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360 Herndon Parkway Suite 1400 Herndon, VA 20170 http://www.rheintech.com Odyssey 2000 Mobile Radio Instruction Manual The 800MHz DC/MA Mobile Radio including Direct Frequency Assignment (DFA) with Digital LTR® Trunking 575-0000-0001 DC/MA is a registered trademark of ComSpace Corporation and LTR is a registered trademark of E. F.
Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS..................................................................................................................................65 INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................................................67 ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS MAY BE APPLICABLE: ............................68 NOTICES TO THE USER..............................................................................
RECEIVING A D ISPATCH C ALL .........................................................................................................................88 CONVENTIONAL OPERATION ..................................................................................................................89 TRANSMITTING .................................................................................................................................................89 RECEIVING .................................................
Introduction This Manual covers the Odyssey 2000 800MHz Mobile Radio for Digital Channel/Multicarrier Architecture, DCMA, with Trunking. The unit is a compact twoway radio transceiver featuring digital technology developed by ComSpace Corporation, that greatly increases the traffic carrying capabilities of the radio network while at the same time improving the quality of communications. The principle features are: 1 ) Digital Modulation with DCMA technology.
ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS MAY BE APPLICABLE: FCC WARNING This equipment generates or uses radio frequency energy. Changes or modifications to this equipment may cause harmful interference unless the modifications are expressly approved in the Operator’s Manual. The user could lose the authority to operate this equipment if an unauthorized change or modification is made.
SAFETY: It is important that the operator is aware of, and understands, hazards common to the operation of any transceiver. WARNING: • EXPLOSIVE ATMOSPHERES (GASES, DUST, FUMES, etc.) Turn OFF your transceiver while taking on fuel or while parked in gasoline service stations. Do not carry spare fuel containers in the trunk or your vehicle if your transceiver is mounted in the trunk area.
PRECAUTIONS Please observe the following precautions to prevent fire, personal injury, and transceiver damage. • • • • • Do not attempt to configure the transceiver while driving; it is dangerous. Do not modify the transceiver for any reason. Do not expose the transceiver to long periods of direct sunlight, nor place it near heating appliances. Do not place the transceiver in excessively dusty, humid or wet areas, or on unstable surfaces.
Odyssey Series Model 2000-800 Specifications GENERAL No Parameter .
TRANSMITTER No Parameter . 1 Modulation Type 2 Output Power 3 3 4 5 Output Impedance Harmonic Distortion Microphone Impedance Microphone Input 6 Frequency Stability 7 Channel Frequency spread 8 Adjacent Channel Power Ratio 9 Occupied Bandwidth 10 Transmitter Carrier Attack Time Requirement DC/MA® Comments 16QAM (2 level 8 phase) – Digital Channel/Multicarrier Architecture 4 Watts Pulsed Average (Maximum) 50 Ω -57dBc Two tone, third order products.
No Parameter . 9 Receiver IM Margin Requirement Comments >70 dB Intermodulation of the receiver. Based on cellular alternate channel definition with F1 at 50 kHz and F2 at 100 kHz from test channel. 10 Image rejection 11 Rated Audio output >70 dB 0.5 W RMS into 8 Ω (internal) 3.
UNPACKING and CHECKING EQUIPMENT Note: The following unpacking instructions are for use by your ComSpace dealer, an authorized ComSpace service facility, or the factory. Carefully unpack the transceiver. ComSpace recommends that you identify the items listed in the following table before discarding the packing material. If any items are missing or have been damaged during shipment, file a claim with the carrier immediately.
PREPARATION WARNING! VARIOUS ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT IN YOUR VEHICLE MAY MALFUNCTION IF THEY ARE NOT PROPERLY PROTECTED FROM THE RADIO FREQUENCY ENERGY WHICH IS PRESENT WHILE TRANSMITTING. ELECTRONIC FUEL INJECTION, ANTI-SKID BRAKING, AND CRUSE CONTROL SYSTEMS ARE TYPICAL EXAMPLES OF EQUIPMENT THAT MAY MALFUNCTION. IF YOUR VEHICLE CONTAINS SUCH EQUIPMENT, CONSULT THE DEALER FOR THE MAKE OF THE VEHICLE AND ENLIST HIS AID IN DETERMINING IF THEY WILL PERFORM NORMALLY WHILE TRANSMITTING.
3. Select a location in the two power cable leads for the fuse holder location and cut each wire at that location. • Locate the fuse as close to the battery as possible 4. Strip insulation from each end of the two power cable leads that have been cut (approximately 3/8-inch). 5. Insert wire in fuse holder. 6. Crimp terminal through body. 7. Repeat steps 5 and 6 for other half of the holder and for the holder on the second power cable lead. 8. Insert fuses in each holder. 9.
• It is important that the microphone and microphone cable not be mounted such that they interfere with the safe operation of the vehicle. • Use the microphone hanger bracket as a template to mark and drill the 0.141 inch holes. 6. Connect the microphone to the jack on the front of the transceiver. The connector is an RJ-45 type and is keyed to allow connection in only one direction. Place the microphone on the hang up clip.
CONTROLS AND CONNECTIONS FRONT PANEL All front panel keys are mo mentary push buttons and are backlit for nighttime viewing.
Push Button Functions Function Description 1 Pwr: power on/off Momentarily pressed for power on and held for more than 1 second for power off. At power off, the unit will delay 5 seconds before shutdown is complete. 2 Vol+: Volume Up Pressed to increase volume. Held down to continuously increase volume up to the maximum level. Tone volume varies with volume. 3 Vol-: Volume Down Pressed to decrease volume. Held down to continuously decrease volume down to a mute condition.
Microphone The microphone connector is a multi-purpose connector that allows for voice and data. RJ-45 Microphone Connector Pin-Out Pin Function Description 2 Microphone Microphone input required for voice. This input is biased to +VDC with respect to ground.
ACCESSOry Connector Pin-Out The connector plug is a MOLEX 03-06-2152. It is a 15-pin connector with several unassigned pins which are reserved for future use. Pin 13 7 14 8 11 4 5 10 1,2,3,6, 9,12,15 Function Speaker – P1 (internal) Speaker – N1 (internal) Speaker – P (external) Speaker – N (external) Ground Horn Honk Ignition (See note) External Speaker Select Reserved for future use.
18 BASIC OPERATIONS Operating Features The Odyssey 2000 Mobile Unit is the first in a new generation of high performance, digital transceivers for the Specialized Mobile Radio (“SMR”) and Private Mobile Radio (“PMR”) marketplace. Transceiver Features ν• Up to 32 Systems (programmable). ν• Up to 250 Groups per system (programmable). ν• Up to 512 Groups total (programmable). ν• 2 line by 20 characters Alphanumeric display.
System Key Up to 32 systems can be programmed within the unit. Each system can be represented by up to 17 alphanumeric characters and will also be identified with a number from 1 through 32. 4.2.2.2.Example System Information Display: 4.2.3.Group Soft key Up to 512 groups can be programmed in the mobile unit. Out of the 512 groups, up to 250 groups can be programmed per system. Each group can be represented by up to 17 alphanumeric characters.
4.2.4.1.Volume Specifications There are 28 settings for the speaker volume. Step 1 is mute. Steps 2 through 28 provide approximately an approximate 2 dB per step. The volume is displayed using rows of the 5 x 7 character display matrix. Each of the seven rows of the display character matrix represents 4 levels of the total range. 4.2.4.3.Example Volume Level Display (shown at full volume) 4.2.5.Scan Soft key The Scan soft key has two purposes. It enables and disables both System and Group Scan.
Horn-honk Toggle the Horn-Honk feature ON and OFF. (Enabled by option) Group Display Toggles group display between a pre-programmed label and a group number. Home Group Automatically takes the user back to home group within the currently selected system.
Tone Information: 4.6.1.Alert Tone Definitions All of the tones follow the LTR convention as described by E.F. Johnson. 4.6.2.Generic Tones General tones are tones that are generated for more than one function. The following is a list of tones that fall into the generic class.
Specific Tones: Specific tones are tones that have one function only. Their function is not described in this section. Only how the tone is generated is described in this section. Tone POWER ON/OFF Description AUX FUNCTION ACTIVE 1400 Hz, 200 msec tone – indicates that power to the unit is ON and that it is safe to release the power button Tone similar to the standard telephone busy tone – indicates that the LTR radio system is currently busy.
19 TRUNKED OPERATION Placing a Dispatch Call 1 Select the desired system and group using the System and Group keys. 2 Press the PTT Switch 3 If a tone does not sound, communication is possible; start speaking into the microphone. Release the PTT switch to receive. • 4 For best sound quality at the receiving station, hold the microphone approximately 1.5 inches (3 ~ 4 cm) from your mouth and talk across the microphone not directly into it.
20 Conventional Operation Transmitting Note: Before transmitting, monitor the channel to make sure it is not already in use. 1 Select the desired system and group using the System and Group keys. • 2 If the channel is busy, wait until it becomes free. Press the PTT switch and speak into the microphone. Release the PTT switch to receive. • For best sound quality at the receiving station, hold the microphone approximately 1.
