User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Installation and Operation Manual Draft in Progress
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Description
- 2 General Safety and Regulatory Information
- 3 Operation
- 4 Working with Base Stations from Your PC
- 4.1 PC Recommendations
- 4.2 Connecting Your PC to the Base Station
- 4.3 Working with the Web Interface
- 4.4 Basic Tasks
- 4.4.1 User Settings
- 4.4.2 Taking the Base Station Offline
- 4.4.3 Troubleshooting Alarms
- 4.4.4 Working with Configuration Files
- 4.4.5 Configuring Single Base Stations
- 4.4.6 Configuring Base Stations in a Channel Group
- 4.4.7 Setting Up Custom Alarms
- 4.4.8 Disabling the Front Panel Keypad
- 4.4.9 Preparing to Download Firmware
- 5 Installation
- 6 Maintenance
- 7 Troubleshooting
- 8 Replacing Modules
- Appendix A – Interface Pin Allocations
- Appendix B – Inter-Module Connections
- TaitNet P25 Glossary
- Tait Software License Agreement
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TaitNet P25 Glossary
This glossary contains an alphabetical list of terms and abbreviations related
to the TaitNet P25 network and the TB9400 base station.
A
ADC Analog-to-Digital Converter. A device for converting an analog signal to a
digital signal that represents the same information.
ANI Automatic Number Identification. A service that provides the receiver of a
call with a numerical identifier or alphanumeric label of the caller.
APCO The Association of Public Safety Communications Officials in the United
States. The APCO Project 25 standards committee defined the P25 digital
radio standard. The standard is often referred to as APCO or P25.
ARP Address Resolution Protocol is an IP protocol used to map IP network
addresses to the hardware addresses used by a data link protocol.
B
base station A radio receiver and transmitter that is located in a specific place (at a site)
that enables a two-way radio to communicate with a dispatcher or over a
larger range with other two-way radios. Specifically, Tait TB9400
equipment in a subrack.
battery protection
mode
A PMU enters battery protection mode when it has AC power but its DC
power is below the configured power shutdown voltage. In battery
protection mode, the PMU will shut down to protect the battery if it loses
AC power.
bearer network Telecom equipment that is used to carry user data.
BER Bit Error Rate. A measure of the quality of digital transmission, expressed as
a percentage. The BER indicates the proportion of errors to correctly
received digits in a received signal.