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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SMR Specialized Mobile Radio. A communications system used by police,
ambulances, taxis, trucks and other delivery vehicles.
SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol. A protocol used (for example) by
the trunking site controller to monitor the status of the channel group and
its members.
SSRC Synchronization source. The SSRC is a large number specified by the
trunking controller in its connection message. It uniquely identifies voice
streams sent from the master base station.
SU Subscriber Unit. The term used in the APCO P25 standard documents for
a two-way radio (generally a mobile or a portable radio) conforming to the
CAI specifications.
supplementary
service
A term used in the P25 standards. It refers to a group of services that is
additional to the basic service that a telecommunications network provides.
Examples include encryption and SU monitoring.
system control bus Provides the following physical paths in a TB9400 base station:
■ I
2
C and RS-485 communications between the modules in the subrack
■ fan power from the PMU
■ power connections for the reciter and front panel.
T
Tai tN et Brand name for any PMR network designed and manufactured by Tait
Electronics Limited.
TaitNet P25 network A set of Tait base stations interconnected by an IP network that can carry
voice and data traffic.
TB9400 Base Station A P25-compliant base station consisting of the equipment necessary to
receive and transmit on one channel. Generally, this means a reciter, a PA,
and a PMU. Often abbreviated to TB9400 or base station.
TCCP Trunking Channel Control Protocol. A proprietary protocol operating over
IP for the exchange of channel control messages between a base station and
a trunking site controller.
TCP Transmission Control Protocol. A complex protocol on top of IP for
sending reliable streams of data with flow control.