Codan 3031 User manual

HF RADIO COMMUNICATIONS
USER GUIDE
Crosspatch
3031

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Codan part number 15-04148-EN Issue 2, March 2007
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Table of contents
Introduction
Overview of this guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1Overview
The 3031 Crosspatch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Typical configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2 Installation
Unpacking the equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Quick reference card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Installing the 3031 Crosspatch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Before installing the crosspatch... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Required equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Accessing the inside of the crosspatch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Installing and connecting the crosspatch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Adjusting the sensitivity of the crosspatch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Performing a functional test on the installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Performing an audio test on the installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
3 Setting up the Codan HF transceiver
Channel names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Networks and channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Scanning and mute status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Setting the default channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Self address of the Codan HF transceiver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Entries in the Address List of the Codan HF transceiver
connected to the crosspatch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Setting up a separate self address for the crosspatch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

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4 Operating the crosspatch
LED indications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Tone sequences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Operating modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Changing the operating mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Viewing the firmware version of the crosspatch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Using commands to control the crosspatch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Making and receiving calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Automatic antenna tuners. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Secure mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Calling activity at a remote HF transceiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Calling activity at a DTMF-capable VHF/UHF transceiver . . . . . . . . . 65
Calling activity at a VHF/UHF transceiver that is not
capable of DTMF operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Breaking through a continuous HF transmission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Appendix A—Specifications
Appendix B—Connectors and hardware settings
Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
15-way D-type connector for connection to third-party
VHF/UHF transceiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Flying leads for connection to Codan HF transceivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Internal DIP switches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Trim potentiometers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Appendix C—Wiring details for the VHF/UHF
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Appendix D—Compliance
Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
European R&TTE Directive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Electromagnetic compatibility and safety notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
FCC compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Register of hazardous substances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Appendix E—Definitions
Standards and icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Acronyms and abbreviations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Unit multipliers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
About this issue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Index

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List of figures
Figure 1: Front panel of the 3031 Crosspatch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Figure 2: Basic configuration for HF to VHF/UHF and
VHF/UHF to HF communication. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Figure 3: Trunked configuration for HF link between
separate VHF/UHF networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Figure 4: Extended communication configuration for
VHF/UHF communication to a PSTN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Figure 5: Naming convention used in installation
procedures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Figure 6: Location of hardware items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Figure 7: Front view of the 15-way VHF/UHF connector
on the crosspatch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Figure 8: Front view of the 15-way HF connector on
the lead from the crosspatch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Figure 9: Front view of the 19-way HF connector on
the lead from the crosspatch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Figure 10: Default settings for trim potentiometers. . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Figure 11: Fully balanced configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Figure 12: Quasi-balanced configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Figure 13: Unbalanced (single-ended) configuration . . . . . . . . . . . 90

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List of tables
Table 1: Interface cable 08-06766-001. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Table 2: LED indications during operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Table 3: Tone sequences during operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Table 4: Commands for a DTMF-capable VHF/UHF
transceiver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Table 5: Commands for a VHF/UHF transceiver that
is not capable of DTMF operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Table 6: VHF/UHF transceiver interface specifications . . . . . . . 77
Table 7: HF transceiver interface specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Table 8: DTMF timing specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Table 9: Physical specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Table 10: Pinouts of the 15-way VHF/UHF connector
on the crosspatch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Table 11: Pinouts of the 15-way HF connector on the
lead from the crosspatch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Table 12: Pinouts of the 19-way HF connector on the
lead from the crosspatch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Table 13: Settings for the internal DIP switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Table 14: 有毒有害物质列表 (Register of hazardous
substances) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

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