Toggling The Status Bit - Uniden BC296D Owner's Manual

3. Select the following trunk type for Motorola Type I
Systems:
2:TYPE1
Motorola Type I and IIi Hybrid Systems
4. Enter the fleet map information.
Your scanner has the most common fleet maps
preprogrammed. Refer to Appendix B for a complete list of
these fleet maps.
Use the scroll bar to select the preprogrammed fleetmap
1-16 or, if the fleet map does not match a preprogrammed
set, select USER CUSTOM. Then, use the scroll bar to
select the size code for each block.
5. Select the channel to store the information into.
2:TRUNK CHANNEL
Use the scroll bar to select a channel within the bank to
store a system frequency, then press E.
6. Store the channel information
1:FREQUENCY
Enter the frequency for the channel, then enter an Alpha
Tag for the channel.
Repeat Steps 5 and 6 to store the rest of the frequencies for
the system. Then, see "Programming Talkgroups."

Toggling the Status Bit

Motorola talkgroup ID's are sent as a 16-bit binary number.
Normally, the last 4 positions in the number are 0's, which
result in all talkgroups being equally divisible by 16. These
last four bits, however, can be used by the trunking system to
indicate various status conditions. For example, an
emergency status could be indicated by setting the second-
from last digit to 1. Talkgroup 33264, then would be sent on
the system as 33266 when the radio triggered its emergency
status. By default, the BC296D ignores the last four digits of
every talkgroup, effectively rounding them down to the nearest
multiple of 16 regardless of the status bits.
2:SCAN OPTION → 2:TRUNK → Select the bank
→ 9:STATUS BIT
1:ON
Talkgroups are rounded down to the next multiple of
16.
2:OFF
Talkgroups are not rounded down, so you can
determine the value of the status bits.
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