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Programming GR300, trying to get to rick options menu

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I'm programming a gr300 repeater for a friend, and having difficulty getting to the rick options screen.

It should be under change/view codeplug menu (F2 for Radio Wide) but as you see by the attached picture, F2 is not present. When I change to radio mode, F2 becomes available, and the rss is recognizing the rick, but still no rick options menu. (I'm assuming the rss recognizes the rick, see pic 2)

HELP!! Rss ver r01.00.00
 

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Does your radio have the Accy options? It may not have it not all GM300 radios have the accy options.
 
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Accessory options are available, I did see something that said when I programmed the radio "this appears to be a rick repeater, preparing to correct accessory pins" then goes back to the get/save menu. Didn't get a pic and can't seem to reproduce those results.
 
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What settings do you want ? the Rick is configured by dip switches. The only setting in the radio depending on the version is what pin is COR really. Many of the earlier version radios did not have this setting available and Pin 8 was COR.
 
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yup. the RICK is about as basic as there is. The DIP switch will allow your bidirectional or unidirectional repeater, how many seconds the the hang time is and the COR pins and thats about it. DTMF on and off is done in the radio and the MAXTRAC or GM300 needs to be capable of DTMF decode and alert. I never was able to get one to work successfully.

No such thing as repeater ID with a RICK. About all you can do is MDC ID from the TX radio if you need some sort of ID.
 
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Josh, we quit using the dammed R.I.C.K. many years ago. I do have some 'work around's' that may solve your problem.

And on GMRS the repeater is not required to ID.
 
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The real question is it a RICK or one of the relabeled Zetron controllers which are commonly mislabeled as RICKs? Reason I ask, I've only ever seen one RICK in a GR300 (and it is sitting on my desk at the office) as everything else has been the rebranded Zetron controllers. The GR300 sitting in my garage has an i50R for a controller currently (the RICK on my desk is destined to replace the i50R).
 
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I think the Zetron ZR 310, 320 and 330 were the most common I have seen also.
But there were plenty of RICK's.
I have not seen the i50R, but heard they were common in places.
Pretty sure the i50R was not Zetron, those were made by Instrument Associates Inc, in Memphis.
NO programming of the RICK with RSS, only the radio settings.
The RSS did program the Zetrons. But not every feature. (from memory).
Out of curiosity only, does anyone know if the i50R programmed with RSS?
My understanding was the i50 was pretty much just a simple telephone interconnect.
 
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petnrdx said:
I think the Zetron ZR 310, 320 and 330 were the most common I have seen also.

But there were plenty of RICK's.

I have not seen the i50R, but heard they were common in places.

Pretty sure the i50R was not Zetron, those were made by Instrument Associates Inc, in Memphis.

NO programming of the RICK with RSS, only the radio settings.

The RSS did program the Zetrons. But not every feature. (from memory).

Out of curiosity only, does anyone know if the i50R programmed with RSS?

My understanding was the i50 was pretty much just a simple telephone interconnect.
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It is DIP based. The instructions are in one of the GR300 manuals hosted on Repeater Builder.


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