User's Manual

Operating in trunked mode 83
DRAFT 4
About trunked zones and
workgroups
Trunked zones and workgroups are used to manage
the calls on the trunked system. Zones typically define
geographic areas (towns, suburbs or counties), or
branches of an organization. Workgroups span
multiple zones, and typically define functions, work
areas or job roles.
When your radio belongs to a workgroup, it is said to
be ‘subscribed’, and you receive all calls directed to
that group of users. A group’s members are dynamic,
in that a group only contains radios that are currently
registered on the system and subscribed to the
same group.
Your radio may be programmed to use different
names for a ‘zone’ and ‘workgroup’. For
example, ‘district’ or ‘area’ may be used in place
of zone, and ‘role’ or ‘group’ may be used in
place of workgroup.
Selecting a zone
1 Press Menu and select Set zone.
(Depending on how your radio is programmed, you
may be able to use the scroll keys, left selection
key or channel selector to select a zone.)
2 In the Set Zone menu, scroll through the list of
zones until the zone you want appears.
3 Press Select.
4 Check that the network icon appears on the
display.
SelectBack
Main menu
Set zone
Set workgroup