User's Manual

Eclipse2 Technical Manual V1.5 Page 8 of 16
Figure1: Eclipse2 Transceiver Front panel
Buttons:
Status Press this button to listen to the voice report
Test Press this button to key up the exciter (if front panel test key enabled)
Up Press this button to increase the speaker volume
Down Press this button to decrease the speaker volume
Left Press this button to channel change down
Right Press this button to channel change up
Reset The reset switch mounted inside base station, used for reset the Reciter without
power cycle, use a small pin (e.g. paper clipper) to access this switch
Indicators:
Power This LED (on) indicates that DC power supply is applied to the Reciter
Ethernet This LED (on) indicates that the transceiver is operating in Digital mode
Analog This LED (on) indicates that the transceiver is operating in Analog mode, - if the
transceiver is operating in dual mode, both Digital and Analog LED will be on
Tx This LED (on) indicates the transceiver’s transmitting path is active
Rx This LED (on) indicates the transceiver’s receiving path is active
Alarm This LED (flash) indicates the transceiver is in alarm state, press the status button
to listen the alarm information
Connectors:
Microphone RJ45 connector for front-panel microphone input
USB USB (type A) connector for connecting a PC via a standard USB cable to monitor or
program the Reciter.
Rear Panel Connectors
System I/O:
The male D shell, 25-pin connector is the main interface to the Reciter Module. The pins of the
connection are described in table 1.
Pin No. Description Specification
1, 4 Power supply, positive Input: +13.8VDC
(minimum 10.8V, maximum 16V)
13,25 Power supply, negative Input: Ground
2 System serial bus, Data out Output: +3.3V TTL logic
15 System serial bus, Clock Output: +3.3V TTL logic
3 Exciter PTT input
Input: Low active level
+2.5V)
16 Receiver COS output Output: open collector, Imax = 100mA
4 AUX audio input Input: unbalanced 4.7kohm, DC to 3000Hz
5 AUX audio output Output: unbalanced 4.7kohm, DC to 3000Hz
8, 17 Audio signal ground Input: ground
6 Line input + Input: balanced 600ohm,
300 to 3000Hz, -20dbm to +10dbm
19 Line input - Input: balanced 600ohm,
300 to 3000Hz, -20dbm to +10dbm
7 Line output + Output: balanced 600ohm,
300 to 3000Hz, -20dbm to +10dbm
20 Line output - Output: balanced 600ohm,
300 to 3000Hz, -20dbm to +10dbm
8 GPS 1 pulse/sec input Input: +3.3V to +15V TTL logic