SYNTOR / SAB CHANNEL MEMORY INFORMATION


Original Memory Prom Information

Control Heads & Channel Expansion Banks

Memory Bank Locations

Channel Frequency Data Locations


Original Memory Prom Information

The Syntor originally came with either a 256 x 4 prom (equivalent to 82S129) that had memory for up to 16 channels or a 512 x 4 prom (equivalent to 82S131) that provided memory space for 32 channels.

The standard SAB adapter board is pin for pin compatible for the 512 x 4 prom, so it can be used in a 16 or 32 channel Syntor with no modifications.


 

Control Heads & Channel Expansion Banks

The SAB also has the capability to expand the available number of channels for your Syntor radio.  The memory expansion capability depends on the memory device used.  The number of channel banks for each device is:  

MEMORY DEVICE       

CHANNEL BANKS
82S129        1
82S131        2
2804              4
2716 / 2816 8
2732 16

The total channel capacity also depends on the number of channels available on your control head, as shown in the table below:  

Memory Device   Memory
Size  
Memory
Banks  

# of Channels on Control Head

1 2 4 8 12 16
2804 1024 4 4 8 16 32 48 64
2716 / 2816 2048 8 8 16 32 64 96 128
2732 4096 16 16 32 64 128 192 256

The EPROM address lines can be accessed directly on the SAB, which allows you to use any control head with the SAB.  The SAB along with some external wiring and a bank selector switch mounted near the control head can give you as many as 16 frequency banks.  Here is more information about how to switch to the other banks. 


Memory Bank Locations:

The actual channel memory bank locations are at:

BANK MEMORY ADDRESS 
1 000h -  0FFh
2 100h -  1FFh
3 200h - 2FFh
4 300h - 3FFh
5 400h - 4FFh
6 500h - 5FFh
7 600h - 6FFh
8 700h - 7FFh
9 800h - 8FFh
10 900h - 9FFh
11 A00h - AFFh
12 B00h - BFFh
13 C00h - CFFh
14 D00h - DFFh
15 E00h - EFFh
16 F00h - FFFh

 


Channel Frequency Data Locations:
(Don't blame me for the screwy channel layout !!)

  0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
00_ CH 16 RX CH 8 RX
01_ CH 4 RX CH 12 RX
02_ CH 2 RX CH 10 RX
03_ CH 6 RX CH 14 RX
04_ CH 1 RX CH 9 RX
05_ CH 5 RX CH 13 RX
06_ CH 3 RX CH 11 RX
07_ CH 7 RX CH 15 RX
08_ CH 16 TX CH 8 TX
09_ CH 4 TX CH 12 TX
0A_ CH 2 TX CH 10 TX
0B_ CH 6 TX CH 14 TX
0C_ CH 1 TX CH 9 TX
OD_ CH 5 TX CH 13 TX
0E_ CH 3 TX CH 11 TX
0F_ CH 7 TX CH 15 TX