Ericsson EDACS M-RK-II User manual

Mobile Communications

EDACS

®

M-RK-II

PORTABLE RADIO

LBI-38732B

Operator’s Manual

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

USER INTERFACE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

BUTTONS AND KNOBS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

KEYPAD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

DISPLAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Status Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

UNIVERSAL DEVICE CONNECTOR (UDC) . . 22

ALERT TONES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Call Originate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Autokey (Trunked Mode Only) . . . . . . . 23

Call Queued (Trunked Mode Only) . . . . . 23

System Busy (Trunked Mode Only) . . . . . 24

Call Denied (Trunked Mode Only) . . . . . . 24

Carrier Control Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Low Battery Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Low Battery Alert (Transmit Lockout) . . . . 25

Key Press Alert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

TURNING ON THE RADIO . . . . . . . . . . . 25

SELECTION MODE RULES . . . . . . . . . . . 26

MENU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

SYSTEM/GROUP/CHANNEL SELECTION . . . 32

System Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Group And Channel Selection . . . . . . . . 34

This manual is published by

Ericsson GE Mobile Communications

Inc.,

without any warranty. Improvements and changes to this manual neces-

sitated by typographical errors, inaccuracies of current information, or im-

provements to programs and/or equipment, may be made by

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Mobile Communications Inc

., at any time and without notice. Such changes

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TRUNKED MODE OPERATION . . . . . . . . . 35

Receiving A Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Sending A Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Emergency Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Receiving An Emergency Call . . . . . 37

Declaring An Emergency Call . . . . . . 38

Wide Area System Scanning . . . . . . . . 39

Scanning Trunked Groups . . . . . . . . . . 39

Adding Groups To A Scan List . . . . . 40

Deleting Groups From A Scan List . . . 40

Turning Scan On . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Turning Scan Off . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

INDIVIDUAL CALLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Receiving And Responding To An Individual

Call (Trunked Mode Only) . . . . . . . . . . 42

Sending An Individual Call (Trunked Mode

Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

TELEPHONE INTERCONNECT CALLS . . . . . 44

Receiving A Telephone Interconnect Call

(Trunked Mode Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Sending A Telephone Interconnect Call

(Trunked Mode Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

DTMF Overdial / Conventional Mode Tele-

phone Interconnect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

PROGRAMMABLE ENTRIES . . . . . . . . . . 47

CONVENTIONAL MODE OPERATION . . . . . 48

Receiving A Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Sending A Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Emergency Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Scanning Conventional Channels . . . . . . 52

Adding Groups To A Scan List . . . . . . . . 53

Deleting Groups From A Scan List . . . 53

Turning Scan On . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Turning Scan Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

AEGIS AND VOICE GUARD OPERATION . . . . . 55

VOICE MODES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Clear Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Aegis Digital Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

DTMF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

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Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Aegis Private And Voice Guard Private

Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Transferring Keys Into The Radio . . . 60

Displaying The Currently Used Crypto-

graphic Key Number . . . . . . . . . . 61

Key Zero . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Private Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Receiving An Encrypted Call . . . . . . 62

Transmitting An Encrypted Call . . . . 63

Scanned Group Calls . . . . . . . . . . 64

PORTABLE DATA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

DISPLAYS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

DATA OFF OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

DATA ON OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

EXITING DATA CALLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

SCAN LOCKOUT MODE . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

DATA LOCKOUT MODE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

STATUS/MESSAGE OPERATION . . . . . . . . . 68

STATUS OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

MESSAGE OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

EDACS CONVENTIONAL P1 SCAN . . . . . . . 70

DYNAMIC REGROUP OPERATION . . . . . . . 70

EMERGENCY OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . 71

MACRO KEY OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

OPERATING RULES AND REGULATIONS . . . . 72

OPERATING TIPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

BATTERY PACKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

CHARGING THE BATTERY PACK . . . . . . . 74

RECHARGEABLE BATTERY PACK DISPOSAL 75

INSTALLING THE BATTERY PACK . . . . . . . 75

REMOVING THE BATTERY PACK . . . . . . . 76

GLOSSARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

OPERATOR’S RADIO SETUP . . . . . . . . . . . 80

WARRANTY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

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IINNTTRROODDUUCCTTIIOONN

This manual describes how to use the EDACS M-RK II Port

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able Radio. The M-RK II is a synthesized, microprocessor-based,

high performance portable FM radio providing reliable two-way

communications in both the Enhanced Digital Access Commu

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nications System (EDACS) trunking environment and conven

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tional communication systems.

In the EDACS or trunked system mode, the user selects a

communications system and group. In this mode, channel selec

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tion is transparent to the user and is controlled via digital

communication with the system controller. This provides ad

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vanced programmable features and fast access to communica

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tion channels.

In the conventional mode, the user selects a channel and

directly communicates on that channel. In this mode, a system

refers to a set of channels. A channel is a transmit/receive radio

frequency pair.

The exact operation of the radio will depend on the operating

mode, the radio’s programming, and the particular radio system.

Most features described in this manual may be enabled or dis

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abled through programming. Consult the system administrator

for the particular features that are programmed into the M-RK

II.

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UUSSEER R IINNTTEERRFFAACCEE

The M-RK II operating controls are located on the radio’s

front, top and left panels. A 15-button keypad, liquid crystal

display (LCD) for radio status information, microphone and

speaker are on the front panel. The top panel houses a rotary

SYSTEM/GROUP/CHANNEL knob, POWER ON-OFF/VOLUME

control knob and a protected red EMERGENCY button. An OP

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TION button, CLEAR/MONITOR button and the Push-To-Talk

(PTT) button are all located on the left side panel. The Universal

Device Connector (UDC) is located on the right panel and is used

while programming the radio and for accessory connection.

The keypad is used for manual number entry for individual

calls, access to a telephone interconnect system, and activa

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tion of various EDACS or conventional features such as menu

selection or scan operations.

The display has two, eight-alphanumeric-character lines

used to show the operational mode of the radio. 15 status

indicators, used to indicate various operating conditions such

as transmitter on, channel busy, scanning, or low battery, are

located above and to the right side of the character lines within

the display. A back light illuminates the display and the keypad

for nighttime use.

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CLEAR

/MONITOR BUTTON

OPTION button

SYSTEM/GROUP

/CHANNEL knob

POWER ON-OFF

/VOLUME knob

Push-To-Talk

(PTT) button

Battery latch

Battery

Antenna

Display

Universal

Device

Connector

(UDC)

Keypad

Speaker

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SYSTEM/GROUP

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POWER ON-OFF

/VOLUME knob

Antenna

OPTION button

CLEAR

/MONITOR button

Push-To-Talk

(PTT) button

Battery latch

EMERGENY

button

Figure 2 - Top And Partial Left Panel Views

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BBUUTTTTOONNS S AANND D KKNNOOBBSS

This section describes the primary function of the button

and knob controls. Other functions associated with these con

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trols are detailed in later sections.

SSYYSSTTEEMM

/ / GGRROOUUPP

/ / CCHHAANNNNEELL

KKNNOOBB

Selects systems or groups/channels

(depending on programming). This is a 16 -

position rotary knob. See SYSTEM/

GROUP/CHANNEL SELECTION for de

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tails.

PPOOWWEERR

OONN--OOFFFF

/ / VVOOLLUUMMEE

KKNNOOBB

Applies power to the radio and adjusts

the receiver’s volume. Rotating the con

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trol clockwise out of detent applies

power to the radio. A single alert tone

sounds (if enabled through programming)

to indicate the radio is operational.

Rotating the control clockwise increases

the volume level. Minimum volume levels

may be programmed into the radio to pre

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vent missed calls due to a low volume set

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ting. While adjusting the volume the dis

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play will momentarily indicate the volume

level (i.e.

VVOOL L = = 3311

). The volume range is

from a minimum programmed level of zero

(displayed as

OOFFFF

in the display) up to 31

which is the loudest level.

EEMMEERRGGEENNCCYY

BBUUTTTTOONN

Provides single button emergency chan

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nel access. See the EDACS and conven

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tional emergency sections for more de

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tails.

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OOPPTTIIOONN

BBUUTTTTOONN

(1) Programmable per system.

(2) Performs the backspace function dur

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ing data entry. In Phone and Individual Call

modes the OPTION button can be used to

recall the last phone number or radio ID

entered.

CCLLEEAARR

/ / MMOONNIITTOORR

BBUUTTTTOONN

Serves several purposes depending on

the operating mode. In trunked mode, the

CLEAR/MONITOR button exits the cur

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rent operation and removes all displays

associated with it. The radio and display

then return to the group receive state. In

conventional mode, pressing this button

unmutes the receiver so activity on the

selected channel can be monitored. When

pressed and held for approximately 3

seconds, this button toggles conven

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tional channel decoding/encoding (Chan

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nel Guard, Digital Channel Guard, T99) on

and off if programmed for the selected

channel.

PPUUSSHH--TTOO--TTAALLKK

BBUUTTTTOON N ((PPTTTT))

Enables the radio’s transmitter. Releas

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ing PTT returns the radio to the receive

mode.

KKEEYYPPAADD

The keypad layout is similar to a standard telephone keypad

but with three additional buttons at the top for a total of 15

keys. In addition to numbers, most of the keys have special

functions and are labeled as such using a symbol or abbreviated

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word describing its primary function. Numeric entry is a secon

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dary function of the keys. Each key is described below.

∧

∨

Primary function - changes the system or

group/channel (depending on program

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ming); secondary function - changes to a

selection for items within a list. Press

∧

to scroll in increasing order,

∨

to scroll in

decreasing order. To auto-ramp press and

hold the key.

MMNNUU

Primary function - accesses the menu

list. This is a list of additional features

that are not available directly from the

keypad. See MENU for details. Secon

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dary function - activates a selected item

within a list. After the menus list is ac

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cessed, select a menu item from the list

via

∧

or

∨

and activate it with this key.

Once activated,

MMNNUU

continues its sec

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ondary function for activating a selected

parameter setting until the radio returns

to its normal receive state. This is similar

to an enter key.

SSYYSS

Used to directly access systems via the

keypad and to access system selection

in increasing or decreasing order, or to se

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lect a set (bank) of systems for SYS

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TEM/ GROUP/CHANNEL knob selection

(depending on programming). See SYS

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TEM/ GROUP/CHANNEL SELECTION for

details.

GGRRPP

Used to directly access groups via the

keypad and to access group selection in

increasing or decreasing order, or to se

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lect a set (bank) of groups for SYS

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TEM/GROUP/ CHANNEL knob selection

(depending on programming). See SYS

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TEM/ GROUP/CHANNEL SELECTION for

details.

SSTTSS

The Status key is used to send a pre-pro

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grammed status message to the EDACS

site.

SSCCNN

Toggles scan operation on and off. When

the radio is scanning, is on and all

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groups or channels in the scan list of the

currently selected system are scanned.

AADDDD

DDEELL

Adds or deletes selected groups or chan

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nels from the scan list of the currently

selected system. See the trunked and

conventional scan sections for details.

MMSSGG

The Message key is used to send a pre-

programmed status message to the

EDACS site.

PPHHNN

Used to place a telephone call through

the radio by selecting the telephone in

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terconnect special call function. See Tele

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phone Interconnect Calls for details.

IINNDD

Used to call an individual or make an all-

call by selecting the individual call special

call function. See Individual Calls for de

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tails.

DDIISSPP

Inverts the display’s two alphanumeric

character lines for viewing from above;

useful when the radio is attached to the

user’s belt.

DDIISSPPLLAAYY

The radio’s display is shown below. The two character lines

are used to display system, group and channel names and also

operational messages to the user. Each line contains eight al

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phanumeric character blocks. The 15 status indicators are used

to show the various operating conditions of the radio. If the

SSCCNN

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display back-lighting is programmed on, the display will illuminate

for a short period when any of the controls are operated.

The two display lines can be inverted to permit easy viewing

if the radio is worn on a belt or placed into a vehicular charger.

Press

DDIISSPP

once to invert the character lines, press

DDIISSPP

again

to return to the normal display. Refer to the MENU section to

change the display’s contrast.

MMeessssaaggeess

During radio operation, various messages are displayed on

either line one or line two. Typical messages include control chan

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nel status information, such as system busy or call denied, or

messages associated with the radio’s operation, (i.e. volume or

contrast adjust). These messages are described below.

Message

Name

Description

QUEUED

Call Queued

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Trunked mode only.

Indicates the sys

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tem has placed the

Line 1

Line 2

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call in a request

queue.

SYS BUSY

System Busy

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Trunked mode only.

Indicates the sys

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tem is busy, no

channels are cur

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rently available, the

queue is full or an

individual call is be

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ing attempted to a

radio that is cur

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rently transmit

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ting.

DENIED

Call Denied

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Trunked mode only.

Indicates the radio

is not authorized

to operate on the

selected system

CC SCAN

Control Channel Scan

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Trunked mode only.

Indicates the con

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trol channel is lost

and the radio has

entered the Con

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trol Channel Scan

mode to search for

the control chan

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nel.

WA SCAN

Wide Area Scan

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Trunked mode only.

Indicates the con

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trol channel is lost

and radio has en

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tered the Wide

Area Scan mode to

search for a new

system (if enabled

through program

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ming).

TALKARND

Talk-around

-

Conventional mode

only. Indicates the

radio is operating

on conventional

channels in talk-

around mode (no

repeater).

*RXEMER*

Receive Emergency

-

Trunked mode only.

Indicates an emer

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gency call is being

received. This mes

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sage will be flashing

on line two.

*TXEMER*

Transmit Emergency

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Trunked mode only.

Indicates an emer

-

gency call has been

transmitted. This

message will be

flashing on line two.

VOL = 31

Volume Level

-

Indicates the cur

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rent volume level.

The volume level

display ranges

from OFF (silent)

to 31 (loudest).

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LOW BATT

Battery Low

-

Indicates the bat

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tery level is too low

for transmission.

This message dis

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plays when press

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ing PTT and trans

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mitting is disabled

due to the low bat

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tery condition.

UNKNOWN

Unknown ID

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Trunked mode only.

Indicates an indi

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vidual call is being

received by an un

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known radio ID. This

bypasses when the

call is updated.

TX DATA

Transmit Data

-

Trunked mode only.

Indicates when a

data call is being

transmitted. Dis

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played on line one.

RX DATA

Receive Data

-

Trunked mode only.

Indicates when a

data call is being

received. Displayed

on line one.

DATA OFF

Data Off

-

Trunked mode only.

Indicates when ra

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dio is in data dis

-

able state. Dis

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played on line one.

1177

DATA ON

Data On

-

Trunked mode only.

Indicates when ra

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dio is toggled to

data enable state.

Displayed on line

one for two sec

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onds.

KEY ZERO

Key Zero

-

Indicates that

cryptographic keys

have been erased

from radio memory.

PVT DIS

Private Disabled

-

Indicates that the

group or channel is

not programmed

for private mode

operation.

FRCD PVT

Forced Private

-

Indicates that

group or channel is

pre-programmed

for private mode

operation and clear

mode is not possi

-

ble.

NO KEY #

No Key Number

-

Indicates that the

correct crypto

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graphic key is not

loaded for the se

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lected group or

channel.

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SSttaattuus s IInnddiiccaattoorrss

The 15 status indicators show the various operating char

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acteristics of the radio. The indicators show operating modes

and conditions as follows:

SVC

Trunked mode only.

ON - indicates the radio is in an EDACS service

area and is in communication with the site con

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troller via the control channel (CC).

FLASHING - indicates the EDACS is in the fail

-

soft mode (if enabled through programming).

OFF - indicates the radio is out of range or the

control channel is not available.

CG

Conventional mode only.

ON - indicates Channel Guard encode/decode is

enabled on the selected conventional channel.

BAT

ON - indicates the battery pack’s charge is low

and needs recharging.

PVT

Private

ON - indicates the group or channel is enabled

to receive encrypted messages.

FLASHING - indicates an encrypted transmis

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sion is being received.

BSY

Channel Busy -

In trunked mode:

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ON - indicates the radio is transmitting or

receiving a call on the working channel.

FLASHING - indicates a call has been

queued.

In conventional mode:

ON - indicates a call is being received.

WHC

Who Has Called (trunked mode only)

ON - indicates an individual call has been re

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ceived, but not responded to. The indicator

turns OFF if the individual call mode is entered,

the system is changed or the radio is turned off

and back on.

SPC

ON - indicates the radio is in the special call se

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lect/entry mode (Individual or Telephone Inter

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connect).

HI

ON - indicates the selected group or channel is

selected to transmit at high power.

OFF - indicates the selected group or channel is

selected to transmit at low power.

XMIT

ON - indicates the radio is transmitting.

When operating in a trunked system, the radio

may be programmed to automatically transmit

(without pressing PTT) to maintain digital com

-

munication with the site controller. will

turn on whenever the radio is transmitting.

SCN

ON - indicates the scan mode is enabled.

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