Glossary - Motorola PR1500 User Manual

Glossary

This is a list of specialized terms used in this manual.
ACK
Active Channel
Analog Signal
Carrier Squelch
Central Controller
Channel
Control Channel
Conventional
Digital Signal
Dispatcher
PR1500
Acknowledgment of communication.
A channel that has traffic on it.
An RF signal that has a continuous nature
rather than a pulsed or discrete nature.
Feature that responds to the presence of an
RF carrier by opening or unmuting (turning
on) a receiver's audio circuit. A squelch circuit
silences the radio when no signal is being
received so that the user does not have to
listen to noise.
A software controlled, computer-driven device
that receives and generates data for the
trunked radios assigned to it. It monitors and
directs the operations of the trunked
repeaters.
A group of characteristics such as transmit/
receive frequency pairs, radio parameters,
and encryption encoding.
In a trunking system, one of the channels that
is used to provide a continuous, two-way/data
communications path between the central
controller and all radios on the system.
Typically refers to radio-to-radio
communications, sometimes through a
repeater.
An RF signal that has a pulsed, or discrete
nature, rather than a continuous nature.
An individual who has radio system
management duties.
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