quantar to zetron 38 pinout

[911-EMT]

I am looking to interface a quantar to a zetron model 38a for multi pl/dpl’s use on a community repeater, zetron and Motorola will sell interface cables for mtr2000 but not for the quantar, if anyone have the pinout of the cable please let me know.

[Motoboy]

You shouldn't need an external controller to set up a Quantar as a community repeater. In the RSS, in the Options area of the Hardware Configuration screen, change the Multi-Coded Squelch option to Multi-PL only. This allows access to the Multi-Coded Squelch Table, where you can enter the Rx and Tx PL's and DPL's. There is also an accounting feature that shows how much time has been used and how many calls have been made by each user.

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[Bill_G]

Holy cow. Learn sumthin new everyday. Thanks. This could solve a dispute between a couple agencies using a repeater - the system owner claiming the user is using more than 50% of the time.

[911-EMT]

Thanks Motoboy i am using a Quanta with station control firmware B013.04.007 it works grate but when setting it up to MULTI-PL and setting up the MULTI-CODE SQUELCH TABLE the rx1 active will not go on and will not repeate

[Motoboy]

911, make sure your "User Access" column is set to "Enable", and not disabled or gated. Gated means you can turn that particular user on or off with TRC commands.

[911-EMT]

it is set to enabled i tried on a different control card with firmware 20.xx.xx and work fine. i think the problem is the firmware 13.xx.xx

[911-EMT]

it is set to enabled i tried on a different control card with firmware 20.xx.xx and work fine. i think the problem is the firmware 13.xx.xx

[prhowe]

I'm trying to do this too and am not having a lot of success. However, my system appears to be a little more complex. I have 6 remote receivers, connected through a comparator / DIU. The receiver within the Quantar base is one of the receivers connected to the Comparator. It was initially set up as System Type=Conventional and Station Type=Astro CAI Capable . I only need a second PL for now. Would activating the second receive function work? I'm going back into work tomorrow and have this channel all to myself to experiment with. If anyone has any suggestions - I thank you in advance...

[d119]

I'm trying to do this too and am not having a lot of success. However, my system appears to be a little more complex. I have 6 remote receivers, connected through a comparator / DIU. The receiver within the Quantar base is one of the receivers connected to the Comparator. It was initially set up as System Type=Conventional and Station Type=Astro CAI Capable . I only need a second PL for now. Would activating the second receive function work? I'm going back into work tomorrow and have this channel all to myself to experiment with. If anyone has any suggestions - I thank you in advance...

The second receiver function is for a physical second receiver (T1R2) in the Quantar station. Quantar stations can support 1 transmitter and two receivers within the Quantar chassis, with certain exceptions.

I don't believe doing anything with the second receiver option will help you in your situation.

Multi-PL voting systems can be a real pain. The issue is lies in how do the remote receivers tell the transmitter which PL they decoded? If it's a cross-tone system with multiple receive PL's and a single transmit PL, that's simple. But if you want the transmitter to follow the receivers PL in a voting system, I'm really not sure how you'd do that in an analog system, or for that matter, a digital system.

I would imagine (and this is just a guess) that in digital mode, the v.24 data backhaul contains the decoded NAC to be passed on to the transmitter, but again, that's only a guess.

See the dilemma here?

[prhowe]

Well, I spent all day and two Venti Starbuck coffees trying this. Late afternoon I broke down and called Motorola (forgot they are in MD. and I am in AZ. They were gone, but they are there tomorrow.

I have it working in multi-pl mode as a stand alone repeater.

And then I got it to scan "channels" , but the scan has a terrible linger time. If it locks on Ch2 - after the last transmitter releases, it takes 5 to 10 seconds to let Ch1 take back over. If Ch1 transmits - it repeats on Ch2- weird.

I have a good supply of spades, so I stuck in a second receiver - that works too, but only in the Quantar. No help with the remote satellite receivers.

No way - so far - to multi-pl from remote receivers - thru comparator - to Quantar.

But, I'll see what the wizards at the Federal depot at /V\otorola say.

[911-EMT]

Hi prhowe have you find a solution for the “multi-pl from remote receivers - thru comparator - to Quantar” yet