Specifications

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Chapter 1 - Introduction and Specifications
Congratulations on your purchase of the CAT-1000B Repeater Controller. The CAT-1000B
is packed with features normally reserved for controllers costing thousands of dollars
more. Built on the foundation of the very successful CAT-500, this controller
incorporates the features suggested by customers like you.
Programming the CAT-1000B is a snap. It is carefully structured with uniform
programming commands throughout. The manual is easy to follow with numerous examples.
The voice synthesizer interacts with during each control and programming operation.
Some of these features are described in the following text.
Scheduler
An advanced 60-position scheduler fully automates repeater operation. Any command
that can be manually executed can also be scheduled to one-minute accuracy. Program
the hours, minutes, day of week, or day of month and month of year. The CAT-1000B
will do the rest.
Voice Synthesizer
A vocabulary base of 475 words carefully selected for amateur repeater operation are
available to ID your repeater, announce the time and interact with you during control
and programming operations. Additional message buffers can be activated on demand,
through hardware inputs or by the scheduler.
CW ID
The controller has both "at rest" and "active" CW IDs and will switch to CW when a
repeater user talks over the voice ID. When both voice IDs are disabled, the
controller will ID in CW only. You program the speed and tone frequency.
Digital Voice Clock
The digital voice clock will announce the time upon request, at the completion of an
autopatch, during repeater IDs, or on the hour through the grandfather clock feature.
Autopatch
A full feature autopatch with storage for three hundred speed dial number highlights
the CAT-1000B. Each speed dial location accepts numbers of up to sixteen digits and
includes space for the users call letters. A phone number read-back precedes regular
calls. This feature can be suppressed by a mic key-click. Last number re-dial, hook
flash, and autopatch time extender commands round out the features. In addition to
the Reverse autopatch, full telephone control and programming provides an extra
measure of security. Using a number counter and area code discriminator provides long
distance protection. A twenty-position table is provided to store telephone numbers
or whole prefixes to be locked-out.
Courtesy Tone
Memory space is provided for the storage of ten custom courtesy tones. Each tone can
consist of up to three different tone frequencies of various lengths and separations.
Separate courtesy tones denote repeater and remote base receiver activity.
Transceiver Control
The CAT-1000B will control a transceiver connected to port #2. You can turn the
transceiver ON or OFF or enable just the receiver to monitor activity on the
transceiver frequency. After a preselected period of inactivity the transceiver will
automatically disconnect. The CAT-1000B will suppress your repeater identification
from being transmitted on the transceiver frequency.