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Menu Reference section of this manual for more information that applies to the type of TSYS
you wish to monitor.)
Scroll the display by pressing the down arrow once so that the flashing cursor is highlighting
the TSYS field, then press the SEL key in the center of the 5-way pushbutton pad.
We are entering a new Motorola Type II 800 MHz system, so we can leave the Type: field as-is.
It's a good idea (in fact, a REALLY good idea, for reasons you will see as you proceed) to give
your TSYS a unique name. Press the down arrow key once to scroll to the Tag: field, then press
SEL and enter a name for the system using the methods previously described for naming your
CONV object. We will use the tag My System for this particular example in the documentation:
6 1 M
9 3 Y
. <space>
7 4 S
9 3 Y
7 4 S
8 1 T
3 2 E
6 1 M
If necessary, use the decimal/period key or CL to delete any unnecessary characters, and press
the SAVE softkey to save your TSYS name. Next, scroll to the Frequencies: field to begin
entering the control channel frequencies for the My System trunked radio system. Press SEL,
and at the Ch01: field you should enter the first control channel frequency for your Motorola
trunked radio system. Simply key in the frequency including the decimal point, and press the
ENT key or the DONE softkey to store the control channel frequency. Press the v key and repeat
this step to add any other control channels used by the system. Typically, a Motorola trunked
radio site or system will have one active control channel and three backup control channels. You
need only enter the active control channel for the scanner to track the system, but if the system
switches to a backup control channel the scanner will not receive traffic unless the frequency for
the backup control channel has been entered.
Once you have finished entering the control channels, press the SAVE softkey, then press the
SAVE softkey again. This will store the new TSYS into memory and return you to the TGRP
parameter entry.
Notice that the system name has changed to reflect the name you chose when you were entering
the parameters for the trunking system. As you enter this TGRP and other TGRP objects for
this system, you will just specify the system name here. So, the TSYS parameters for a system
need only be entered once. You simply specify the already-entered TSYS as needed when
building more TGRP objects for the same system.
Scroll down one click to the ID: field. Note that by default, the trunking talkgroup ID is set to
Wildcard. Wildcard is a special type of TGRP object that allows you to monitor all talkgroup call
traffic on the associated trunked radio system. Wildcard TGRP objects allow you to quickly find
and store new or unknown talkgroups on a trunked radio system. When a Wildcard TGRP object
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