Barrett 960 HF, Operation Manual

Page 1: ...pean office Barrett Communications Pty Ltd Barrett Europe Limited 10 Port Kembla Drive Bibra Lake WA 6163 19 Lenten Street P O Box 1214 Bibra Lake WA 6965 Alton Hampshire AUSTRALIA GU34 1HG Toll Free Tel 1800 999 580 UNITED KINGDOM Tel 61 8 9 434 1700 Tel 44 1420 542254 Fax 61 8 9 418 6757 Fax 44 1420 543373 ...

Page 2: ...l 11 To communicate by voice with the calling HF user 11 Incoming phone calls 11 Completing the call Hanging up 12 Sending a Selcall to a HF station 12 Sending a Telcall to a HF station 13 Making a telephone call 13 Completing a telephone call 14 Sending a Beacon request to a HF station 14 Sending an ALE Request End 14 System Setup 15 Hardware 15 Front Panel 15 Rear Panel 15 System interconnection...

Page 3: ...h 32 TollFree Prefixes 33 STD Prefixes 33 Pre recorded messages 34 Playing a Pre Recorded Message 34 Recording a Message 34 Erasing a Message 35 Operational parameters 36 Selecting Channel Scan on Power up 36 Selecting Automatic Mode on Power up 36 Enabling Automatic VOX 36 Setting VOX Hang up Timeout Period 37 Setting Number of Busy Tones before Hangup 37 Setting VOX Hang time 37 Setting VOX Thre...

Page 4: ...4 ALE Configuration 46 Enabling Disabling the ALE 46 ALE Fill Mode 46 Preset ALE Phone Numbers 46 ALE Self ID 46 ...

Page 5: ...e Name 50 Phone Number 50 Pin Number 50 Default Packs 50 Upload Operational Parameters 51 Upload Channels 51 Upload Phone Numbers 51 Upload Selcall Access Levels 51 Download and Erase Call History 51 Hang up on Completion 51 Dialling 52 Modifying the Interconnect s Parameters 53 Operational Parameters 54 Operational Settings 54 Version Read Only 54 Scan on Powerup 54 Auto Mode on Powerup 54 Printe...

Page 6: ...0 Preset and all Local Calls 60 Preset and all Local and Long Dist Calls 60 All Phone Calls Except Barred Numbers 61 Barred from receiving Selcalls and Telcalls 61 Access from Phone to Radio 61 Selcalls Only 61 All Selcalls and Telcalls 61 Barred from receiving Selcalls and Telcalls 61 Scrambler ID s 62 Data Log 63 Call Charging 64 Introduction 64 Setting Charging Rates 64 Using Time Charging 64 U...

Page 7: ...ess levels for HF stations call logging and remote supervision by dial up computer links Operation After switching on the 960 performs a series of internal checks and displays important system information on the front panel display If Levels 2 or 3 are fitted additional information is sent to the printer Automatic mode overview In automatic mode the 960 HF telephone interconnect will Scan all chan...

Page 8: ...equest A beacon request is used to test to see if a channel is open to a HF station you may wish to call later with a Selcall A beacon request does not alert the HF station being called After the beacon request is sent a confirmation tone revertive call will be heard from the HF station the strength of this confirmation tone revertive call indicates the quality of the channel for communication If ...

Page 9: ...ct dialling on the PSTN To send a Telcall Press followed by the 4 digit Selcall number then press Enter the desired telephone number up to 16 digits long and then press again The Telcall will then be sent and the telephone number will be stored in the HF station transceivers Selcall history An audible acknowledgment will be heard if the call was successful If the HF station does not have the acces...

Page 10: ...e HF station For more detailed information on how to call the interconnect using Barrett 530 550 930 and 950 transceivers refer to the relevant transceiver operation manuals Sending a beacon Request To receive a beacon revertive from the 960 interconnect send a Selcall to the ID xx99 where xx is the self ID of the interconnect For example Selcall 4599 will receive a beacon revertive from the inter...

Page 11: ...ed with the received selcall number press the LEFT key The 960 will process the request the telephone number will be dialled and the HF user will be connected to the telephone party To communicate by voice with the calling HF user Press the RIGHT key This will cancel the audible alarm and allow conversation with the HF user to commence Receiving a Telcall from a HF station On receipt of a Telcall ...

Page 12: ...e telephone receiver is replaced so extra time will be logged against the call using this method The 960 operator can select Place Off Line from the manual operator s control menu Once a telephone call is complete the Barrett 960 will revert to scan if scanning is selected as the system default Sending a Selcall to a HF station Enter manual mode by pressing 0 Enter the manual operator s control me...

Page 13: ...Telcall Press the RIGHT key Enter the telephone number required by using the numeric keypad To delete the previous phone number repeatedly press the CANCEL button until there is no phone number If a mistake is made press CANCEL and try again If a 16 digit number is entered the number is dialled immediately after the 16th digit is entered When the telephone number displayed is correct press END to ...

Page 14: ...hone to talk and the speaker to listen If a 16 digit number is entered the number is dialled immediately after the 16th digit is entered Press CANCEL at any time to exit without making the call Completing a telephone call When placing the 960 On Line and Off Line the current line status is always shown by the front panel LED s The centre LED is the On Line indicator To go offline manually enter th...

Page 15: ...o select Send Beacon Rqst Press the RIGHT key When sending a Beacon the most recent destination ID becomes the default If the same destination ID is required press the END key If a different destination ID is required directly enter it using the number keys When the destination ID displayed is correct press END to send the call Press CANCEL at any time to exit without making the call ...

Page 16: ...ent destination address becomes the default Destination addresses must be set in the MS Windows ALE software and downloaded to the ALE board on the 960 interconnect See ALE Configuration section of this manual Press the LEFT RIGHT arrow keys to move onto the source address field The most recent source address becomes the default Select the source address by pressing the UP or DOWN keys To make a c...

Page 17: ...val from racking installations Rear Panel Transceiver port for connection to a 950 transceiver 25 pin D female connector Auxiliary port 2 for connection to remote site systems etc i e Barrett 974 system 25 pin D female connector Auxiliary serial port for configuring filling the optional ALE board 9 pin D connector Can also be used for logging monitoring and direct programming Parallel printer port...

Page 18: ... transmitter instability may occur Connect the supplied telephone cable to the Telephone socket of the 960 and to the PSTN socket Connect the power leads to the 950M transceiver and 960 interconnect from the 922 power supply The 922 power supply has two outputs Transceiver output and Aux output Connect the Transceiver output to the 950 and the Aux output to the 960 If a power supply other than the...

Page 19: ...nternal preset numbers can be used No system activity information is available Level 2 Standard configuration Full direct dialling facilities as well as preset telephone numbers are available A complete log of system activity is available from the printer port Level 3 Full logging commercial option Full direct dialling facilities as well as preset telephone numbers are available A complete log of ...

Page 20: ... to scroll up and down through the channels Interconnect must be out of scan to enable disable scan mute Speaker is muted until the interconnect begins to detect a Selcall to to change channels See below To change channels press any one of the number keys except 0 The interconnect prompts the user to enter a 2 digit channel number as above Press the UP and DOWN keys to scroll up and down through t...

Page 21: ... the interconnect is turned on In manual mode the LEFT key selects the manual menu Use the UP and DOWN arrow keys to scroll through the menu options and sub menus Press the RIGHT key to select the current option or sub menu For more details see Appendix A Primary Screen Menu Key Functions Channels setting Factory Default No programmed channels There are fifty programmable channels on the 960 inter...

Page 22: ...SB upper side band or LSB lower side band will be used for this channel Press END to confirm the selection Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to select Scan or Off This channel will be scanned if Scan is selected and scan mode is enabled See Selecting Channel Scan on Power up Enable Disable Scanning of Channels Press END to save the channel The transceiver will be programmed with the new channel The ne...

Page 23: ...or When controlling a 950 transceiver the receive audio source the 960 uses can either be from the 950 transceiver or from a remote source via the auxiliary connector such as a remote receive site Selecting receiver audio source Factory Default 950 Selects the receiver audio source used within the 960 either from the 950 transceiver connected to the 950 port or from a remote source via the auxilia...

Page 24: ...o talk and listen at the same time Duplex mode requires two 950 transceivers one for receive and one for transmit The receiving transceiver is connected to the auxiliary port on the rear of the interconnect The remote user also requires two transceivers transmitting and receiving on different frequencies Select Duplex Mode option from the Txcvr Menu Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to select On or Of...

Page 25: ...s option from the Dialling Menu Select the preset phone number to modify by using the UP and DOWN arrow keys to scroll between 0 and 98 Press END to confirm which phone number to modify If the phone number already exists it will be displayed upon the bottom line otherwise the LCD cursor will be positioned at the first number The CANCEL button will delete the last entered character or cancel the op...

Page 26: ...confirm selection Enabling dial tone checking Factory Default Enabled 3 seconds Dial tone checking looks for the absence of a valid free phone line before making a phone call For example someone may be using a normal telephone in parallel on the same line therefore the interconnect is unable to use it Note In some telephone exchanges particularly older ones the dial tone on the telephone line befo...

Page 27: ...ximum time to wait for someone to answer the phone when dialling out after receiving the first ring Select Wait for Answer option from the Dialling Menu Use the UP and DOWN arrow keys to increase decrease the value Press END to save Setting time to wait for first ring Factory Default 50 seconds Sets the maximum time to wait for a ring after the interconnect dials out to the phone Select Wait for R...

Page 28: ... and RIGHT arrow keys to select Yes or No Press END to save Setting the number of rings before the 960 will auto answer Factory Default 2 rings In normal automatic operation the interconnect will answer the phone automatically This option sets the number of phone rings before the phone is answered Select Ring Till Answer option from the Dialling Menu Use the UP and DOWN arrow keys to select the nu...

Page 29: ...m call length is sixty minutes To disable call length monitoring set the call length to 00 Minute s This allows unlimited call length Press END to save Dialling a prefix to obtain an external line Factory Default Off This option dials a prefix before dialling an out going phone number This is used by some PABX systems to obtain an external line To enable go to PABX Prefix in the Dialling Menu Pres...

Page 30: ...row keys to scroll through the numbers or type in a number using the number keys Up to 3 different cadences can be learned for each tone Each cadence is allocated to a different cadence number Press END to accept Using the number pad enter in the phone number to be dialled to generate the appropriate cadence Press END to dial the phone number Once the correct cadence is heard through the front pan...

Page 31: ...ce on Time will be displayed Press CANCEL to delete a digit Enter a new value using the number keys Press the END key to accept or the CANCEL key repeatedly to abort When the END key is pressed the Minimum Cadence on Time is displayed Press CANCEL to delete a digit Enter a new value using the number keys Press the END key to accept or the CANCEL key repeatedly to abort When the END key is pressed ...

Page 32: ... a Selcall is received Only local phone numbers received in a Telcall will be dialled Toll free numbers will be allowed through These are phone numbers with a prefix of 1800 or 008 Preset Local STD If set Selcalls and Telcalls can be received from these ID s Local and long distance phone calls will be allowed through All Phone Calls If set Selcalls and Telcalls can be received from these ID s Ever...

Page 33: ...l not be able to receive any Selcalls or Telcalls from the interconnect Select Set Txcvr Access option from the Access Menu Use the number pad to enter in the Start ID to modify Use the number pad to enter in the End ID To edit one Selcall ID set Start ID and End ID the same Use the UP and DOWN arrow keys to select the required access level Press END key to save Viewing Access Level Select Get Acc...

Page 34: ...ed prefix already exists it will be displayed upon the bottom line otherwise the LCD cursor will be positioned at the first number The CANCEL button will delete the last entered character or cancel the operation all together if the barred phone number is blank Press END to save the barred phone number Select another barred prefix to modify by using the UP and DOWN arrow keys Press END to confirm w...

Page 35: ...aracter or cancel the operation all together if the barred phone number is blank Press END to save the toll free prefix STD Prefixes This sets which prefixes are recognised as STD phone number prefixes during a Telcall Select STD Prefixes option from the Telcall Setup menu This is located in the Access Menu Select the STD prefix to modify by using the UP and DOWN arrow keys to scroll between 0 and...

Page 36: ...e interconnect the presence of a dial tone is checked first See Enabling Dial Tone Checking If no dial tone is found then this message is transmitted to the transceiver Access Denied When a user of the interconnect attempts to use a feature that they have not paid for this message will be played Playing a Pre Recorded Message Select Play Message from the Voice Msg s Menu Select the message to play...

Page 37: ...D Release the PTT button when the message is completed The message is not required to use the maximum length possible Play back the message as explained above Erasing a Message Select Erase Message from the Voice Msg s Menu Select the message to erase The message is now erased ...

Page 38: ...Automatic Mode on Power up Factory Default Auto The normal automatic operation of the interconnect means that any incoming phone calls will be automatically answered and any received Selcalls Telcalls or beacons will be automatically processed Select Auto on Powerup from the Operational Menu Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to select Auto or Manual Press END to confirm selection Enabling Automatic VO...

Page 39: ... to speak To disable the VOX timeout select 00 Minute s The maximum time out is sixty minutes the minimum is one minute Press END to confirm selection Setting Number of Busy Tones before Hangup Factory Default 5 This option will set the maximum number of busy cadences before the interconnect hangs up Select Hangup Counts from the Operational Menu Use the UP and DOWN arrow keys to select the maximu...

Page 40: ...reached then VOX is enabled Select VOX Threshold from the Operational Menu Use the UP and DOWN arrow keys to select the minimum threshold for automatic VOX Choices are Sensitive Normal 3dB and 6dB Press END key to confirm selection Setting Selcall Self ID Factory Default 45xx This is the group Selcall ID owned by this unit For example the ID 45xx means that any Selcalls Telcalls or beacons sent in...

Page 41: ...on to charging the client for the length of time on line a charge pulse can be setup to be sent from the Telephone exchange at a unit time interval as determined by the telephone exchange charging rates A unit interval for example may be every 30 seconds for a long distant phone call This is available to out going calls only The available pulse detection types are 50Hz 12kHz and 16kHz These may no...

Page 42: ...o Press END to move onto the next field Use the UP and DOWN arrow keys to select the hour of day 24 hour format Press END to move onto the next field Use the UP and DOWN arrow keys to select the minute of the hour Press END to save new date and time Seconds are set to zero Setting the Custom Start up Message A custom user start up message can be displayed on power up following the Barrett start up...

Page 43: ...lection Setting Scrambler ID for each User s Self Selcall ID Sets the scrambler ID for each individual user Selcall ID Also enables disables scramber for each Selcall ID Select Set Scrambler ID from the Operational Menu Enter a interconnect user s transceiver self Selcall ID using the number keys Press the LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to enable disable scrambler for the current Selcall ID Press END t...

Page 44: ...eived at full power Select PTT RX Level from the Operational Menu Use the LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to select Low or High Press END to confirm selection Enabling Mute during Scanning Factory Default Off Enables mute while scanning Note Speaker will be unmuted while receiving Selcalls and while online Select Scan Mute from the Operational Menu Use the LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to select On or Off P...

Page 45: ...No Press END to confirm selection Reset operational only to defaults Resets all operational parameters Select Rst Operational from the Factory Menu Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to select Yes or No Press END to confirm selection Reset Selcall access levels only to default Sets all access privileges to the defaults e g access barred Select Rst Access Level from the Factory Menu Use LEFT and RIGHT a...

Page 46: ...rase all channels Select Erase Channels from the Factory Menu Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to select Yes or No Press END to confirm selection Erase all preset phone numbers Select Erase Phone Num from the Factory Menu Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to select Yes or No Press END to confirm selection Erase internal DataLog Select Erase Data Log from the Factory Menu Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to ...

Page 47: ...Enable configuration through PC serial port This will enable using the Option Level 3 PC software through a NULL modem serial cable to configure the interconnect Select RS 232 Program from the Factory Menu The interconnect will now be placed in permanent computer control Use the Option Level 3 software to talk to the interconnect To restart the interconnect turn the unit off and on ...

Page 48: ... mode go to the ALE Menu and use the UP and DOWN arrow keys to choose ALE Fill Mode menu option To exit ALE fill mode press the CANCEL key Preset ALE Phone Numbers For each ALE source address there is a corresponding preset phone number These numbers are allocated according to source address index ID s To enter a preset ALE phone number go to the ALE Ph Numbers menu option in the ALE Menu Press th...

Page 49: ...ry in which the desired FROM address resides This is used for transmitting an ALE call from the telephone keypad using the dest ID format while online dest ID is the index of the Other ID memory in which the desired TO address resides See the Embedded FED STD 1045 ALE Card User s Manual for details To set the ALE Self ID go to the ALE Self ID menu option in the ALE Menu Press the UP and DOWN arrow...

Page 50: ...ogram the main user screen is displayed The screen is used to allocated clients to a group file At the left of the main screen is the list of interconnect sites Select a site from the list to edit or download operational parameters The current selected site s details are displayed in the site information box to the right Sites can be added edited and removed with the add edit and remove button res...

Page 51: ...ions go to the Setup Port option in the File menu Exit Program All current options will be saved to disk Go to the File menu and choose the Exit menu option Downloading All Interconnect Parameters Open the appropriate Group File using the Open Group option in the File menu Select a Site from the sites list Connect to the Site using the Dial button To download all the parameters go to the Site menu...

Page 52: ...flow control be used to prevent data loss Dialling Method Tone Pulse depends on what your telephone exchange supports Tone dialling is much quicker Modem Initialisation String The modem initialisation string is used to configure the modem before dialling out For a normal modem AT compatible command set this is usually ATZ This will fetch the last saved modem settings Consult your modem reference m...

Page 53: ... Name The name of the interconnect site in the current group All sites in a group file share the same interconnect parameters To create a different configuration go to the File menu and select the New Group menu option Phone Number The phone number used to dial to a remote interconnect Local RS 232 Connection must be disabled in the Setup Port Window Pin Number The pin number is a unique number as...

Page 54: ...e numbers contained within the file will be uploaded as soon as a connection is seen Upload Selcall Access Levels If the site image file is valid the interconnect selcall access levels contained within the file will be uploaded as soon as a connection is seen Download and Erase Call History The interconnect call history will be downloaded processed and placed in the database as soon as a connectio...

Page 55: ...ce this message is complete hit the connect button which will switch both modems into data mode Alternatively this will automatically be done after 30 seconds removing any need for user intervention When a modem carrier is detected the dialling form will be closed and any automatic events will be initiated The status of these auto events will be displayed in the program log If hang up on auto comp...

Page 56: ...containing the parameters to be downloaded and press the download button Note Only the parameters that are currently displayed will be downloaded e g operational access channels These will only be saved to the site s disk image file Press cancel to abort any changes The upload button is used to send the current configuration to the 960 interconnect A transfer progress screen will be displayed when...

Page 57: ...o scan mode when started allowing multiple frequencies to be monitored Auto Mode on Powerup When checked the interconnect will jump into automatic response mode to received selcalls telcalls and phone calls Printer Enabled When checked the printer if connected on the remote interconnect will print out event information Eg phone call received phone call made etc Automatic VOX The VOX allows automat...

Page 58: ...ro in this field disables the VOX inactivity timeout Hangup Count This sets the number of busy tones before hangup while the interconnect is online The hangup count may need to be varied for some countries which have longer busy tones e g 4 to 5 seconds instead of 0 5 to 1 second between busy tones VOX Threshold This option determines the minimum threshold level for automatic VOX when a person spe...

Page 59: ...red the phone when an outgoing phone call is made Wait for Ring This sets the amount of time to wait for the first ring when dialling out Time is in seconds Wait for Answer This sets the maximum amount of time to wait the user to answer the phone when dialling out Time is in seconds Rings Till Answer This sets the number of rings required before the interconnect will answer the phone A zero in thi...

Page 60: ...te Time in the Operational tab Date Time Allows changing the date and time of the remote interconnect when Change Data Time check box is checked Startup Message This displays the LCD Liquid Crystal Display user defined startup message when the interconnect is turned on ...

Page 61: ...refixes in the Phone No s tab This panel displays the toll free phone number prefixes The default is 008 and 1800 i e Any number beginning with 008 or 1800 will be classed as free This is globally effective to all users Select the prefix index from the Prefix No list Enter a prefix for this index Barred To set barred prefixes go to the barred prefixes in the Phone No s tab This panel display s the...

Page 62: ...uencies for the remote interconnect To set a channel choose a channel from the channel list Receive frequency and transmit frequency are displayed for the current channel The frequencies are measured in kilo Hertz kHz When Scan Channel is checked the current channel will be scanned when the interconnect is in scan mode ...

Page 63: ...ailable options The following access options are presented to the user Access from Radio to Phone Preset Phone Number Calls If set only selcalls can be received from these ID s A preset phone number if set will be dialled according to the least two significant digits of the sent selcall ID i e 1 98 Preset and all Local Calls If set selcalls and telcalls can be received from these ID s A preset pho...

Page 64: ...is selcall ID will not be able to make any phone calls through this system Access from Phone to Radio Selcalls Only If set this selcall ID can receive selcalls only from the interconnect All Selcalls and Telcalls If set this selcall ID can receive all selcalls and telcalls Barred from receiving Selcalls and Telcalls If set this selcall ID will not be able to receive any selcalls or telcalls from t...

Page 65: ...o enable or disable the scrambler for each Selcall ID There is also an option to enable or disable the scrambler for all scrambler ID s See Operational Parameters section To set the scrambler ID s 1 Select the selcall ID to modify 2 Select the scrambler ID from the listbox on the right 3 Check the Enable option to enable the scrambler for the selected selcall ID ...

Page 66: ...atalog in the interconnect When this becomes full press the Erase button Press the Refresh button to update the percentage display To download the internal data log press the download button After the datalog is downloaded it is processed and added to the datalog database The datalog is used by the call charging component as a record of all transactions on the interconnect e g connect time disconn...

Page 67: ...l made by the transceiver user e g local STD toll free etc Go to Charging Setup in the Charging menu and type in a new rate for Local Phone Calls and Long Distance in dollars Using Time Charging To enable time charging time charging must be enabled on the 960 interconnect See Call Charging in Dial Settings Then go to the Charging Setup in the Charging menu Select Minute in the Phone Rate option an...

Page 68: ...gram used to open the invoice file Even though it is possible to use notepad to print the invoice file it is better to use the built in printer option to print the invoice Select Print invoice once generated to send the invoice to the default printer which is selected by going to the printer option in the Port Setup window Once the invoice is produced it is stored in a text file in the directory o...

Page 69: ...the top of the generated invoice Any comments entered will be displayed on the invoice as well To add selcall ID s to this client select the selcall ID from the Unallocated Selcall ID s list and press the button To remote selcall ID s select the selcall ID from the Owned Selcall ID s list and press the button Once finished press the OK button to save the client to the database or press Cancel to a...

Page 70: ... Selcall ID s were allocated to a particular client when the client was created See Creating New Clients Month Year Field Next select the month and year that the invoice will cover Build Invoice Button To build the invoice file press the Build Invoice button A new invoice will be created and placed in the directory set in the Charging Setup Window If selected the invoice will also be displayed in ...

Page 71: ...channels Enters the digit 3 Numeric key 3 Change channels Enters the digit 4 Numeric key 4 Change channels Enters the digit 5 Numeric key 5 Change channels Enters the digit 6 Numeric key 6 Change channels Enters the digit 7 Numeric key 7 Change channels Enters the digit 8 Numeric key 8 Change channels Enters the digit 9 Numeric key 9 Enters the Manual Menu None Enables Disables Mute Enter sub menu...