Hello all,
To save pulling any more hair out, I have a Quantar with a spectra-tac connected through the wire line connector. Card one is the in cabinet quantar RX'r, card two is the second locationRX'r.
My question is if the spectra-tac fails is there a way to enable the repeater to revert to repeater status instead of base status?
Thanks, Rob
Quanter in cabinet repeat with spectra-tac
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Re: Quanter in cabinet repeat with spectra-tac
Yes, there is a setting that if enabled waits for the 'key-up' from the voter and if none arrives within that time, the repeater reverts to 'in cabinet' repeat.
Re: Quanter in cabinet repeat with spectra-tac
It is called "Fall Back In-Cabinet Repeat," and you should be able to find it in the RSS/CPS.
Note, though, that this is only workable if you do NOT have a standby transmitter. Usually, Main/Standby installations are manually switched by external devices (hardwired relay, data command remote contact closure, over-the-air signalling). Since the Main transmitter will never see a comparator-generated key sequence when the Standby transmitter is selected, FBICR would cause a collision.
The way to do In-Cabinet in a Main/Standby system is as follows:
1) Program one or both of the stations as "Repeat"
2) Via wildcarding, define an unused Aux Input as In Cabinet, and program it as follows:
If Input is Inactive, repeat disabled; if Input is active, repeat enabled.
3) Then use your external signal to render the Input active or inactive, as needed. This can be a local switch, a remotely-operated relay, or an OTA signal via either a SAM card or a third-party DTMF transponder.
Note, though, that this is only workable if you do NOT have a standby transmitter. Usually, Main/Standby installations are manually switched by external devices (hardwired relay, data command remote contact closure, over-the-air signalling). Since the Main transmitter will never see a comparator-generated key sequence when the Standby transmitter is selected, FBICR would cause a collision.
The way to do In-Cabinet in a Main/Standby system is as follows:
1) Program one or both of the stations as "Repeat"
2) Via wildcarding, define an unused Aux Input as In Cabinet, and program it as follows:
If Input is Inactive, repeat disabled; if Input is active, repeat enabled.
3) Then use your external signal to render the Input active or inactive, as needed. This can be a local switch, a remotely-operated relay, or an OTA signal via either a SAM card or a third-party DTMF transponder.