Glossary - Motorola HT 1000 User Manual

Glossary

Active channel
Adjustment
Align
Antenna connector
Archive file
Asynchronous Communication
CA
Call Alert
Call light
Call list
Channel
Cloning
Cloning cable
Codeplug
COMport
The channel on which the radio is receiving or transmitting.
A means of tuning a radio parameter to a specified value.
To adjust any parameter that can be tuned to obtain optimum product
performance.
The UHF/VHF RF coax connector located on the top of the radio used
to connect the antenna to the radio.
The contents of the radio's codeplug. A computer disk or diskette file
that contains the personality data of a radio. Archive files are named
according to radio serial numbers.
A method of data communication in which information is transmitted
one character at a time, with no specific starting time. Each character
is preceded by a start bit and followed by one or more stop bits.
Call Alert.
A Stat-Alert signalling feature that is similar to a tone-only or a tone-
and-voice pager. The "page" can leave a persisting indication on the
target radio. A Call Alert stops the channel scan until the alert is
cleared.
A visual indicator that flashes when a transmission is received.
A list of IDs, from one or more signalling formats, used to send a
message to individual groups.
A single path, separated by frequency or time divisions, for
transmitting electrical signals. A receive (one-way) or receive-and-
transmit (two-way) frequency path.
A Radio Service Software function which allows quick duplication
programming of one radio's codeplug data to multiple other radios.
Electronic tuning/alignment information is the only data not copied.
A radio-to-radio connector cable used to program one radio's
personality into another radio.
The solid-state EEPROM device inside a radio that contains the radio's
personality data.
The logical name of the serial port available on IBM PC computers.
They may be COM1, COM2, COM3 or COM4.
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