Description
The MBD-62 is an intelligent controller compatible with all antenna switches manufactured by Hamplus and a few other manufacturers. It has two band decoders to receive the information coming from the two radio equipment connected to it. In addition to antenna switching, the MBD-62 also offers sixteen GPOs (General Purpose Output), eight for each radio, which can be used to control two band pass filters, or command the tuning box of shortened antennas with high Q coils, or are simply triggered when a desired frequency or band is detected. There are four ways in which antennas can be selected; 1) manually by the front panel of the MBD-62, 2) manually by changing the frequency or band on the front panel of the transceiver, 3) automatically by frequency or band change by the remotely controlled transceiver, or 4) automatically by a connected personal computer via RS-232 serial port or LAN port with the MBD-62.
Antenna Split:
With the MBD-62 it is possible to operate with one antenna for the transmission and another one for reception. The commutation of the antennas is automatically made when the MBD-62 receved the “Send” information from the transceiver.
Memory:
The memorization is automatic, just press a push button of the desired antenna. Any one of the eight antennas can be used in any or all the bands. Whenever the radio will power ON or change the band, the last antenna chosen for that band will be set automatically.
Band Pass Filter commands output:
The MBD-62 only needs one cable to automatically control most Band Pass Filters on the market.On the front panel there is a set of two lines of six illuminated push buttons for manual selection of antennas, one LED for each radio to indicate when transmitting, one LED for each radio indicates that the MBD-62 is in “Split Antenna” mode, and one LED to indicate when the MBD-62 is energized.
The MBD-62 receives from the transceiver the power supply (13.8VDC), the “Send” line and the information about the band in use.
The MBD-62 controller recognizes the following radios:
1– CI-V (Icom)
2– BCD (Yaesu , Elecraft and others)
3– RS-232 (Kenwood, Flex Radio, Icom and Elecraft)
Frequency Driven GPO
The MBD-62 provides up to eigth tuning points for automatically controlling shortened antennas with high Q coils. The tuning points are easily found by the operator using the radio and push buttons
Band Pass Filter Drive
The MBD-62 only needs one cable to automatically control most of the band pass filters on the market. Can be set to Active High (+12V) or Active Low (Gnd).
Wiring diagram exemples:
Connection diagram for two radios, six antennas and band pass filter.
Remote operation:
Printed from the screen of the ROS-62, the MBD-62 remote control software for PC
Downloads:
MBD-62 Instruction Manual
ROS-62 LAN Operation Guide
ROS-62 Remote Operation Software
MBD-62 Firmwere_V. 1.1.3
