Operation Manual

58 FT-7900R OPERATING MANUAL
The FT-7900R can be used to access a repeater or base station which is configured to
provide access to the Vertex Standard WiRES
TM
(Wide-Coverage Internet Repeater Enhance-
ment System) operating in the “SRG” (“Sister Radio Group”) mode.
1. Press the
[ (
L
)]
key momentarily to activate the
WiRES
TM
access capability. The “ ” icon will appear
on the display.
2. Press and hold in the
[
BAND
(
SET
)]
key for 1/2 second
to enter the Set mode.
3. Rotate the DIAL knob to select Menu #19 (
INT CDINT CD
INT CDINT CD
INT CD).
4. Press the
[
BAND
(
SET
)]
key momentarily, then rotate the DIAL knob to select the ac-
cess number (
CODECODE
CODECODE
CODE “
00
00
0” ~ “
99
99
9”, “
AA
AA
A”, “
BB
BB
B”, “
CC
CC
C”, “
DD
DD
D”, “
EE
EE
E (¼)”, or “
FF
FF
F (#)”) corresponding
to the WiRES
TM
repeater you wish to establish an Internet
link with (ask your repeater owner/operator if you don’t
know the access numbers of the network).
5. Press the
[
BAND
(
SET
)]
key momentarily to lock in the selected access number, then
press and hold in the
[
BAND
(
SET
)]
key for 1/2 second to exit to normal operation.
6. With the WiRES
TM
capability activated (as in step 1 above), the FT-7900R will generate
a brief (0.1 second) DTMF tone according to your selection in step 4. This DTMF tone
is sent at the beginning of every transmission to establish or maintain the link to the
remote WiRES
TM
repeater.
7. To disable the WiRES
TM
access capability, press the
[ (
L
)]
key again.
You may access other Internet Linking Systems (including WiRES™ in the “FRG” mode)
that use a DTMF string for access.
1. Press and hold in the
[
BAND
(
SET
)]
key for 1/2 second to enter the Set mode.
2. Rotate the DIAL knob to select Menu #14 (
DT WRTDT WRT
DT WRTDT WRT
DT WRT).
3. Press the
[
BAND
(
SET
)]
key momentarily, then load the
DTMF tones which you wish to use to establish an
Internet link (ask your repeater owner/operator if you don’t know the access numbers in
the network) into the desired DTMF Memory channel.
1) Rotate the DIAL knob to select the DTMF Autodialer
memory channel number (“
d-1d-1
d-1d-1
d-1” through “
d-16d-16
d-16d-16
d-16”).
2) Press the
[
BAND
(
SET
)]
key momentarily.
3) Rotate the DIAL knob to select the DTMF code, then
press the
[
BAND
(
SET
)]
key momentarily to move
the digit.
4) Repeat step (3) above to complete the DTMF string.
5) Press and hold the
[
BAND
(
SET
)]
key for 1/2 sec-
ond to save the new setting, then press and hold the
[
BAND
(
SET
)]
key for 1/2 second to exit to normal
INTERNET CONNECTION FEATURE