Specifications

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MDS 05-3438A01, Rev. E MDS 4790/9790 Series I/O Guide 69

Unit Address The radio’s unit address identiﬁes itself as a unique radio within a network

managed by MDS’ InSite™ NMS software or similar program. This address is

independent of the Multi-Drop Address (above) and is needed only for local and

over-the-air diagnostics and control services of this unit through an NMS program

such as InSite.

The default unit address is the last four digits of the radio’s serial number.

User-programmable unit addresses can range 10000...65000. (Addresses in the

0...9999 range are reserved for use by the factory.) Once the default unit address

is changed, it cannot be reprogrammed.

NOTE: The Unit Address operates independently from the Multi-Drop Address.

(See “Multiple-Drop Address” above for details).

Standby

Equipment

This screen is used to notify the monitoring processor of the presence of a second

radio assembly within the chassis so that it can switch to the alternate unit in the

event of a failure of the primary radio assembly.

To identify the available hardware, press ENTER, then use the up/down arrow

buttons to select:

“deﬁned”, if the chassis is equipped with two radio assemblies

“not deﬁned”, if the chassis equipped with only one radio assembly

The unit does not know if there are one or two radio transceiver assemblies

installed. Make sure you know what hardware is installed before making a change.

Battery Backup The Battery Backup screen is used to set or display the monitoring of the internal

back-up battery voltage (condition) and if an alarm is desired to be sent when the

radio is operating from the internal back-up battery or the voltage falls below

13 Vdc.

Battery Backup “not deﬁned” means the battery is not installed or your do not

desire to monitor its condition. “deﬁned” indicates monitoring is enabled and an

alarm message will be created when the battery voltage is less than 13 Vdc.

To set the radio to monitor the internal back-up battery, press ENTER, then use the

up/down arrow buttons to select “deﬁned”. Press ENTER again to make the

change. To set the radio to ignore the battery condition, press ENTER, then use the

up/down arrow buttons to select “not deﬁned”. Press ENTER again to make the

change.

Key On Data This screen is used to set or display the radio’s keying mode (key-on-data, or

key-on-RTS). In key-on-data mode, the radio will automatically key itself whenever

input data arrives on the DB-25 port. In key-on-RTS mode, the radio will only key

in response to an RTS or PTT signal.

To set the radio to key-on-data mode, press ENTER, then use the up/down arrow

buttons to select ENABLE. Press ENTER again to make the change. To set the

radio to key-on-RTS mode, press ENTER, then use the up/down arrow buttons to

select DISABLE. Press ENTER again to make the change.

UNIT [10000–65000]

command, Page 55

STANDBY [ON/OFF]

command, Page 52

BATT(ery) [ON/OFF]

command, Page 55