Unit installation

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One option is to disable the repeater transmitter. This will keep the tranmitter from coming up for

any reason. It will not repeat audio, it will not ID, it will not send any messages that may be caused

by the scheduler (like speaking the time on the hour) or any alarm messages, and if a remote is

connected, it will not send the audio from that remote. The receiver will still work normally. You

can still use the receiver to turn the repeater back on or enter any other commands, and if you have

a remote base port connected to the repeater port, your receiver's audio will still go out the remote.

The repeater transmitter can be disabled by entering "155 10".

Another option is to disable the repeater's receiver. In this case, the receiver will not cause any

transmitters to key up and no audio that is received by that receiver will be transmitted out the

repeater or any remotes. The repeater transmitter will continue to work normally. It will still ID

(when it needs to), send scheduled and alarm messages, and if a remote is connected, it will still

send the audio from that remote. You can disable port 1's receiver by entering "005 10".

You can also choose whether or not to allow commands to be entered when the receiver is disabled

with command 005. Entering "005 100" will make the controller ignore any commands that are

entered on that receiver. This may be useful for keeping someone from that is trying to break into

your controller from getting in. It will also keep you from doing anything from that receiver - even

turning it back on. If you set command 005 this way and disable the receiver, you will have to turn

the receiver back on from another receiver on the controller, from the reverse patch, or from the

serial port. If your enter "005 101" instead, the disabled receiver will still not cause any

transmitters to key, but you will be able to enter commands on that receiver. If you enter “005

110", the repeater will continue to work but it won’t accept any commands, including the command

to turn it back on.

The final method for disabling a repeater is to disconnect the repeater port from itself by entering

"002 11" (or from itself and any remotes that might be connected: "061 1"). This does not disable

either the repeater receiver (it can still receive commands) or the transmitter (it can still send ID's

and scheduled messages), but it keeps the repeater receiver from being heard on any transmitters

and keeps the transmitter from sending the audio from any receivers. This is the best method for

most systems.

Whichever of the methods you choose to turn your repeater off, you will probably want to program

a macro to do it with a simple DTMF code and program another macro to turn it back on. An

example of the final (recommended) method is show below. Entering "A1" should shut the

repeater off and "A2" should turn it back on.

055 500 ; delete macro 500

056 500 036 411 354 ; speak "repeater off"

056 500 038 ; be quiet for the rest of this macro

056 500 061 1 ; disconnect all ports from port 1

010 500 A1 ; name the repeater off code "A1"