means perfect.
There's also a seller on Ebay named mre1032 who offers a bunch of different cables for repeater hookups as well as other stuff. His auctions on the some of the Motorola repeater cables contain some pretty detailed info about programming the accessory pins and audio and such. (I am not recommending him, although he offers good stuff at decent prices, but more that he gives some tech info that some may find helpful.)
I do believe with the GM300 in particular that everything is right there, flat audio, etc. for what you want to do.
I do believe with the GM300 in particular that everything is right there, flat audio, etc. for what you want to do.
Thanks for the links mancow. I've had some UHF Maxtracs that I've wanted to play around with...but they're only 5 pin models (all I could find was the plan for 16 pin radios). This restores my hope that this project might be worth while when I get some spare time.
WB0VHB
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Yes I have. You can use flat discriminator audio dumped to a flat transmitter input. A simple COS will turn the transmitter on for any signal present at the receiver. Dstar audio will work this way. Also any PL or DPL present on the receive signal will be passed on to the transmitter. Be aware that this works well with full quieting signals. Anything less and it is garbage in and garbage out.
I would not recommend this for trying to pass PL or DPL since that type of use really needs a full-blown repeater controller to regenerate the PL/DPL.
Do I recommend this type of "repeater"? No but in theory, it will work but really needs many refinements such as data regeneration and audio conditioning.
Randy
WB0VHB
I would not recommend this for trying to pass PL or DPL since that type of use really needs a full-blown repeater controller to regenerate the PL/DPL.
Do I recommend this type of "repeater"? No but in theory, it will work but really needs many refinements such as data regeneration and audio conditioning.
Randy
WB0VHB
Have you looked at the pin out charts for the 16 pin accessory connector on the radios that you are working with?
Pin 5 is flat TX audio input.
Pin 11 is RX audio output, type programmed by CPS.
Pin outs are available at batlabs or repeater builder. In fact, all the answers to the questions you've been asking are already there for the reading.
Pin 11 has a jumper on the board you have to move. Nothing in the CPS for it, at least on the GM300.
Tim
bertedmund67
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I was wondering how to fix the pin #10 to enable the radio to power up. Any pointer is really appreciated. Thank you.
Bert
Pin 10 on the rear 20 pin connector?
That's the ignition switch circuit. You apply 12 volts DC to it and the radio will turn on if it's programmed for ignition sense. Take away the 12 volts DC and the radio powers off.
If you don't want it to do that, then you need to program the radio accordingly. You have a couple of options:
Using the CPS:
Under "Radio Configuration" "Accessory Configuration" tab, near the bottom you'll see the "Ignition Sense Type" field.
You have 4 options:
1. Disabled = The loss of ignition sense is ignored by the radio. The radio's power button is used to power-off the radio.
2. Follow Ignition Only = The loss of ignition sense powers off the radio. The radio's power button can NOT be used to power off the radio.
3. On/Off & Ignition = The loss of ignition sense powers off the radio. The radio's power button can also be used to power off the radio.
4. PTT Disable = The loss of ignition sense prevents the user from keying the radio with the PTT button. The radios power button is used to power off the radio.
If you have the correct version of CPS for that radio, then you can reprogram that setting to behave how you'd like. If you do not, purchase one of the 16 pin connector kits off e-Bay for ignition sense and connect it via a 2 or 3 amp fuse to the same power supply that runs your radio.
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Here's the part: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Ignition-Se...d=120731063413&_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851
This guy is a good seller, I've purchased from him before.
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bertedmund67
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Hello there,
Much is appreciated regarding your comment. This is exactly what I am looking for. Recently got a punch of Maxtrac from Ebay and two of them acted dead. I had a feeling that there is a remedy to this problem. Thank you very much.
Bert
Much is appreciated regarding your comment. This is exactly what I am looking for. Recently got a punch of Maxtrac from Ebay and two of them acted dead. I had a feeling that there is a remedy to this problem. Thank you very much.
Bert
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bertedmund67
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I bought a fleet of MaxTrac radios from Ebay about couple of weeks ago, two of them will not turn on, the advice I got was to supply power to pin#10 on the accessory pin from a 12vdc source. I did not understand at first, but now I do. Thank you
Bert
Bert
ramal121
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If we're still talking maxtracs/gm300s there is no programming for ignition sense. There is a little green fuse on the logic board back by the accessory connector that you remove to enable ignition sense. Of course if the fuse is blown by carelessness the radio will not turn on. The quick test is the 12 volts to pin 10. If that works either leave the lead on pin 10 or replace the fuse.
Thanks for that. It's been probably a decade or more since I programmed a GM300. I've got one sitting in my shop I've been thinking about setting up for APRS, and I've got the RSS, just haven't got the two together in the same place. Ignition sense will be part of that setup if I do it, so that's helpful.
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