Instruction manual

Connect Systems Inc. -Model TP-154 Page 19
DEFINITION OF TERMS
Courtesy beep: A brief tone at the end of a users transmission
that lets the party you are speaking with know that it is their
turn to reply.
Barge in: An attempt to cut in by a user who does not have the
DCS/CTCSS code of the user currently using the system.
Reserve tone: A tone in reserve tone status will bring up the
repeater but audio will not pass.
Cross tone: Converts a users input DCS or CTCSS to another DCS or
CTCSS as desired.
CW ID: Automatic identification of call sign in Morse Code.
Hangtime: The amount of time the repeater transmitter remains on
the air after a user stops transmitting.
Kerchunking: A kerchunker is a user that briefly hits his PTT
switch to see if he can raise the repeater. Many find this
practice annoying. The Anti-Kerchunking feature in the TP-154 is
designed to stop users who like to kerchunk. The Anti-Kerchunking
filter does not affect pick-up time or repeat capability, however
if a transmission is shorter than the Anti-Kerchunk time there
will be no hangtime when the user unkeys.
CTCSS/DCS hold delay: A software timer that fills in momentary DCS
or CTCSS loss when a signal is weak. When the hold delay is set to
at least two seconds the effective receiver sensitivity is
precisely the same as the receivers' squelch sensitivity.
Stuck Mic. activity timer: Sets the maximum continuous
(uninterrupted) talk time. If a user talks past the activity timer
time, the repeater merely stops transmitting until the input drops
and is picked up anew.
DCS polarity: Characteristics of receivers and transmitters can
invert DCS. The TP-154 has independently programmable receive and
transmit invert to accommodate your radios.
Response delay to CD-2: The amount of time from a download request
until the TP-154 begins outputting a DTMF download to your CD-2
Communications Decoder Unit. This time is required if you are
programming from a half duplex radio.
User Enable/Disable: Ability to turn a subscriber off for non
payment and back on in response to payment. Sometimes it may be
desirable to put a subscriber into reserve tone status rather than
use the deadbeat disable. That way he will realize that he is
picking up the repeater but can't talk. This may give the user a
clue that they need to write a check.