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CODAN
Remote Control System
8570/8571
Technical Service Manual

No part of this handbook may be reproduced, transcribed, translated into any language or transmitted in
any form whatsoever without the prior written consent of Codan Pty Ltd
 1991 Codan Pty Ltd

Codan part number 15–02038 Issue 4, December 1999

Head Office
Codan Pty Ltd
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AUSTRALIA
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UNITED KINGDOM
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CODAN

Index
1 About this manual
Standards and icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–2
Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–3
Acronyms and abbreviations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–3
Circuit reference designations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–9
Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–10
Unit multiplier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–10
About this issue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–11
Associated documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–11

2 Overview and specifications
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–2
Operating instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–2
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–3
General specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–3
Panel connectors for 8570 Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–4
Rear panel connectors for 8571 Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–7
Options and accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–10
Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–10
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–10
Power supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–11

3 Brief description
General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Receive audio path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Transmit audio path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Signalling and microcontroller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Automatic equalisation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3–2
3–3
3–4
3–5
3–6

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Power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Power on–off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Regulators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Receive audio path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2 or 4–wire interface and I/P amplifier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Gain and equalisation stage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
300 Hz notch filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Audio mute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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4–2
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4–3
4–3
4–4
4–5
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Volume control and audio amplifier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–5
Transmit audio path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–6
Input amplifier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–6
Microphone compressor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–6
Mixer amplifier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–6
Line driver and transformer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–6
2 or 4–wire interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–7
Signalling and microprocessor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–8
Microcontroller bus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–8
Internal I2C bus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–9
Keyboard and display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–9
300 Hz control tone—generation and detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–9
Signalling modem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–11
Signalling format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–11
Equalisation and levelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–13
Automatic equalisation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–13
Auto levelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–13
Options for 8570 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–15
Option M—morse facility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–15
Option PH—headphone output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–15
Option PM—miscellaneous facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–15
Option R—special purpose I/O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–16
Option RS—RS232 Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–17
Option SB—standby battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–17

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Backplane and power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–2
Receive audio path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–3
Rx audio from transceiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–3
300 Hz notch filter and audio compressor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–3
Rx audio bus and audio gate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–3
Line driver and hybrid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–4
2 or 4–wire interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–4
Transmit audio path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–5
2 or 4–wire interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–5
Hybrid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–5
Gain and equalisation stage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–5
Low–pass filter, audio gate and Tx audio bus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–6
300 Hz notch filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–6
Transmit audio to transceiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–7
Signalling and microprocessor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–8
Microcontroller bus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–8
Internal I2C bus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–8
300 Hz control tone—generation and detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–9
Signalling modem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–10
Signalling format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–10
Transceiver control logic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–11

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Automatic equalisation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Single site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Split site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Options for 8571 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Option ML—fit 3 or 4–line capability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Option RS—RS232 port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Option I/O GP I/O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
ALE split–site switch cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
RS232/I2C Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5–12
5–12
5–13
5–14
5–14
5–14
5–16
5–16
5–16
5–17

6 Maintenance
General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–1
CMOS devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–1
Circuit boards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–2
Dismantling and reassembling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–4
8570 Remote Control Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–4
8571 Remote Control Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–4
Fault diagnosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–5
General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–5
Voltage measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–6
Front panel controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–7
Logic levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–8
No reception!—with signalling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–9
No reception!—no signalling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–10
No signalling! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–11
No transmission! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–13

7 Adjustments
Programming channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–2
Programming 8525 and 8528 series transceivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–3
Creating a transmit and receive channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–5
Copying a channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–6
Deleting channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–7
Temporary channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–7
Program inhibit indication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–7
Too high, too low indications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–7
Programming 9323 and 9360 series transceivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–8
Creating a transmit and receive channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–10
Copying a channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–11
Deleting channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–12
Program inhibit indication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–12
Too high, too low indications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–12
Adjusting mute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–13
Equalisation parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–13
Calibrating the battery voltmeter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–14

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8 Parts list
General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Ordering information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Component substitution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Parts lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

8–1
8–2
8–2
8–3

9 Drawings
List of figures
Figure 7–1: 8570 Front Panel Display PCB P channel program position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–4
Figure 7–2: 8570 Front Panel Display PCB channel program position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–9

List of tables
Table 2–1: General specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–3
Table 2–2: Microphone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–4
Table 2–3: AC mains input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–4
Table 2–4: Option 2W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–4
Table 2–5: Option 4W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–5
Table 2–6: External loudspeaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–5
Table 2–7: Option PM—miscellaneous facilities (15–10376–000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–5
Table 2–8: Option selcall alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–5
Table 2–9: Option R—special purpose I/O (15–10377–000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–6
Table 2–10: Option RS—RS232 interface (15–10378–000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–6
Table 2–11: Option M—morse facility (15–10374–000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–6
Table 2–12: Option PH—headphone output (15–10375–000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–7
Table 2–13: Transceiver Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–7
Table 2–14: Option 2W (15–10372–001) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–8
Table 2–15: Option 4W (15–10373–001) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–8
Table 2–16: Option RS—RS232 port (15–10391–000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–8
Table 2–17: Option I/O General Purpose (15–10392–000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–9
Table 2–18: Options for Type 8570 remote control console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–10
Table 2–19: Options for Type 8571 remote control interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–10
Table 2–20: Accessories for the 8570/8571 Remote Control System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–11
Table 2–21: Power supplies for the 8570/8571 Remote Control System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–11
Table 5–1: DIP switch positions for baud rate (GPS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–17
Table 5–2: DIP switch positions for baud rate (computer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–18
Table 5–3: DIP switch positions for GPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–18
Table 5–4: DIP switch positions for computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–18
Table 5–5: DIP switch positions for RS232/I2C Interface address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–18
Table 6–1: Supply voltages on 8570 Audio Processor & PSU PCB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–6
Table 6–2: Supply voltage on 8570 Microprocessor & Display PCB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–6
Table 6–3: Supply voltages on 8571 Backplane PCB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–7
Table 6–4: Supply voltages on 8571 Microprocessor & Tcvr Interface PCB . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–7
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Table 6–6:
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Table 9–1:
Table 9–2:
Table 9–3:
Table 9–4:
Table 9–5:

Supply voltages on 8571 Dual Line Equaliser PCB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Front panel controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Resistor and capacitor abbreviations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Parts list index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
List of drawings for the 8570 Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
List of drawings for the 8571 Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
List of drawings for the Line Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
List of drawings for the options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
List of drawings for the accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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CODAN

This Technical Service Manual provides technical descriptions, functional details and
drawings for the 8570/8571 Remote Control System.
This manual assumes that you have a good understanding of electronics and a technical
background.
This manual has nine chapters:
1

About this manual—lists all acronyms, abbreviations and units used in this manual

2

Overview and Specifications—general description of the remote control system and
the specifications

3

Brief description—brief technical description of the remote control system including a
general description of the major circuit functions

4

Technical description—8570—a more detailed technical description of the operation
and circuit function of the remote control console

5

Technical description—8571—a more detailed technical description of the operation
and circuit function of the remote control interface

6

Maintenance—details of maintenance, general cautions and warnings associated with
the remote control system

7

Adjustments—describes the adjustments, checks and alignments for the remote
control system and provides a list of the required test equipment

8

Parts List

9

Drawings

An index can be found at the end of this manual.

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Standards and icons
The following standards and icons are used in this manual:
This typeface

Means

Italics

a cross–reference or text requiring emphasis

This icon

Means
a warning—your actions may cause harm to yourself or the
equipment
a caution—proceed with caution as your actions may lead to loss of
data, privacy or signal quality
a note—the text provided next to this icon may be of interest to you



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Definitions
Acronyms and abbreviations
Acronym

Means...

A/D

analog to digital

AC

alternating current

ADC

analog to digital converter

ACIA

asynchronous communication interface adaptor

ADJ

adjust

AF

audio frequency

AFC

automatic frequency control

AGC

automatic gain control

ALC

automatic level control

ALF

absorption limited frequency

AM

amplitude modulation

ARQ

automatic repeat request

ASCII

American standard code for information interchange

ASSY

assembly

ATU

antenna tuning unit

AUX

auxiliary

AVG

average

BAL

balance

BALUN

balanced to unbalanced (transformer)

BCD

binary–coded decimal

BPF

band–pass filter

BW

bandwidth

C/O

changeover

CAL

calibrate

CCT

circuit

CCW

counterclockwise

CHNL

channel

CMOS

complementary metal oxide semiconductor

COAX

coaxial

COM

common

CPU

central processing unit

CRO

cathode ray oscilloscope

CRT

cathode ray tube

CSK

countersink

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Acronym

Means...

CTS

clear to send

CW

continuous wave, carrier wave, clockwise

D/A

digital to analog

DAC

digital to analog converter

DC

direct current

DEMUX

demultiplexer

DMA

direct memory access

DPDT

double pole, double throw

DPST

double pole, single throw

DRG

drawing

DSB

double sideband

DSR

data set ready

DTL

diode transistor logic

DTR

data terminal ready

DVM

digital voltmeter

dB

decibel

dBm

decibel relative to 1 mW

EEPROM/
E2PROM

electrically erasable/programmable read–only memory

ECL

emitter–coupled logic

EDP

electronic data processing

EMF

electromotive force

EMI

electromagnetic interference

ENRAM

enable RAM

EPROM

erasable programmable read–only memory

EXT

external

F/V

frequency to voltage

FEC

forward error correction

FET

field–effect transistor

FM

frequency modulation

FREQ

frequency

FSK

frequency shift keying

FTTL

fast transistor–transistor logic

GND

ground

GPIB

general purpose interface bus

HCMOS

high–speed complementary metal oxide semiconductor

HEX

hexadecimal, hexagon

HF

high frequency (3 MHz…30 MHz)

HMOS

high–speed metal oxide semiconductor
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Acronym

Means...

HORIZ

horizontal

HPF

high–pass filter

I/COM

intercom

I/F

interface

I/O

input output

I/P

input

IF

intermediate frequency

IMD

intermodulation distortion

INT

internal

ISB

independent sideband

JFET

junction field–effect transistor

J3E

single sideband suppressed carrier telephony emission

LC

inductance–capacitance

LCD

liquid crystal display

LDR

light dependent resistor

LED

light emitting diode

LF

low frequency (30 Hz...300 kHz)

LIN

linear law

LO

local oscillator

LOG

logarithmic law

LPF

low–pass filter

LS

loudspeaker low–power Schottky

LSB

lower sideband, least significant bit

LSI

large–scale integration

LSTTL

low–power Schottky transistor–transistor logic

LTU

line terminating unit

MAX

maximum

MF

medium frequency (300 kHz...3 MHz)

MIN

minimum

MODEM

modulator–demodulator

MOL

maximum operating level

MOS

metal–oxide semiconductor

MPU

microprocessor

MSB

most significant bit

MSI

medium scale integration

MUF

maximum useable frequency

MUX

multiplex, Multiplexer

N/C

normally closed

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Acronym

Means...

N/O

normally open

NC

not connected

NMOS

N–type metal oxide semiconductor

NOL

normal operating level

NOM

nominal

NORM

normal

npo

zero temperature coefficient

NTC

negative temperature coefficient

O/C

open circuit

OMT

orthomode transducer

O/P

output

OPR

operator

OPT

option

OSC

oscillator

OWF

optimum working frequency

PA

power amplifier

PCB

printed circuit board

PCM

pulse–code modulation

PD

potential difference

PEP

peak envelope power

PH

phase

PIA

peripheral interface adaptor

PIUT

paper insulated unit twin

PIV

peak inverse voltage

PKG

package

PLL

phase locked loop

PMOS

P–type metal oxide semiconductor

POL

peak operating level

POT

potentiometer

P–P

peak–to–peak

ppm

parts per million

PROM

programmable read–only memory

PSU

power supply unit

PTC

positive temperature coefficient (resistor)

PTT

press–to–talk

PUT

programmable unijunction transistor

PWM

pulse–width modulation

RAM

random access memory

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Acronym

Means...

R/C

remote control

RC

resistance–capacitance

RCU

remote control unit

RD

read

REF

reference

REG

regulated; register

RF

radio frequency

RFI

radio frequency interference

RMS

root mean square

ROL

reference operating level

ROM

read–only memory

RTL

resistor–transistor logic

RTS

request to send

RTTY

radio teletype

Rx

receive, receiver

RXD

receive data

Rcvr

receiver

S/C

short circuit

S/N

signal–to–noise

(S+N)/N

(signal–plus–noise)–to–(noise) ratio

SCF

suppressed carrier frequency

SCR

silicon controlled rectifier

SINAD

(signal + noise + distortion)–to–(noise + distortion) ratio

SMPS

switching–mode power supply

SOT

select on test

SPDT

single pole, double throw

SPST

single pole, single throw

SSB

single sideband

STTL

schottky transistor–transistor logic

SWR

standing wave ratio

SYNC

synchronisation

SYNTH

synthesiser

T/R

transmit/receive

TC

temperature coefficient

Tcvr

transceiver

TCW

tinned copper wire

TCXO

temperature compensated crystal oscillator

TVRO

television receive–only

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Acronym

Means...

TDM

time division multiplex

THD

total harmonic distortion

TRIG

trigger

TS

tag strip

TSM

technical service manual

TTL

transistor–transistor logic

TYP

typical

Tx

transmit, transmitter

TXD

transmit data

UART

universal asynchronous receiver transmitter

UJT

unijunction transistor

USART

universal synchronous/asynchronous receiver transmitter

USB

upper sideband

UT

universal time

UTC

universal coordinated time

V/F

voltage–to–frequency

VA

volt–ampere

VCO

voltage controlled oscillator

VCXO

voltage controlled crystal oscillator

VDR

voltage dependent resistor

VERT

vertical

VF

voice frequency, video frequency, variable frequency

VFO

variable frequency oscillator

VHF

very high frequency

VOX

voice operated switch

VSWR

voltage standing wave ratio

VU

volume unit

WR

write

WRT

with respect to

WT

weight

XTN

extension

XTND

extend

λ

wavelength

+ve

positive

–ve

negative

φ

phase, diameter in mm

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Circuit reference designations
Abbreviation Designation
A

assembly

B

transducer, microphone, loudspeaker

C

capacitor

D

diode—small signal and power

E

heating device

F

protection device, fuse

G

generator, battery

H

signalling/indicating device, lamp, LED, buzzer

IC

integrated circuit, thick film hybrid

J

jack/socket

K

relay, key switch

L

inductor

M

indicating device, meter

P

plug

R

resistor

S

switch

T

transformer, common–mode choke

TP

test point

U

modem modulator

V

semiconductor (not including small signal and power diodes)

X

terminal

Z

quartz crystal, crystal filter, frequency network

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Units
Measurement

Unit

Abbreviation

current

Ampere

A

capacitance

Farad

F

frequency

Hertz

Hz

impedance

Ohm

Ω

length

metre

m

noise temperature

Kelvin

K

time

hour

h

time

second

s

power

Watt

W

resistance

Ohm

Ω

voltage

Volt

V

weight

gram

g

Unit

Name

Multiplier

M

mega

106

k

kilo

103

d

deci

10–1

c

centi

10–2

m

milli

10–3

µ

micro

10–6

n

nano

10–9

Unit multiplier

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About this issue
This is the fourth issue of the 8570/8571 Technical Service Manual. The manual has been
reviewed and updated to bring it into line with current product build structures.

Associated documents
This manual is one of a series of publications related to the 8570/8571 Remote Control
System. Other associated publications are:


8570 and 8571 Remote control operators handbook (Codan part number 15–04018)



8570 and 8571 Remote control installation handbook (Codan part number 15–04070)

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Overview
The 8570/8571 Remote Control System provides remote control of HF radio systems over
land lines or VHF/UHF radio links.
The system comprises two units: at the local end, a desktop Remote Control Console Type
8570, and at the remote end a desktop or rack mounted Remote Control Interface Type
8571.
Both 8570 and 8571 are microprocessor controlled with full revertive commands. This
enables access to all sophisticated transceiver functions including channel scanning and
selective calling. A wide range of configurations are available including multiple control
points and separate transmit and receive sites. Line loss and equalisation adjustments are
automatic.
The 8570 Remote Control Console has a LCD display incorporated to show full system
status, and all front panel controls are membrane switches for fingertip control. The unit is
AC mains powered and has an optional internal battery stand–by facility. Connection to
the leased line is via an internal AUSTEL certified Line Isolation Unit (LIU). A 4–wire
version is available for connection to a VHF/UHF radio link. Up to three units may be
connected in parallel, per line, for multiple control operations.
The 8571 Remote Control Interface is connected to the transceiver and is powered from
the transceiver DC supply. Up to four 2–wire lines each using an internal AUSTEL
certified LIU or alternative 4–wire links, can be accommodated for more complex system
configurations.

Operating instructions
Refer to the latest issue of 8570 and 8571 Remote control operators handbook.

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Specifications
General specifications
Table 2–1: General specifications
Item

Specification

Line Loss

Each line in a system can be up to 35 km of 0.64 mm PIUT
(0.64 mm copper conductor, Paper Insulated Unit Twin)
Note: Telstra now offers private lines with guaranteed
performance levels
The remote control system will operate on standard grade lines.
Lines and radio links must be duplex

Frequency Response

400 Hz – 2.5 kHz ±3 dB

Noise

Signal/Noise better than 45 dB (excludes line/radio link noise)

Signalling

1070/1270 Hz FSK (part Bell 103) 550 Baud
Revertive by command echo and verification 300 Hz control
tone used with signalling and for PTT

Controls

Channel ↑, Channel ↓, Volume ↑, Volume ↓, Clarifier ↑,
Clarifier ↓, Tune, Mode–USB/LSB, Transceiver On/Off, Scan,
Selcall mute, Audio mute, Intercom, Display, Power On/Off,
0–9 numeric keypad, Recall, Enter, Send, Delete, Review ↑,
Review ↓, selcall functions, special functions

Display

Backlit LCD, 2 line x 16 character

Power

8570:
8571:

AC mains 100/120/220/240 V ±10% Battery standby
(option) nom 5 hours
11 to 16 V DC (12 V nom) 200 mA, or 22 to 32 V DC
(24 V nom) 100 mA

Size

8570:
8571:

205 mm W x 260 mm D x 120 mm H
250 mm W x 320 mm D x 78 mm H

Weight

8570:
8571:

3.8 kg
2.5 kg

AUSTEL Permit No

A91/19/0129

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Panel connectors for 8570 Console
The following tables show the pin connections, functions, and signal levels for the rear
and side panel connectors.

Table 2–2: Microphone
Function

Signal Level

1

PTT Ground

0V

2

PTT Active

Active Low

3

Microphone Ground

0V

4

Microphone Input

Nom. 50 mV P–P 8 kΩ I/P Imp

5

Speaker Ground Return

Link pin 5 to pin 7 for front panel
speaker operation

6

Speaker Audio Output

13 V P–P max.

7

Speaker Ground

0V

Pin No.

Table 2–3: AC mains input
Pin No.

Function

A

Active

N

Neutral

E

Earth

Remarks
see rear panel

Table 2–4: Option 2W
Pin No.

2–4

Function

Signal Level

1

No connection

2

Telephone line

3

No connection

4

No connection

5

Telephone line

6

No connection

nom. 700 m V P–P in Tx

nom. 700 m V P–P in Tx

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Table 2–5: Option 4W
Pin No.

Function

Remarks

1&2

Balanced Audio Input

Input impedance > 3 kΩ

3&4

Balanced Input Output

Output impedance 600 Ω

5

Frame

6

Ground

0V

PTT relay contacts

To key link transmitter

7&8

Table 2–6: External loudspeaker
Pin No.
Tip
Sleeve

Function

Signal Levels

Speaker Audio Output

13 V P–P max.

Ground

0V

Table 2–7: Option PM—miscellaneous facilities (15–10376–000)
Pin No.

Function

Signal Levels

1

Ground

0V

2

Receive Audio Output

Nom. 1 V P–P from 1 kΩ

3

Transmit Audio Input

Nom. 0.5 V P–P 22 Ω Ι/P Imp

4

Quiet Line

Not used

5

Alarm Audio Input

Nom. 1 V P–P 2 MΩ Ι/P Imp

6

PTT Input

Active Low

7

Scan

Not used

8

A Rail

Nominal 12 V DC

9

RxD

±10 V Logic approx

10

TxD

±10 V Logic approx

Table 2–8: Option selcall alarm
Pin No.

Function

1

Not used

2&3
4

N/O Relay contacts

Signal Levels
1 Amp 50 V rating

Not used

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Table 2–9: Option R—special purpose I/O (15–10377–000)
Pin No.

Function

Signal Levels

1

Speaker Audio Output

13 V P–P max.

2

Remote PTT

Active Low

3

Rx Audio Output

Nom. 1 V P–P from 1 kΩ

4

Power On

Momentary low

I2C

5

Ext.

Bus (data)

5 V logic

6

Ext. I2C Bus (Data Line
Enable)

5 V logic

7

Ext. I2C Bus (Clock out)

5 V logic

8

Transmit Lamp

Not used

9

Ground

0V

10

Ground

0V

11

Transmit Audio Input

Nom. 0.5 V P–P 10 kΩ Ι/P Imp

12

Rx demod O/P pre–mute

Nom. 1 V P–P from 1 kΩ source

13

Audio I/P post mute

Nom. 1 V P–P 10 kΩ I/P Imp

14

Ext. I2C Bus (Interrupt)

5 V logic

15

A Line

Nominal + 12 V DC

Table 2–10: Option RS—RS232 interface (15–10378–000)
Function

Signal Levels

2

RxD

+ 10 V Logic approx.

3

TxD

+ 10 V Logic approx.

Ground

0V

7

RTS

+ 10 V Logic approx.

8

CTS

+ 10 V Logic approx.

Pin No.
1

4
5
6

9

Table 2–11: Option M—morse facility (15–10374–000)
Pin No.

2–6

Function

Signal Level

Tip

Morse

Active Low

Sleeve

Ground

0V

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Table 2–12: Option PH—headphone output (15–10375–000)
Pin No.

Function

Signal Level

Tip

Audio Output

1.25 mW into 8 Ω

Ring

Audio Output

1.25 mW into 8 Ω

Ground

0V

Sleeve

Rear panel connectors for 8571 Interface
Table 2–13: Transceiver Interface
Pin No.

Function

Signal Levels

Remote PTT

Active Low

Power on

Momentary Low

1
2
3
4
5

Tcvr

I2 C

Bus Data

5 V Logic

6
Tcvr I2C Bus Clock

5 V Logic

14

Ground

0V

15

Ground

0V

16

Transmit Audio Output

Nom. 3 V P–P 10 kΩ balanced

17

Rx Audio I/P pre–mute

Nom. 1.2 V P–P 10 kΩ balanced

18

Rx Audio I/P post–mute

Nom. 1.2 V P–P 10 kΩ balanced

19

Tcvr I2C Bus Interrupt

5 V Logic

7
8
9
10
11
12
13

20
21
22
23
24
25

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Table 2–14: Option 2W (15–10372–001)
Pin No.

Function

Remarks

1

No connection

2

Telephone Line

3

No connection

4

No connection

5

Telephone Line

6

No connection

Table 2–15: Option 4W (15–10373–001)
Pin No.

Function

Remarks

1&2

Balanced Tx Audio Input

Input impedance > 3 kΩ

3&4

Balanced Rx Audio Output

Output impedance 600 Ω

5

Frame

6

Ground

0V

PTT relay contacts

To key link transmitter

7&8

Table 2–16: Option RS—RS232 port (15–10391–000)
Pin No.

2–8

Function

Remarks

1

Rx Audio Output

2

Ground

0V

3

Ground

0V

4

RxD

±10 V Logic approx

5

RTS

±10 V Logic approx

6

TxD

±10 V Logic approx

7

CTS

±10 V Logic approx

8

Rx Audio Ground

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Table 2–17: Option I/O General Purpose (15–10392–000)
Pin No.

Function

Remarks

1

Ground

0V

3

Input 1

Active Low

10

Input 2

Active Low

2

Input 3

Active Low

9

Input 4

Active Low

7

Relay 1A

Common

8

Relay 1A

N/C

15

Relay 1A

N/C

13

Relay 1B

Common

14

Relay 1B

N/C

6

Relay 1B

N/C

5

Relay 2

N/O to 0 V (ground)

12

Relay 2

N/O to 0 V (ground)

4

Relay 3

N/O to 0 V (ground)

11

Relay 4

N/O to 0 V (ground)

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Options and accessories
Options
The options available for the Type 8570 remote control console are given in Table 2–18.
Table 2–18: Options for Type 8570 remote control console
Code

Options

2W

Fit for 2–wire operation

4W

Fit for 4–wire operation

FS

Fit PTT foot switch socket

M

Fit morse facility

PH

Fit headphone jack

PM

Fit miscellaneous facilities interface

R

Fit extended/remote control interface

RS

Fit RS232 port facility

SB

Fit standby battery facility—5 hours nominal operation

The options available for the Type 8571 remote control interface are given in Table 2–19.
Table 2–19: Options for Type 8571 remote control interface
Code

Options

2W

Fit for 2–wire operation

4W

Fit for 4–wire operation

ML

Fit for 3 or 4–line/link capability

RS

Fit RS232 port facility

Accessories
The accessories available for the 8570/8571 Remote Control System are given in
Table 2–20.

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Table 2–20: Accessories for the 8570/8571 Remote Control System
Code

Options

121

Module clamps (2)—locks 8571 to 93xx/8528 series transceivers

122

Module clamps (3)—locks 8571, 8540 and transceiver together

164

Rack mounting frame (483 mm) for 8571

169

Rack mounting frame (483 mm) for Type 8570 Console—iridescent grey

602

Headphones complete with cable and connector

641

Desk microphone complete with cable and connector

649

Extension loudspeaker

652

Morse key complete with base, cable and connector

654

Telephone handset complete with mounting cradle, cable and connector

655

Foot operated PTT switch, complete with cable and connector

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Power supplies
Table 2–21: Power supplies for the 8570/8571 Remote Control System
Code

Options

508

Voltage regulator (24 to 12 V operation)

9113 &
9114

AC power supply, 13.8 V DC regulated

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CODAN

This chapter provides a brief description of the major components and the circuit
functions of the remote control system. It briefly describes:33


receive path (3–3)



transmit path (3–4)



signalling and microprocessors (3–5)



automatic equalisation (3–6)

For a detailed description of these functions, see Chapter 4, Technical description—8570
and Chapter 5, Technical description—8571.

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General information
The information in this chapter should be read in conjunction with the Block
Diagram (part number 03–00708).

In the absence of the control tone (300 Hz), the system provides an audio path from the
transceiver/receiver through the Remote Control Interface 8571, via the land line (2–wire)
or VHF/UHF radio link (4–wire), to one or more 8570 Consoles.
Application of the control tone from any point, removes all audio from the system in
preparation for data signalling. Data is used to communicate to and from all
microprocessors within the 8570/8571 network and includes commands such as select
transmit mode (PTT), channel change, channel programming, system status etc.
When sending data, the control tone is present for the duration of the signalling, and on
completion of the data transmission, reverts to the receive mode. Data is transmitted in
simplex mode at 550 baud rate using Frequency Shift Keying (FSK).
The control tone is notched out of all external audio paths. Up to three 8570 Consoles may
be connected in parallel. The correct line termination is provided by a selected unit.

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Receive audio path
In the receive mode the audio from the transceiver is applied to the 8571 unit via an
interface cable. The audio passes through a 300 Hz notch filter IC3 & 4, removing any
300 Hz that may be present in the receive audio that could possibly corrupt the
performance of the system. The signal output from the filter is connected to an
amplifier/compressor IC7, whose gain is controlled to maintain a constant audio output
level.
At the output of IC7, the audio is fed via the signalling modem IC6, to the line driver
IC102 and is then connected to either a 2–wire private line via the hybrid and first
isolating transformer, or to a second isolating transformer for the 4–wire system.
The receive audio from the 2–wire line or 4–wire link is connected to the 8570 Console.
The signal is passed via an isolating transformer to the first amplifier IC4a and then to a
DC gain controlled amplifier IC10a, followed by a DC controlled equaliser IC10b/IC6b
and a 3 kHz LPF IC7d. At the output of the LPF, the audio path continues through a
300 Hz notch filter IC11 (to remove the 300 Hz control tone), a mute detector/gate, and
then via a DC controlled volume control to a power amplifier to drive the loudspeaker.

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Transmit audio path
In the transmit mode, speech received by the microphone, is connected to a mixer
amplifier IC1d in the 8570 Console. At its output, the signal is passed to a microphone
compressor IC2a (to maintain constant transmit audio) and then combined with the
300 Hz control tone (present during transmit mode) at the input of mixer IC1a. The mixed
output of IC1a, is applied to the line driver IC3 followed by a line isolation unit, to the
2–wire or 4–wire line output.
At the other end of the 2 or 4–wire link, the received audio is applied to the 8571 Remote
Control Interface, via the appropriate isolation transformer, to a hybrid and then to the
first amplifier IC101. From the output of this amplifier, the 300 Hz control tone is fed via
a 300 Hz band pass filter IC106 (to remove the transmit audio) to a threshold detector
IC104a/IC107. The transmit audio, (also containing the control tone but notched out
later), is applied to a DC gain controlled amplifier IC103a, then to a DC controlled
equaliser IC103b/IC104b. From here it passes via a 3 kHz LPF IC105a, through a switch
selected to a 300 Hz notch filter (used also in the receive mode), removing the 300 Hz
control tone, and finally via an interface cable to the transceiver transmit audio path.

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Signalling and microcontroller
In a simple system, the network is controlled by two microprocessors: one located in the
8570 Remote Control Console, and the second in the 8571 Remote Control Interface.
In the 8570, the microprocessor IC7, operates a conventional, 16–bit address, 8–bit data
configuration. Eight bits of the 16–bit address are connected directly to the EPROM IC5
and RAM IC4. The remaining eight bits are shared with the 8–bit data, made possible by
the address latch IC6, and are connected to the EPROM and RAM, to complete the 16–bit
address. The 8–bit data information (using the same bus) is applied to clock generator
IC3, and the Display and Keyboard via the I/O expander IC2.
The I2C Bus line from the microprocessor is used to control the DC outputs from the
DAC IC16 and the I/O ports IC18, IC19 and control many of the local functions and setup
parameters. The E2PROM connected to the I2C Bus, stores the current data supplied to the
DAC and I/O ports including the automatic equalisation settings.
Power On Reset IC9 ensures the microprocessor resets correctly when the 8570
equipment is switched on.
The microprocessor in the 8571 and its peripherals is almost identical to that used in the
8570 except it does not contain a display or the keyboard. It is also used to communicate
to and from the microprocessor in the transceiver.
Both microprocessors communicate to each other by means of the signalling modems
IC13 (8570) and IC6 (8571) using the same audio paths as the transmit and receive signals
described earlier.
The signalling employed is Frequency Shift Keying (FSK) using tones of 1070 Hz and
1270 Hz. Signalling integrity is ensured by parity check and echoing of each command.
Signalling time varies depending on the complexity of the information exchanged, but is
typically 150–200 ms including acknowledgment.

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Automatic equalisation
When the automatic line equalisation is initiated, the receive path is first checked. The
8571 sends, first a 300 Hz tone followed by a 2 kHz signal. These tones are received by
the 8570 and the levels measured by the microprocessor. The 300 Hz tone is adjusted for
the correct level by the DC controlled amplifier, and the 2 kHz signal is set by the DC
controlled equalisation circuit. Because both controls interact, the cycle is repeated until
balance is achieved.
When equalisation of the receive path is completed, the process is repeated for the
transmit path i.e. two tones sent from the 8570 and levels set up by the microprocessor in
the 8571.

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CODAN

This chapter contains a technical description of the 8570. It includes the:44


power supply (4–2)



receive path (4–3)



transmit path (4–6)



signalling and microprocessor (4–8)



equalising and levelling (4–13)



options (4–15)

This chapter should be read in conjunction with Chapter 9, Drawings.

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Power supply
The 8570 Console is powered from an AC 50/60 Hz supply and depending on the position
of the voltage selector, can operate on voltages of 100 V, 120 V, 220 V, or 240 V ±10%.

Power on–off
The input mains supply is connected to the primary of transformer T2 as shown on the
Audio Processor & PSU PCB (refer 04–02585), and the 11 V centred tapped secondary is
connected to diodes D4 and D5 to form a full wave rectifier circuit. The rectified output is
connected to capacitors C90 to C93 to provide the filter network for the 14.5 V DC
supply.
The power on is a hardware function. With latching relay K2 on the Audio Processor &
PSU PCB (refer 04–02585) in the off state, C89 is charged. When the on–off keypad is
pressed, V2 is turned on by a low to ground provided by a path through R115, then via a
connector P7 pin 6 to the Microprocessor & Display PCB (refer 04–02586) to D2, the
keypad, and D1. Prior to switch on, the cathode of D1 is at 0 V, due to the discharged state
of capacitor C56 on the 5 V regulator IC15 located on the Audio Processor & PSU PCB.
This action results in transistor V2 on the Audio Processor & PSU conducting and
energising the on coil of the latching relay K2. The relay contacts change over to the on
position and apply the 14.5 V DC to power up the equipment. With contacts K2 changing,
the charging current to C89 is removed.
The equipment is switched off by a software function. The pressing of the on–off keypad
sends a command, via the I/O port IC2, to the microprocessor IC7 (refer 04–02586) to
initiate switch off. The microprocessor, via the I2C Bus line, changes the output of DAC
IC16 pin 9, on the Audio Processor & PSU PCB (04–02585), from 0 V to approximately
10 V causing transistor V1 to conduct and the off coil of relay K2 to energise. This results
in the contacts of K2 to open. This removes the 14.5 V supply from the equipment and
returns the DC supply to transistor V2 circuit (required for power on function).

Regulators
On the Audio Processor & PSU PCB (refer 04–02585), the 14.5 V supply, referred to as A
rail, is connected to two regulators. A 10 V regulator IC14 identified as B rail, and a 5 V
regulator IC15 known as +5 V. These supplies, including A rail, power both the Audio
Processor & PSU, and Microprocessor & Display PCB assemblies.

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Receive audio path
2 or 4–wire interface and I/P amplifier
With the 2–wire interface, the receiver audio from the 8571, is fed by land line and
terminated into a modular telephone connector fitted on the rear panel of the 8570, and is
applied to the input of the 2–wire interface assembly (refer 04–02585).
The 2–wire interface consists of an isolating transformer, a fuse and an overvoltage
protection device, assembled in a fully insulated box. It is Austel approved.
At the output of the 2–wire interface unit, the receiver audio is connected to the Audio
Processor & PSU PCB via pins 1 and 2 of connector P8 to the balanced input of amplifier
IC4a. The input resistors R21, R22 and feedback resistor R26, set the gain at X2. A 680 Ω
terminating resistor (R20) is be selected by latching relay K1.
With the 4–wire link, the receiver audio from the 8571, is terminated to pins 1 & 2 of the
8–way connector located at the rear of the 8570, and is applied to the 4–wire interface
assembly (refer 04–02585).
The 4–wire interface consists of two isolating transformers (providing separate Tx and Rx
paths) and include RF filter capacitors. The output of the Rx interface unit is connected to
the Audio Processor & PSU PCB (refer 04–02585) via P9 pins 7 & 8, to the balanced
input of amplifier IC4a. Input resistors R23, R24 and feedback resistor R26 set the
amplifier for unity gain.

Gain and equalisation stage
From the output of IC4a (04–02585), the receiver audio is passed to a DC gain controlled
amplifier IC10a, whose gain is set by the microprocessor to compensate for the losses in
the land line or radio link.
The gain control element in the amplifier (IC10a) consists of a variable resistive cell
(referred to as delta G) whose resistance decreases as the DC current is raised to the
control input pin 1. In this circuit, maximum gain is when the cell is at its highest
resistance (pin 1 is at zero current). AC gain is set by the input resistor R67 and the total
feedback resistance of R66 in series with the internal 20 kΩ resistor, resulting in a gain of
approximately 14.5 dB (X5). As the resistive cell is connected in parallel to the feedback
resistance, an increase in DC current at pin 1 of IC10a will result in a decrease of the
amplifier gain. Minimum gain is limited by the internally fitted 20 kΩ in series with the
cell, being about 3.5 dB (X1.5).
From the gain controlled amplifier IC10a, the audio is passed to the first of two DC
current controlled equalisation amplifiers IC10b & IC6b. Both these amplifiers operate in
a similar manner to amplifier IC10a, described above, but are designed to give a DC
controlled treble boost. This is to compensate for any high frequency loss on the land line.
As both equalisers are almost identical, only a description of the first unit is given, except
where detailed.

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In this configuration, the resistive cell is in series with a 20 kΩ resistor and a 1 nF
capacitor C68, and the resulting series network is connected in parallel to the input
resistor R64. Because the cell is in the input circuit, and not part of the feedback network
as used for the amplifier circuit IC10a detailed previously, minimum gain is when the cell
has a high resistance (DC current on pin 16 is zero). This has minimum effect on the AC
gain of the amplifier, therefore the gain is set by feedback resistor R62 in conjunction with
input resistor R64. At this point, the amplifier has a flat AC response; the first (IC10b) has
unity gain, while the second (IC6b) attenuates the signal by 6 dB.
As the DC current on pin 16 of IC10b and IC6b is raised by the microprocessor controlled
DAC IC16, the resistance of the cell reduces, however, due to the AC reactance of the
1 nF capacitors (C68 & C62), the gain change will be proportional to the rise in frequency.
At maximum gain, when the DC current is at maximum on pin 16, there will be
approximately 2 dB increase at 300 Hz, rising to about 17 dB at 2 kHz for the first
amplifier (IC10b) and, because of different resistor values, about 11 dB for second
amplifier (IC6b). The combination of the two amplifiers will have a overall minimum
gain of –6 dB (X0.5), and a maximum gain at 2 kHz of about 28 dB (X25). At the
maximum gain setting, the gain will continue to rise with frequency until, at about
10 kHz, it will commence to roll off due to the influence of feedback capacitors C63 and
C57.
Because the equalisation amplifiers have a rising gain with frequency (except at minimum
gain) it is necessary to connect the output to a low–pass 3 kHz filter, to remove any high
frequency noise that may result from the high gain in the equalisation amplifiers. IC7d
and its associated components form an active 3–pole low–pass filter of conventional
design.

300 Hz notch filter
From IC7d (refer 04–02585) the audio is connected to a 2–section digital filter, consisting
of IC11, IC12c, IC12b, and associated components to produce a 300 Hz notch filter. It has
unity gain at frequencies above 300 Hz, but produces high attenuation (> –40 dB) at
300 Hz. This is to prevent the 300 Hz control tone from being heard in the loudspeaker.
IC11 is a dual active filter and is driven by a 30 kHz clock (pins 10 and 11) provided from
the tone generator IC3 on the Microprocessor & Display PCB. The high–pass (pin 18) and
the low–pass (pin 20) outputs of the first active filter are phase mixed at the input of
amplifier IC12c, resulting in the required notch response. The output from IC12c is
applied to the second active filter and again the high and low–pass filter outputs are phase
mixed at the input of IC12b. The two notch filters are slightly offset to each other, to
produce about a 25 Hz bandwidth rejection centred at 300 Hz.

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Audio mute
The audio from the second notch filter IC12b (refer 04–02585) is applied to both the mute
gate IC20 and, via C75, to the audio mute input IC12a and IC13b operating as a squaring
amplifier. The squared signal charges C78 via D10 during the negative excursions and the
charge is transferred to C79 by transistor V9 during the positive excursions. The resultant
DC voltage on C79 is proportional to the frequency of the audio. IC13a and its associated
components form a low–pass filter with a cut off frequency of approximately 10 Hz. The
output from IC13a is a DC voltage varying at the syllabic rate of the received speech.
IC13c and IC13d form a window comparator whose window width is adjusted by R92,
setting the mute sensitivity. The divider formed by R94 and R95, together with C82,
averages the output of IC13a and provides the reference voltage for the window
comparator. If the output from IC13a rises above or below this reference by the amount
set by R92, then the output of either IC13c or IC13d will go high.
The comparator outputs are diode ORed into C86 to provide a fast attack, slow release
(3 seconds) mute control signal, and operate the mute gate IC20 via buffer amplifier
IC12d. The microprocessor can override the mute control circuit to produce a forced
unmute by grounding the input voltage at pin 13 of IC12d (normally 5 V), or a forced
mute by applying a ground to control input of gate IC20.

Volume control and audio amplifier
The output from the mute gate IC20 is applied to inputs of two amplifiers IC1b and IC1c.
Amplifier IC1b is a unity gain buffer amplifier and its output is part of the option R
facility. The second amplifier IC1c provides additional inputs for sidetone and external
options and its output is connected to a DC controlled volume control amplifier IC2b. By
the operation of the volume keypad on the keyboard, the microprocessor changes the DC
level at pin 10 of the DAC IC16. This linear DC control voltage is applied to a
linear/logarithmic converter consisting of IC9a and associated components, and converts
the linear voltage to a logarithmic current resulting in a logarithmic volume control
function, used to adjust the loudspeaker audio level.
The output from IC2b is applied to the loudspeaker amplifier IC8. The audio amplifier is
capable of 8 W output into 2 Ω load and supplies approximately 2 W to the internally
fitted 8 Ω speaker.

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Transmit audio path
Input amplifier
The local microphone is connected to the 8570 Console by a 7–pin connector on the left
side of the unit (P201 pins 3 and 4), and is linked via the microphone loom to connector
P1, on the Audio Processor & PSU PCB (refer 04–02585).
The microphone audio is fed through an RF filter network R1 and C1, followed by an
analogue switch IC20b (used to inhibit the local microphone during other transmit
modes), and then through input resistor R7 to amplifier IC1d, set for a gain of 20 dB
(X10). Two other inputs are available to IC1d; the first via the analogue switch IC20a and
R6, for remote function (option R), and the second for option PM via R5. Both inputs
provide unity gain.

Microphone compressor
From the output of IC1d, the audio is connected to the input of microphone compressor
amplifier IC2a, whose gain is controlled to provide a constant output level with changing
input levels. In this circuit, the gain controlled element, the resistive cell (delta G), is DC
controlled, by internally rectifying the amplified audio applied to pin 2 of IC2a. Above the
threshold of AGC, set by resistor R10, an increase in the audio level at the input,
proportionally decreases the resistance of the cell. As this is part of the negative feedback,
the output level remains constant. R12 and C13 form part of the DC feedback to the
amplifier. C11 averages the rectified audio that is applied to the resistive element.

Mixer amplifier
From the compressor (IC2a), the audio is applied to a mixer amplifier IC1a. A second
input is also provided for the 300 Hz control tone (present during the transmit mode), and
the FSK data signals, detailed later. The output of the mixer, containing the transmit audio
and the 300 Hz control tone, is passed to the line driver IC3 via an analogue switch IC20d.
The analogue switch disables the transmit audio in the receive mode.

Line driver and transformer
The line driver IC3, has a gain of 3 dB (X1.4) and is a power amplifier with a low output
impedance required to drive the step up transformer T1. The high output impedance
secondary, in series with R19, provides the constant current feed to the 2 or 4–wire
isolating transformers.

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2 or 4–wire interface
For the 2–wire line, the transmit audio is applied to the input of the 2–wire interface
assembly pins 1 and 2 of connector P8 (see page 4–3, 2 or 4–wire interface and I/P
amplifier). The output of the interface is connected to a modular telephone connector and
when terminated into a 600 Ω line, produces an audio level of 0 VU (–10 dBm for a single
tone).
For 4–wire operation, the transmit audio is applied to pins 5 and 6 of connector P9, and
then to input of the 4–wire interface assembly (see page 4–3, 2 or 4–wire interface and
I/P amplifier). The output of the Tx transformer is connected, via interface cable, to an
8–way connector mounted on the rear of the 8570.

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Signalling and microprocessor
Microcontroller bus
The microprocessor (IC7) on the Microprocessor & Display PCB, (refer 04–02586) is an
80C552 and a member of the Intel 80C51 8–bit microprocessor family. It has 256 bytes of
internal RAM, no internal program memory, two counter/timers, eight 8–bit ADC inputs,
a watchdog timer, I2C Bus, and an internal clock oscillator.
The microprocessor operates in a conventional 8–bit data, 16–bit address configuration.
To minimise the pin count, the low–order address bits are multiplexed with the data on
pins 50 to 57 to produce a common 8–bit bus. IC6 is used to latch the low–order address
bits to facilitate access to the external nonmultiplexed devices. The address latch enable
(ALE) signal (IC7 pin 48) indicates to the latch when the address is present on the bus.
The high–order address bits are provided directly from pins 39 to 46 of IC7.
The following external devices are connected to the bus:


IC5—an EPROM containing control software. The microprocessor selects the
EPROM via the program store enable (PSEN) signal (pin 47).



IC4—a RAM device supplementing the microprocessor’s internal RAM. It is selected
via the Read or Write signals (IC7 pins 30 and 31) in conjunction with ENRAM (IC7
pin 10).



IC101—UART; a bidirectional serial to parallel data converter for optional RS232
external control (see page 4–16, Option R—special purpose I/O).



IC3—a triple tone generator used to generate control tone and digital filter clocks (see
page 4–9, 300 Hz control tone—generation and detection).



IC2—an I/O port expander used to interface the keyboard and digital display with
microprocessor.

A voltage detector and reset generator IC9, resets the microprocessor if the 5 V supply
falls below 4.7 V.
Temperature sensing is monitored by the microprocessor at ADC input pin 67, by
measuring the voltage at the resistor/thermistor circuit R27 and R26. Battery sensing, is
measured at the resistor divider network R24 and R25 and is connected to ADC input
pin 68.
An output from the microprocessor (pin 26) is connected to transistor V8 and relay K1.
The relay contacts connected to P201 pins 2 and 3 will close when a selcall is received,
and can be used to operate an external alarm.

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Internal I2C bus
Additional to the address and data bus lines, the microprocessor IC7 has an I2C bus
(pins 17, 22 & 23) that is connected to the following:


IC18—Output 8–bit expander connected to IC17, an open collector inverter, located
on the Audio Processor & PSU PCB (refer 04–02585), operates the mute on/off,
remote/local microphone, Tx On, and external PTT.



IC19—Input/Output 8–bit expander, located on the Audio Processor & PSU PCB, has
inputs to sense the local/remote PTT, PS alarm, PS PTT, mute in, morse (option M),
and battery low detection (option SB).



IC16—DAC, located on the Audio Processor & PSU PCB, enables the
microprocessor to select 64 DC steps between 0 to 9 V to control the equalising, gain,
volume control, display and LED illumination, and power off control.



IC11—E2PROM, located on the Microprocessor & Display PCB, is a nonvolatile
memory device that stores the data on the I2C bus, to retain the program settings
between power off and on functions.

Keyboard and display
The keyboard consists of switches on a panel overlay (substrate) forming a 5 x 8 matrix.
The rows and columns are connected to the Microprocessor & Display PCB (refer
04–02586) via J1 and J2.
Each row is polled from the microprocessor (IC7), via the I/O port expander IC2, by
taking them to 0 V sequentially. One line is driven direct from IC2 pin 10 and the
remaining four are buffered by open collector transistors V2–V5 driven from pins 11, 12,
13, and 17.
Switch operation is detected by the corresponding column connections via diodes D3 to
D10 to the I/O port IC2 pins 18 to 25. An additional diode D2, connected to the cathode
of D3, is part of the Power On circuit (see page 4–2, Power on–off). Data indicating the
switch closure is encoded and sent via the data bus to the microprocessor.
The Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) consists of 16 x 2 character dot matrix with LED
backlighting. It has its own microcontroller, decoder and drive network. Data from the
microprocessor IC7, is sent via the I/O port expander IC2, to the display unit.
Part of the display assembly incorporates eight LEDs to indicate certain functions have
been selected such as mute, scan etc. Seven of the LEDs are driven by buffer IC1 and one
by transistor V1 from the outputs pins 1–4 and 37–40 of IC2.

300 Hz control tone—generation and detection
The 300 Hz control tone is generated by the tone generator IC3 on the Microprocessor &
Display PCB (refer 04–02586). The clock frequency of 3.579 MHz is supplied from the
oscillator in the Bell 103 Modem IC13 pin 8 (XTALD) and connected, via buffer IC10a,
to the three clock inputs of the tone generator (pins 9, 15, and 18).

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The internal dividers of IC3 are programmed by the microprocessor via the eight data
lines and initiated by the two address lines (A0, A1) to produce a 300 Hz and two 30 kHz
square wave outputs.
The first 30 kHz from the tone generator (pin 17) clocks, via IC10f, the digital filters on
the Audio Processor & PSU PCB (refer 04–02585) during the receive mode, but changes
to about 12 kHz to disable the filters, during the transmit mode.
The 300 Hz square wave from tone generator (pin 10) is applied via an RC network to the
input of a low–pass digital filter IC8 (pin 8), and the second 30 kHz from pin 13 is
connected to the clock input (pin 1). The 300 Hz runs continuously but the 30 kHz is
enabled only when the 300 Hz (sine wave) control tone is required at the output of the
low–pass digital filter (TP5). The digital filter is disabled when the 30 kHz is removed.
When the filter is enabled, the control tone at the output pin 5, is connected to a mixer
amplifier in the Bell 103 Modem IC13. From the output (pin 17), the signal departs the
Microprocessor & Display PCB at P2 pin 8 and is connected via an interface cable to P7
pin 8 on the Audio Processor & PSU PCB (refer 04–02585). Here it is applied to the
mixer amplifier IC1a, and then continues on the same path as the transmit audio to the
output of the 2 or 4–wire link (see page 4–6, Transmit audio path).
The 300 Hz generated from the Remote Control Interface 8571, follows the same input
path on the 8570 as the receiver audio until the output of the first amplifier IC4a (refer
04–02585). At this point the 300 Hz tone is applied to a 300 Hz band–pass digital filter
IC5.
The digital filter consists of two sections: the first connected as an LPF, followed by the
second as an HPF. The combination of the two filters overlap each other, resulting in a
very narrow band–pass filter centred at 300 Hz. This is to remove the receiver audio and
pass only the 300 Hz control signal. The 30 kHz clock is supplied from the tone generator
IC3 as detailed earlier.
From the output of BPF (pin 20), the control tone is connected to a DC gain controlled
amplifier IC6a, whose gain is set by the microprocessor controlling a DAC (IC16 pin 15)
and is set for 6 dB above threshold of the 300 Hz detector.
The gain control element in the amplifier IC6a is a variable resistive cell (delta G) whose
resistance decreases as the DC current is increased at the control input pin 1. Because the
resistive cell is part of the input circuit to the amplifier, a rise in the DC current to pin 1
will result in an increase in the amplifier gain. Maximum gain is approximately 28 dB and
minimum > –25 dB.
From the output of IC6a, the 300 Hz is applied to the detector circuit consisting of IC7a,
IC7b, IC7c and associated components. IC7a and IC7b function as comparators, and are
connected to a resistor divider chain R40, R41, R43 and R44, to form a window detector.
When the control tone exceeds 1.8 V peak to peak, the positive peaks (applied to the
noninverted input of IC7a pin 3) produce a positive output pulse from IC7a pin 1, whilst
the negative peaks (applied to the inverted input of IC7b pin 6) will produce a positive
output pulse from IC7b pin 7.
The outputs are ORed by D2 and D3 and connected to the input of control amplifier IC7c
pin 9. Capacitor C31 and resistor R132 form a filter network to average the output pulses
from the two comparators. When the average DC on pin 9 exceeds 5 V (threshold), the
output pin 8 goes low pulling down D1, which is detected by the microprocessor IC7
pin 18 (see drawing 04–02586).

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Signalling modem
The signalling modem is compatible to the Bell 103 format, converting digital data into
FSK using frequencies 1070 Hz and 1270 Hz at 550 baud rate.
The modem in the 8570 Console is located on the Microprocessor & Display PCB (refer
04–02586) and designated IC13. It uses a crystal controlled oscillator at a frequency of
3.579 MHz to drive the FSK modulator, digital Rx filters and the FSK demodulator.
Control signals from the microprocessor enable the FSK modulator to transmit data by
applying a low to pins 2 (ALB) and 14 (SQT) and a high to pin 13 (O/A). Serial data from
the microprocessor’s internal UART exits from pin 25 (TxD) and is connected to the FSK
modulator pin 11. Output from the modulator is mixed with the 300 Hz control tone and
the combined output at pin 17 is applied via the interface cable to P7 pin 8 on the Audio
Processor & PSU PCB (refer 04–02585) and connected to the input of mixer amplifier
IC1a. At this point it follows the transmit audio path to the output. Upon completion of
the data transmission, the control line pin 14 (SQT) is selected high, by the
microprocessor, disabling the modulator.
FSK data received via the land line, or radio link, from the 8571 follows the receiver
audio path (refer 04–02585) until the output of the low–pass filter IC7d. From here the
FSK data is fed via the interface cable to the Microprocessor & Display PCB connector
P2 pin 5 (refer 04–02586). Here it is applied to the input amplifier of IC13 pin 15. After
amplification it is fed via the Rx digital filters to the FSK demodulator and the carrier
detector circuit.
The carrier detector informs the microprocessor by applying a low on pin 27, which
indicates that data is being received. From the output of the FSK demodulator, the digital
data is applied to the microprocessor UART input pin 24 for processing.

Signalling format
To enable the microprocessors to communicate to each other it is necessary to provide a
signalling format that can be recognised by all microprocessors used within the Remote
Control 8570/8571 network.
Serial data from the UART in the microprocessor is converted to FSK format in the Bell
modem using tone frequencies of 1070 Hz and 1270 Hz at 550 baud. At the receiving
terminal, the FSK is restored to digital data by a second modem and is read by the
microprocessor from its UART input.
The following outlines the signalling format used in the 8570/8571 system:


The signalling sequence commences with sending the 300 Hz control tone. After
20 ms the modem, under the control of the microprocessor, sends FSK carrier (bit
one) for a period of 20 ms followed by the FSK data. At the end of the data, the
300 Hz continues for a further 2 ms before it is disabled.



At the receiving end, the microprocessor first detects the 300 Hz followed by the FSK
carrier, enabling the microprocessor to be ready to receive data. The data is read, and
on completion, the carrier and 300 Hz detector are reset.

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The signalling sequence is used for all data transmission including PTT. If the 300 Hz
control tone is sent without FSK data from any 8570 Console within the system for a
period greater than 100 ms, the microprocessor in the 8571 Interface Unit will
automatically select PTT to the transceiver. All remaining microprocessors, connected in
the network, will assume PTT is selected, and inhibit all control functions, for the duration
of the 300 Hz control tone.

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Equalisation and levelling
Automatic equalisation
Before commencing equalisation the operator should reset all gain controlled amplifiers to
their default settings (see 8570 and 8571 Remote control operators handbook).
When an automatic equalisation command is initiated from the keyboard of an 8570
Console, the microprocessor sends, via the signalling modem, a request to the 8571
Interface Unit to transmit a 300 Hz tone for approximately two seconds. During this
period, the 8570 microprocessor (IC7, refer 04–02586) commences to lower the gain of
the threshold amplifier IC6a, on the Audio Processor & PSU PCB (refer 04–02585) by
reducing the DC current on pin 1, until the 300 Hz detector output goes high, (threshold).
The microprocessor then resets the control current for a gain setting of 6 dB above
threshold, and stores this level.
On completion of setting the gain of the threshold amplifier, but before the end of the two
second period, the 8570 microprocessor checks the DC at the ADC input pin 1, (set by
resistor divider network R22 and R23 across the 5 V supply) and records this level as the
DC offset of the ADC for all future audio measurements. The microprocessor in the 8570
then requests the 8571 to repeat the 300 Hz for five seconds. The level of audio at the
output of the 3 kHz LPF IC7d (refer 04–02585) is measured by the microprocessor (IC7)
at the ADC input pin 1. The microprocessor will then, via the I2C bus, change the DC
level at pin 16 of IC16, to adjust the gain of the amplifier IC10a, until the level at the
monitor point (IC7d) measures 200 mV RMS (560 mV P–P).
The 8570 microprocessor then requests a 2 kHz tone for five seconds from the 8571.
Again the level is monitored at the output of IC7d, and the microprocessor adjusts the
gain of the equalisation amplifiers IC6b and IC10b for a level of 80 mV RMS, by setting
the DC output of the ADC IC16 pin 14 (refer 04–02585). Because of the interaction
between the two operations, the sequence will continue until both audio levels are within
±10 mV of the specified levels detailed above.
On completion of the equalisation, the word optimal will be displayed on the LCD,
indicating accurate compensation. However if the tones cannot be set to within the
specified tolerance, because one or both gain settings are at minimum or maximum, the
microprocessor will terminate the sequence and display complete, indicating that
equalisation is acceptable.
Any additional 8570s, connected in parallel on the same line, will also need to perform
their own local equalisation sequence, initialised from their keyboards.

Auto levelling
The purpose of the automatic levelling is to be able to have the gain, equalisation and
threshold to cope with the attenuation of a long line, yet not to be overdriven into
distortion when monitoring or communicating (via the intercom facility) with a 8570
connected in parallel on the same line. When audio signals are received that include the
300 Hz tone, the received signal is sampled every 100 µs. If the audio level exceeds 3 V
P–P for more than five times during the period the 300 Hz is active, the microprocessor
will reduce the threshold, gain and equalisation settings to 24%, 20%, and 0%
respectively. When the 300 Hz tone is removed, the microprocessor resets the gains to the
levels previously determined during the automatic equalisation program.
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Auto levelling will not operate when in the transmit mode, sending data, or in the ‘setup
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Options for 8570
This section of the manual contains a technical description of the remote control options
and should be read in conjunction with the following diagrams:
Description

PCB Assembly

Circuit Diagram

Microprocessor & Display

08–03978

04–02586

Audio Processor & PSU

08–03977

04–02585

Battery Charger

08–04286

04–02712

Option M—morse facility
(15–10374–000)
Option M provides an input for connecting a morse key for morse facility. The addition
required for option M, is as follows:


Option M loom

08–03261

A 3.5 mm jack socket (J208) where provided, is fitted on the rear panel, for connecting
the morse key to the 8570.
J208 (refer 04–02585) is connected to the I2C bus via I/O 8–bit expander IC19. The PTT
and audio tone are generated by the microprocessor whenever the morse key is pressed.

Option PH—headphone output
(15–10375–000)
Option PH provides an output facility to operate headphones. The addition required for
option PH is as follows:


6.35 mm jack socket, resistors R601 and R602, and capacitor C601

The jack socket is wired to the output of the audio amplifier IC8 (refer 04–02585) via
attenuating resistors R601 and R602. When the headphones are plugged in, a contact on
the jack socket disables the loudspeaker.

Option PM—miscellaneous facilities
(15–10376–000)
Option PM provides Tx audio input, Rx audio output, and PTT facility, plus a DC supply
(A rail). The addition required for option PM, is as follows:


Option RS loom

08–05091–001

All remaining components used for this option are already fitted to the Microprocessor
and Display PCB (refer 04–02585).
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Tx audio is applied via pin 3 of the I/O connector P204, to the microphone input amplifier
IC1d on the Audio Processor & PSU PCB (refer 04–02585). Rx audio is taken from
receiver audio path at the output of the 300 Hz notch filter IC12b (before the mute gate),
and is connected to pin 2 of the I/O connector P204.
PTT function is available by applying a ground to pin 6 (P204), and is detected by the
microprocessor via IC19 connected to the I2C bus.
DC supply from ‘A’ rail is available at pin 8 and ground at pin 1 on the option I/O
connector.
Wiring to the 10–way connector (P204) mounted at the rear of the 8570 is detailed on
page 2–4, Panel connectors for 8570 Console.

Option R—special purpose I/O
(15–10377–000)
Option R is an input/output interface designed to operate with external equipment
requiring special facilities.
The additions required for option R, are as follows:


Remote Control and Filter PCB 08–03127



Remote Control and Filter Cable 08–03170

Transmit audio from the external equipment is connected to pin 11 P202 on the Audio
Processor & PSU PCB (refer 04–02585) and is applied via the interface cable, Filter PCB,
and an analogue switch IC20a, to the microphone input amplifier IC1d. Sidetone is
available if link ‘RCIa’ is fitted, connecting the audio to mixer amplifier IC1c, part of the
receive audio path.
When a ground is applied to the PTT line (pin 2 of P202), the microprocessor detects the
PTT command via IC19 and the I2C bus, then enables the analogue switch IC20a and
selects PTT.
The receiver audio is taken from the receiver path after the mute gate IC20c and is
connected via buffer amplifier IC1b, to pin 3 of P202. By removing link ‘RCIb’in the
receiver path (o/p mute gate to amplifier IC1c), it is possible to operate an external mute
gate connected between pins 12 and 13 of P202.
An external loudspeaker can be fitted between pins 1 and 9 and is connected to the output
of the audio amplifier IC8, the level of which is controlled by the keyboard on the 8570.
The I2C bus on pins 6, 7, and 14 of P202 are not enabled but are included for possible
future use.
DC supply from ‘A’ rail is available at pin 15 and ground at pin 9 on P202.
RF filtering is provided on all input and output lines.
Wiring to the 15–way connector (P202) mounted at the rear of the 8570, see
page 2–4, Panel connectors for 8570 Console.

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Option RS—RS232 Interface
(15–10378–000)
The option RS enables equipment using the RS232 format to communicate with the
Remote Control Console 8570.
The additions required to the Microprocessor & Display PCB 08–03978, are the
following:


UART integrated circuit IC101 complete with 3.6864 MHz crystal Z101, capacitors
C101 and C102, and resistor R101



RS232 level translator IC102 complete with capacitors C103 to C106



connector P102



RS232 interface cable 08–04115

Serial data from the external equipment is applied via the interface cable to input pin 8
(RxD) of the level translator IC102 on the Microprocessor & Display PCB (refer
04–02586), and the buffered data (pin 9) is applied to pin 2 of the UART IC101. The data
is converted from serial to parallel and applied via the data bus to the microprocessor.
Parallel data from the microprocessor is applied via the data bus to the UART IC101 and
the resulting serial data at pin 3 (TxD) is connected to pin 10 of the level translator IC102.
The output at pin 7 is connected via the interface cable to the external equipment.
The CTS and RTS control lines connected between the external equipment and the UART
via the translator are part of the enable and handshake mechanism used when transferring
data.
To enable the RS232 facility and set up the baud rate etc, see the 8570 and 8571 Remote
control operators handbook.
For details on wiring to the RS232 connector (P101) mounted at the rear of the 8570, see
page 2–4, Panel connectors for 8570 Console.

Option SB—standby battery
(15–10379–000)
An optional battery backup facility can be fitted to ensure operation during a power
failure. This consists of a 12 V 13 Ah rechargeable battery, and a battery charger,
internally fitted in the 8570. This will keep the equipment operational for approximately
five hours.
The 14 V AC supply from transformer T2 (refer 04–02585), is applied to diodes D1 and
D2 on the Battery Charger PCB (refer 04–03011), to form a full wave rectifier circuit,
which is connected to filter capacitor C1.

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The integrated circuit IC1, and is its associated components, are designed to supply a dual
level charge system to the battery. In the first charge state, a current of 300 mA is applied
to the battery and remains at this level until the battery voltage reaches 14.7 V. At this
point, the second charge state is selected, and the battery receives a float current of
30 mA, to prevent overcharging. Battery voltage sensing is achieved by IC1 pin 13
monitoring the voltage at the junction of resistors R9 and R10 (part of the divider chain
across the battery), and the maximum current limit is set by parallel resistors R1 and R2.
If the battery voltage is below 8 V when the mains power is applied, possible damage to
the battery could result if charged at the high rate (300 mA). Consequently, an alternative
DC output is supplied from IC1 pin 11 and connected via resistors R6 and R7 to the
battery to supply a low current turn on until the battery reaches 8 V, then the first charge
state is initiated.

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CODAN

This chapter contains a technical description of the:55


backplane & power supply (5–2)



receive path (5–3)



transmit path (5–5)



signalling and microprocessors (5–8)



automatic equalisation (5–12)



options (5–14)



accessories (5–16)

This chapter should be read in conjunction with Chapter 9, Drawings.

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Backplane and power supply
The Backplane PCB provides the interconnections between the PCBs fitted to the 8571. It
contains the Tx and Rx audio buses, the I2C bus, the 30 kHz clock, 300 Hz detect, and the
regulators for the DC supplies.
The 8571 operates on 12 or 24 V. For 24 V operation, the DC is connected to two
regulators (refer 04–02691): IC1 for 5 V (+5 rail) and IC2 for approximately
14 V (A rail). For 12 V operation, only IC1 is required and IC2 is bypassed by D4.
Reverse voltage protection is achieved by the series diodes D1 and D2.
The Backplane PCB also provides connectors P6 and P105 for the fitting of links to
disable the unused lines on the Dual Line Equaliser PCBs. Also P303 and P304 provide
the connectors for fitting the RS232 strapping.
All external input/output connections to the 8571, are made via interface cables connected
to the Backplane PCB. Some interface cables include isolation transformer assemblies,
which are required for 2 or 4–wire operation.

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Receive audio path
Rx audio from transceiver
The pre–mute receiver audio, is connected from pin 17 of the 25–way remote control
connector fitted to the rear of a transceiver via an interface cable to the 8571 Backplane
PCB connector P1 pin 8 (refer 04–02691). From here, it is connected to the input of
transformer T1 on the Microprocessor & Tcvr Interface PCB (refer 04–02690), via P1 pin
16a (ground pin 14a).

300 Hz notch filter and audio compressor
From the secondary of transformer T1 on the Microprocessor & Tcvr Interface PCB (refer
04–02690), the receive signal passes to an analogue changeover switch IC2c and connects
to the input of a 2–section digital filter, consisting of IC4, IC3a, IC3b, and associated
components to produce a 300 Hz notch filter. It has unity gain at frequencies above
300 Hz, but provides high attenuation (> –40 dB) at 300 Hz. IC4 is a dual active filter and
is driven by a 30 kHz external clock generated from the IC16. The high–pass (pin 18) and
the low–pass (pin 20) outputs of the first active filter are phase mixed at the input of
amplifier IC3b, resulting in the required notch response. The output from IC3b is applied
to the second active filter and again the high and low–pass filter outputs are phase mixed
at the input of IC3a. The two notch filters are slightly offset to each other to ensure the
complete rejection of any signal on or close to 300 Hz, that may possibly corrupt the
operation of the system.
From the output of IC3a, the audio is fed via a second analogue changeover switch IC2a
to the input of the compressor amplifier IC7, whose gain is controlled to maintain a
constant output level for varying input levels.
In this circuit, the gain controlled element (resistive cell delta G), is DC controlled, by
internally rectifying the amplified audio that is applied to pin 15 of IC7. Above the
threshold of AGC, set by resistor R29, an increase in the audio level at the input
proportionally decreases the resistance of the cell. As this is part of the negative feedback,
the output level remains constant. R26 and C18 form part of the DC feedback to the
amplifier. C21 averages the rectified audio that is applied to the resistive element.
The receiver audio at the output of IC7 is connected to a mixer amplifier in the Bell 103
Modem IC6 pin 1, and the output (pin 17) is coupled to pin 30a of connector P1, and is
designated Rx Audio Bus.

Rx audio bus and audio gate
From the Rx Audio Bus line, the signal is fed via the Backplane PCB to the Dual Line
Equaliser PCB (refer 04–02541), via connector P1 pins 30a and 30b. From here it
continues via an isolating transformer T2, through the audio gate IC1 pins 1 and 2, to the
input of the line driver IC102 pin 4.
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Line driver and hybrid
The line driver IC102 on the Dual Line Equaliser PCB (refer 04–02541), has unity gain
and is a power amplifier with a low output impedance. The output is connected to the Line
Isolation Unit, via pins 28a and 28b of P1. In the 2–wire system, the transmit and receive
audio share the same land line between the 8570 and the 8571. By the use of a Hybrid
circuit, it is possible to combine the two signals into one path and at the same time to
isolate the transmit and receive paths from each other.
The hybrid, located on the Dual Line Equaliser PCB (refer 04–02541), consists of a
bridge network. Resistors R106 and R107 form the top two parts of the bridge and the
terminated land line plus the resistor/capacitor combination of R108/C101 form the lower
third and forth sections. The two opposite phased outputs of the receiver line driver
IC102, are connected to the top and bottom points of the bridge; pin 5 to the junction of
R106 and R107, and pin 8 to the junction of R108/C101 and one side of the line (pin 28b).
The two remaining bridge points, R106 to line pin 28a and R107 to R108/C101 are
connected to the differential inputs of amplifier IC101a via resistors R103 and R104.
When the land line impedance equals the R108/C101 combination, the two receive signals
applied to IC101a will be of equal amplitude and phase. Because they are connected to the
input of a differential amplifier, the signals cancel and produce no output at pin 1 of
IC101a. However the line impedance will rarely equal the R108/C101 combination, but
will still result in sufficient cancellation of the receiver signal, to prevent the overloading
of the transmit path, and allow the detection of the 300 Hz control tone when transmitted
from the 8570 Console.

2 or 4–wire interface
For the 2–wire interface, the receiver audio is applied to pins 1 and 2 of the connector P2
for line one, (lines 2, 3 and 4 use connectors P5, P101, and P104) located on the
Backplane PCB (refer 04–02691), and then via an interface cable to the 2–wire Interface
assembly.
The 2–wire interface consists of an isolating transformer, a fuse, and an overvoltage
protection device, assembled in a fully insulated box. It is Austel approved. The output of
the interface is connected to a modular telephone connector, and when terminated into a
600 Ω, line produces an audio level of 0 VU (–10 dBm for a single tone).
For the 4–wire interface, the receiver audio is applied to pins 5 and 6 of connector P3
(lines 2, 3, and 4 use P4, P102, and P103 respectively) and then via an interface cable to
the 4–wire interface assembly.
The 4–wire interface consists of two isolating transformers (providing separate Tx and Rx
paths) and include RF filter capacitors. The output of the Rx transformer connects via
interface cable to an 8–way connector mounted on the rear of the 8571.

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Transmit audio path
2 or 4–wire interface
When used with the 4–wire link, the transmit audio from the 8570 Console (line 1) is
connected to pins 1 & 2 of an 8–way connector located at the rear of the 8571 Interface
Unit. It is applied via the Backplane PCB to the 4–wire interface assembly (see
page 5–4, 2 or 4–wire interface). At the output of the interface unit, the audio is
connected via an interface cable to the Backplane PCB and then to the Dual Line
Equaliser PCB (refer 04–02541).
With the 2–wire link version, the transmit audio from the 8570, is received by land line
and is terminated into a modular telephone connector fitted on the rear panel of the 8571,
and is connected to the 2–wire interface assembly (see page 5–4, 2 or 4–wire interface).
At the output of the interface unit, the audio is connected via an interface cable to the
Backplane PCB and then to the Dual Line Equaliser PCB.

Hybrid
For a detailed description of the Hybrid in Receive mode, see page 5–4, Line driver and
hybrid. In Transmit mode, the operation is very simple. The transmit audio for the 2–wire
version is applied from pins 28a and 28b of connector P1 (refer 04–02541) to the input of
differential amplifier IC101a, via resistors R103 and R104. As the signals at each input
are opposite in phase, IC101a will amplify the signal by 6 dB (X2).

Gain and equalisation stage
From the output of IC101a (refer 04–02541), the transmit audio is passed to a DC gain
controlled amplifier IC103a, whose gain is set by the microprocessor to compensate for
the losses in the land line or radio link.
The gain control element in the amplifier IC103a is a variable resistive cell (delta G)
whose resistance decreases as the DC current is raised at the control input pin 1. In this
circuit, maximum gain occurs when the cell is at its highest resistance (pin 1 is at zero
current). AC gain is set by the input resistor R117, and the total feedback resistance of
R123 in series with the internal 20 kΩ resistor, resulting in a gain of approximately
14.5 dB (X5). As the resistive cell is connected in parallel to the feedback resistance, an
increase in DC current to pin 1 will result in a decrease of amplifier gain. Minimum gain
is limited by the internally fitted 20 kΩ in series with the cell, being about 3.5 dB (X1.5).
From the gain controlled amplifier, the audio is passed to the first of two DC controlled
equalisation amplifiers IC103b & IC104b. Both amplifiers operate in a similar manner to
amplifier IC103a described above but are designed to give a DC controlled treble boost, to
compensate for high frequency loss on the land line. As both equalisers are almost
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In this configuration, the resistive cell is in series with a 20 kΩ resistor and a 1 nF
capacitor C113. The resulting series network is connected in parallel to the input resistor
R124. Because the cell is in the input circuit, and not part of the feedback network as used
in the amplifier IC103a described previously, minimum gain occurs when the cell has a
high resistance (DC current on pin 16 at zero). This has minimum effect on the AC gain of
the amplifier, therefore the gain is set by the feedback resistor R127 in conjunction with
input resistor R124. At this point, the amplifier has a flat AC response: the first (IC103b)
has unity gain, while the second amplifier (IC104b) attenuates the signal by 6 dB.
As the DC current on pin 16 of IC103b and IC104b is raised by the microprocessor
controlled DAC IC2, the resistance of the cell reduces. However, due to the AC reactance
of the 1 nF (C113 & C124), the gain increase will be proportional to rise in frequency. For
example there will be approximately 2 dB increase at 100 Hz, rising to about 17 dB at
2 kHz for the first amplifier IC103b and, because of different resistor values, about 11 dB
for the second amplifier IC104b. The combination of the two amplifiers will have a
overall minimum gain of –6 dB (X0.5) and a maximum gain of 28 dB at 2 kHz (X25). At
the highest gain setting, the gain will continue to rise with frequency until, at about
10 kHz, it will commence to roll off due to the influence of feedback capacitors C117 and
C127.

Low–pass filter, audio gate and Tx audio bus
Because the equalisation amplifiers have a rising gain with frequency (except at minimum
gain) it is necessary to connect the output to a low–pass 3 kHz filter, to remove any high
frequency noise that may result from the high gain in the equalisation amplifiers. IC105a
and its associated components form an active 3–pole LPF of conventional design.
At the output of the LPF, the audio is fed via a audio gate IC1, to the primary of
transformer T1. From the secondary the signal connects to the Backplane PCB via P1 pins
32a and 32b, and is designated Tx Audio bus.

300 Hz notch filter
From the Backplane PCB (04–02691), the Tx audio bus is connected to the
Microprocessor & Tcvr Interface PCB (refer 04–02690) connector P1 pins 32a and 32b. It
continues via an analogue changeover switch IC2c selected to a 2–section digital filter,
consisting of IC4, IC3b, IC3a and associated components, to produce a 300 Hz notch
filter. It has unity gain at frequencies above 300 Hz, but produces high attenuation
(> –40 dB) at 300 Hz. This removes the 300 Hz control tone from the final transmitted
audio.
IC4 is a dual active filter and is driven by a 30 kHz external clock generated from the tone
generator IC16. The high–pass (pin 18) and the low–pass (pin 20) outputs of the first
active filter are phase mixed at the input of amplifier IC3b, resulting in the required notch
response. The output from IC3b is applied to the second active filter and again the high
and low–pass filter outputs are phase mixed at the input of IC3a. The two notch filters are
slightly offset to each other, to produce about a 25 Hz bandwidth rejection centred at
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Transmit audio to transceiver
At the output of the 300 Hz notch filter (IC103b), the Tx audio is connected by a
changeover analog switch (IC2a) to a simple passive LPF consisting of R23 and C8, then
to the primary of isolating transformer T2. From the secondary, the audio is connected
(pins 13a & 15a P1) via an interface cable to the transceiver Tx audio input.

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Signalling and microprocessor
Microcontroller bus
The microprocessor (IC12) on the Microprocessor & Tcvr Interface PCB (refer
04–02690), is an 80C552 and is a member of the Intel 80C51 8–bit microprocessor family.
It has 256 bytes of internal RAM, no internal program memory, two counter/timers, eight
8–bit ADC inputs, a watchdog timer, I2C Bus, and an internal clock oscillator.
The microprocessor operates in a conventional 8–bit data, 16–bit address configuration.
To minimise the pin count, the low–order address bits are multiplexed with the data on
pins 50 to 57 onto a common 8–bit bus. IC13 is used to latch the low–order address bits to
facilitate access to the external nonmultiplexed devices. The address latch enable (ALE)
signal (IC12 pin 48) indicates to the latch when the address is present on the bus. The
high–order address bits are provided directly on pins 39 to 46 of IC12.
The following external devices are connected to the bus:


IC14—an EPROM containing control software. The microcontroller selects the
EPROM via the program store enable (PSEN) signal (pin 47).



IC15—a RAM device supplementing the microcontroller’s internal RAM. It is
selected via the Read or Write signals (IC12 pins 30 and 31).



IC16—a triple–tone generator used to generate control tone and digital filter clocks
(see page 5–9, 300 Hz control tone—generation and detection).

A voltage detector and reset generator IC9 resets the microprocessor if the 5 V supply
falls below 4.7 V.
Connected to input ports of IC12 pins 1, 66, 67, and 68 is a binary switch designated
mode select.
Temperature sensing is monitored by the microprocessor at ADC input pin 62 by
measuring the voltage at the resistor/thermistor circuit R36 and R37. Battery voltage
sensing is measured at the resistor divider network R38 and R39 and is connected to ADC
input pin 64.

Internal I2C bus
Additional to the address and data bus lines, the microprocessor has an I2C bus that is
connected to the backplane and is used to operate the following:


IC2—DAC located on the Dual Line Equaliser PCB (08–03905) enables the
microprocessor to select 64 DC steps between 0 to 9 V to control the threshold, gain,
and equalisation amplifiers.



IC3—I/O 8–bit expander, located on the Dual Line Equaliser PCB, which has outputs
to control the Tx and Rx audio paths.

The I2C bus is also used to communicate to the General Purpose I/O PCB with Option I/O
GP I/O (see page 5–14, Options for 8571).

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300 Hz control tone—generation and detection
The 300 Hz control tone is generated by the tone generator IC16 on the Microprocessor &
Tcvr Interface PCB (refer 04–42690). The clock frequency of 3.579 MHz is supplied from
the oscillator in the Bell 103 Modem IC6 and connected via buffer IC1e to the three clock
inputs of the tone generator (pins 9,15, and 18).
The internal dividers of IC16 are programmed by the microprocessor via the eight data
lines and initiated by the two address lines (A0,A1) to produce a 300 Hz and two 30 kHz
square wave outputs.
The first 30 kHz from the tone generator (pin 17) clocks the notch and digital filters
(04–02541), and runs continuously.
The 300 Hz square wave from the tone generator pin 10 is applied via an RC network to
the input of a low–pass digital filter IC17 (pin 8), and the second 30 kHz from pin 13 is
connected to the clock input (pin 1). The 300 Hz (pin 10) runs continuously but the
30 kHz (pin 13) is enabled only when the 300 Hz sine wave is required at the output of the
low–pass digital filter (pin 5). The digital filter is disabled when the 30 kHz is removed.
From the output of the filter (IC17), the control tone is connected to the input of the mixer
amplifier in the Bell 103 Modem IC6. From the output (pin 17), the signal is passed via
connector P1 pin 30a to the Rx audio bus on the Backplane PCB, and continues on the
same path as the Rx audio through the Dual Line Equaliser PCB (see page 5–3, Receive
audio path) to the output of the 8571.
The 300 Hz received from the 8570 Console, is connected via the 2 or 4W Interface and
Backplane PCB to the Dual Line Equaliser PCB (refer 04–02541) and follows the same
path as the transmit audio to the output of the hybrid amplifier IC101a (see page 5–5,
Transmit audio path). At this point, the 300 Hz control tone (originating from the 8570
when in transmit mode) is applied to a 300 Hz band–pass digital filter IC106.
The digital filter consists of two sections: the first connected as an LPF, followed by the
second as an HPF. The combination of the two filters overlaps each other, resulting in a
very narrow BPF centred at 300 Hz. This removes the transmit audio but retains the
300 Hz control signal. The 30 kHz clock is supplied from the tone generator IC16 on the
Microprocessor & Tcvr Interface PCB.
From the output of the BPF, the control tone with the transmit audio removed, is passed to
a DC gain controlled amplifier IC104a, whose gain is set by the microprocessor for 6 dB
above threshold of the 300 Hz detector described below.
The gain control element in amplifier IC104a is a variable resistive cell (delta G) whose
resistance decreases as the DC current is increased at the control pin 1 (controlled by the
microprocessor via DAC IC2). Because the resistive cell is part of the input circuit to the
amplifier, a rise in the DC current at pin 1 of IC104a will result in an increase in the
amplifier gain.

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From the output of the gain controlled amplifier, the 300 Hz is applied to the detector
circuit consisting of IC107a, IC107b, IC105b and associated components. IC107a and
IC107b function as comparators, and their DC inputs are set by the resistor divider chain
R2, R3, R4 and R5, connected across the 10 V supply to form a window detector. When
the control tone exceeds 2.0 V P–P, the positive peaks applied to the noninverting input
(pin 3 of IC107a) produce a positive output pulse at pin 1. The negative peaks applied to
the inverting input (pin 6 of IC107b) will produce a positive output pulse at pin 7. The
outputs are ORed by D101 and D102 and connected to the input of control amplifier
IC105b. Capacitor C130 and resistor R137 form a filter network to average the output
pulses from the two comparators. When the average DC on pin 5 exceeds 5 V (threshold),
the output pin 7 goes high. The 300 Hz detect line from IC105b, is inverted by IC5b and
connected to the 300 Hz detect bus, on the Backplane PCB via connector P1 pin 31b.
From the Backplane PCB, the 300 Hz detect is fed to the Microprocessor & Tcvr Interface
PCB (refer 04–02690) via connector P1 pin 31b. It is inverted by IC1a and is detected by
the microprocessor on pin 18.

Signalling modem
The signalling modem is compatible to the Bell 103 format, converting digital data into
FSK using frequencies 1070 Hz and 1270 Hz at 550 baud rate.
The modem in the 8571 is located on the Microprocessor & Tcvr Interface PCB (refer
04–02690) and designated IC6. It uses a crystal controlled oscillator at a frequency of
3.579 MHz to drive the FSK modulator, digital Rx filters and the FSK demodulator.
Control signals from the microprocessor enable the FSK modulator to transmit data by
applying a low to pins 2 (ALB) and 14 (SQT) and a high to pin 13 (O/A). Serial data from
the microprocessor’s internal UART, exits from pin 25, and is connected to the FSK
modulator pin 11. Output from the modulator is mixed with the 300 Hz control tone and
the combined output signal at pin 17, follows the receive path to the output of the 8571
(see page 5–3, Receive audio path). The receive audio is disabled during the sending of
FSK data, and on completion, the modulator is disabled by the control line pin 14 (SQT)
going high controlled by the microprocessor.
FSK data from the 8570 Console received via the land line or radio link, follows the
transmit audio path to the Tx audio bus. From pin 32a of P1, the FSK data is applied to
the input amplifier of the modem IC6 pin 15 (RXA2). After amplification, it is fed via the
Rx digital filters to the FSK demodulator and the carrier detector circuit. The carrier
detector informs the microprocessor by applying a low on pin 13 (CD), that data is being
received. From the output of the FSK demodulator, the digital data is applied to the
microprocessor input pin 24 (RXD) for processing.

Signalling format
All microprocessors within the Remote Control 8570/8571 network use the same format,
(see page 4–11, Signalling format).

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Transceiver control logic
The transceiver is connected via an interface cable to a 25–way D connector located on
the back panel of the Remote Control Interface.
A separate I2C bus system from the 8571 Interface Unit is used to control the transceiver
microprocessor.
The 8571 microprocessor on the Microprocessor & Tcvr Interface PCB, has a separate I2C
‘data in’ (pin 17) and ‘data out’ (pin 8) lines and these are combined at the buffer stages
IC5b, IC5f, and V4 before leaving the PCB. An interrupt command from the
microprocessor (pin 7) is connected to the transceiver via buffer IC5a and transistor V3.
Additional control lines from the microprocessor are connected via buffers to the
transceiver, IC5e plus V1 to operate the ‘power on’ and IC5d plus V2 to activate the PTT.
The receiver audio is connected to the Microprocessor & Tcvr Interface PCB receive path
via isolating transformer T1, and can be selected, by links, for post–mute or pre–mute (the
latter is normally selected).
Transmit audio, originating from the 8570, is connected from the Tx audio bus on the
Microprocessor & Tcvr Interface PCB to the transceiver via isolating transformer T2.
All commands to and from the transceiver, except PTT and ‘power on’ are sent via the
I2C bus, e.g. channel change, channel programming, scan etc.

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Automatic equalisation
Single site
When a request to the 8571 Interface Unit to commence equalisation is initiated, either by
the setting of the mode ‘select’, located on the Microprocessor & Tcvr Interface PCB, or
by a request sent from the 8570 Console (see 8570 and 8571 Remote control operators
handbook for details), the microprocessor in the 8571 carries out the following procedure.
The microprocessor sends, via the signalling modem, a request to the 8570 to transmit a
300 Hz tone, for approximately two seconds. During this period, the 8571 microprocessor,
first sets the 300 Hz threshold amplifier IC104a (on the Dual Line Equaliser PCB) to
maximum gain. It then commences to decrease the gain, by reducing the DC current on
pin 1, until the 300 Hz detector output goes low (IC105b pin 7). The microprocessor then
resets the control current for a gain of 6 dB above threshold, and stores this gain setting.
The microprocessor then requests the 8570 to repeat the 300 Hz transmission for five
seconds, the microprocessor measures the level of audio on the Rx audio bus line (output
of modem IC6) by using its internal ADC at pin 63. The microprocessor will then change
the DC level output of the DAC IC2 pin 14, (on the Dual Line Equaliser PCB), which
adjusts the gain of the amplifier IC103a. This continues until the level on the Rx audio bus
line measures 200 mV RMS.
The microprocessor then requests, from the 8570, a 2 kHz tone for five seconds. Again
the level is monitored on the Rx audio bus, and the microprocessor adjusts the gain of the
equalisation amplifiers IC103b and IC104b, by adjusting the DC output of the DAC IC2
pin 15, for a level of 80 mV RMS on the audio bus line.
Because of the interaction between the two operations, the sequence will be repeated for a
maximum of twenty attempts to set both audio levels within ±10 mV of the specified
levels detailed above.
If the ±10 mV tolerance is attained, the 8571 microprocessor will instruct the 8570 to
display ‘Optimal’, however, if after the twenty attempts the tolerance limits are not
achieved, the microprocessor will instruct the word ‘completed’ to be displayed. If the
latter is displayed, it means the line has been equalised and although it did not achieve the
optimum settings, performance should be satisfactory.
If the 300 Hz threshold fails to detect any 300 Hz tone after six attempts, the
microprocessor will abort the process and instruct the microprocessor in the 8570 Console
to display ‘failed’.

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Split site
The split–site configuration can be either daisy chain or star. With either of these
configurations, the first 8571 will follow the equalisation program, as detailed for a single
site (see page 5–12, Single site), continued by equalisation between all remaining units.
The 8570 will display the following, as each section is completed.
For daisy chain split site:
Message

Action

‘Split wait...’

equalising Master 8571 to Rx 8571

‘Split 50% done’

equalising Rx 8571 to Master 8571

For star split site:
Message

Action

‘Split wait...’

equalising Master 8571 to Rx 8571

‘Split 25% done’

equalising Master 8571 to Tx 8571

‘Split 50% done’

equalising Rx 8571 to Master 8571

‘Split 75% done’

equalising Tx 8571 to Master 8571

When the 8570 reports on the completion of the equalisation of the 8571s in the split–site
configuration, only the results of the last 8571 to be equalised will be displayed i.e.
‘optimal’ or ‘completed’. However should any 8571s fail to equalise, the process will be
aborted and ‘failed’ will be displayed.

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Options for 8571
This section of the manual contains a technical description of the remote control options
and should be read in conjunction with the following diagrams:
RCI backplane

04–02691

Dual Line Equaliser

04–02541

General purpose input/output

04–02852

Option ML—fit 3 or 4–line capability
(15–10380–000)
Option ML provides two additional input/output lines required for more complex systems.
The additions required for option ML are as follows:


Dual Line Equaliser PCB 08–03905



2–Wire or 4–Wire Line Isolating assembly (quantity two) 08–03816 (2W) and/or
08–03995 (4W)



Additional connectors and RF bypass capacitors fitted to the Backplane PCB

The Dual Line Equaliser PCB providing input/output lines 3 and 4 is identical to the PCB
already fitted for input/output lines 1 and 2 (see page 5–3, Receive audio path and
page 5–5, Transmit audio path).
To enable the microprocessor to individually control either PCB, the ADC and
input/output expander on each PCB is provided with a separate address. This is set for
each assembly when they are fitted to the appropriate connector on the Backplane, and is
applied to P1 pins 10a, 10b, 11a, and 11b (0, 1, 1, 0 for lines 1 and 29) (0, 0, 1, 0 for
lines 3 and 4).

Option RS—RS232 port
(15–10391–000)
The RS232 option provides ARQ and FEC data capabilities when used with type 8580
modem.
The RS232 interface consists of a General Purpose I/O PCB 08–04644 fitted with a
microprocessor (IC103) 80C552, and is a member of the Intel 80C51 8–bit
microprocessor family. It has 256 bytes of internal RAM, no internal program memory,
two counter/timers, eight 8–bit ADC inputs, a watchdog timer, I2C Bus, and an internal
clock oscillator.

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The microprocessor operates in a conventional 8–bit data, 16–bit address configuration.
To minimise the pin count, the low–order address bits are multiplexed with the data on
pins 50 to 57 onto a common 8–bit bus. IC104 is used to latch the low–order address bits
to facilitate access to the external nonmultiplexed devices. The address latch enable
(ALE) signal (IC103 pin 48) indicates to the latch when the address is present on the bus.
The high–order address bits are provided directly on pins 39 to 46 of IC103.
The following external devices are connected to the bus:


IC105—an EPROM containing control software. The microprocessor selects the
EPROM via the program store enable (PSEN) signal (pin 47).



IC106—a RAM device supplementing the microprocessor’s internal RAM. It is
selected via the microprocessor’s Read or Write signals (pins 30 and 31) in
conjunction with address lines A13 & A15 used for chip select.



IC107—UART, a bidirectional serial to parallel data converter.

The voltage detector and reset generator IC102 reset the microprocessor if the 5 V supply
falls below 4.7 V.
Two 8–bit mode switches connected to the microprocessor input ports pins 7 to 14 (S101)
and pins 24 to 29 (S102), select the RS232 format for correct operation of the external
equipment (see the 8570 and 8571 Remote control operators handbook).
The microprocessor on the Microprocessor & Tcvr Interface PCB (IC12) communicates to
the RS232 microprocessor (IC103) via the I2C bus, and is connected from the Backplane
to the General Purpose I/O PCB via connector P1 pins 8a, 8b, and 7b and applied directly
to the microprocessor pins 19 (INT IN), 22 (SCL), and 23 (SDA). The interrupt output
line from pin 20 (INT OUT) is combined via buffer IC101a and transistor V102 at P1
pin 7b, resulting in a bidirectional Interrupt line at this point.
The operation control logic within the UART IC107, receives operation commands from
the microprocessor and generates appropriate signals to internal sections to control device
operation. The commands include the baud rate, parity selection, data width, and stop bit
parameters set by the 8–bit mode switch S101. The commands permit the UART to
communicate with the microprocessor via the data bus buffer.
Serial data from the external equipment is applied via the option interface cable to input
pin 17 (RXD) of the level translator IC108, and the buffered data (pin 16) is applied to
pin 2 of the UART IC107. The data is converted from serial to parallel and applied via the
data bus to the microprocessor.
Parallel data from the microprocessor is applied via the data bus to the UART IC107 and
the resulting serial data at pin 3 (TxD) is connected to pin 15 of the level translator IC108.
The output at pin 18 is connected via the interface cable to the external equipment.
The CTS and RTS control lines connected between the external equipment and the UART
via the translator are part of the enable and handshake mechanism used when transferring
data.
To set up the baud rate, parity selection etc, see the 8570 and 8571 Remote control
operators handbook.
The analogue input and output circuits connected to the microprocessor IC103, plus the
DSR and DTR lines connected to the level translator are not enabled but are included for
possible future use.

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Option I/O GP I/O
(15–10392–000)
The general purpose I/O option (part of the Input/Output PCB 08–04644) provides for the
remote control of electrical equipment via isolating relays, and includes four logic input
lines.
Data from the I2C bus is applied to the input/output expander IC201 (pins 13, 14, 15) and
the lines connected to pins 1, 2, and 3, set the address for IC201 (0, 0, 0, on the backplane
PCB). IC201 has four input and four output ports. The output ports, pins 9 to 12, are
connected via drivers (IC202) to relays K201 to K204, whose changeover contacts are
connected to P1 (pins 17 to 24). The four (active low) logic inputs from P1 pins (27a/b,
28a/b) are applied via buffers (IC203) to inputs ports pins 4 to 7, and in the off state, can
be between 5 V to 50 V.
For wiring connections to the 15–way connector, see page 2–7, Rear panel connectors for
8571 Interface.

Accessories
ALE split–site switch cable
(15–00751)
General description
When an ALE Controller 9300 is used in a split–site configuration, it must be located at
the receiver site. This means that the FSK data output from the 9300 has to be switched
(when it initiates a transmit command) through the 8571 Remote Control Interface
situated at the receiver site. It is then switched via land line or radio link to the 8571 at the
transmitter site, and then finally to the transmitter audio input. To achieve this, a special
cable containing the switch circuit is used to connect together the transceiver, 9300 and
the 8571 at the receiver site.
This special cable, called the ALE/8571 split–site switch cable (part number 08–05748),
switches the audio input line of the 8571 from the receiver output to the transmit 9300
FSK output under PTT control.
Technical description
(04–03067)
The remote PTT line from the remote control P2/2 is connected to the control inputs of
analogue switches IC1 pins 12 & 13 on the PCB 08–05748.
In receive, the remote PTT line is high resulting in the analogue switches IC1A & D being
closed. This allows the receive audio output from the transceiver (Rx DEMOD) J2/12 to
be fed via the closed analogue switch IC1A to the Rx input of the remote control P2/17.
To prevent the Tx audio output from the 9300 from loading down the receiver audio line,
the receiver audio line analogue switch IC1B is open. This is achieved by its control pin 5
being held low by the closed IC1D.

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When the 9300 initiates a PTT command, data is sent to the remote control interface via
the transceiver’s RS232 input and I2C bus to set the remote PTT line P2/2 on the remote
control interface low.
This opens analogue switches IC1 A & D disconnecting the receiver audio and closing
IC1B, connects when the FSK audio output (Tx AUDIO) from the 9300 to the remote
control interface.

RS232/I2C Interface
(15–00752)
General description
The RS232/I2C Interface unit is used to provide two additional serial ports for transceivers
9323 and 9360 or Remote Control Console 8570. The unit would normally be located at
the transceiver end of the ‘option R’ cable. It can be located next to an extended control
head but requires a special cable between the interface unit and the control head.
Serial port 1 must be used as a computer interface and serial port 2 for a GPS receiver.
The maximum of two RS232/I2C Interface units may be connected to the transceiver or
remote control console.
Setup
Before using the RS232/I2C Interface unit it is necessary to configure each port for the
GPS and computer. This is achieved by setting the DIP switches located within the box, as
applicable.
To gain access to the DIP switches located on the PCB, it is necessary to remove the
single screw securing the back cover (identified by the silk screened title RS232/I2C
Interface), then remove the cover.
Each RS232 port may be configured with a number of baud rates using DIP switches as
shown in the Tables 5–1 to 5–4 below.

Table 5–1: DIP switch positions for baud rate (GPS)
S1 DIP 5 switch

S1 DIP 4 switch

Setting

on

on

9600 baud, no parity, 1 stop

on

off

4800 baud, no parity, 1 stop

off

on

2400 baud, no parity, 1 stop

off

off

1200 baud, no parity, 1 stop

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Table 5–2: DIP switch positions for baud rate (computer)
S1 DIP 7 switch

S1 Dip 6 switch

Setting

on

on

9600 baud, no parity, 1 stop

on

off

4800 baud, no parity, 1 stop

off

on

2400 baud, no parity, 1 stop

off

off

1200 baud, no parity, 1 stop

Enabling Ports
Table 5–3: DIP switch positions for GPS
S1 DIP 1 switch

GPS

off

enabled

on

disabled

Table 5–4: DIP switch positions for computer
S1 DIP 2 switch

Computer

off

enabled

on

disabled

Disabling unused ports will reduce data processing time.

RS232/I2C Interface address
If you have two RS232/I2C Interface units connected to one transceiver or control console
then each unit must be set to a different address. To do this you set S1 DIP 3 switch as
detailed in Table 5–5 below.
Table 5–5: DIP switch positions for RS232/I2C Interface address
S1 DIP 3 switch

RS232/I2C

off

First unit

on

Second unit

Either RS232/I2C Interface can be identified as the first unit.

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Technical description
(04–03086)
The RS232/I2C Serial Interface unit is used to interface the transceiver 9323 or 9360 and
the Remote Control Console 8570 via the I2C bus of the ‘option R’ connector. The
87C654 microprocessor IC2 controls the I2C bus protocols and data exchanges to the
transceiver or control console. The I2C line levels are driven by IC5. LC filters on the I2C
minimise microprocessor noise into the transceiver.
Each serial port is driven by the same microprocessor with RS232 line level conversion
using a MAX231 driver, IC4. Signal levels on the microprocessor side of IC4 are TTL
compatible, while signals on the line side are at true RS232 levels.

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CODAN

General66
CMOS devices
A number of Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) devices are used in
the remote control equipment. Although protection is built into most of these, their
extremely high open–circuit impedance makes them susceptible to damage from static
charges. Care must therefore be used when shipping and handling the devices and in
servicing equipment in which they are installed.
Packaging
Replacement CMOS devices are supplied in special conductive packaging. They should
be left in this packaging until required for use.
Switch off
Ensure that supplies are switched off before disconnecting or reconnecting any
connections between circuit boards and the remainder of the remote control equipment.
Handling
Handling of circuit boards and particularly touching any conductive parts should be kept
to a minimum.
Grounding
Anything connected to or touching the circuit board tracks should be grounded as follows:


Test equipment connected to a board should be grounded via its mains lead.



Static charges that may build up on the person can be discharged by touching a
grounded metal surface with both hands. This should be done before, and at frequent
intervals while working on circuit boards.



Wearing a suitably grounded conductive wrist strap will minimise the static build–up
on the person.

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Circuit boards
Excessive heat
Excessive heat may lift the track from circuit boards, causing serious damage. Avoid the

use of high–powered soldering irons: a 60 W maximum iron, preferably temperature
controlled at approximately 370°C, is sufficient for most tasks. A slightly higher
temperature (425°C) iron may be required for heavier components such as PA transistors.
Apply the iron only long enough to unsolder an existing joint or to solder a new one.
Unsoldering
When unsoldering use a solder–sucker or Solderwick to remove solder.
Do not use sharp metal tools such as screwdrivers or twist drills, as these will
damage the printed circuit track.

Component substitution
Avoid unnecessary component substitution as this may damage the component, the circuit
track or adjacent components.
Component replacement
A component may be replace when it is diagnosed as defective, or the fault cannot be
diagnosed in any other way than by substitution. Observe the following when installing
replacement components:


Axial leads—Components with axial leads, e.g. resistors and tubular capacitors, can
often be replaced without unsoldering the joints on the boards. The defective
component can be removed by clipping its leads close to the component, leaving the
leads soldered to the board. These leads should be straightened so that the leads of the
replacement can be wrapped around them and soldered. After soldering the excess
lead should be clipped off.



Remove solder—When a component has been unsoldered from the board, ensure the
holes are clear of solder before inserting the leads of the replacement.
Never force the leads through the holes as this will damage the circuit track,
particularly where plated–through holes are used.



6–2

Observe orientation—Before replacing diodes, transistors, electrolytic capacitors or
integrated circuits, observe any markings indicating polarity or orientation. It is
essential that these types of components are installed with the correct connections. If
necessary, consult the manufacturer’s data for indications of the polarity of diodes,
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Heatsinking—Whenever possible use long–nosed pliers or some other form of
heatsinking on the leads of heat sensitive components when soldering them to the
board.



Thermal conduction—When replacing transistors that are mounted on
heatsinks ensure good thermal conduction between the heatsink and the replacement
by cleaning the mounting surfaces and recoating them with a thermal conduction
compound such as Jermyn Thermaflow A30.

Track repair
Broken or burnt sections of printed circuit track can be repaired by bridging the damaged
section with tinned copper wire. The section where the repair is to be made must be
cleaned observing the precautions before soldering (see page 6–2, Unsoldering).

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Dismantling and reassembling
8570 Remote Control Console
To gain access to the boards, place the front panel face down on a protective material (to
prevent scratching the panel) and remove the four screws located under the front and rear
back flanges of the front panel. While holding the front panel to the housing, turn the
whole assembly over, then lift up the front panel and lay face down in front of the
housing. Access to all the PCBs is now possible.
To reassemble, reverse the procedure detailed above. To disconnect the keypad from the
Microprocessor & Display PCB (P1 and P2), apply pressure to the small latches located at
each end of the connector and lift to release the ribbon cable. To reassemble, reverse the
procedure.
All PCBs are removed by disconnecting the plug–in cables and then removing the
retaining screws. To reconnect, reverse the procedure taking care to ensure the cable
connectors are correctly orientated with their appropriate partner.

8571 Remote Control Interface
To gain access to the boards to carry out measurements, the top cover should be removed
from the interface unit. To remove the cover, the two screws (one on each side) must be
removed and the rear edge of the cover lifted and drawn back so the front edge is released
from the front panel surround.
To remove the PCBs it is necessary to remove the front panel. This is achieved by
removing the two countersunk screws located each side of the front panel, then pulling the
panel forward to release from the casing. The PCBs can now be removed by carefully
pulling the boards forward and sliding out of their runners. Take care when refitting the
PCBs to ensure the connectors are correctly aligned before pressing the PCB fully home.
To reassemble the front panel and the top cover reverse the procedures detailed above.

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Fault diagnosis
General
The removal and substitution of components may damage the components and/or the
printed circuit boards. In some cases it is impossible to remove components without
destroying them. It is important therefore to carry out as much diagnosis as possible with
components in situ. Specific tests are described later in this section. The general points
which follow should also be of assistance.
Spare boards
If spare boards are held in stock, they may be substituted in order to positively localise the
fault to one board.
Transistor tests (static)
Transistor failures are most often due to open–circuit base–emitter or base–collector
junctions, or a short circuit between emitter and collector.
These types of faults can often be detected without removing the transistor, using the Ω
range of a multimeter. The two junctions should both give the appearance of a diode, i.e.
high resistance with the multimeter leads one way round and low resistance when the
leads are reversed (polarity depends on whether a PNP or NPN transistor is being tested).
Resistance between collector and emitter should be high with the multimeter leads either
way round. The circuit diagram should be examined for parallel paths before a transistor
failing these test is removed.
Transistor tests (dynamic)
Some transistor faults can be diagnosed by measuring voltages within the circuit. One of
the most significant voltage measurements is the base–emitter voltage. The polarity of this
will depend on the type of the transistor (PNP or NPN). A base–emitter voltage between
0.5 and 0.9 V should be measured on a forward–biased base–emitter junction.
With its base–emitter junction forward biased, the transistor should conduct. Some
indication of satisfactory operation of the transistor can be obtained by measuring the
voltage drop across its collector or emitter resistor and short circuiting its base to the
emitter. The short circuit will remove the forward bias, cutting off the transistor so that the
voltage across the resistor will be considerably reduced.
Integrated circuits
If there appears to be no output from an integrated circuit, before replacing the device, it
should be ascertained whether the fault is due to the IC or its load. As a general rule, if
changes in input cause absolutely no changes in the corresponding output, the IC should
be suspected. If, however, even a very small change in output can be detected the load is
more likely to be the cause. Depending upon the circuit, further tests should be made by
disconnecting resistors, capacitors etc to verify this diagnosis before removing the IC.

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Voltage measurements
The circuit diagrams and the relevant circuit notes give voltages at various points under
the various conditions. This aids in locating the faulty section of the remote control
equipment.
The parameters listed below should always be checked first.
Table 6–1: Supply voltages on 8570 Audio Processor & PSU PCB
(08–03977)
Supply

Description

Voltage

Source

A

unregulated DC supply

13.5 V nominal

T2/D4/D5
Transformer/rectifier

B

+10 V regulated supply

10 V ±0.2 V

IC14

+5

+5 V regulated supply

5 V ±0.4 V

IC15

+5 V bias 1

+5 V analog reference

5 V ±0.5 V

R111/R112

+5 V bias 2

+5 V analog reference

5 V ±0.5 V

R109/R110

Table 6–2: Supply voltage on 8570 Microprocessor & Display PCB
(08–03978)

6–6

Supply

Description

Voltage

Source

5 V ref

+5 reference for AD
conversions

5 V ±0.2 V

junction R35 & V7 to
gnd

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Table 6–3: Supply voltages on 8571 Backplane PCB
(08–03994)
Supply

Description

Voltage

Source

A rail

unregulated DC supply

14 V nominal

external transceiver in
12 V systems

+5 rail

+5 V regulated supply

5 V ±0.4 V

IC1

Table 6–4: Supply voltages on 8571 Microprocessor & Tcvr Interface PCB
(08–03993)
Supply

Description

Voltage

Source

B rail

+10 V regulated supply

10 V ±0.2 V

IC10

+5 V

+5 V bias supply

5 V ±0.5 V

junction R44/R45

2.5 V

+2.5 V bias supply

2.5 V ±0.25 V

junction R34/R35

5 V ref

+5 V reference for ADCs

5 V ±0.2 V

V5/R42

Table 6–5: Supply voltages on 8571 Dual Line Equaliser PCB
(08–03905)
Supply

Description

Voltage

Source

B rail

+10 V regulated supply

10 V ±0.2 V

IC6

+6 V bias

+6 V reference

6 V ±0.6 V

junction R2/R3

+5 V bias

+5 V reference

5 V ±0.5 V

junction R3/R4

+4 V bias

+4 V reference

4 V ±0.4 V

junction R4/R5

Front panel controls
Lack of response to controls may be due to malfunction of one or more of the sealed
membrane switches. These can be tested by disconnecting the connectors P1 and P2 from
the Microprocessor & Display PCB and testing between pins of the connectors as shown
in Table 6–6. A multimeter set to Ω, applied between each pair in turn, should indicate an
open circuit with the corresponding switch not operated and continuity (< 100 Ω) when
pressed.

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Table 6–6: Front panel controls
Connector J1 J2

Keypad Function

Connector J1 J2 Keypad Function

4–8

Intercom

6–1

function F2

4–7

Function

7–8

Clarifier up

4–1

Control On/Off

7–7

Channel up

5–8

Tcvr On/Off

7–6

Volume up

5–7

Scan

7–5

number 7

5–6

S’call Mute

7–4

number 8

5–5

number 1

7–3

number 9

5–4

number 2

7–2

Review up

5–3

number 3

7–1

function F3

5–2

Call

8–8

Clarifier down

5–1

function F1

8–7

Channel down

6–8

Tune

8–6

Volume down

6–7

USB LSB

8–5

Recall

6–6

Mute On/Off

8–4

number 0

6–5

number 4

8–3

Enter

6–4

number 5

8–2

Review down

6–3

number 6

8–1

function F4

6–2

Delete

Logic levels
If the switches on the keypad are found to be satisfactory, then lack of response may be
caused by faults in the microprocessor network.
With the aid of an oscilloscope, check for 5 V pulses at the five outputs of input/output
expander IC2 pins 10, 11, 12, 13, and 17 (Microprocessor & Display PCB). If satisfactory,
check that these pulses appear on the output of the switch membrane where it is applied to
IC2 pins 18 to 25 with the appropriate keypad switch pressed (refer to Table 6–6 for
connections).
If the tests above appear correct, then continue pressing the switches on the keypad, and
check for 5 V pulses on the Data bus (it may be necessary to press a number of switches
to check all data lines). Check also on IC2 that the READ line (RD pin 5) is low, and the
WRITE line (pin 36) is high (5 V approx). No data or level change should be investigated
further.

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No reception!—with signalling
The following fault finding procedure is based on a remote control system
consisting of a single 8570 Console, a single 8571 Interface, and transceiver.
In the case of multiple systems, consideration must be given to the other units
within the network when tracing a “No reception!” fault.

If there is no reception but the commands from the keypad are functioning, then the
2 or 4–wire link between the 8570/8571 and the shared receive and signal path in both
units are unlikely to be at fault. Therefore check the remaining sections of receive path in
the 8570, 8571, and transceiver as follows.
8570 Console
 Check all regulated DC supplies (see page 6–6, Voltage measurements).
 Disconnect the 2 or 4–wire link from the console.
 Apply a 1 kHz tone at a level of 100 mV P–P to the line input pins 2 & 5 for 2–wire
or 200 mV P–P to pins 1 & 2 for 4–wire on the line interface assemblies.
 Check for 1 kHz tone in the speaker. If clearly heard (reduce volume control setting if
overloading), the console is probably not at fault. Reconnect the console to the line
and initiate the automatic equalisation sequence. Continue from page 6–10, 8571
Interface.
 If no sound is heard in the speaker, select Setup mode (see Chapter 3, Using the
system, in the 8570 and 8571 Remote control operators handbook) and select
Function 20.
 Press Enter and Recall together to select the line parameters to Default settings.
 Switch off and then on again to exit Setup mode.
 With the 1 kHz connected as detailed above, use an oscilloscope to trace the 1 kHz
signal on the Audio Processor & PSU PCB 08–03977 through the receive path not
shared with the FSK signalling.
Commence at TP2 (output of the 3 kHz LPF IC7d) and check for the presence of the
1 kHz tone. Then continue checking the outputs of the 300 Hz notch filter IC11 (TP3),
mixer IC1c (TP4), gain controlled amplifier IC2b (TP5), and finally the output of the
power amplifier IC8 (TP6). Refer to Audio Processor & PSU circuit diagram
04–02585 for levels. If there is a signal at TP6, check speaker for open circuit speech
coil.
The audio levels after the gain control amplifier IC2b will depend on the
setting of the volume control. If set too high, it will result in clipping of the
audio at the output of the audio amplifier IC8.

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8571 Interface
 Before checking the receive path in the Interface unit, ensure the 8570 is connected to
the line and equalised.
 Remove the Transceiver Interface cable at the 8571 end. Apply a 1 kHz tone at a level
of 1.2 V P–P to the input of transformer T1 on the Microprocessor & Tcvr Interface
PCB (Connector P1 pins 14a & 16a).
 Using an oscilloscope, check if the 1 kHz signal is present at the output of the line
driver IC102 on the Dual Line Equaliser PCB 08–03904 (pin 5), and that it measures
approximately 800 mV P–P.
If the 1 kHz signal is present, then the 8571 Interface unit is probably operating.
Check for possible faults in the transceiver and the interface cable.
If there is no audio at IC102, then the 1 kHz signal should be traced through the
receive path on the Microprocessor & Tcvr Interface PCB (08–03993).
 Commence by checking the 1 kHz level at the secondary of the input transformer T1.
If correct, continue checking the receive path through switch ‘C’ IC2c, then at the
output of the 300 Hz notch filter IC4, through the switch ‘A’ IC2a, then the output of
Audio Compressor IC7, and finally at the Rx Audio Bus (via the Modem IC6). Refer
to circuit diagram 04–02690 for levels. From here the remaining receive path is
shared with the signalling path and therefore is unlikely to be faulty.
If the signal is absent at any of the test points, examination of the neighbouring
circuits should assist in locating the fault.
Transceiver
If the interface cable is not at fault, then the transceiver should be checked. This can be
done by referring to the appropriate Technical Service Manual for the transceiver.

No reception!—no signalling
The following fault finding procedure is based on a remote control system
consisting of a single 8570 Console, a single 8571 Interface, and transceiver.
In the case of multiple systems, consideration must be given to the other units
within the network when tracing a “No reception!” fault.

If there is no reception and no commands functioning from the keypad, such as channel
changing, then the fault may be in an area shared by the receive and signal path.
Alternatively this may be the result of two separate faults, no receive, and no signalling. If
a signalling fault still exists after repairing the receive fault, continue to check for a
signalling fault (see page 6–11, No signalling!).
To assist in locating a receive fault, check the 2 or 4–wire link, the 8570 Console, the
8571 Interface, and the transceiver as follows.

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Line
 Check the 2 or 4–wire link using an audio amplifier with a speaker or an oscilloscope
for receive noise.
If there is no receive noise on the line and the 8571 Interface proves to be operational,
check the line by applying a known level of 1 kHz tone (say 0 dBm) from a 600 Ω
source at one end and measuring the level at the other end when terminated into
600 Ω. Check the attenuation meets specification. Check in both directions for a
4–wire system.
8570 Console
If receive noise can be heard on the line, check the 8570 Console by applying the setup
procedure, (see page 6–9, 8570 Console). With an oscilloscope, check the 1 kHz audio
through the shared receive/FSK signalling path on the Audio Processor & PSU PCB
(08–03977).
Check for the presence of the 1 kHz tone at the 2 or 4– wire interface, the outputs of
amplifier IC4a, the gain controlled amplifier IC10a, the audio equalisation amplifiers
IC10b and IC6b, and finally the output of the 3 kHz LPF IC7d. Refer to circuit diagram
04–02585 for levels.
If the signal is still present at the output of IC7d (3 kHz LPF), then there is a possibility of
more than one fault in the system (signalling and a receive fault). Continue tracing the
1 kHz signal (see page 6–9, 8570 Console).
8571 Interface


Check the DC input supply and the regulated supplies are correct for the 8571 (see
page 6–6, Voltage measurements).



Check the 8571 Interface by carrying out test setup detailed above.

Transceiver
If the interface cable is proved to be satisfactory, then the transceiver should be checked.
This can be done by referring to the appropriate Technical Service Manual for the
transceiver.

No signalling!
No signalling can be due to a loss of one of the regulated supplies, a failure in the
microprocessor and control circuit, or a problem in the transmit/audio paths.
A study of the technical description of the signalling system should assist in checking for
a signalling fault.
If there is a second system available, then swap the units to assist in identifying the faulty
unit. However, if this is not possible, then it is necessary to carry out a number of tests to
pinpoint the area in which the signalling has failed.

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8570 Console
If the signalling system is operational in the console, then initiating a channel change
should result in an error message. Also, using an oscilloscope connected across the line,
nominally 700 mV P–P, consisting of the 300 Hz control tone combined with the FSK
signal should be seen for a short period after the channel change. If the signalling in the
console appears to be working, then a fault could be due to a failure in the line, the 8571
or the transceiver.
If there appears to be no activity when initiating a channel change, check the console:
 Check all regulated DC supplies for the 8570 (see page 6–6, Voltage measurements).
 Select Setup mode (see the 8570 and 8571 Remote control operators handbook).
 Select Function 20 and press Review up or down to check if the display cycles
through the line parameters.
 If the console functions correctly, continue at Checking other equipment.
 If the display fails to change, is blank, or the unit fails to switch off when pressing the
on/off pad, then continue below.
 Check:


the microprocessor and its associated circuits on the Audio Processor &
PSU PCB (08–03977)



the reset line is low



the address/data lines for activity when the keypads are pressed (one or
more lines may be held low due to a faulty integrated circuit)



the clock is operating



the input/output and DAC ICs are working

Checking other equipment
 If the microprocessor and its associated circuits appear to be functioning, then check
the tone generator, the 103 Bell modem, and the signal path for possible failure.
8571 Interface
If the fault appears to be in the 8571 Interface, then unless the remote site is suitably
equipped, it is recommended the equipment be returned to the workshop for the necessary
repairs.
A working 8570 Console, a transceiver, a power supply and an oscilloscope
are required to assist in fault diagnosing the 8571 Interface unit.

 Place both the 8570 and the 8571 in close proximity (for ease of servicing) and
connect together via a 2 or 4–wire line. Incorporate a suitable attenuator to prevent
overloading of the signals. Connect a transceiver and power supply to the 8571.

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 While pressing the up or down channel change on the keypad of the 8570, use an
oscilloscope and check for 300 Hz control and FSK signals through the 8571 signal
path.
A fault in the 300 Hz control circuits can be traced by applying a 300 Hz signal at a
100 mV P–P from an Audio Signal Generator to the input to the 8571.
 With an oscilloscope, check for 300 Hz on the Dual Line Equaliser PCB (08–03905),
at the outputs of the hybrid IC101a, the 300 Hz BPF IC106 (check the clock
frequency is 30 kHz), and the threshold detector amplifier IC104a. The measured
level at the output of 300 Hz threshold amplifier IC104a will depend on the DC
current applied to the control input pin 1. Set to default mode to check nominal levels
shown on the circuit diagram 04–02541.
 Check the output of the detector IC105b is high (5 V) when the control tone is
present. Check also the output of combiner inverter IC5 is low (300 Hz Detect bus).
Check the 300 Hz detector to the microprocessor IC12 pin 18, on the Microprocessor
& Tcvr Interface PCB, goes high (5 V) while the 300 Hz is present.
Unless special equipment is available, continuous channel changing from the keypad
should be a sufficient signal source to trace the FSK signal through the signal path of
the 8571.
 Commencing on the Dual Line Equaliser PCB (08–03905) with an oscilloscope,
check for burst of the FSK signal at the outputs of the hybrid IC101a, the gain control
amplifier IC103a, the equalisation amplifiers IC103b and IC104b, and finally the
output of the 3 kHz LPF IC105a. Again, levels will depend on the input level to the
8571 and the gain settings of gain controlled amplifier IC103a and equalisation
amplifiers IC103b and IC104b.
 Check the FSK on the Tx audio bus on the Microprocessor & Tcvr Interface PCB (Tx
and FSK share the same path at this point). Check that the FSK is applied to the
modem input pin 15 of IC6, that data appears at the demodulated output pin 5, and
that FSK detect pin 3 goes low during the signal period.
By setting the equalisation to the default setting and input levels as detailed on
the circuit diagram 04–02541, the gains and signal levels can be measured.
Default setting is carried out by disconnecting the DC power, setting the
digiswitch on the Microprocessor & Tcvr Interface PCB to D and
reconnecting the DC power. To return to automatic equalisation, repeat the
above but select E on the digiswitch.

No transmission!
The following fault finding procedure is based on a remote control system
consisting of a single 8570 Console, a single 8571 Interface and transceiver.
In the case of multiple systems, consideration must be given to the other units
within the network when tracing a “No transmission!” fault.

If transmission is the only fault in the remote control system then the areas to be checked
are the transmit audio path in the 8570 Console, the transmit audio path in the 8571, and
the transceiver.
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8570 Console
Normal PTT function is inhibited in the console unless signalling to and from the
transceiver via the 8571 Interface is successful. However, providing signalling is possible
between the two units, then by selecting Intercom mode, the 300 Hz control tone can be
enabled by operating the PTT at the Console.
If the PTT will operate either in the normal mode or by selecting Intercom, connect an
oscilloscope to the line output of the 8570 Console and verify the 300 Hz control tone is
present and measures 700 mV P–P approximately.
 Talk into the microphone and check if the speech is also seen on the oscilloscope.
If speech is present on the line, then the problem is unlikely to be in the console. If no
speech is present then continue to the next paragraph. Continue at page 6–14, 8571
Interface.
If it is not possible to operate the PTT in the 8570 Console then a possible
signalling fault also exists and should be repaired before continuing with the
“No transmission!” fault.

 Check all regulated supplies for the 8570 (see page 6–6, Voltage measurements).
 By use of a suitable test box, apply a 1 kHz audio at a level of 50 mV P–P to the local
microphone input, and operate the local PTT.
 With an oscilloscope, trace the transmit audio path on the Audio Processor & PSU
PCB (08–03977).
 Check the 1 kHz signal level at the:


microphone input



switch IC20b output amplifier IC1d (TP7)



output of compressor IC2a (TP8)



mixer IC1a (TP9)



line driver IC3 (TP10)

Check the circuit diagram 04–02585 for approximate signal levels.
 If the signal is absent at any of the test points, examination of the neighbouring
circuits should assist in locating the fault.
8571 Interface
 Select Transmit mode (PTT) on the 8570 (see the 8570 and 8571 Remote control
operators handbook), and apply a 50 mV P–P 1 kHz audio to the local microphone
input. With an oscilloscope, check the line input to the 8571 for a 300 Hz control
signal mixed with the 1 kHz transmit audio.
These signals may only measure a few millivolts and will depend on the
attenuation of the line.

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 Check that the Transmit mode has been selected in the 8571 by verifying the PTT line
is low (pin 11 of microprocessor IC12 on the Microprocessor & Tcvr Interface PCB
08–03993). If not selected, check the 300 Hz threshold detector and associated
circuits on the Dual Line Equaliser PCB (08–03905) for possible faults.
 Check the transmit audio (including the 300 Hz) at the output of the hybrid IC101a on
the Dual Line Equaliser PCB (08–03905). Continue to check for audio at outputs of
the gain control amplifier IC103a, equalisation amplifiers IC103b, IC104b, and the
3 kHz LPF IC105a.
 From the output of IC105a, check if the transmit audio is present on the Tx bus
(Backplane PCB), then at pins 3 and 4 of switch IC2c on the Microprocessor & Tcvr
Interface PCB 08–03993 (selected in Tx mode). Finally check for the 1 kHz tone at
the output of the 300 Hz notch filter IC4 and then via IC2a pins 14 and 13 to the Tx
audio input transformer T2.
 If the signal is absent at any of the test points, examination of the neighbouring
circuits should assist in locating the fault.
Transceiver
If audio is present at the secondary of transformer T2, then the interface cable and the
transceiver should be checked. This can be done by referring to the appropriate Technical
Service Manual for the transceiver.

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CODAN

This chapter provides information on:77


programming channels (7–2)



programming 8525 and 8528 series transceivers (7–3)



programming 9323 and 9360 series transceivers (7–8)



adjusting mute (7–13)



setting the equalisation parameters (7–13)



calibrating the battery voltmeter (7–14)

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Programming channels
Channels can be programmed into the memory of the transceiver by using the controls on
the front panel of the 8570 Console. Frequencies for each channel are programmed into an
E2PROM and remain stored until they are reprogrammed or erased.
The two transceiver series 8525/8528 and 9323/9360 can be used with the remote control
system and differ slightly in their channel programming.

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Programming 8525 and 8528 series transceivers
When using the Transceiver 8528, two types of transmit enabling are available: TxD and
TxE. The choice of which one is determined by the program in the EPROM.
TxD
To access Program mode with TxD:
 Switch off the 8570 Console.
 Unscrew and remove the front panel.
 Move the link (see Figure 7–1), to the P Channel Program position.
 Switch on the console.
The 8570 is now in the Program mode (no Tx or Rx). The transmit frequencies can be
programmed into the P channels.
 To return to normal mode after programming, switch off the console and return the
link to the Idle position.
 Replace the front panel.
 Switch on the console.
TxE
To access Program mode with TxE:
 Switch off the transceiver.
 Move the link (see Figure 7–1), to the P Channel Program position and switch on.
The transmit frequencies can now be programmed into the P channels. With this
version, the link may remain in the P Channel Program position, and the transceiver
will operate normally. Additional transmit frequencies can then be added at any time.

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Figure 7–1: 8570 Front Panel Display PCB P channel program position
When the remote control system uses the Transceiver type 8525B, link 3 on the
Microprocessor PCB in the transceiver must be fitted to enable the P Channel function.

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Creating a transmit and receive channel
To create a transmit and receive channel:
Action

Display will show

Select any channel

Chan Tx XX,XXX.X
YYY Rx ZZ,ZZZ.Z

Press Enter

Entr Tx _ _,_ _ _._
YYY Rx ZZ,ZZZ.Z

Next action must be started within 60
seconds

Press number keys for transmit
frequency, say 12,345.0 kHz

Entr Tx 12,345.0
YYY Rx _ _,_ _ _._

2 to 24 MHz (23 MHz in H suffix),
entered to the nearest 100 Hz

Press Enter

Entr Tx 12,345.0
YYY Rx _ _,_ _ _._

Programs in the transmit frequency

Press Enter again if the receive
frequency is the same

Entr Tx 12,345.0
YYY Rx 13,456.0

12,345.0 will show as the Rx
frequency

Press number keys if the receive
frequency is different

Entr Tx 12,345.0
YYY Rx 13,456.0

250 kHz to 30 MHz entered to the
nearest 100 Hz

Press Enter

Entr
options
YYY SE , LU

Transceiver defaults to SE, LU

Press Call key to select
S/T1/T2/T3/T4

Entr options
YYY S _, LU

Each press of the Call key selects
next signalling option

Press USB/LSB mode key to select
U, L, or LU

Remarks

Each press selects the next sideband
(hardware is required for L options)

Press Enter

Entr Tx 12,345.0
P_ _ Rx 13,456.0

Press number key for channel
number

Entr Tx 12,345.0
PNN Rx 13,456.0

Press Enter only for temporary
channel

Press Enter

Chan Tx inhibit
PNN Rx 12,345.6

If P channel number already used,
select another number, then Enter

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Copying a channel
To copy a channel:
Action

Display will show

Select required channel giving Tx
and Rx frequencies

Chan Tx XX,XXX.X
YYY Rx ZZ,ZZZ.Z

Press Enter

Entr Tx _ _,_ _ _._
YYY Rx _ _,_ _ _._

Next action must be started within 60
seconds

Press Enter

Entr
YYY

options
SE,LU

Transceiver defaults to USB

Press Call key to select
S/T1/T2/T3/T4

Entr
YYY

options
S_,_U

Each press of Call keypad selects
next signalling option

Press USB/LSB mode key to select
U, L, or LU

Remarks

Each press selects the next sideband
(hardware is required for L options)

Press Enter

Entr Tx XX,XXX.X
P_ _ Rx ZZ,ZZZ.Z

Press number keys for desired P
channel, then press Enter

Chan Tx XX,XXX.X
PNN Rx ZZ,ZZZ.Z

For temporary channels, press Enter

When using transceiver 8525B/8528 (land), two–frequency simplex channels
must use P70 to P99 only.
When using transceiver 8528S (marine), two–frequency simplex channels
may use any P channel. Option LU is not available.

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Deleting channels
To delete a channel:
Action

Display will show

Select channel to be deleted, e.g.
P77

Chan Tx XX,XXX.X
P77 Rx ZZ,ZZZ.Z

Press Enter

Entr Tx _ _,_ _ _._
P77 Rx ZZ,ZZZ.Z

Press Enter

Entr
P77

Press Enter

Entr Tx XX,XXX.X
P_ _ Rx ZZ,ZZZ.Z

Press Delete

Chan Tx XX,XXX.X
P76 Rx ZZ,ZZZ.Z

Remarks

Next action must be started within 60
seconds

options
S_,_U

Channel before that is deleted

Temporary channels
In any of the programming operations, the Enter key can be pressed instead of entering a
channel number. This will create a temporary channel which will not be saved when the
channel is changed, or the power is switched off.

Program inhibit indication
If required, established P channels can be protected from being accidentally deleted or
overwritten. This is detailed in the 8570 and 8571 Remote control operators handbook
and the 8570 and 8571 Remote control installation handbook. If an attempt is made to
overwrite or delete a channel, the display will show an error message for a few seconds
after Enter is pressed. The Tx and Rx parameters chosen can still be accepted by entering
a new channel number and pressing Enter again.

Too high, too low indications
If an attempt is made to program a channel with either a Tx or Rx frequency outside the
range of the transceiver, an error message will be displayed. The error can be corrected by
simply entering a new frequency that is within the range.

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Programming 9323 and 9360 series transceivers
When using Transceivers 9323/9360, two types of transmit enabling are available: TxD
and TxE. The choice of which one is determined by the program in the EPROM.
TxD
To access Program mode with TxD:
 Switch off the 8570 Console.
 Unscrew and remove the front panel.
 Move the link (see Figure 7–2) to the Channel Program position.
 Switch on the console.
The 8570 is now in the program mode (no Tx or Rx). The transmit frequencies can
now be programmed to a maximum of 400 channels (see note below) using channel
numbers 1 to 9999.
 To return to normal mode, after programming, switch off the console and return the
link to the Idle position.
 Replace the front panel.
 Switch on the console.
TxE
To access Program mode with TxE:
 Switch off the transceiver.
 Move the link (as shown in Figure 7–2) to the Channel Program position.
 Switch on the console.
The transmit frequencies can now be programmed to a maximum of 400 channels (see
note below) using channel numbers 1 to 9999. With this version, the link may remain
in the Channel Program position, and the transceiver will operate normally.
Additional transmit frequencies can then be added at any time.

The total number of channels that can be programmed will depend on the
amount of channel text used on existing channels that have been programmed
direct to the transceiver, not via the 8570 console.

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Figure 7–2: 8570 Front Panel Display PCB channel program position

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Creating a transmit and receive channel
To create a transmit and receive channel:
Action

Display will show
Chan Tx XX,XXX.X
YYY Rx ZZ,ZZZ.Z

Remarks

Press Enter

Entr Tx _ _,_ _ _._
YYY Rx ZZ,ZZZ.Z

Next action must be started within 60
seconds

Press number keys for transmit
frequency, say 12,345.0 kHz

Entr Tx 12,345.0
YYY Rx _ _,_ _ _._

2 to 26.5 MHz, entered to the nearest
100 Hz

Press Enter

Entr Tx 12,345.0
YYY Rx _ _,_ _ _._

Programs in the transmit frequency

Press Enter again if the receive
frequency is the same

Entr Tx 12,345.0
YYY Rx 12,345.0

12,345.0 will show as the Rx
frequency

Press number buttons if the receive
frequency is different

Entr Tx 12,345.0
YYY Rx 13,456.0

250 kHz to 30 MHz, entered to the
nearest 100 Hz

Press Enter

Entr Option tone
YYY _ _,S,_LU,P

Press Channel key to select
T1/T2/T3/T4

Entr Option tone
YYY T1, S, LU,P

Each press of the Channel key selects
the next tone calling option, e.g. T1

Press Review key to select Selcall
call

Entr Option slcl
YYYY T1, _ , LU,P

Each press of the Channel key toggles
the selcall on or off, i.e. S or _

Press Review key to select
sideband

Entr Option band
YYYY T1, S, _U,P

Each press of the Channel key toggles
between U, L and LU

Press Review key to select
Protection

Entr Option prot
YYYY T1, S, _U,P

Each press of the Channel key toggles
between P and NP

Press Enter followed by the
selected channel number, e.g. 2356

Entr Tx 12,345.0
2356 Rx 13,456.0

If the channel number is already used,
select an another number, then Enter

Select any channel

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Copying a channel
To copy a channel:
Action

Display will show

Select required channel giving Tx
and Rx frequencies

Chan Tx XX,XXX.X
YYYY Rx ZZ,ZZZ.Z

Press Enter

Entr Tx _ _,_ _ _._
YYYY Rx ZZ,ZZZ.Z

The next action must be started
within 60 seconds

Press the Channel key to select
T1/T2/T3/T4

Entr Option tone
YYYY _ _,S, _U,P

Each press of the Channel key selects
the next tone calling option, e.g. T1

Press Review key to select Selcall

Entr Option slcl
YYYY T1, _ , LU,P

Each press of the Channel key toggles
the selcall on or off, i.e. S or _

Press Review key to select

Entr Option band
YYYY T1, S, _U,P

Each press of the Channel key toggles
between U, L and LU

Press Review key to select

Entr Option prot
YYYY T1, S, _U,P

Each press of the Channel key toggles
between P and NP

Press Enter followed by the
selected channel number

Entr
Tx XX,XXX.X
_ _ _ _ Rx ZZ,ZZZ.Z

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Deleting channels
To delete a channel:
Action

Display will show

Select channel to be deleted, e.g.
567

Chan Tx XX,XXX.X
567 Rx ZZ,ZZZ.Z

Press Enter

Entr Tx __,___._
567 Rx ZZ,ZZZ.Z

Press Enter three times when the
channel number is flashing

Chan Tx XX,XXX.X
567 Rx ZZ,ZZZ.Z

Press Delete to delete channel 567

Chan Tx XX,XXX.X
789 Rx ZZ,ZZZ.Z

Remarks

The next action must be started
within 60 seconds

The next highest channel is displayed

Program inhibit indication
If required, established channels can be protected from being accidentally deleted or
overwritten. This is detailed in the 8570 and 8571 Remote control operators handbook
and the 8570 and 8571 Remote control installation handbook. If an attempt is made to
overwrite or delete a channel, the display will show an error message for a few seconds
after Enter is pressed. The Tx and Rx parameters chosen can still be accepted by entering
a new channel number and pressing Enter again.

Too high, too low indications
If an attempt is made to program a channel with either a Tx or Rx frequency outside the
range of the transceiver, an error message will be displayed. The error can be corrected by
simply entering a new frequency that is within the range.

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Adjusting mute
The only preset potentiometer fitted to the complete system is for adjusting the mute
sensitivity. It is located on the Audio Processor & PSU PCB in the 8570 console. It is best
adjusted when the complete system is installed and equalised.
To adjust the mute:
 With the transceiver connected to an antenna, select an unoccupied channel and adjust
the volume using the keypad for an audible background noise from the receiver.
 Press Mute on/off on the keypad to get the Mute indicator LED to light.
 Commencing with the preset R92 fully counterclockwise, slowly rotate clockwise
until the audio mute opens (mute threshold). Then to reduce sensitivity, rotate the
potentiometer a quarter of a turn in counterclockwise direction.
 The mute circuit should now be sensitive enough to detect weak signals without
falsely triggering on noise pulses. However, if desired, the sensitivity may be varied
from this setting to suit individual requirements.
All 8570 consoles in the remote control system should be adjusted in the same
manner.

Equalisation parameters
For some applications it may be preferable to manually set the equalisation parameters on
the 8570 Console.
To set the equalisation parameters:
 Switch off the console.
 Select Setup mode by holding down the Function and Control On/Off key together for
approximately two seconds. The display will now show the words Setup mode
flashing on and off.
SETUP MODE
 Enter the Line Parameters menu by pressing Function followed by 20, on the numeral
keys, within two seconds.
SPECIAL FUNCTION
Number 20
 Press Enter.
LINE PARAMETERS
Rx gain: XX
The equalisation provides a treble boost in the receiver path and can be set by entering
0 (minimum boost) to 63 (maximum boost) from the keypad, followed by pressing
Enter.

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LINE PARAMETERS
Rx equ: XX
 Press Review ↑.
LINE PARAMETERS
Threshold: XX
This parameter set the 300 Hz threshold detector and can be set by entering 0
(minimum sensitivity) to 63 (maximum sensitivity) from the keypad, followed by
Enter.
 Press the Review ↑ again.
LINE PARAMETERS
Termination: on
 Press Channel ↑ or ↓ to change the termination on or off, (see 8570 and 8571 Remote
control operators handbook).

 Press Review ↑ again.
LINE PARAMETERS
Cfg: not split
If this setting needs changing (see 8570 and 8571 Remote control operators
handbook), press Channel ↑ or ↓ to select daisy chain or star split.
The Rx gain amplifier (IC10a) can be adjusted, by entering numbers between 0
(minimum gain) and 63 (maximum gain). Upon entering the desired number, press
Enter to store the setting.
When all steps have been completed, the 8570 Console should be switched off to
automatically save all the program settings and exit the Setup mode. When the
console is turned on again the system will be ready for operation.

Calibrating the battery voltmeter
The battery voltage display can be calibrated as follows:
 Remove the four retaining screws to the control panel, and lift forward to gain access
to the Audio Processor & PSU PCB (do not disconnect any cables).
 Switch on the equipment, and measure the DC voltage at TPA (A rail).
 Note the reading.
 Switch off the console and replace the control panel.
 Select Setup mode (see Chapter 3, Using the system, in the 8570 and 8571 Remote
control operators handbook).

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 Press Function 14.
SPECIAL FUNCTION
Number 14
 Press Enter.
BACKUP BATTERY
adjust  ?
 Press Enter.
Measured battery
voltage = XX.XV
Compare the displayed voltage reading with the measured voltage taken at TPA. If the
displayed reading is different, then the display can be changed by pressing the channel
up or down key, until the correct voltage is shown.
 Switch off the equipment to store the calibration.

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CODAN

General information88
The parts lists for each assembly contain the following information:


a circuit reference number



descriptions, giving the value and type of component



a manufacturer and manufacturer’s part number



a Codan part number

Items having numeric references identifying specific components or
subassemblies may be encountered in the parts lists included in this manual.
These items, selected from master manufacturing information, identify parts
that are either useful for maintenance purposes or relate to other items and
may be cross referenced in the remarks column.

Table 8–1: Resistor and capacitor abbreviations
Resistors

Capacitors

CC: carbon composition

AS: solid aluminium electrolytic

CF: carbon film

CC: ceramic multilayer chip

MF: metal film

CE: ceramic

MG: metal glaze

EL: wet aluminium electrolytic

MO: metal oxide

M: stacked mica

WW: wire wound

PC: polycarbonate
PE: polyester
PP: polypropylene
PS: polystyrene
PT: PTFE
TA: solid tantalum

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Ordering information
When ordering replacement components, all of the following information should be
quoted to minimise the risk of obtaining the wrong part, and to expedite dispatch.


equipment type (e.g. Type 7004–A HF Receiver)



component location (e.g. RF PCB, 08–04685–002)



component circuit reference number (e.g. R47)



full component description (e.g. resistor 180 kW 5% 0,33 W CF Res)



manufacturer and manufacturer’s part number (e.g. Philips CR25)



Codan part number (e.g. 40–51800–020)

Component substitution
Due to the continuous process of updating equipment and changes in component
availability, minor variations in components may be noted from those listed. Equipment
performance is in no way adversely affected by their substitution.
When replacing general purpose components (resistors, capacitors etc.), equivalent parts
of other manufacturers may be used provided that they have similar tolerances,
voltage/power rating and temperature coefficients as those of the specified part.

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Parts lists
Table 8–2: Parts list index
Title

Assembly number

8570 Sundry Parts

08–04124–100

Audio Processor & PSU PCB

08–03977

Microprocessor & Display PCB

08–03978

Battery charger PCB

08–05022–001

Battery charger PCB(obsolete)

08–04286

Filter, Remote Control PCB

08–03127

8571 Sundry Parts

08–04127–100

Dual Line Equaliser PCB

08–03905–002

Microprocessor & Tcvr I/F PCB

08–03993

Backplane PCB

08–03994

Option RS+I/O PCB

08–04644–003

Line Isolation Unit PCB

08–03817

4–wire Interface PCB

08–03995–001

Audio Switch

08–05748–001

RS232/I2C

08–05747–001

Interface

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Table 9–1: List of drawings for the 8570 Console
Title

Drawing

Drawing Number

Audio Processor & PSU

Circuit diagram

04–02585

PCB Assembly

08–03977

Filter, Remote Control

PCB Assembly

08–03127

Microprocessor & Display

Circuit diagram

04–02586

PCB Assembly

08–03978

Circuit diagram

04–03011

PCB Assembly

08–05022

Circuit diagram

04–02712

PCB Assembly

08–04286

Battery Charger
Battery Charger (obsolete)

Table 9–2: List of drawings for the 8571 Interface
Title

Drawing

Drawing number

Dual Line Equaliser

Circuit diagram

04–02541

PCB Assembly

08–03905

Microprocessor & Tcvr Interface Circuit diagram

04–02690

PCB Assembly

08–03993

Circuit diagram

04–02691

PCB Assembly

08–03994

Circuit diagram

04–02852

PCB Assembly

08–04644

Backplane
General Purpose Input/output

Table 9–3: List of drawings for the Line Interface
Title

Drawing

Drawing number

Line Isolating Interface

Circuit diagram

04–02487

Line Isolating Unit

PCB Assembly

08–03817

4 –wire Interface

PCB Assembly

08–03995

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Table 9–4: List of drawings for the options
Title

Drawing

Drawing number

Option 2W 8570/8571

Fitting instructions

15–10372–001

Option 4W 8570/8571

Fitting instructions

15–10373–001

Option M 8570

Fitting instructions

15–10374–001

Option PH 8570

Fitting instructions

15–10375–001

Option PM 8570

Fitting instructions

15–10376–001

Option R 8570

Fitting instructions

15–10377–001

Option RS 8570

Fitting instructions

15–10378–001

Option SB 8570

Fitting instructions

15–10379–001

Option FS 8570

Fitting instructions

15–10382–001

Table 9–5: List of drawings for the accessories

9–2

Title

Drawing

Drawing number

ALE Split site switch
(15 00751)
(15–00751)

Circuit diagram

04–03067

PCB Assembly

08–05748

RS232/I2C Interface
(15 00752)
(15–00752)

Circuit diagram

04–03068

PCB Assembly

08–05747

Fitting instructions

15–00752–001

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Numbers
8525
channel
copying, 7–6
deleting, 7–7
temporary, 7–7
programming, 7–3
8528
channel
copying, 7–6
deleting, 7–7
temporary, 7–7
programming, 7–3
8570
accessories, 2–10
audio amplifier, 4–5
audio mute, 4–5
auto levelling, 4–13
automatic equalisation, 4–13
connectors, 2–4
control tone
detection, 4–9
generation, 4–9
dismantling, 6–4
display, 4–9
equalisation, 4–13
equalisation stage, 4–3
gain stage , 4–3
I/P amplifier, 4–3
input amplifier, 4–6
internal bus, 4–9
keyboard, 4–9
levelling, 4–13
line driver, 4–6
microcontroller bus, 4–8
microphone compressor, 4–6
mixer amplifier, 4–6
notch filter, 4–4
option M, morse facility, 4–15
option PH, headphone output, 4–15
option PM, miscellaneous facilities, 4–15
option R, special purpose I/O, 4–16
option RS, RS232 interface, 4–17
option SB, standby battery, 4–17
options, 2–10, 4–15
power supplies, 2–11
reassembling, 6–4
receive audio path, 4–3
signalling, 4–8
format, 4–11
modem, 4–11
transformer, 4–6
transmit audio path, 4–6
volume control, 4–5
wire interface, 4–3, 4–7
8571
accessories, 2–10, 5–16
ALE split–site switch cable, 5–16
audio compressor, 5–3

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audio gate, 5–3, 5–6
automatic equalisation, 5–12
backplane, 5–2
connectors, 2–7
control tone
detection, 5–9
generation, 5–9
dismantling, 6–4
equalisation stage, 5–5
gain stage, 5–5
hybrid, 5–4, 5–5
internal bus, 5–8
line driver, 5–4
low–pass filter, 5–6
microcontroller bus, 5–8
notch filter, 5–3, 5–6
option I/O, GP I/O, 5–16
option ML, line capability, 5–14
option RS, RS232 port, 5–14
options, 2–10, 5–14
power supplies, 2–11
power supply, 5–2
reassembling, 6–4
receive audio path, 5–3
RS232 interface, 5–17
Rx audio bus, 5–3
signalling, 5–8
signalling format, 5–10
signalling modem, 5–10
single site, 5–12
split site, 5–13
transceiver control logic, 5–11
transmit audio, 5–7
transmit audio path, 5–5
Tx audio bus, 5–6
wire interface, 5–4, 5–5
9323
adjusting mute, 7–13
calibrating battery voltmeter, 7–14
channel
copying, 7–11
deleting, 7–12
receive, 7–10
transmit, 7–10
equalisation parameters, 7–13
programming, 7–8
too high, too low indications, 7–12
9360
adjusting mute, 7–13
calibrating battery voltmeter, 7–14
channel
copying, 7–11
deleting, 7–12
receive, 7–10
transmit, 7–10
equalisation parameters, 7–13
program inhibit indication, 7–12
programming, 7–8
too high, too low indications, 7–12

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A
accessories, 2–10
8570, 2–10
8571, 2–10, 5–16
adjusting, mute
9323, 7–13
9360, 7–13
adjustments, 7–1
amplifier
audio, 8570, 4–5
input, 8570, 4–6
mixer, 8570, 4–6
audio
amplifier, 8570, 4–5
compressor, 8571, 5–3
gate, 8571, 5–3, 5–6
mute, 8570, 4–5
receive path, 3–3
8570, 4–3
8571, 5–3
transmit path, 3–4
8570, 4–6
8571, 5–5

B
backplane, 8571, 5–2
bus
internal
8570, 4–9
8571, 5–8
microcontroller
8570, 4–8
8571, 5–8
Rx audio, 8571, 5–3
Tx audio, 8571, 5–6

C
cable, ALE split–site switch, 8571, 5–16
calibration, battery voltmeter
9323, 7–14
9360, 7–14
channel
copying
8525, 7–6
8528, 7–6
9323, 7–11
9360, 7–11
deleting
8525, 7–7
8528, 7–7
9323, 7–12
9360, 7–12
programming, 7–2
receive
8525, 7–5
8528, 7–5
9323, 7–10
9360, 7–10

Index–2

temporary
8525, 7–7
8528, 7–7
transmit
8525, 7–5
8528, 7–5
9323, 7–10
9360, 7–10
circuit reference designations, 1–9
component substitution, 8–2
connectors
8570, 2–4
8571, 2–7
control tone
detection
8570, 4–9
8571, 5–9
generation
8570, 4–9
8571, 5–9

D
dismantling, 6–4
8570, 6–4
8571, 6–4
display, 8570, 4–9

E
equalisation
8570, 4–13
8571, 5–5
automatic, 3–6
8570, 4–13
8571, 5–12
parameters
9323, 7–13
9360, 7–13
stage, 4–3, 5–5

F
fault diagnosis, 6–5
front panel controls, 6–7
general, 6–5
logic levels, 6–8
no reception, 6–9, 6–10
no signalling, 6–11
no transmission, 6–13
voltage measurements, 6–6
filter
low–pass, 8571, 5–6
notch
8570, 4–4
8571, 5–3, 5–6

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G

mute, audio, 8570, 4–5

general, 6–1
circuit boards, 6–2
component replacement, 6–2
component substitution, 6–2
excessive heat, 6–2
track repair, 6–3
unsoldering, 6–2
CMOS devices, 6–1
grounding, 6–1
handling, 6–1
packaging, 6–1
switch off, 6–1

O

H
hybrid, 8571, 5–4, 5–5

I
indication
program inhibit
8525, 7–7
8528, 7–7
9323, 7–12
9360, 7–12
too high, too low, 7–7
9323, 7–12
9360, 7–12
input amplifier, 8570, 4–3
interface, RS232, 8571, 5–17
internal bus
8570, 4–9
8571, 5–8

K

operating instructions, 2–2
options, 2–10
8570, 2–10, 4–15
8571, 2–10, 5–14
I/O, GP I/O, 8571, 5–16
M, morse facility, 8570, 4–15
ML, line capability, 8571, 5–14
PH, headphone output, 8570, 4–15
PM, miscellaneous facilities, 8570, 4–15
R, special purpose I/O, 8570, 4–16
RS
RS232 interface, 8570, 4–17
RS232 port, 8571, 5–14
SB, standby battery, 8570, 4–17
ordering information, 8–2
overview, 2–2

P
parts list, 8–1
index, 8–3
power
on/off, 4–2
supplies
8570, 2–11
8571, 2–11
supply, 4–2
8571, 5–2
programming
channels, 7–2
transceivers
8525, 7–3
8528, 7–3
9323, 7–8
9360, 7–8

keyboard, 8570, 4–9

L
levelling
8570, 4–13
auto, 8570, 4–13
line driver
8570, 4–6
8571, 5–4

M
maintenance, 6–1
microcontroller, 3–5
microphone compressor, 8570, 4–6
microprocessor
8570, 4–8
8571, 5–8

R
reassembling, 6–4
8570, 6–4
8571, 6–4
receive, channel, 8528, 7–5
receive path, audio, 3–3
8570, 4–3
8571, 5–3
regulators, 4–2
RS232 interface, 8571, 5–17

S
signalling, 3–5
8570, 4–8
8571, 5–8

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Index

format
8570,
8571,
modem
8570,
8571,

4–11
5–10
4–11
5–10

site
single, 8571, 5–12
split, 8571, 5–13
specifications, 2–3
general, 2–3
stage
equalisation, 8570, 4–3
gain
8570, 4–3
8571, 5–5

T
technical description
8570, 4–1
8571, 5–1

Index–4

transceiver
control logic, 8571, 5–11
Rx audio, 8571, 5–3
transmit audio, 8571, 5–7
transformer, 8570, 4–6
transmit, channel, 8525, 7–5
transmit path, audio, 3–4
8570, 4–6
8571, 5–5
Tx audio bus, 8571, 5–6

V
volume control, 8570, 4–5

W
wire interface
8570, 4–3, 4–7
8571, 5–4, 5–5

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Title                           : Document:
Modify Date                     : 2000:05:09 12:07:34
Page Count                      : 118
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