Service Manual Part 2

TRANSCEIVER PROGRAMMING
3-24
September 2001
Part No. 001-5100-001
click the Message Aliasing tab and then the “Modify
List” button on the right side. The following informa-
tion is then programmed in the dialog box that is
displayed:
Message Number
- This box selects the message to
be edited. The scroll bars to the right of this box
select the desired message number.
Message Alias
- Programs the alias which can be up
to any ten alphanumeric characters.
Close Button
- Validates the entry and closes the dia-
log box. The entry is also validated when another
message number is selected.
Announcement Groups Screen
This screen programs the announcement groups
that are used to communicate with several talk groups
simultaneously. There can be up to 3 announcement
groups per system, and each announcement group can
have up to 15 talk groups.
To create an announcement group, click the “Add
AG” button and the “Add TGs to the AG” screen also
shown above is displayed. Enter the announcement
group ID, click the talk groups to select/deselect those
that are to be included, and then create the announce-
ment group by clicking the “Create AG” button. To
delete the current announcement group, click the
“Delete AG” button.
To edit an announcement group, click the
“Modify List” button and select the announcement
group to be edited from the “AG” pull-down menu.
Then click the talk groups to select/de-select them and
then click the “Update List” button to make the
changes.
Main Screen Parameters
Talk Groups - This is a read-only list of all talk
groups currently in the announcement group.
Analog/Project 25
- Programs the type of communi-
cation associated with the announcement group.
Either analog or digital (Project 25) communication
can be selected.
Security
- Defines the type of secure communication
used, if any, for the announcement group. These
parameters are programmed similar to those on the
Talk Group screen described in Section 3.6.5.
Control Channels Screen
This screen allows the system manager to view
and edit the control channels. Each SMARTNET
system can have up to four control channels, and each
SmartZone system can have up to 32 control channels.
Only one control channel is active at a time.
To edit this list, click the Control Channels tab
and then the “Modify List” button on the right side.
The following information is then programmed in the
dialog box that is displayed:
Control Channel
- Selects the control channel to be
edited. To add a new channel, click the “New Entry”
button.