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1 Individual Scanners 2 Setting up radio systems in your scanner 3 General scanning information 4 External resources 5 Legal and Safety Information

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5.3 Warranty and Support Information

5.4 User Guide Information 6 Important Note

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Individual Scanners

BCD396XT

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Setting up radio systems in your scanner

Conventional Systems EDACS SCAT Systems EDACS Trunked Systems LTR Trunked Systems Motorola Trunked Systems Standard P25 Trunked Systems P25 One- Frequency Trunked Systems

General scanning information

Radio Systems Overview Deciphering Trunked Systems Location-based Scanning Scanning Legally

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Illustrations in this guide are used for explanation purposes only. Your scanner may not match the illustrations exactly.

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1 Important information

1.1 General Precautions

1.2 Specifications

1.3 FCC Information

1.4 Warranty and Support Information

1.5 User Guide Information 2 Operation overview 3 Setting up the hardware 4 Programming your scanner 5 Operating your scanner

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Specifications FCC Information Warranty and Support Information User Guide Information

Operation overview

Available operation modes Menu reference Keys and their functions Reading the display

Setting up the hardware

Included with the scanner Installing the batteries Connecting the antenna Attaching the belt clip Connecting a GPS receiver

Programming your scanner

Setting up systems Programming Number Tags Programming Quick Keys Programming Search Keys Programming locations Setting alerts

Operating your scanner

Using Number Tags Using Quick Keys, Startup Keys, and Search Keys Using Tone Out mode

Using Close Call mode

Using Band Scope mode Using GPS mode

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2. Go to the Edit Group menu and select New Group.

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1 Programming a Conventional System

1.1 Create a system

1.1.1 System properties

1.2 Create at least 1 channel group

1.2.1 Channel group properties

1.3 Create at least 1 channel in each group

1.3.1 Channel properties

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Conventional Systems

Since a conventional system is really a collection of frequencies, the first thing you need to know is the frequency for each channel you want to program. Here is an example of a conventional system frequency list from RadioReference :

Conventional System

Here is a conceptual layout diagram of a basic conventional system. ( Click here for a legend of the diagram.) You can download a planning worksheet for conventional systems as a pdf file or an Excel spreadsheet file .

Programming a Conventional System

To program a conventional system, you'll need to program the required elements in following order (click here for

information on using the menu ):

Create a system

1. Go to the Program System menu and choose New System .

2. The scanner will prompt you for the System Type. Select Conventional.

3. When the scanner prompts you confirm, tap YES.

4. The scanner creates the system with a default name. Select Edit Name if you want to change it.

5. If you need to change any of the system properties, you can do that now. Unless a property is Required, you can operate the system without changing the default settings.

System properties

(All of these options can be found under the Program System menu. If necessary, the sub - menu and the exact option name are listed beside each property.)

Required None

Name (Edit Name)

Recommended

Optional

Available operations

Number tag (Edit Sys Option#Set Number Tag ) Quick key (Edit Sys Option#Set Quick Key)

Automatic Gain Control (AGC) (Edit Sys Option#Set Audio AGC) Delay time ( Edit Sys Option#Set Delay Time)

Hold time ( Edit Sys Option#Set Hold Time) Lockout (Edit Sys Option#Set Lockout) P25 wait time (Edit Sys Option#P25 Waiting Time ) Startup key ( Edit Sys Option#Set Startup Key)

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Create at least 1 channel group

Each conventional system can contain up to 20 channel groups, and all systems must contain at least 1 channel group.

1. On the Program System menu, select the system you just created.

3. If you need to change any of the channel group properties, you can do that now. Unless a property is Required, you can operate the system without changing the default settings.

Channel group properties

(All of these options can be found by selecting the group name under the Edit Group menu. If necessary, the sub-menu and the exact option name are listed beside each property.)

Required None

Recommended

Optional

Available operations Delete Group

Name (Edit Name) Quick key (Set Quick Key)

Location information (Set LocationInfo ) Lockout (Set Lockout)

Create at least 1 channel in each group

Each conventional system can contain up to 1000 channels in each group, and all groups must contain at least 1 channel.

1. On the Edit Group menu, select the channel group you just created.

2. Go to the Edit Channel menu and select New Channel.

3. Input the frequency for this channel in MHz.

4. If you need to change any of the channel properties, you can do that now. Unless a property is Required, you can operate the system without changing the default settings.

Channel properties

(All of these options can be found by selecting the channel name under the Edit Channel menu. If necessary, the submenu and the exact option name are listed beside each property.)

Required Frequency ( Edit Frequency)

Analog/digital (Set Audio Type)

CTCSS/DCS (Edit Channel#Set CTCSS/DCS ) (analog channels)

Recommended

P25 Network Address (Edit Channel#P25 NAC Option) (digital channels)

Modulation (Set Modulation) Name (Edit Name) Number tag (Set Number Tag)

Alert (Set Alert )

Attenuator

Optional

Available operations

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Lockout (Set Lockout) Priority ( Set Priority )

Volume Offset

Copy Channel Delete Channel

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1 Programming an EDACS System

1.1 Create a system

1.1.1 System properties

1.2 Create a site

1.2.1 Site properties

1.3 Create at least 1 frequency

1.3.1 Frequency properties

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EDACS SCAT Systems

This section deals with EDACS SCAT systems. Click here for information on EDACS Wide and Narrow systems. Below is an example of an EDACS SCAT system from

RadioReference :

EDACS SCAT System

And here is a conceptual layout diagram of a basic EDACS SCAT system. (Click here for a legend of the diagram.)

Programming an EDACS System

To program an EDACS system, you'll need to program the required elements in following order (click here for information on using the menu):

Create a system

1. Go to the Program System menu and choose New System.

2. The scanner will prompt you for the System Type. Select EDCS.

3. The scanner will prompt you for the sub-type. Select SCAT.

4. When the scanner prompts you confirm, tap YES.

5. The scanner creates the system with a default name. Select Edit Name if you want to change it.

6. If you need to change any of the system properties, you can do that now. Unless a property is Required, you can operate the system without changing the default settings.

System properties

(All of these options can be found under the Program System menu. If necessary, the sub-menu and the exact option name are listed beside each property.)

Required None

Recommended

Optional

Available operations

Name (Edit Name) Number tag (Edit Sys Option#Set Number Tag)

Automatic gain control (AGC) (Edit Sys Option#Set Audio AGC) Delay time ( Edit Sys Option#Set Delay Time )

Copy system Delete system

Create a site

Each EDACS SCAT system must contain exactly 1 site.

1. On the Program System menu, select the system you just created.

2. Go to the Edit Site menu.

3. If you need to change any of the site properties, you can do that now. Unless a property is Required, you can operate the system without changing the default settings.

Site properties

(All of these options can be found by selecting the site name under the Edit Site menu. If necessary, the sub- menu and the exact option name are listed beside each property.)

Required None

Recommended Quick key (Set Quick Key)

Attenuator (Set Attenuator ) Hold time ( Set Hold Time)

Optional

Location information (Set LocationInfo) Lockout (Set Lockout) Modulation (Set Modulation) Startup key ( Set Startup Key)

Available operations None

Create at least 1 frequency

Each EDACS SCAT system must contain at least 1 frequency in its site.

1. Open the Edit Site menu.

2. Go to the Set Frequencies sub-menu and select New Frequency .

3. Enter at least 1 frequency for this site.

4. If you need to change any of the frequency properties, you can do that now. Unless a property is Required, you can operate the system without changing the default settings.

Frequency properties

(All of these options can be found by selecting the frequency under the Set Frequencies sub-menu. If necessary, the sub- menu and the exact option name are listed beside each property.)

Required None

Recommended Number tag (Edit Sys Option#Set Number Tag)

Optional Lockout ( Set Lockout )

Available operations Delete Frequency

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EDACS Trunked Systems

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1 Programming an EDACS System

1.1 Create a system

1.1.1 System properties

1.2 Create at least 1 site

1.2.1 Site properties

1.3 Create at least 1 frequency in each site

1.3.1 Frequency properties 2 Programming a system for Scanning

2.1 Create at least 1 channel group

2.1.1 Channel group properties

2.2 Create at least 1 channel in each group

2.2.1 Channel properties

This section deals with EDACS Wide or standard systems. Click here for information on EDACS

SCAT systems. Below is an example of an EDACS trunked system from RadioReference :

EDACS Wide System

Here is a conceptual layout diagram of a basic EDACS Wide system. (Click here for a legend of the diagram.) You can download a planning worksheet for EDACS systems as a pdf file or an Excel

spreadsheet file.

Programming an EDACS System

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To program an EDACS system, you'll need to program the required elements in following order (click here for information on using the menu ):

Create a system

1. Go to the Program System menu and choose New System .

2. The scanner will prompt you for the System Type. Select EDCS.

3. The scanner will prompt you for the sub- type. Select Wide/Narrow.

4. When the scanner prompts you confirm, tap YES.

5. The scanner creates the system with a default name. Select Edit Name if you want to change it.

6. If you need to change any of the system properties, you can do that now. Unless a property is Required, you can operate the system without changing the default settings.

System properties

(All of these options can be found under the Program System menu. If necessary, the sub- menu and the exact option name are listed beside each property.)

Required None

Name ( Edit Name )

Recommended

Number tag ( Edit Sys Option#Set Number Tag)

Automatic gain control (AGC) ( Edit Sys Option#Set Audio AGC )

Delay time (Edit Sys Option#Set Delay Time) Emergency alert (Edit Sys Option#Emergency Alert)

Optional

Available operations

ID format (Edit Sys Option#Set ID Format (DEC/HEX) or (AFS/DEC)) ID scan/search (Edit Sys Option#ID Scan/Search ) Priority ID scan ( Priority ID scan)

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Review Locked- Out IDs (Edit Sys Option#Rvw ID:Srch L/O) Clear All Locked- Out IDs (Edit Sys Option#Clr All L/O IDs )

Create at least 1 site

Each EDACS system can contain up to 256 sites, and all systems must contain at least 1 site.

1. On the Program System menu, select the system you just created.

2. Go to the Edit Site menu and select New Site .

3. When you enter a new site, the scanner will prompt you to select the Site Type. Select Wide (standard) or Narrow, according to the site type.

4. If you need to change any of the site properties, you can do that now. Unless a property is Required, you can operate the system without changing the default settings.

Site properties

(All of these options can be found by selecting the site name under the Edit Site menu. If necessary, the sub-menu and the exact option name are listed beside each property.)

Required Site type ( Set Site Type )

Name ( Edit Name )

Recommended

Optional

Available operations Delete Site

Quick key ( Set Quick Key )

Attenuator (Set Attenuator) Hold time (Set Hold Time)

Location information ( Set LocationInfo ) Lockout ( Set Lockout ) Modulation ( Set Modulation ) Startup key (Set Startup Key )

Create at least 1 frequency in each site

Each trunked system can contain up to 23 frequencies in each site, and all sites must contain at least 1 frequency.

1. On the Edit Site menu, select the site you just created.

2. Go to the Set Frequencies sub- menu and select New Frequency .

3. Enter at least 1 frequency for this site.

4. When you enter a new frequency, the scanner will prompt you for the logical channel

number or LCN for that frequency. Enter a number from 1 through 30.

5. If you need to change any of the frequency properties, you can do that now. Unless a property is Required, you can operate the system without changing the default settings.

Frequency properties

(All of these options can be found by selecting the frequency under the Set Frequencies submenu. If necessary, the sub- menu and the exact option name are listed beside each property.)

Required Logical channel number (Input LCN)

Recommended None

Optional Lockout ( Set Lockout )

Available operations Delete Frequency

Programming a system for Scanning

Once you create the system and at least 1 site, you can Search the system with no problems. However, if you want to Scan the system, you'll need to program the required elements in following order ( click here for information on using the menu):

Create at least 1 channel group

Each EDACS system can contain up to 20 channel groups, and any system you want to scan must contain at least 1 channel group.

1. On the Program System menu, select the system you just created.

2. Go to the Edit Group menu and select New Group.

3. If you need to change any of the channel group properties, you can do that now. Unless a property is Required, you can operate the system without changing the default settings.

Channel group properties

(All of these options can be found by selecting the group name under the Edit Group menu. If necessary, the sub-menu and the exact option name are listed beside each property.)

Required None

Name ( Edit Name )

Recommended

Optional

Available operations Delete Group

Quick key ( Set Quick Key )

Location information ( Set LocationInfo ) Lockout ( Set Lockout )

Create at least 1 channel in each group

Each trunked system can contain up to 500 channels in each group, and all groups must contain at least 1 channel.

1. On the Edit Group menu, select the channel group you just created.

2. Go to the Edit Channel menu and select New Channel .

3. Input the Talk Group ID (TGID) for this channel.

4. If you need to change any of the channel properties, you can do that now. Unless a property is Required, you can operate the system without changing the default settings.

Channel properties

(All of these options can be found by selecting the channel name under the Edit Channel menu.

If necessary, the sub-menu and the exact option name are listed beside each property.)

Required TGID (Edit Talk Group ID)

Name ( Edit Name )

Recommended

Number tag ( Set Number Tag )

Alert (Set Alert)

Optional

Lockout ( Set Lockout ) Priority ( Set Priority)

Volume Offset

Copy Channel

Available operations

Delete Channel

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LTR Trunked Systems

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1 Programming an LTR System

1.1 Create a system

1.1.1 System properties

1.1.2 Site properties

1.2 Create at least 1 frequency in each site

1.2.1 Frequency properties 2 Programming a system for Scanning

2.1 Create at least 1 channel group

2.1.1 Channel group properties

2.2 Create at least 1 channel in each group

2.2.1 Channel properties

Below is an example of an Logic Trunked Radio or LTR system from RadioReference :

LTR System

Here is a conceptual layout diagram of a basic LTR system. (Click here for a legend of the diagram.) You can download a planning worksheet for LTR systems as a pdf file or an Excel

spreadsheet file.

For more information on the different types of LTR systems and how they work, see the

Logic Trunked Radio page at Radio Reference's Wiki .

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Programming an LTR System

To program an LTR system, you'll need to program the required elements in following order (click here for information on using the menu ):

Create a system

1. Go to the Program System menu and choose New System .

2. The scanner will prompt you for the System Type. Select LT.

3. When the scanner prompts you confirm, tap YES.

4. The scanner creates the system with a default name. Select Edit Name if you want to change it.

5. If you need to change any of the system properties, you can do that now. Unless a property is Required, you can operate the system without changing the default settings.

System properties

(All of these options can be found under the Program System menu. If necessary, the sub- menu and the exact option name are listed beside each property.)

Required None

Name ( Edit Name )

Recommended

Number tag ( Edit Sys Option#Set Number Tag)

Automatic gain control (AGC) ( Edit Sys Option#Set Audio AGC )

Optional

Available operations

Delay time (Edit Sys Option#Set Delay Time) ID scan/search (Edit Sys Option#ID Scan/Search ) Priority ID scan ( Edit Sys Option#Priority ID Scan )

Copy system Delete system

Review Locked- Out IDs (Edit Sys Option#Rvw ID:Srch L/O) Clear All Locked- Out IDs (Edit Sys Option#Clr All L/O IDs )

Site properties

(All of these options can be found by selecting the site name under the Edit Site menu. If necessary, the sub-menu and the exact option name are listed beside each property.)

Required None

Name ( Edit Name )

Recommended

Optional

Quick key ( Set Quick Key )

Attenuator (Set Attenuator) Hold time (Set Hold Time)

Location information ( Set LocationInfo ) Lockout ( Set Lockout ) Modulation ( Set Modulation ) Startup key (Set Startup Key )

Available operations Delete Site

Create at least 1 frequency in each site

Each LTR system can contain up to 20 frequencies in each site, and all sites must contain at least 1 frequency.

1. On the Edit Site menu, select the site you just created.

2. Go to the Set Frequencies sub- menu and select New Frequency .

3. Enter at least 1 frequency for this site.

4. When you enter a new frequency, the scanner will prompt you for the logical channel

number or LCN for that frequency. Enter a number from 1 through 20.

5. If you need to change any of the frequency properties, you can do that now. Unless a property is Required, you can operate the system without changing the default settings.

Frequency properties

(All of these options can be found by selecting the frequency under the Set Frequencies submenu. If necessary, the sub- menu and the exact option name are listed beside each property.)

Required Logical channel number (Input LCN)

Recommended None

Optional Lockout ( Set Lockout )

Available operations Delete Frequency

Programming a system for Scanning

Create at least 1 channel group

Each LTR system can contain up to 20 channel groups, and any system you want to scan must contain at least 1 channel group.

1. On the Program System menu, select the system you just created.

2. Go to the Edit Group menu and select New Group.

3. If you need to change any of the channel group properties, you can do that now. Unless a property is Required, you can operate the system without changing the default settings.

Channel group properties

(All of these options can be found by selecting the group name under the Edit Group menu. If necessary, the sub-menu and the exact option name are listed beside each property.)

Required None

Name ( Edit Name )

Recommended

Quick key ( Set Quick Key )

Location information ( Set LocationInfo )

Optional

Available operations Delete Group

Lockout ( Set Lockout )

Create at least 1 channel in each group

Each trunked system can contain up to 500 channels in each group, and all groups must contain at least 1 channel.

1. On the Edit Group menu, select the channel group you just created.

2. Go to the Edit Channel menu and select New Channel .

3. Input the Talk Group ID (TGID) for this channel.

4. If you need to change any of the channel properties, you can do that now. Unless a property is Required, you can operate the system without changing the default settings.

Channel properties

(All of these options can be found by selecting the channel name under the Edit Channel menu. If necessary, the sub-menu and the exact option name are listed beside each property.)

Required TGID (Edit Talk Group ID)

Name ( Edit Name )

Recommended

Number tag ( Set Number Tag )

Optional

Alert (Set Alert) Lockout ( Set Lockout )

Priority ( Set Priority)

Volume Offset

Copy Channel

Available operations

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Motorola Trunked Systems

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1 Programming a Motorola System

1.1 Create a system

1.1.1 System properties

1.2 Create at least 1 site

1.2.1 Site properties

1.3 Create at least 1 frequency in each site

1.3.1 Frequency properties 2 Programming a system for Scanning

2.1 Create at least 1 channel group

2.1.1 Channel group properties

2.2 Create at least 1 channel in each group

2.2.1 Channel properties

A Motorola system can be an 800 MHz, 400 MHz (UHF), or 100- 200 MHz (VHF) system. Below are some examples of these Motorola systems from RadioReference :

Motorola 800 MHz System

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Another Motorola 800 MHz System

Even though some (or all) of the System Voice channels are APCO 25, this system, and others like it, is correctly programmed as a Motorola 800 MHz system, per the information given for the System Type.

Motorola UHF System (400 MHz band)

Motorola VHF System (100-200 MHz band)

Here is a conceptual layout diagram of a basic Motorola system. (Click here for a legend of the diagram.) You can download a planning worksheet for Motorola systems as a pdf file or an Excel

spreadsheet file.

For more information on the different types of Motorola systems and how they work, see the

Motorola page at Radio Reference's Wiki .

Programming a Motorola System

To program a Motorola system, you'll need to program the required elements in following order (click here for information on using the menu ):

Create a system

1. Go to the Program System menu and choose New System .

2. The scanner will prompt you for the System Type. Select MOT.

3. When the scanner prompts you confirm, tap YES.

4. The scanner creates the system with a default name. Select Edit Name if you want to change it.

5. If you need to change any of the system properties, you can do that now. Unless a property is Required, you can operate the system without changing the default settings.

System properties

(All of these options can be found under the Program System menu. If necessary, the sub- menu and the exact option name are listed beside each property.)

Fleet map (Edit Sys Option#Edit Fleet Map)

Required

Recommended

Optional

(Required for Motorola Type I or Type I/II Hybrid systems only)

Name ( Edit Name ) Number tag ( Edit Sys Option#Set Number Tag)

Automatic gain control (AGC) ( Edit Sys Option#Set Audio AGC ) Delay time (Edit Sys Option#Set Delay Time)

Emergency alert (Edit Sys Option#Emergency Alert) End code ( Edit Sys Option#Set End Code ) ID format (Edit Sys Option#Set ID Format (DEC/HEX) or (AFS/DEC)) ID scan/search (Edit Sys Option#ID Scan/Search ) Priority ID scan ( Edit Sys Option#Priority ID Scan ) Status bit ( Edit Sys Option#Set Status bit )

Copy system

Available operations

Delete system

Review Locked- Out IDs (Edit Sys Option#Rvw ID:Srch L/O) Clear All Locked- Out IDs (Edit Sys Option#Clr All L/O IDs )

Create at least 1 site

Each Motorola system can contain up to 256 sites, and all systems must contain at least 1 site.

1. On the Program System menu, select the system you just created.

2. Go to the Edit Site menu and select New Site .

3. If you need to change any of the site properties, you can do that now. Unless a property is Required, you can operate the system without changing the default settings.

Site properties

(All of these options can be found by selecting the site name under the Edit Site menu. If necessary, the sub-menu and the exact option name are listed beside each property.)

Required None

Band plan ( Edit Band Plan)

Recommended

Name ( Edit Name ) Quick key ( Set Quick Key )

Optional

Attenuator (Set Attenuator) Control channel only (Set C-Ch Only )

Hold time (Set Hold Time) Location information ( Set LocationInfo ) Lockout ( Set Lockout ) Modulation ( Set Modulation )

P25 wait time (P25 Waiting Time) Startup key (Set Startup Key )

Available operations Delete Site

Create at least 1 frequency in each site

Each trunked system can contain up to 30 frequencies in each site, and all sites must contain at least 1 frequency.

1. On the Edit Site menu, select the site you just created.

2. Go to the Set Frequencies sub- menu and select New Frequency .

3. Enter at least 1 frequency for this site.

4. If you need to change any of the frequency properties, you can do that now. Unless a property is Required, you can operate the system without changing the default settings.

Frequency properties

(All of these options can be found by selecting the frequency under the Set Frequencies submenu. If necessary, the sub- menu and the exact option name are listed beside each property.)

Required None

Recommended None

Optional Lockout ( Set Lockout )

Available operations Delete Frequency

Programming a system for Scanning

Create at least 1 channel group

Each Motorola system can contain up to 20 channel groups, and any system you want to scan must contain at least 1 channel group.

1. On the Program System menu, select the system you just created.

2. Go to the Edit Group menu and select New Group.

3. If you need to change any of the channel group properties, you can do that now. Unless a property is Required, you can operate the system without changing the default settings.

Channel group properties

(All of these options can be found by selecting the group name under the Edit Group menu. If necessary, the sub-menu and the exact option name are listed beside each property.)

Required None

Name ( Edit Name )

Recommended

Optional

Quick key ( Set Quick Key )

Location information ( Set LocationInfo )

Lockout ( Set Lockout )

Available operations Delete Group

Create at least 1 channel in each group

Each trunked system can contain up to 500 channels in each group, and all groups must contain at least 1 channel.

1. On the Edit Group menu, select the channel group you just created.

2. Go to the Edit Channel menu and select New Channel .

3. Input the Talk Group ID (TGID) for this channel.

4. If you need to change any of the channel properties, you can do that now. Unless a property is Required, you can operate the system without changing the default settings.

Channel properties

(All of these options can be found by selecting the channel name under the Edit Channel menu. If necessary, the sub-menu and the exact option name are listed beside each property.)

Required TGID (Edit Talk Group ID)

Audio type (Analog or digital) (Set Audio Type)

Recommended

Name ( Edit Name ) Number tag ( Set Number Tag )

Alert (Set Alert)

Optional

Available operations

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Lockout ( Set Lockout ) Priority ( Set Priority)

Volume Offset

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Standard P25 Trunked Systems

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1 Programming a P25 System

1.1 Create a system

1.1.1 System properties

1.2 Create at least 1 site

1.2.1 Site properties

1.3 Create at least 1 frequency in each site

1.3.1 Frequency properties 2 Programming a system for Scanning

2.1 Create at least 1 channel group

2.1.1 Channel group properties

2.2 Create at least 1 channel in each group

2.2.1 Channel properties

This section deals with standard Project 25 or P25 systems. Click here for information on P25

one- frequency systems. Below is an example of a standard P25 system from RadioReference :

Standard P25 System

Here is a conceptual layout diagram of a basic P25 system. ( Click here for a legend of the diagram.) For more information on P25 systems and how they work, see the Project 25 page at

Radio Reference's Wiki .

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Programming a P25 System

To program a P25 system, you'll need to program the required elements in following order (click

here for information on using the menu):

Create a system

1. Go to the Program System menu and choose New System .

2. The scanner will prompt you for the System Type. Select P25.

3. The scanner will prompt you for the sub- type. Select Standard trunk.

4. When the scanner prompts you confirm, tap YES.

5. The scanner creates the system with a default name. Select Edit Name if you want to change it.

6. If you need to change any of the system properties, you can do that now. Unless a property is Required, you can operate the system without changing the default settings.

System properties

(All of these options can be found under the Program System menu. If necessary, the sub- menu and the exact option name are listed beside each property.)

Required None

Recommended

Name ( Edit Name )

Optional

Available operations

Number tag ( Edit Sys Option#Set Number Tag)

Automatic gain control (AGC) ( Edit Sys Option#Set Audio AGC ) Delay time (Edit Sys Option#Set Delay Time)

ID format (Edit Sys Option#Set ID Format (DEC/HEX) or (AFS/DEC)) ID scan/search (Edit Sys Option#ID Scan/Search ) Priority ID scan (Edit Sys Option#Priority ID Scan )

Copy system Delete system

Review Locked- Out IDs (Edit Sys Option#Rvw ID:Srch L/O) Clear All Locked- Out IDs (Edit Sys Option#Clr All L/O IDs )

Create at least 1 site

Each P25 system can contain up to 256 sites, and all systems must contain at least 1 site.

1. On the Program System menu, select the system you just created.

2. Go to the Edit Site menu and select New Site .

3. If you need to change any of the site properties, you can do that now. Unless a property is Required, you can operate the system without changing the default settings.

Site properties

(All of these options can be found by selecting the site name under the Edit Site menu. If necessary, the sub-menu and the exact option name are listed beside each property.)

Required None

Band plan ( Edit Band Plan)

Recommended

Optional

Available operations Delete Site

Name ( Edit Name ) Quick key ( Set Quick Key )

Attenuator (Set Attenuator) Hold time (Set Hold Time)

Location information ( Set LocationInfo ) Lockout ( Set Lockout ) Startup key (Set Startup Key )

Create at least 1 frequency in each site

Each P25 system can contain up to 20 frequencies in each site, and all sites must contain at least 1 frequency.

1. On the Edit Site menu, select the site you just created.

2. Go to the Set Frequencies sub- menu and select New Frequency .

3. Enter at least 1 frequency for this site.

4. If you need to change any of the frequency properties, you can do that now. Unless a property is Required, you can operate the system without changing the default settings.

Frequency properties

(All of these options can be found by selecting the frequency under the Set Frequencies sub-

menu. If necessary, the sub- menu and the exact option name are listed beside each property.)

Required None

Recommended None

Optional Lockout ( Set Lockout)

Available operations Delete Frequency

Programming a system for Scanning

Create at least 1 channel group

Each P25 system can contain up to 20 channel groups, and any system you want to scan must contain at least 1 channel group.

1. On the Program System menu, select the system you just created.

2. Go to the Edit Group menu and select New Group.

3. If you need to change any of the channel group properties, you can do that now. Unless a property is Required, you can operate the system without changing the default settings.

Channel group properties

(All of these options can be found by selecting the group name under the Edit Group menu. If necessary, the sub-menu and the exact option name are listed beside each property.)

Required None

Name ( Edit Name )

Recommended

Optional

Available operations Delete Group

Quick key ( Set Quick Key )

Location information ( Set LocationInfo ) Lockout ( Set Lockout )

Create at least 1 channel in each group

Each trunked system can contain up to 500 channels in each group, and all groups must contain at least 1 channel.

1. On the Edit Group menu, select the channel group you just created.

2. Go to the Edit Channel menu and select New Channel .

3. Input the Talk Group ID (TGID) for this channel.

4. If you need to change any of the channel properties, you can do that now. Unless a property is Required, you can operate the system without changing the default settings.

Channel properties

(All of these options can be found by selecting the channel name under the Edit Channel menu. If necessary, the sub-menu and the exact option name are listed beside each property.)

Required TGID ( Edit Talk Group ID)

Name ( Edit Name )

Recommended

Optional

Available operations

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Number tag ( Set Number Tag )

Alert (Set Alert) Lockout ( Set Lockout )

Priority ( Set Priority)

Volume Offset

Copy Channel Delete Channel

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P25 One-Frequency Trunked Systems

contents

1 Programming a P25 Onefrequency System

1.1 Create a system

1.1.1 System properties

1.2 Create exactly 1 site

1.2.1 Site properties

1.3 Create exactly 1 frequency in the site

1.3.1 Frequency properties 2 Programming a system for Scanning

2.1 Create at least 1 channel group

2.1.1 Channel group properties

2.2 Create at least 1 channel in each group

2.2.1 Channel properties

About Uniden Scanners Guide

P25 one -frequency systems are almost identical to standard P25 systems, except they only have one site per system and the system can use a P25 network address.

Here is a conceptual layout diagram of a P25 one-frequency system. (Click

here for a legend of the diagram.)

For more information on P25 systems and how they work, see the Project 25 page at Radio Reference's Wiki .

Programming a P25 One-frequency System

To program a P25 one -frequency system, you'll need to program the required elements in following order ( click here for information on using the menu ):

Create a system

1. Go to the Program System menu and choose New System.

2. The scanner will prompt you for the System Type. Select P25.

3. The scanner will prompt you for the sub - type. Select One - Freq trunk.

4. When the scanner prompts you confirm, tap YES.

5. The scanner creates the system with a default name. Select Edit Name if you want to change it.

6. If you need to change any of the system properties, you can do that now. Unless a property is Required, you can operate the system without changing the default settings.

System properties

(All of these options can be found under the Program System menu. If necessary, the sub- menu and the exact option name are listed beside each property.)

Required None

Name ( Edit Name )

Recommended

Network address (Edit Sys Option#P25 NAC Option ) Number tag (Edit Sys Option#Set Number Tag)

Automatic gain control (AGC) (Edit Sys Option#Set Audio

AGC)

Optional

Delay time (Edit Sys Option#Set Delay Time) ID format (Edit Sys Option#Set ID Format (DEC/HEX) or

(AFS/DEC))

ID scan/search ( Edit Sys Option#ID Scan/Search)

Copy system

Available

operations

Delete system

Review Locked- Out IDs ( Edit Sys Option#Rvw ID:Srch L/O) Clear All Locked-Out IDs (Edit Sys Option#Clr All L/O IDs )

Create exactly 1 site

Each P25 one -frequency system must contain exactly 1 site.

1. On the Program System menu, select the system you just created.

2. Go to the Edit Site menu and select New Site .

3. If you need to change any of the site properties, you can do that now. Unless a property is Required, you can operate the system without changing the default settings.

Site properties

(All of these options can be found by selecting the site name under the Edit Site menu. If necessary, the sub-menu and the exact option name are listed beside each property.)

Required None

Name ( Edit Name )

Recommended

Optional

Available operations Delete Site

Quick key ( Set Quick Key)

Attenuator (Set Attenuator) Hold time (Set Hold Time)

Location information ( Set LocationInfo) Lockout ( Set Lockout) Modulation ( Set Modulation ) Startup key (Set Startup Key)

Create exactly 1 frequency in the site

A P25 one -frequency system contains exactly 1 frequency.

1. On the Edit Site menu, select the site you just created.

2. Go to the Set Frequencies sub- menu and select New Frequency .

3. Enter the frequency for this site.

4. If you need to change any of the frequency properties, you can do that now. Unless a property is Required, you can operate the system without changing the default settings.

Frequency properties

(All of these options can be found by selecting the frequency under the Set

Frequencies sub- menu. If necessary, the sub- menu and the exact option name are

listed beside each property.)

Required None

Recommended None

Optional Lockout ( Set Lockout)

Available operations Delete Frequency

Programming a system for Scanning

Once you create the system and site, you can Search the system with no problems. However, if you want to Scan the system, you'll need to program the required elements in following order (click here for information on using the menu ):

Create at least 1 channel group

Each P25 system can contain up to 20 channel groups, and any system you want to scan must contain at least 1 channel group.

1. On the Program System menu, select the system you just created.

2. Go to the Edit Group menu and select New Group.

3. If you need to change any of the channel group properties, you can do that now. Unless a property is Required, you can operate the system without changing the default settings.

Channel group properties

(All of these options can be found by selecting the group name under the Edit

Group menu. If necessary, the sub-menu and the exact option name are listed

beside each property.)

Required None

Name ( Edit Name )

Recommended

Optional

Available operations Delete Group

Quick key ( Set Quick Key)

Location information ( Set LocationInfo) Lockout ( Set Lockout)

Create at least 1 channel in each group

Each trunked system can contain up to 500 channels in each group, and all groups must contain at least 1 channel.

1. On the Edit Group menu, select the channel group you just created.

2. Go to the Edit Channel menu and select New Channel .

3. Input the Talk Group ID (TGID) for this channel.

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