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This Setup has no Virtual Rotator requirement, but using an Antenna Group for Beverage selection would be a
useful control enhancement. By adding each beverage direction as a separate antenna in one Antenna Group,
SMD can select each direction in a same way it does for the RFS-2 or TFS-4 four squares and the Beverages
can be selected using the rotary encoder or Subselection buttons. An Antenna Group is added as shown on
picture.
On the Bands tab it is a good approach to start by clicking the Default Bands button which fills the band map
based in ITU region. Clicking on the Fill Bands button will cause Router to insert all possible antenna
selections from the Antenna Paths tab into the appropriate band. Since all of the antenna paths are not useful as
final selections, the list will need to be edited. Antenna selections can be freely reorganized, moved up and
down, copied, removed and enabled/disabled for a particular start point.
In our example the list is edited to include only the useful antenna selections. Antenna Selections displayed in
square brackets have more combinations available to be chosen by the Subselection buttons.
Only assignment customization is that uncontrolled receiving four square antenna (RFS-2) mirror is removed
from selection for main RX because is useless to have it for both main and sub RX listed.
The last step is to set protection level on Security tab. Since we are using only one radio, the easiest strategy is
to define only one frequency range from lowest to highest possible frequency and select "Detach RX antenna
on PTT". This setting will protect the RX2 input of the transceiver against damage if the transceiver transmits
while and RX2 is connected to an antenna that is not RX safe.
The configuration is finalized on the Control Boxes tab.
Save the setup to File using the Save To File button.
1.
Store the configuration to all modules (assuming uLINK network is operational and modules powered).
2.
Store the configuration to SMD ( assuming SMD is connected to Router and turned on).
3.
IMPORTANT: Don't forget to update the configuration in the uLINK modules in addition to the configuration in all
SMDs after any change in configuration except changing names (SMD only).
NOTE: This configuration file (SMD_Single_Radio_cfg_example.uad) is installed with Router.
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