TRBONET P001 Swift Footswitch User Guide

: June 5, 2024
: TRBOnet

Table of Contents

Introduction
Configuration in TRBOnet Enterprise
Documents / Resources

TRBOnet
Swift Footswitch P001
User Guide

Notices
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Introduction

The TRBOnet Swift Footswitch P001 (hereinafter “footswitch”) allows the dispatcher to push and release the PTT button while their hands are free. There are three design versions of the footswitch: with RS-232, RJ-45, or USB connectors.

1.1 Technical features

Plug connection: RS-232, RJ-45, or USB
Connector cable: 1,8 m
Dimensions: 78/103/39 mm
Weight: 250 g
Material: plastic
Color: black

Configuration in TRBOnet Enterprise

2.1 Connecting via COM-port
This section describes how to connect the footswitch to the PC via a COM-port and configure required parameters in TRBOnet Dispatch Console.

Connect the footswitch to the PC via a COM-port.
Run TRBOnet Dispatch Console.
On the Tools menu, click Options.
In the Options dialog box, select the Hardware tab.

TRBONET P001 Swift Footswitch - fig 4

In the External Devices section, click the Add link and from the dropdown menu select TRBOnet Footswitch (RS232). The TRBOnet Footswitch dialog box appears on top of the Options dialog box.
Name
Enter the name of the footswitch device.
Device
From the drop-down list, select COM3.
The Footswitch PTT button appears in the table below.
Press the footswitch button and see if the indicator box becomes green. Release the footswitch button and see if the indicator box returns to red.
Note: If pressing the footswitch button doesn’t change the indicator’s color to green, try toggling the polarity inversion switch.
Click OK
As a result, the footswitch device will appear in the list of External Devices.

TRBONET P001 Swift Footswitch - fig 3

2.2 Connecting via USB-port
This section describes how to connect the footswitch to the PC via a USB-port and configure required parameters in TRBOnet Dispatch Console.

Connect the footswitch to a USB-port of the PC.
Run TRBOnet Dispatch Console.
On the Tools menu, click Options.
In the Options dialog box, select the Hardware tab.

TRBONET P001 Swift Footswitch - fig 1 2 Configuration in TRBOnet Enterprise

In the External Devices section, click the Add link and from the dropdown menu select TRBOnet Footswitch (USB).
The TRBOnet Footswitch dialog box appears on top of the Options dialog box.

TRBONET P001 Swift Footswitch - fig 5

Name
Enter the name of the footswitch device.
Device
From the drop-down list, select TRBOnet Footswitch USB.
The Footswitch PTT button appears in the table below.
Press the footswitch button and see if the indicator box becomes green. Release the footswitch button and see if the indicator box returns to red.
Note: If pressing the footswitch button doesn’t change the indicator’s color to green, try toggling the polarity inversion switch.
Click OK.

2.3 Connecting via USB-port using M002 adapter
You can also connect a footswitch with RJ-45 connector to the PC via a USB- port by using an additional TRBOnet Swift Adapter M002 (hereinafter, “M002 adapter”).

Connect the footswitch to a USB-port of the PC by using the M002 adapter.
Run TRBOnet Dispatch Console.
On the Tools menu, click Options.
In the Options dialog box, select the Hardware tab.
2.3 Connecting via USB-port using M002 adapter
In the External Devices section, click the Add link and from the dropdown menu select HID.
The HID dialog box appears on top of the Options dialog box.

TRBONET P001 Swift Footswitch - fig 7

Click the Add link.
One more dialog appears on top:
Name
Enter the name of the button.
Autodetect
Click this link and press the footswitch button. See if the other fields (Mask, Press, and Release) get populated with the appropriate hex values.
Click OK.
As a result, the footswitch button will appear in the list of buttons in the HID dialog box.

TRBONET P001 Swift Footswitch - fig 2 √ Press the footswitch button and see if the indicator box becomes green. Release the footswitch button and see if the indicator box returns to red.
Note: If pressing the footswitch button doesn’t change the indicator’s color to green, try toggling the polarity inversion switch.
2.4 Associating with PTT boxes

In the Radio Interface pane, right-click on a PTT box for which you want to use the TRBOnet footswitch, and on the context menu, select Specify External PTT > [Device Name].

2.4 Associating with PTT boxes
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