Ericsson LBI-39125A, EDACS M-RK-II Operator's Manual

LBI-39125A

Operator’s Manual

EDACS®
M-RK-II SCAN
PORTABLE RADIO

ERICSSONZ

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made by the user to this equipment not approved by the
manufacturer could void the user’s authority to operate the
equipment in addition to the manufacturer’s warranty.

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Copyright © Octo be r 19 94 , Ericsso n GE Mobile Communication s Inc.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

USER IN TERFAC E . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

BUTTONS AND KNOBS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

KEYPAD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

DISPLAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Status Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

UNIVERSAL DEVICE CONNECT OR (UDC) . . . 23

ALERT TONES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Call Originate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Autokey (Trunked Mode Only) . . . . . . . . 24

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

System Busy (Trunked Mode Only) . . . . . 25

Call Denied (Trunked Mode Only) . . . . . . 25

Carrier Control Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Low Battery Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Low Battery Al ert (Transmit Lo ck out) . . . . 26

Key Press Alert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

TURNING ON THE RADIO . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

SELECTION MODE RULES . . . . . . . . . . . 27

BUTTON AND KEYPAD REASSIGNMENT . . . 32
SYSTEM/GROUP/CHANNEL SELECTION . . . 33

System Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Group And Ch annel Sel ec ti on . . . . . . . . 35

TRUNKED MODE OPERATION . . . . . . . . . 36

Receiving A Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Sending A Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Emergency Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Receiving An Emergency Call . . . . . 38

Declaring An Emergenc y Call . . . . . . 39

Wide Area System Scanning . . . . . . . . 40

ProSound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Scanning Trunked Groups . . . . . . . . . . 41

Adding and Deleting Groups on

Scan List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Turning Scan On . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

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Turning Scan Off . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

INDIVIDUAL CALLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Receiving And Responding To An Individual Call

(Trunked Mode Only ) . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Sending An Individual Call

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

TELEPHONE INTERCONNECT CALLS . . . . 45

Receiving A Telephone Interconnect Call

(Trunked Mode Only ) . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Sending A Telephone Interconnect Call

(Trunked Mode Only ) . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

DTMF Overdial / Conventional Mode

Telephone Interconnect . . . . . . . . . . . 47

PORTA BLE DATA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

DISPLAYS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

DAT A OFF OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

DAT A ON OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

EXITING DATA CALLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

SCAN LOCKOUT MODE . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

DAT A LOCKOUT MODE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

STA TUS OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

STATUS OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

EDACS CONVENTIONAL P1 SCAN . . . . . . . 53

DYNAMIC REGROUP OPERATION . . . . . . . 53

EMERGENCY OPERA TION . . . . . . . . . . . 54

CONVENTIONAL MODE OPERATION . . . . . 54

Receiving A Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Sending A Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Emergency Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Using 5-Tone Signalling for

Emergency Declaration . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Tone Encode Transmission . . . . . . . . . 58

Scanning Conventional Channels . . . . . . 58

Adding and Deleting Channels on Scan List 59

Turning Scan On . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Turning Scan Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

AEGIS AND VOICE GUARD OPERATION . . . . 61

VOICE MODES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

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Clear Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Aegis Digital Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

DTMF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Aegis Private And Voice Guard

Private Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Transferring Keys Int o Th e Rad io . . . . 66

Displaying The Currently Used

Cryptographic Key Number . . . . . . . 67

Key Zero . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Private Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Receiving An Encrypted Call . . . . . . 68

Transmitting An Encrypted Call . . . . . 69

Scanned Group Calls . . . . . . . . . . 70

MACRO KEY OPERA TION . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

OPERATING RULES AND REGULATIONS . . . . 71

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

BATTERY PACKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

CHARGING THE BATTER Y PACK . . . . . . . . 73

RECHARGEABLE BATTERY PACK DISPOSAL . 74

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

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

INTRINSICALLY SAFE USAGE . . . . . . . . . . 76

BATTERY PACKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

ACCESSORIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

GLOSSARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

OPERATOR’S RADIO SETUP . . . . . . . . . . . 81

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

NICKEL-CADMIUM BATTERY WARRANTY . . . . 83

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INTRODUCTION

This manual describes how to use the EDACS M-RK
II Scan Portable Radio. The M-RK II Scan is a synthe­sized, microprocessor-based, high performance port­able FM radio providing reliable two-way communica­tions in both the Enhanced Digital Access Communica­tions System (EDACS) trunking environment and con­ventional communication systems.

In the EDACS or trunked system mode, the user
selects a communications system and group. In this
mode, channel selection is transparent to the user and
is controlled via digital communication with the system
controller. This provides advanced programmable fea­tures and fast access to communication 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 disabled through program­ming. Consult the system administrator for the particular
features that are programmed into the M-RK II Scan.

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USER INTERFACE

The M-RK II Scan operating controls are located on
the radio’s front, top and left panels. A 6-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 OPTION 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 activation 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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Figure 1 - M-RK II Scan Portable Radio

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Figure 2 - Top And Partial Left Panel Views

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BUTTONS AND KNOBS

This section describes the primary function of the
button and knob controls. Other functions associated
with these controls are detailed in later sections.

SYSTEM/

GROUP/

CHANNEL

KNOB

POWER

ON-OFF/

VOLUME

KNOB

Selects systems or groups/channels
(depending on programming). This
is a 16 - position rotary knob. See
SYSTEM/ GROUP/CHANNEL SE­LECTION for details.

Applies power to the radio and ad­justs the receiver’s volume. Rotating
the control 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 prevent missed calls
due to a low volume setting. While
adjusting the volume the display will
momentarily indicate the volume
level (i.e. VOL = 31). The volume
range is from a minimum pro­grammed level of zero (displayed as
OFF in the display) up to 31 which is
the loudest level.

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EMER-

Provides single button emergency

GENCY

BUTTON

OPTION

BUTTON

(Side)

CLEAR/

MONITOR

BUTTON

channel access. See the EDACS
and conventional emergency sec­tions for more details.

Programmable per system.

Serves several purposes depending
on the operating mode. In trunked
mode, the CLEAR/MONITOR button
exits the current operation and re­moves all displays associated with it.
The radio and display then return to
the group receive state. In conven-

PUSH-TO-

TALK BUT-

TON (PTT)

tional 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 conventional channel decod­ing/encoding (Channel Guard, Digi­tal Channel Guard, T99) on and off if
programmed for the selected chan­nel and scan disabled.

Enables the radio’s transmitter. Re­leasing PTT returns the radio to the
receive mode.

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KEYPAD

The keypad layout has a total of 6 keys. The keys
have special functions and are labeled as such using a
symbol or abbreviated word describing its primary func­tion. Numeric entry is a secondary function of the keys.
Each key is described below.

Figure 3 - M-RK II Scan Keypad

,
.

Primary function - changes the sys ­tem or group/channel (depending on
programming); secondary function ­changes to a selection for items
within a list. Press
increasing order,

.

,

to scroll in

to scroll in de­creasing order. To auto-ramp press
and hold the key .

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m

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. Secondary function - acti­vates a selected item within a list.
After the menu list is accessed, s e­lect a menu item from the list via

o

a

, or .

key . Once activated,

and activate it with this

m

continues
its secondary function for activating
a selected parameter setting until the
radio returns to its normal receive
state. This is similar to an enter key .

Programmable per system.

Adds or deletes selected groups or
channels from the scan list of the cur­rently selected system. See trunked
and conventional scan section for
details.

s

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Toggles scan operation on and off.
When the radio is scanning, SCN is
on and all groups or channels in the
scanlist of the currently selected sys­tem are scanned.

DISPLAY

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 alphanumeric character blocks. The
15 status indicators are used to show the various oper­ating conditions of the radio. If the display back-lighting
is programmed on, the display will illuminate for a short
period when any of the controls are operated.

Line 1
Line 2

Figure 4 - M-RK II Scan Display

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 . Refer to the MENU section to change
the display (invert or contrast).

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Messages

During radio operation, various messages are dis­played on either line one or line two. Typical messages
include control channel 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

SYS BUSY

Call Queued - Trunked mode

only. Indicates
the system has
placed the call in
a request queue.

System Busy - Trunked mode

only. Indicates
the system is
busy, no chan­nels are currently
available, the
queue is full or an
individual call is
being attempted

DENIED

Call Denied - Trunked mode

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to a radio that is
currently trans­mitting.

only. Indicates
the radio is not
authorized to op-

erate on the se­lected system

CC SCAN

WA SCAN

Control Channel Scan - Trunked mode

only. Indicates
the control chan­nel is lost and the
radio has entered
the Control
Channel Scan
mode to search
for the control
channel.

Wide Area Scan - Trunked mode

only. Indicates
the control chan­nel is lost and ra-

TALKARND

dio has entered
the Wide Area
Scan mode to
search for a new
system (if en­abled through
programming).

Talk-around - Conventional

mode only. Indi­cates the radio is
operating on con­ventional chan­nels in talk­around mode (no

repeater).

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*RXEMER*

Receive Emergency - Trunked mode

only. Indicates an
emergency call is
being received.
This message will
be flashing on
line two.

*TXEMER*

VOL = 31

Transmit Emergency - Trunked mode

only. Indicates an
emergency call
has been trans­mitted. This mes­sage will be flash­ing on line two.

Volume Level - Indicates the cur-

rent volume level.
The volume level
display ranges
from OFF (silent)
to 31 (loudest).

LOW BATT

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Battery Low - Indicates the bat-

tery level is too
low for transmis­sion. This mes­sage displays
when pressing
PTT and trans­mitting is dis­abled due to the
low battery condi­tion.

UNKNOWN

Unknown ID - Trunked mode

only. Indicates an
individual call is
being received by
an unknown ra­dio ID. This by­passes when the
call is updated.

TX DATA

RX DATA

DATA OFF

Transmit Data - Trunked mode

only. Indicates
when a data call
is being transmit­ted. Displayed on
line one.

Receive Data - Trunked mode

only. Indicates
when a data call
is being received.
Displayed on line
one.

Data Off - Trunked mode

DATA ON

only. Indicates
when radio is in
data disable
state. Displayed
on line one.

Data On - Trunked mode

only. Indicates
when radio is tog­gled to data en­able state. Dis-

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played on line
one for two sec­onds.

KEY ZERO

PVT DIS

FRCD PVT

Key Zero - Indicates that

cryptographic
keys have been
erased from radio
memory .

Private Disabled - Indicates that the

group or channel
is not pro­grammed for pri­vate mode opera­tion.

Forced Private - Indicates that

NO KEY #

group or channel
is pre-pro­grammed for pri­vate mode opera­tion and clear
mode is not pos­sible.

No Key Number - Indicates that the

correct crypto­graphic key is not
loaded for the se­lected group or
channel.

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Status Indicators

The 15 status indicators show the various operating
characteristics of the radio. The indicators show operat­ing modes and conditions as follows:

SVC T runked mode only.

ON - indicates the radio is in an EDACS
service area and is in communication with
the site controller via the control channel
(CC).
FLASHING - indicates the EDACS is in
the failsoft 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
transmission is being received.

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BSY Channel Busy -

In trunked mode:

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
received, 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 select/entry mode (Individual or Tele­phone Interconnect).

HI ON - indicates the selected group or chan-

nel 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 communication with the

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site controller. will turn on whenever

XMIT

the radio is transmitting.

SCN ON - indicates the scan mode is enabled.

S ON - indicates the selected group or chan-

nel is in the scan list.

1 ON - (conventional mode only) indicates

the selected channel is designated as the
priority-one scan channel.

2 ON - (conventional mode only) indicates

the selected channel is designated as the
priority-two scan channel.

ON - (conventional mode only) indicates
that the selected channel has T99 decode
option enabled.

UNIVERSAL DEVICE CONNECTOR (UDC)

The Universal Device Connector (UDC) provides
connections for external accessories such as a headset
or a speaker-microphone. When the radio is locked in a
vehicular charger/repeater the UDC provides the audio
and control connections between the radio and the ve­hicular charger/repeater. The UDC is also used to pro­gram and service the radio.

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ALERT TONES

The M-RK II Scan radio also provides audible alert
tones or "beeps" to indicate the various operating condi­tions. These alert tones can be enabled or disabled
through programming.

Call Originate

A short mid-pitched alert tone sounds after keying the
radio (Push-T o-T alk button is pressed). This indicates the
radio has been assigned a working channel or that the
radio is transmitting on a conventional channel and voice
communication may begin immediately. In conventional
mode, this tone may be delayed after the PTT button is
pressed due to GE-STAR signalling (if enabled through
programming).

Autokey (Trunked Mode Only)

After being placed in queue or releasing the PTT
button prior to a working channel assignment, the site
calls the radio when a channel becomes available. At this
point, the radio automatically keys the transmitter
(autokey) for a short period to hold the channel. The radio
sounds a mid-pitched tone when it is clear to talk; imme­diately press the PTT button to keep the assigned chan­nel.

Call Queued (Trunked Mode Only)

A high-pitched tone after pressing the PTT button
indicates the system has plac ed the call request in the
queue. The receiving unit(s) also hear the tones, indicat-

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ing they will receive a call shortly. If the the PTT button
is released, the radio will autokey whenever a channel
becomes available (see Autokey).

System Busy (Trunked Mode Only)

Three low-pitched beeps will be heard if the radio is
keyed when the system is busy, if no channels are
available for sending the message, if the call queue is
full, or if an individual call is being attempted to a radio
that is transmitting. Releasing the PTT button and re-key­ing initiates a new channel request.

Call Denied (Trunked Mode Only)

If the radio is keyed and a low pitched tone is heard
then the radio is not authorized on the system that has
been selected.

Carrier Control Timer

If the programmed time for continuous transmission
is exceeded, five short high-pitched warning tones fol­lowed by a long low-pitched tone will be heard. The
transmitter will shut down shortly after hearing the alert,
interrupting communications. Release and re-key the
PTT button to maintain communications . This will reset
the carrier control timer and turn the transmitter back on.

Low Battery Warning

A low-pitched tone is heard and comes on
indicating that the battery voltage is low. The radio will
continue to receive and transmit.

BAT

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Low Battery Alert (T ransmit Lockou t)

If the radio is keyed and a low-pitched tone or two
tones repeated until PTT or CLEAR button is pressed
(either condition is pre-programmable) is heard and LOW
BATT is displayed, the battery is discharged and the
radio will not transmit. The radio will still be able to receive
calls until the battery is discharged beyond the point of
operation, after which the battery will need to be re­charged to resume normal operation.

Key Press Alert

A short tone or "beep" sounds to indicate a key has
been pressed. A short low-pitched tone indicates no
action was taken because the key is not active in the
current mode.

OPERATION

TURNING ON THE RADIO

Rotate the POWER ON-OFF/VOLUME knob clock­wise, out of detent to turn the radio on. (Ensure the
antenna and battery pack are properly connected prior
to power on.) A short beep (if enabled through program­ming) indicates the radio is ready for operation. The
display indicates, if programmed, the last selected sys­tem name on line one and the last selected group or
channel name on line two.

In the EDACS trunked environment, upon acquisition
of the control channel, will come on. If communi-

cation with the system’s control channel cannot be es-

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SVC