User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Safety Information
- General
- Controls And Display
- General Operation
- Radio Wide Features
- Conventional Features
- 5.1 Monitoring Before Transmitting
- 5.2 Monitor Mode
- 5.3 Busy Channel Lockout
- 5.4 Call Guard Squelch
- 5.5 Penalty Timer
- 5.6 Conversation Timer
- 5.7 Repeater Talk-Around
- 5.8 Displaying Transmit/Receive Frequency
- 5.9 Emergency Alarm and Call
- 5.10 Conventional Mode Scanning
- 5.11 Standard Conventional Calls
- 5.12 DTMF/ANI Signaling
- 5.13 Single Tone Encoder
- 5.14 MDC1200 Compatibility
- 5.15 Project 25 Mode Features
- 5.16 Keypad Programming
- SMARTNET/SmartZone/P25 Trunked Features
- 6.1 Analog and Digital Operation
- 6.2 Viewing Unit ID
- 6.3 Standard Group Calls
- 6.4 Private (Unit-To-Unit) Calls
- 6.5 Telephone Calls
- 6.6 Call Alert
- 6.7 Messaging
- 6.8 Sending Status Conditions
- 6.9 Emergency Alarm and Call
- 6.10 Failsoft Operation
- 6.11 SMARTNET/SmartZone/P25 Trunked Scanning Features
- 6.12 Dynamic Regrouping
- 6.13 SmartZone and P25 Trunking Unique Features
- 6.13.1 Busy Override
- 6.13.2 Site Trunking
- 6.13.3 Determining Current Site and Searching For a New Site
- 6.13.4 Locking/Unlocking a Site
- 6.13.5 ZoneFail Site Lock
- 6.13.6 P25 Wide Area Scan
- 6.13.7 Normal P25 and SmartZone Control Channel Hunt
- 6.13.8 Talkgroup Steering Via System Access Permissions
- 6.13.9 P25 Wide Area Scan
- Miscellaneous
- Determining Available Options
- 5300 ES Mobile Firmware Versions
- Password Description
- Secure Communication (Encryption)
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Proper Key Autodetect
Analog Channels - When this feature is disabled and a message is received with the
wrong key, the audio unmutes and garbled (encrypted) audio is heard. However, if
this occurs with this feature enabled, the audio remains muted.
Digital Channels - When this feature is enabled and a message is received with a
different key, but the key resides in the radio, the audio is decrypted and received
normally even though the key is assigned to a different talk group. If this feature is
disabled or the key does not reside in the radio, the audio remains muted.
11.3.3 Talk Group Encryption Override
On conventional digital (P25) channels, the encryption strapping mode and PID are
programmed on a per talk group basis similar to the trunked modes (SMARTNET/
SmartZone/P25 Trunked). However, with this mode only, there is the option to override
the talk group encryption programming and program it on a per-channel basis. Therefore,
if desired on conventional digital channels, encryption can be programmed differently for
each channel. Conventional analog channel encryption is always programmed on a per-
channel basis.
11.4 OTAR (Over-The-Air Rekeying)
OTAR stands for “Over-The Air-Rekeying”. This is the process of sending encryption
keys and related key management messages over-the-air to specific radios. The advantage
of OTAR is that it allows these keys to be quickly and conveniently updated when
necessary. It is no longer necessary to periodically travel to the radio location or bring the
radio into a maintenance facility to load new keys.
The actual OTAR rekeying functions are performed by a Key Management Facility
(KMF) that sends Key Management Messages (KMM) to the radios. These messages are
themselves encrypted using a unique key. Radios must be OTAR-compatible and
programmed for OTAR for this type of rekeying to occur.
OTAR is available only on P25 conventional and trunked channels, and only to program
DES-OFB and AES keys. It is not used on SMARTNET/SmartZone channels or to load
DES keys.