5-Tone (Pmr) Signalling - Icom IC-F4062S Sales Handbook

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What is 5-Tone Signalling?
1. Although it is dubbed as 5-Tone, this signalling
protocol consists of a fast data burst of one (1) to
seven (7) frequency tones that can selectively signal
a radio.
2. Originally a European signalling protocol, 5-Tone has
numerous formats such as:
a. CCIR
b. ZVEI1
c. ZVEI2
d. DZV1
e. EEA
f. EEA2
g. DAPL
h. EIA
i. DTMF (Dual Tone Multi Frequency) *Check
model for availability.
3. EIA is the International Open Standard set by the
Electronics Industries Association.
4. 5-Tone adds specificity to the squelch abilities of
commercial radios.
Where to activate 5-Tone
1. Enable the radio in PMR mode by selecting the PMR
Model in the Model section of the cloning software.
2. To create the 5-Tone TX list, click on the 5-Tone
folder and select the "TX Code CH" icon.
3. In this section the user can create up to 32 encode
able tone sequences.
4. Each of these tone sequences can be identified with
an alias on the list.

5-Tone (PMR) Signalling

LMR (2-Tone)‫‏‬
LMR (2-Tone)‫‏‬
LMR (LTR)‫‏‬
LMR (LTR)‫‏‬
LMR (Digital)‫‏‬
LMR (Digital)‫‏‬
PMR (5-
PMR (5-
✔
✔
Tone/DTMF)‫‏‬
Tone/DTMF)‫‏‬
BIIS PMR
BIIS PMR
5-Tone Format Structure
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
*** Re-emphasize: ICOM strongly recommends that
Unlike 2-Tone, where the programmer must know the
frequency to be used on each tone, 5-Tone does not
require knowledge of the frequencies to be used.
Each digit in the sequence is already predefined with
a specific frequency depending on the format
selected in the Tone form section of the
programming.
All the programmer needs to know is what format is
being used and what code needs to do what. The
system does the rest.
If there was a need, although it is not highly
recommended, the tone formats can be modified to
specific needs.
The 5-Tone Format section of programming allows
the programmer to view and modify three (3) aspects
of the 5-Tone format.
Tone Period - is the length of the encoded tone.
Notone Timer – is the space required between tones
for proper decoding (tone spread).
Tone Length – is the time the radio takes to decode
a tone.
programmers do NOT alter any data in the Format
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