GM950plus and RICK help needed
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GM950plus and RICK help needed
gday all, i have apaif of gm950plus here and a RIck from a GR300 , im tryign to configure the pins on the radios so it will function liek the gm300's did with the RICK.. can someon eplease tell me what to set pin 3 and 8 to ? pin 3 im prety sure shoudl; be external ptt and pin8 COR but i cannot find a rick option in the software and i am not sure what they call COR in the gm950plus radios because there is no COr in the menu . any help would be greatly apreciated as im wanting to use the rick to control the repeater via mdc remotley and the m120 and gm1200 im using at the moment is very plain and basic . cheers:)
Re: GM950plus and RICK help needed
Hello,
You need to set Rx and Tx radio's I/O pins manually as below regarding R.I.C.K connection.
Receiver Radio:
Pin 8 --> PL/DPL DEDECT (LOW)
Only below pins are necessary for Rx radio:
Pin 8: DP/PL Dedect (manually)
Pin 11: Discriminator Audio (default)
Pin 7: Ground (default)
Pin 10: Ignition (default for GM950 and GM350 radios)
Transmitter Radio:
Pin 3 --> PTT(voice)
Only below pins are necessary for Tx radio:
Pin 3: PTT (manually)
Pin 2: Mic Audio (default)
Pin 7: Ground (deafult)
Pin 10: Ignition (default for GM950 and GM350 radios)
It is necessary to connect both Rx and Tx radios pins 10 (ignition) to the +13.8V DC directly. By this way, radios will be turned on automatically by themselfs if you disconnect power supply and connect back (preventing power cuts at the repeater station). If you are using standard R.I.C.K cable then you must cut pin 10 wires for both Rx and Tx cable at the R.I.C.K side and connect them together to the positive output of the power supply.
You will find schematic and more information about R.I.C.K in Batlabs website: http://www.batlabs.com/rick.html
PS: If repeater's transmitter audio is low then adjust trimpot near R25 resistor on the R.I.C.K board. If it is still not enough then decrease R25 resistor value. I had a problem like that when I was using GM series mobiles.
You need to set Rx and Tx radio's I/O pins manually as below regarding R.I.C.K connection.
Receiver Radio:
Pin 8 --> PL/DPL DEDECT (LOW)
Only below pins are necessary for Rx radio:
Pin 8: DP/PL Dedect (manually)
Pin 11: Discriminator Audio (default)
Pin 7: Ground (default)
Pin 10: Ignition (default for GM950 and GM350 radios)
Transmitter Radio:
Pin 3 --> PTT(voice)
Only below pins are necessary for Tx radio:
Pin 3: PTT (manually)
Pin 2: Mic Audio (default)
Pin 7: Ground (deafult)
Pin 10: Ignition (default for GM950 and GM350 radios)
It is necessary to connect both Rx and Tx radios pins 10 (ignition) to the +13.8V DC directly. By this way, radios will be turned on automatically by themselfs if you disconnect power supply and connect back (preventing power cuts at the repeater station). If you are using standard R.I.C.K cable then you must cut pin 10 wires for both Rx and Tx cable at the R.I.C.K side and connect them together to the positive output of the power supply.
You will find schematic and more information about R.I.C.K in Batlabs website: http://www.batlabs.com/rick.html
PS: If repeater's transmitter audio is low then adjust trimpot near R25 resistor on the R.I.C.K board. If it is still not enough then decrease R25 resistor value. I had a problem like that when I was using GM series mobiles.