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FF Systems FF-8070 Operation Manual

Summary of FF-8070

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    Ff-8070 operations manual digital voice recorder revised december 14, 2002 copyright © ff systems 2001, 2002, all rights reserved.

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    P.O. Box 5533 round rock, tx 78683 512-365-1120 (voice) ff systems " affordable repeater control solutions " ff-8070 digital voice recorder v2.24 table of contents warranty............................................................................................ 1 introduction .......................

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    1 warranty ff systems warrants its products to be free from defects for one year from the date of shipment. Ff systems may opt to repair or replace (at our option) any defective product. Ff systems does not warrant any defect due to lightning or other natural disaster. Any user modifications or repa...

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    2 introduction the ff-8070 dvr (digital voice recorder) is a microprocessor controlled audio record and playback interface designed for the ff-800 repeater controller. The ff-8070 accepts dtmf commands and audio via the ff-800 and includes provisions for record or playback from the ff- 800 control a...

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    3 turns off the mail box (by selecting 0 mailbox slots), the dvr test feature is also disabled. If the mail box is turned off, the seven prompt tracks can be used as general system tracks. On power up, the dvr clears all tracks (but not configuration data like prefixes, record time allocations, etc....

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    4 the dvr commands described herein. Note that these prefixes are defined using the ff-800, not ff-8070 commands. If they have been modified for your system, you must use the new prefix when entering dvr commands into your system (all examples illustrate the default prefix codes). The suffix codes f...

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    5 the auxiliary dvr input is intended for use by the ff-800 control autopatch. This signal is available on the ff-800 p20. When executing this command, the dvr response will be "in a" if the selected input source is main, or "in b" if auxiliary. As long as the input source = aux, the normal cos dete...

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    6 sys track # track function: examples: • track 00 message address prompt "who is your message for" • track 01 record prompt "record your message" • track 02 messages waiting "there are voice messages" • track 03 no messages "sorry, there are no messages" • track 04 message clear "your message has b...

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    7 security security access command + ; unlock security access default 13009 lock access 13009nnn unlock this command must be entered prior to accessing the configuration commands if a security code has been programmed. Entering the prefix with out the code, or with an invalid code, will lock the sys...

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    8 system track erase + default 13003*nn erases the system track# from the system. It is not necessary to erase a system message before rerecording. Force mail erase + erase mail box track(s) default 130066nn forces an erase of mail box message track number without having to interrogate the contents ...

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    9 # drams installed + ; set number of drams installed default 130052 interrogate current setting 130052nn set to "nn" in order to properly store and retrieve tracks, the dvr firmware must know some information about the hardware configuration of the interface. The number of installed drams is preset...

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    10 track interrupt mode + ; enable/disable play track interrupt default 130069 interrogate 1300690 no interrupt 1300691 dtmf interrupt 1300692 cos interrupt there are three interrupt modes available on the ff-8070: response description "i n t cancel" = 0, no interrupt allowed -- all tracks will play...

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    11 appropriate dvr track is played to the repeater output. Dvr tracks may be mixed with cw, repeater speech, and repeater courtesy tones. Also, there are two special track numbers that can be used to interrogate the status of the mail box (for id bulletins, tail messages, etc...). These track number...

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    12 and demonstrate the operation of the ff-8070. All examples assume that the ff-800 has its default prefix designations: the ff-8070 is configured at the factory for the amount of memory installed, and the number of mail box tracks (3 mail box tracks is the factory default). The user may wish to mo...

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    13 adjustments the ff-8070 is adjusted at the factory to balance the record level between the main and aux. Inputs. Note that the ff-8070 should not require adjustment by the user once the ff-800 and repeater levels have been adjusted. The following procedure is for reference in the event that adjus...

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    14 appendix a: ff-8070 wiring the connections to the ff-8070 are all accomplished via 10 conductor ribbon cable. There are two cables provided, one for the power/audio (connects p3 on the dvr to p25 on the ff-800) and one for spi communications (connects p5 on the dvr to p7 on the ff-800). The only ...

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    15 appendix b: ff-8070 track allocation the track allocation command is used to more finely define the allocation of dvr memory. The basic allocation command is executed at the factory and allocates the 100 system tracks as 10 banks of 10 tracks each. In each bank, the first six tracks are 5.9 secon...

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    16 appendix d: schematic and parts list ff-8070 parts list c1 - 32, 37, 41, 61 0.1 µ f ceramic capacitor, 50v c33, 36, 38, 39, 42 1.0 µ f nonpolarized electrolytic capacitor, 35v c34, 35 100 pf ceramic capacitor, 50v c44, 57, 58, 59 10 µ f electrolytic capacitor, 25v c51 330 µ f electrolytic capacit...

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    Ff-8070 component layout.

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    Ff-8070 legacy installation supplement for ff-8070 units that are manufactured for ff-800 reve or f controllers, the following cables are provided: one (1) power/audio cable one (1) battery backup cable one (1) spi cable one (1) female db-9 (solder type) w/ metalized hood power/audio cable pictorial...

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    The battery backup cable provides a db-9 connection for an external battery: db-9 pinout 1 batt+ (8-12v) 2 n/c 3 n/c 4 n/c 5 n/c 6 batt- 7 batt- 8 batt- 9 batt-.