NexLink IOP-1 User manual

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Intelligent Interoperability Gateway
FOR THE KENWOOD
NX-700 AND NX-800
TRANSCIEVERS
INSTRUCTION MANUAL
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TABLEOFCONTENTS
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FEATURES:.....................................................................................................................................................3
INTRODUCTION.............................................................................................................................................3
TYPICALAPPLICATIONS.................................................................................................................................4
PROGRAMMINGTHERADIO.........................................................................................................................5
SCANPROGRAMMING............................................................................................................................12
INSTALLATION.............................................................................................................................................13
RECORDINGTHEVOICEPROMPTS..............................................................................................................16
SETTINGSMENU.........................................................................................................................................17
JUMPERSETTINGDESCRIPTION..................................................................................................................18
GATEWAYOPERATION................................................................................................................................20
TECHNICALSUPPORT..................................................................................................................................23
FCCDECLARATIONOFCONFORMITY..........................................................................................................24
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Extendsexistingrepeatercoveragetothe3Gand4Gcellularnetworks,PSTN,orusers
privateinternalPBXsystemwithoutaddingequipmentattherepeatersite
ControlanNX‐7/800radioasifyouweresittinginfrontofitfromany(cell)phone
Zerouseofsystem(site)resourceswhenmonitoringazone/channel
Allowsforselectionofupto8differentindividualorgroupstoscan,talkormonitor
Supportsremotecontrolofscanfunctionintheradio
Easytousevoicemailstyleinterface
Fieldprogrammablevoicemailpromptscreateacustomizeduserinterface
Canbeusedtocrossconnectcovertoperationsusingacellphonetoexistingrepeater
infrastructure.
Passcodeprotectedfromunauthorizeduse
CanbeinstalledonKenwoodNXDNdigitalsystems,standardanalogconventional
systems,orLTRsystems.
Installationcanbeonoroffsite.
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INTRODUCTION
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TheNEXLINKinteroperabilitygatewayisanintelligentcrossconnectionfromcellular,PBXor
PSTNnetworkstoKenwoodNEXEDGEoranyotheranalogrepeatersystem.Itworksby
allowingausertoremotelyaccesstherepeaterjustbyplacingaregulartelephonecalltothe
NEXLINKgatewayfromanycellphone,standardlandlinephoneorinternalPBX.TheNEXLINK
gatewayauto‐answersanincomingcall.Atthispointtheuserhasfullcontroloverthe
connectedKenwoodradioasifsittinginfrontofit.Withinsecondstheusercaninstantly
connecttodigitaloranalogtalkgroups.Aninteractivevoicemailtypesystemisusedtoallow
theusertoselecttalkgroupsviatheDTMFpadontheirphone.Theusercanalsoenableor
disablescanningtomonitormultipletalkgroups.Onceatalkgroupisselected,theuser
pressestheDTMF9keytostartacall/transmission.ToendthecalltheuserpressestheDTMF0
key.Theusercanjusthangupthephonetoshutdownthelink.TheNEXLINKgatewayplugs
directlyintoaKenwoodNEXEDGEmobileradiousingthesuppliedplug&playcablekit.A
standardtelephonelineorVOIPlinewithanofftheshelfATAisrequiredtotheNEXLINK
gatewaywhichisusedasthelink.TheNEXLINKgatewaydoesnotneedtobelocatedatthesite
andusestheexistingrepeaterinfrastructuretooperate.Thegateway,radio,andlink
source(TELCO)simplyneedstobelocatedwithinrangeoftherepeatersite.
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PROGRAMMINGTHERADIO
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ThereisrequiredprogrammingthatmustbecompletedintheradiousingKenwoods’KPG‐111D
softwarebeforetheNEXLINKwillwork.Thefollowingscreencapturesshowthesesettings:
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ZONEPROGRAMMING
TheNEXLINKgatewaycanremotelycontrolupto8differentZones.Thegatewaycannotcontrol
navigationtochannelswithinzones.Thegatewayalwaysrecallschanneloneonzones1‐8.
Thereforeitisrecommendedthatthereonlybeonechannelprogrammedasshownbelowfor
eachzone.Itmaybenecessarytocopyinformationtomultiplezonessothatyoucanadd
multipleusers/groupsfromthesamezone.Makesurethatallotherconfigurationsthatapply
specificallytoyoursystemareprogrammed.Theseincludechannelfrequencies,zonetype,
signaling,siteinformationetc.
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SCANPROGRAMMING
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Scanningwiththegatewayissupportedandcanbeaveryimportantfeature.Iftheradiois
programmedforscan(seethescreencapturefromKenwoods’KPG‐111dprogramming
softwarebelow)theuserwillhavetheabilitytoswitchscanningonoroffremotely.Seethe
DTMFcommandlistinthe“GatewayOperation”sectionofthisinstructionmanual.
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INSTALLATION
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PSTNCONNECTION
TheinstallationshouldbedoneatalocationthathasanavailablePSTNconnectionsuchasa
standardcopperpair,digitalPBXwithanATA(analogtelephoneadapter)connection,orVOIP
telephoneserviceATAsuchasVonageorMagicJack.Mosttelephoneconnectionsthathavea
ringvoltageand“tipandring”connections(alsoreferredtoas2‐wire)shouldworkwiththe
NEXLINKgateway.ThisconnectionispluggedintotheportlabeledTELCOonthegateway.
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RADIORFPATH
TheRFpathtoandfromtherepeatersiteneedstohaveasolidsignaltoandfromtheradio
connectedtothegateway.ItisnotnecessaryfortheradioandtheNEXLINKgatewaytobe
locatedatthetowersite.Forinstance,aradiolocatedataservicedispatchareawithanoutside
antennathathasasolidsignaltoandfromtherepeaterisperfect.Iftheradioistobelocated
atthetowersite,thentheappropriatemeasuresshouldbetakentoensureasolidand
balancedRFconnection.Beforeconnectingthegatewaytotheradio,makesurethatall
programmedzonesintheradiohaveacleartransmitandreceivepathandtheprogrammed
ID’sandzonesarethedesireduser/groupstobeusedwiththegateway.
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PLUGANDPLAYCABLECONNECTIONS
TheNEXLINKgatewaycomescompletewithallthecablesrequiredforconnectiontothe
KenwoodNX‐700orNX‐800radio.PlugthecableharnessasshowninFig1.
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MICGAINSETTING
TheMICGAINonthefrontpanelofthegatewayshouldbesetatabout10:00usingthe
indentationontheshaftofthecontrol.Thiscontroladjuststhelevelofaudiothatissentout
overtheairtotherepeaterfromtheuserontheTELCOportofthegateway.Thissettingmay
varyslightlydependingontheinstallation.Thislevelshouldbesetsothattheuserofthe
gatewaysoundsalmostthesameasallotherusersonthesystem.
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SuppliedPlugN’PlayCableHarnessDescription
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3Connectionsto2Connectionsto
TheNEXLINKGateway.    TheRadio.

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Connections
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RECORDINGTHEVOICEPROMPTS
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EightdifferenttalkgroupscanbeselectedusingDTMFkeys1‐8ontheusers’phone.Whenthe
gatewayreceivesthiscommanditwillsendacommandtotheradiotoswitchtothe
appropriatezone.Itwillthenrespondwithavoicepromptlettingtheuserknowthattheradio
isreadyforuseonthatparticularzone.Youcanrecordeachofthesepromptsusingthe
Kenwoodpalmmicrophoneconnectedontheradios’frontmicrophonejack.Itisbestto
performthisprocedureinaquietenvironmenttoavoidrecordingbackgroundnoise.
Followtheseinstructionsforprogramming:
1. TurnofftheradioandtheNEXLINKgatewaybypressingthepowerbuttonontheradio
downfor3seconds.
2. GraspthemicrophoneandgetreadytopressthePTTbuttononthemic.
3. Pressandholdthepowerbuttonontheradiodownfor3secondstoturntheradioon.
4. Theradiowillgothroughitsbootupprocedure.Whenyousee“VOLUME5”onthe
radiosLCDscreen,pressandreleasethePTTonthemicrophonequickly.
5. Inabout2seconds,youshouldsee“REC”appearontheLCDscreenoftheradio.Ifyou
see“PA”instead,theradioisnotprogrammedcorrectly.Refertotheprogramming
section.
6. Atthispointyouarereadytorecordthevoicepromptforzone1,channel1intheradio.
TheradiowillshowonitsLCDdisplaytheZoneyouwillberecording.Holdthe
microphoneabout2inchesfromyourmouth.Pressandholdthemicrophones’PTTand
speakthepromptyouwishimmediatelyasyouonlyhaveabout2‐3secondsper
prompt.ReleasePTTattheendofyourprompt.DonotspeakbeforepressingPTTand
donotreleasePTTbeforeyoufinishspeakingyourprompt.
7. TheNexLinkgatewaywillthenincrementtothenextZoneautomaticallyforyouto
recordthenextprompt.Continuewiththesameprocedurestatedin#6aboveforall
zonesprogrammedintheradio.TheNexLinkgatewaywillonlyrecordthenumberof
zonesyouhaveprogrammed,upto8.
8. Whencomplete,theRECwilldisappearfromtheradiosLCDscreen,allowingtheradio
tobeusedasnormal.
9. Totestyourvoiceprompts,callthegatewayandselecteachzone(1‐8ontheDTMF
keypad)tomakesurethepromptsarerecordedcorrectly.
Onthegodevicescanrecordprofessionalrecordingsifrequired.Callourtechnicalsupport
departmentat954‐261‐8968forfurtherdetails.
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SETTINGSMENU
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TheNexLinkgatewayhasaSETTINGSmenuthatallowscertainsetupfeaturestobechanged.It
isaccessedbycallingintothegatewayandusingDTMFtonestochangethesettings.CONFIG
jumper4onthepcboardmustbeinstalled(refertothejumpersettingssection).Oncethis
jumperisinstalled,thefollowingcommandswillbeavailablewhencallingintothegateway.
Thisjumperisinstalledwhenshippedfromthefactory.Itisrecommendedthatitberemoved
oncethesetupiscompleted.
ENTERSETTINGSMODE,Press#2
Whencallingintothegatewaythegatewaywillaskforapasscode.Oncethispasscodeis
enteredcorrectlythegatewaywillrespondwiththezoneselectedontheradio.Atthispoint
theuserwillbein“operate”mode.TheuserwillneedtoPress#2toenterSETTINGSmode.The
gatewaywillrespond“SETTINGS”.Fromhereyouhave3differentfunctions:
1. NUMBEROFRINGSTOANSWER,Press1,thenthedesirednumberofrings.
TheNexLinkgatewaycanbeprogrammedtoanswerafterasetnumberofrings.PressDTMF1,
thenthenumberofringsyouwouldlikethegatewaytoauto‐answerthecall.
2. SETTHEPASSCODE,Press2
TheNexLinkgatewayisequippedwitha4digitDTMFpasscodefeatureincaseanerroneous
usercallsthegateway.Thepasscodeasshippedis1234.Press2inthismenuandthegateway
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passcodetoyou.Pressoneifcorrect.Thegatewaywillrespondwith“SETTINGS”toletyou
knowithaschangedthepasscode.
3. SETTHEVOICEPROMPTVOLUMETOTHEUSER,Press7toincrease,8todecrease.
Youcansetthevolumeofthevoicepromptstotheuserwithkeys7and8.7willincreasethe
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thislevelwhenyouleavetheSETTINGSmenu.
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4‐Ifthisjumperisin,theSETTINGSmenuinthegatewayisenabled.Thisismainlyusedtofirst
setthepasscodeofthegateway.Itisinstalledbythefactoryatthetimeofpurchase.Afterthe
usersetsupthepasscode,thisjumpershouldberemoved.(Seethesection“SETTINGSMENU”)
2‐Ifthisjumperisin,thepasscodepromptwillbedisabledandfullaccesstothegatewaywillbe
availablewithoutenteringapasscode.Thisfeaturemightbeconvenientiftheunitisinstalled
onaninsidePBXanalogtelephonelinewheretherewouldbelimitedpersonneluse.
1‐Ifthisjumperisout,thetimeouttimermentionedinthe“Operation”sectionofthismanualis
setto4minutes.Ifthejumperisinstalled,itwillbesetto8minutes.Thefactorydefaultisnot
installedor4minutes.
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ReassemblyoftheGateway
PlacethePCboardbackonthe2ndgroovefromthebottomoftheunit.Slidethepcboarduntil
theLEDspopthroughtheholesinthefrontpanel.Replacetherearpanel,thenscrewthetwo
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GATEWAYOPERATION
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OncetheNEXLINKgatewayisproperlyinstalledandtheradioisprogrammedtobeusedwith
theNEXLINKgateway,operationisasfollows:
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ACCESSINGTHEGATEWAY
Togainaccesstothegateway,theusersimplydialsthetelephonenumberconnectedtothe
TELCOportonthegatewayfromacellphoneoranyotherphone(whichusuallyhasamemory
storedinthephoneforthegatewaytelephonenumber).Thegatewaycouldalsobeconnected
toaPBXsystem.Inthatcase,theuserwouldentertheinternalextentionnumber.TheNEXLINK
gatewaywillauto‐answerthecallandasktheuserfora4digitpasscode(thepasscodeentrycan
bedisabled,seethe“JUMPERSETTINGDESCRIPTION,jumper2”sectionofthismanual).After
sucessfulentry,thegatewaywillrespond“NEXLINKReady”,followedbytheprerecordedvoice
promptforthecurrentzonethattheradioisswitchedtosuchas“DispatchOne”.Immediately
audiofromthereceiverintheradioispassedtotheuseronhisphonetomonitor“Dispatch
One”activity.Iftheradioconnectedtothegatewayisprogrmamedforscan,andtheuserhas
turnediton,theuserwillheartheprompt“Scanning”priortotheZoneprompt.
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MONITORINGTHECHANNEL
Theuserwillnowbemonitoringthelastzonepreviouslyselected.Iftheuserjustchoosesto
monitorthefrequency,after4(or8minutes,seethe“JUMPERSETTINGDESCRIPTION,jumper
1)minutestheuserwillbeasked“Areyoustillthere?”toseeiftheuserisstillactivelyusingthe
gateway(thegatewayischeckingforapossibledroppedcall).Theusermustrespondby
pressing“0”oranyotherkeytoresettheactivitytimer.Iftheuserdoesnotrespondwithinone
moreminute,thegatewaywillendthecall.Thegatewaywillneverinterrupttheuserwith“Are
youstillthere”iftheuserisactiveinaconversationthathastransmissionslessthan4(or8)
minutes.Theuserwillonlybeaskediftheusershowsnosignofactivity.Itisreccommened
thatiftheuserismonitoringforextendedperiodsoftimethattheusermutethemicrophone
ontheusers’phonetomaintainaudioinonedirection.
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