MOTOTRBO™ PORTABLE MODEL

LEVEL 2 SERVICE TRAINING

Module 5
MOTOTRBO™ Tuner
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Module Objectives
Upon completion of this module, participants will be
able to:

 List features and functions of MOTOTRBO Tuner

 Execute MOTOTRBO Tuner setup and

i t ll ti
installation

 Execute MOTRBO Tuner alignment

g p
procedure

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Module Map

Introduction

Tuning Equipment
and Tools
MODULE 5:
MOTOTRBO™
MOTOTRBO Transmitter Tuning
Tuner
Receiver Tuning

Lab Exercise

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Introduction  MOTOTRBO Tuner

Introduction
Tuning Equipment  Installation Requirements
and Tools  Equipment
E i t Setup
S t
Transmitter Tuning  Setting up a Replacement
Board

Receiver Tuning

Lab Exercise

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Introduction

 Radios should be tuned to ensure that its

performance meets the manufacturing
specifications.
 MOTOTRBO Tuner is used to tune the radio’s
SOFTware-controlled POTentiometer (SOFTPOT)
values.
 Accurate measurements are obtained byy adjusting
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the SOFTPOT values in the MOTOTRBO Tuner
application.

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Installation Requirements
Software requirements
 Microsoft® Windows® 8 (32/64-bit) Edition
 Microsoft® Windows® 7 Home Premium/Professional (32/64-bit)
Edition
 Microsoft® Windows® Vista Home Premium/Business Edition
 Microsoft® Windows® XP Home/Professional Edition SP2 or SP3

Hardware requirements
 Pentium® 1GHz
 256 MB Disk Space
 Processor speed and RAM as recommended by the stated operating
system
 USB Port
 CD ROM Drive
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Equipment Setup

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Setting up a Replacement Board

 When a new replacement board is detected by the tuner
while it reads the radio, the tuner will prompt you to enter a
serial
i l number
b ffor th
the replacement
l tb
board db
before
f you can
proceed to tune the radio.
 Steps to enter new serial number:
1. Enter the serial number into the dialog box.
2. Click OK.
3. A message box is displayed. Read the message
carefully as you are allowed to enter the serial number
of a blank board once only
only.
4. Click YES to confirm.

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Introduction

Tuning Equipment  Recommended Test

and Tools Equipment
 Service Aids
Transmitter Tuning  Portable Programming
C bl
Cable
Receiver Tuning  Portable Test Cable

Lab Exercise

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Recommended Test Equipment

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Service Aids

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Portable Programming Cable

Motorola Part No. PMKN4128_

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Portable Test Cable

Motorola Part No. PMKN4156_

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Introduction

Tuning Equipment
and Tools
 Reference
R f O
Oscillator
ill t
Transmitter Tuning  High Power
 Low Power
 Modulation Balance
Receiver Tuning

Lab Exercise

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Transmitter Tuning Overview

Reference High Low Modulation

Oscillator Power Power Balance
Fine tune the
Tunes Tunes Balances
accuracyy of the
radio’s
radio s high radio’s
radio s low modulation
Reference
power power sensitivity
Oscillator

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Reference Oscillator

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Reference Oscillator (Cont.)

Tuning Steps
START

Equipment Setup

Launch Tuner Application

Click Read

Click Ref Oscillator

Click PTT Toggle

Read frequency measured at

Service Monitor (Aeroflex 3920 for example)

No Is Frequency error: Yes Write do

down
n freq
frequency
enc reading
UHF <= +/-40Hz at Measured Frequency (MHz) section
VHF <= +/-35Hz?

Click PTT Toggle

Click Write

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High Power

Example
E l off Adjust softpot value by
Frequency adjusting value in textbox
reference point

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High Power (Cont.)

Tuning Steps

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Low Power

Example
E l off Adjust softpot value by
Frequency adjusting value in textbox
reference point

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Low Power (Cont.)

Tuning Steps

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Modulation Balance

Example of Adjust softpot value by

Frequency either moving the slider or
reference point adjusting value in textbox

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Modulation Balance (Cont.)

Tuning Steps

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RECEIVER TUNING

Introduction

Tuning Equipment
and Tools

Transmitter Tuning
 Receiver Tuning
g Overview
 Rated Volume
Receiver Tuning  Front End Gain
 Duty Cycle Adjust
Lab Exercise

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Receiver Tuning Overview

Front End Gain

Tunes radio to gain Duty Cycle Adjust
Rated Volume
optimum Receive Tunes Radio Duty Cycle
Tunes audio p
power Signal Strength Adjust
Indicator (RSSI) value

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Rated Volume

Example of Adjust softpot value by

Frequency either moving the slider or
reference point adjusting value in textbox

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Rated Volume (Cont.)

Tuning Steps

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Front End Gain and Attenuation Control

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Front End Gain and Attenuation Control (Cont.)

Tuning Steps
START

Equipment setup

Launch Tuner Application

Click Read

Click Front End Gain and Attenuation Control

Close Tuner Application

Click Auto Tune

Apply RF signal with specified frequency

at -75dBm without modulation. Click “OK”

No
RSSI (dBm) = ‐75?

Yes

Click OK when prompted with

“Write Device Successful”

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Duty Cycle Adjust

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Duty Cycle Adjust (Cont.)

Tuning Steps

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Summary
We have reached the end of the module.
You have covered the following successfully:

 MOTOTRBO Tuner and its functionalities

 MOTOTRBO Tuner setup and installation

 Successful execution of transmit and receive

parameters

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Introduction

Tuning Equipment
and Tools

Transmitter Tuning

Receiver Tuning

Lab Exercise

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Lab Exercise
Demonstrate the following tuning parameters using the
application tool:
 Transmitter Tuning
• Reference Oscillator
• Hi h P
High Power
• Low Power
• Modulation Balance
 Receiver Tuning
• Rated Volume
• Front End Gain
• Duty Cycle Adjust

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