E.F. Johnson 5100 SERIES Operating Manual

Analog, vhf/uhf/700 and 800 mhz project 25 conventional smartnet/smartzone
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Rhein Tech Laboratories
360 Herndon Parkway
Suite 1400
Herndon, VA 20170
http://www.rheintech.com
APPENDIX K:
USER'S MANUAL
Please refer to the Operator's Manual.
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Report #:
2004164
FCC ID:
ATH2425111
Model:
242-51xx
Standards:
FCC Part 90 &IC RSS-119
Date:
November 4, 2004
Page 53 of 78

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  • Page 1 Rhein Tech Laboratories Report #: 2004164 360 Herndon Parkway FCC ID: ATH2425111 Suite 1400 Model: 242-51xx Herndon, VA 20170 Standards: FCC Part 90 &IC RSS-119 http://www.rheintech.com Date: November 4, 2004 APPENDIX K: USER’S MANUAL Please refer to the Operator’s Manual. Page 53 of 78...
  • Page 2 OPERATING MANUAL DIGITAL/ANALOG PORTABLE RADIO 5100 S ERIES ORTABLE ADIO VHF/UHF/700 and 800 MH 25 C ROJECT ONVENTIONAL SMARTNET ® ® MART 7.2 VDC, 1 and 5 Watts (VHF); 1 and 4 Watts (UHF); 1 and 3 Watts (700/800 MHz) Part No.
  • Page 3: Rf Exposure Information

    RF EXPOSURE INFORMATION RF ENERGY EXPOSURE AWARENESS AND CONTROL INFORMATION, AND OPERATIONAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR FCC OCCUPATIONAL USE REQUIREMENTS • BEFORE USING YOUR PORTABLE 2-WAY http://www.fcc.gov/oet/rfsafety/rf-faqs.html RADIO, READ THIS IMPORTANT RF ENERGY • AWARENESS AND CONTROL INFORMATION http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/ AND OPERATIONAL INSTRUCTIONS TO radiofrequencyradiation/index.html ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH THE FCC’S RF EXPOSURE GUIDELINES.
  • Page 4 • Hold the radio in a vertical position in front of face E.F. Johnson Company with the microphone (and the other parts of the Customer Service Department radio, including the antenna) at least one inch (2.5 299 Johnson Avenue am) away from the nose.
  • Page 5 RF EXPOSURE INFORMATION ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE and fuel storage sites. Areas with potentially flam- mable atmospheres are usually, but not always, clearly This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC posted. These may include gas stations, fuel and chem- rules. Operation is subject to the condition that this ical storage and transfer stations, below deck on boats, device does not cause harmful interference.
  • Page 6 51xx SERIES PORTABLE OPERATING MANUAL VHF/UHF/700 AND 800 MHz PROJECT 25 (DIGITAL) AND ANALOG ® ® SMARTNET /SmartZone Copyright© 2004 by the EFJohnson Company The EFJohnson Company, which was founded in 1923, provides wireless communication systems solutions for public safety, government, and commercial customers. The company designs, manufactures, and markets conventional and trunked radio systems, mobile and portable subscriber radios, repeaters, and Project 25 digital radio products.
  • Page 7: Table Of Contents

    TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS RF EXPOSURE INFORMATION Transmitting in the Scan Mode ... . . 22 Nuisance Channel Add/Delete....22 Scan Lists .
  • Page 8 TABLE OF CONTENTS Zone Password ......34 Messaging....... 41 Zone Change Parameter .
  • Page 9: Features

    FEATURES SECTION 1 FEATURES Display Up/Down Sw In Various Modes: Menu/Option F1 = Exit Keys F2 = Select/Menu Microphone Enable Option Keys DTMF Keypad Speaker DTMF Keypad Model Limited Keypad Model Figure 1-1 Front Panel Controls • NOTE: The availability of many of the following Menu mode •...
  • Page 10: Smartnet/Smartzone Features

    FEATURES • • Normal/selective squelch selectable by option Emergency calls for high priority system access • switch or menu Failsoft operation on a predefined conventional • Monitor mode selectable by option switch or menu channel if trunked system fails • •...
  • Page 11: Controls And Display

    CONTROLS AND DISPLAY SECTION 2 CONTROLS AND DISPLAY 2.1 FRONT PANEL CONTROLS Antenna Power On-Off/ Connector Volume Adj NOTE: The location of these controls is shown in Figure 1-1. Microphone - The microphone is located behind the small opening shown in Figure 1-1. For best results, hold the transceiver 2-3 inches from you mouth and speak at a normal conversational level.
  • Page 12: Side Controls

    CONTROLS AND DISPLAY is programmed to select zones, “A” selects Zone 1, 2.4 DISPLAY “B” Zone 2, and “C” Zone 3 if applicable (available only with Flash code 1.7.0 or later). Antenna Connector - Connection point for the Icon antenna. Make sure the antenna is tight before using Area the radio.
  • Page 13: General Operation

    GENERAL OPERATION SECTION 3 GENERAL OPERATION 3.1 TURNING POWER ON AND SETTING 3.1.3 SETTING VOLUME LEVEL VOLUME The volume level is adjusted by the top panel 3.1.1 POWER UP volume control knob or by option buttons programmed for the Up/Down volume function**. When the Power is turned on and off by the top panel On- buttons are used, the volume control function of the Off/Volume switch.
  • Page 14: Zone And Channel Select

    GENERAL OPERATION ming data is read or written, it must be entered after briefly on power up. If the selected zone alias needs to performing those functions. If an incorrect password is be displayed continuously, it must be programmed as entered, “INCORRECT”...
  • Page 15: Low Battery Indication

    GENERAL OPERATION tones sounds, “Invalid” is briefly displayed, and the Zone Seq. Ch. No. displayed channel does not change. • The rotary Channel Select switch may not correctly indicate the selected channel after direct channel selection is used. However, if this switch is enabled by programming and rotated, it selects the channel it is indicating.
  • Page 16: Backlight

    GENERAL OPERATION As indicated in the preceding “Note”, the trans- keypad programming feature is available (see Section ceiver must be connected to a constant power source to 5.17), the squelch level can be changed by the user on preserve the encryption (hardware) keys in memory. To each conventional analog channel.
  • Page 17: Smartnet/Smartzone Mode

    GENERAL OPERATION • 3.8.3 SMARTNET/SMARTZONE MODE Digital signaling is always used with P25 calls. Either analog or digital signaling may be used for This is a trunked operating mode in which auto- SmartZone calls. matic access is provided to several RF channels. ID •...
  • Page 18: Radio-Wide Features

    RADIO-WIDE FEATURES Channels A maximum of up to 512 channels can be programmed with the preceding modes (with the 512- A channel selects a radio (RF) channel or talk channel option). These channels can belong to a single group as follows: system or multiple systems.
  • Page 19: Time-Out Timer

    RADIO-WIDE FEATURES switches. The F1 switch is Back/Clear, and the F2 each conventional channel. With conventional chan- switch is Menu Select/Enter. If the menu mode is nels, a penalty time may also be programmed that disabled, these switches can be programmed for other prevents transmissions for a certain time after the functions.
  • Page 20 RADIO-WIDE FEATURES Table 4-1 Programmable Option Switch and Menu Mode Functions Available in Mode: Menu See Descript. Function Display in Section: Conv. P25 Trk SMARTNET SmartZone Alert tones On-Off Tones Backlight On-Off Backlight Call Alert Select Call Alert 5.16.6, 6.7 Call Response Select Call Rsp Change Keyset...
  • Page 21: Surveillance Mode

    RADIO-WIDE FEATURES in the on or off mode by programming. If the Surveil- example, if a conventional channel is selected, only lance mode is programmed (see following), tones are conventional channels are scanned and likewise for totally disabled. SMARTNET/SmartZone and Project 25 Trunked channels.
  • Page 22: Scan Hold Time

    RADIO-WIDE FEATURES • Enable Radio Wide Scanning using the Radio Wide 4.8.6 NUISANCE CHANNEL ADD/DELETE Scan option switch or menu parameter. As with standard scanning, radio wide scanning is indicated With standard scanning, channels can be tempo- when the icon is displayed. rarily deleted from the scan list, for example, if messages become annoying.
  • Page 23: Determining Which Channels Are In Scan List

    RADIO-WIDE FEATURES 4.9.3 DETERMINING WHICH CHANNELS ARE 1. With scanning disabled ( icon not displayed), IN SCAN LIST press the Scan List option switch or select the Scan Selct menu parameter. The channels in the radio-wide and conventional scan lists are indicated as follows. Channels in the 2.
  • Page 24: Conventional Mode Features

    CONVENTIONAL MODE FEATURES NOTE: Priority channels can be deleted. channel the priority channel indicated by . If dual priority channels are used, pressing F2 again 5. If the selected channel is in the scan list (scanned), makes it the second priority channel indicated by icon is displayed.
  • Page 25: Busy Channel Lockout

    CONVENTIONAL MODE FEATURES 2. To monitor the receive frequency instead, press and 5.5 CALL GUARD SQUELCH hold the Monitor option switch until a tone sounds or approximately 2 seconds, or select the Monitor 5.5.1 INTRODUCTION menu “Sqlch Ovrd” parameter. This can be used, for example, to improve reception if intermittent Tone or digital Call Guard squelch (also called squelching is making a weak message difficult to...
  • Page 26: Digital Call Guard Squelch

    CONVENTIONAL MODE FEATURES A reverse burst is transmitted when the push-to- When the Call Guard code is changed using this talk switch is released and also detected when calls are feature, it remains selected even if other channels are received. It is a 180-degree phase reversal for a period selected.
  • Page 27: Conversation Timer

    CONVENTIONAL MODE FEATURES 5.7 CONVERSATION TIMER 5.10 EMERGENCY ALARM AND CALL A conversation timer can be programmed on NOTE: The following enhanced conventional emer- conventional systems in addition to the time-out timer gency features require 5100 operating (Flash) soft- (see Section 4.3). This timer limits the total length of a ware 1.8.0 or later and PCConfigure 1.19 or later.
  • Page 28: Emergency Calls

    CONVENTIONAL MODE FEATURES 2. When the emergency alarm is acknowledged, “ACK 5.11.2 TRANSMITTING IN SCAN MODE RCVD” is briefly displayed and the emergency acknowledge tone (two beeps) sounds. This alert Each conventional scan list can be programmed tone can be disabled if desired. Silent operation may for one of the following modes.
  • Page 29: Changing The Priority Channel

    CONVENTIONAL MODE FEATURES NOTE: Priority channel sampling (both analog and Guard (CTCSS/DCS) or NAC code is detected. Since P25 channels) currently does not occur when it takes much longer to detect an incorrect Call Guard receiving encrypted calls, and also when receiving signal than a carrier, this time should be relatively long P25 calls if equipped with Flash code 1.10 or earlier.
  • Page 30: Dtmf/Ani Signaling

    CONVENTIONAL MODE FEATURES Placing a Standard Conventional Call 5.14 CLONE MODE 1. Turn power on and set the volume as described in The Clone feature* enables one radio to program Section 3.1. Select the channel programmed for the another with identical information. The PCConfigure mobile you want to call as described in Section 3.3.
  • Page 31: Single Tone Encoder

    CONVENTIONAL MODE FEATURES Complete - This mode transfers all conventional 5.16.4 P25 GROUP CALLS programming information from the master radio. This includes information on the Global, Radio P25 group calls are placed by simply selecting the Wide, and By System screens. Simply highlight channel programmed for the desired group, monitoring “Complete”...
  • Page 32: Call Alert

    CONVENTIONAL MODE FEATURES Place and receive a Unit Call as follows: 5.16.6 CALL ALERT General 1. To transmit a Unit Call, press the Unit Call option switch or select the Unit Call menu parameter. The The Call Alert™ feature* allows pages to be sent alias (tag) of the last Unit Call is displayed.
  • Page 33: Messaging

    CONVENTIONAL MODE FEATURES 3. Press the PTT switch or the F2 key and one of the 2. To change the current status, press the Up/Down following occur: switch until the desired status is displayed. Then to send the status, press the F2 (Select) switch or •...
  • Page 34: Menu Description

    CONVENTIONAL MODE FEATURES Keypad programming allows conventional When an attempt is made to select a system or channel parameters such as the transmit and receive channel parameter in a password protected zone, frequency and Call Guard squelch code to be changed. “PASSWORD”...
  • Page 35: Channel Parameters

    CONVENTIONAL MODE FEATURES the timer in 0.5-second steps or set it to 0 seconds and is initially displayed. Press the Up/Down to disable it. When the desired value is displayed, switch to select the desired code type (CTCSS store it by pressing the F2 switch. analog or DCS digital Call Guard).
  • Page 36: Smartnet/Smartzone/P25

    SMARTNET/SMARTZONE/P25 TRUNKED FEATURES NOTE: The channel spacing is not set with P25 chan- TG ID (P25 Only) - Selects the talk group for the nels because it is always narrow, and the squelch selected channel. Press the Up/Down switch to display cannot be changed because the setting is critical for the alias of each preprogrammed talk group and then proper receiver operation.
  • Page 37: Receiving A Standard Group Call

    SMARTNET/SMARTZONE/P25 TRUNKED FEATURES • If the secure mode is selected by the Secure/Clear The Private Call option key is required to place option switch or menu parameter and an attempt these calls, and either that key or the Call Response is made to transmit on a channel strapped as clear, option key is required to receive them.
  • Page 38: Placing A Standard Private Conversation Call

    SMARTNET/SMARTZONE/P25 TRUNKED FEATURES 3. Press the PTT switch to initiate the call. If the called mobile is displayed, and the private call mode entered number is valid, the display indicates the is indicated by in the display. alias of the ID if it matches an ID in the call list. Otherwise, the ID you entered continues to be 2.
  • Page 39: Receiving A Private Call (All Types)

    SMARTNET/SMARTZONE/P25 TRUNKED FEATURES • • If the call is in the secure mode and the transceiver Disabled • does not have the proper encryption key, Answer-only capability • “KEYFAIL” is displayed and the call must be List only - Telephone numbers can be selected made in the clear mode by pressing the Clear/ from a preprogrammed list only (direct entry using Secure option key or selecting that menu param-...
  • Page 40: Answering A Telephone Call

    SMARTNET/SMARTZONE/P25 TRUNKED FEATURES be entered. Press the Phone option key to cancel the 2. To answer the call, press the Phone option switch or call. select that menu parameter and press the PTT switch to talk and release it to listen. Since the transceiver 3.
  • Page 41: Initiating A Page

    SMARTNET/SMARTZONE/P25 TRUNKED FEATURES Standard Private Conversation Mode PTT switch. One of the following events then occurs: • If the mobile being called is not on the air or does • not answer, you will simply not hear a response. If five beeps sound and “ACK RECVD” is displayed, the message was received and automat- 4.
  • Page 42: Emergency Alarms

    SMARTNET/SMARTZONE/P25 TRUNKED FEATURES The emergency hot microphone function can be “EMERGNCY” and the emergency talk group are programmed with emergency alarms and calls. Then alternately displayed. when the emergency switch is pressed, the microphone audio is enabled and the transmitter keyed for the 2.
  • Page 43: Priority Talk Group Sampling

    SMARTNET/SMARTZONE/P25 TRUNKED FEATURES • When responding to calls in the scan mode, the 1. When this command is received, alternating tones programming of the Talkback Scan parameter deter- sound and the transceiver automatically changes to mines if a response always occurs on the talk group the regrouping channel and “DYN REGRP”...
  • Page 44: Site Trunking

    MISCELLANEOUS NOTE: Remember that not all members of the talk number as “SITE xx” and the RSSI level as “RSSI group are receiving your message. Missing xx”. This mode is then automatically exited. members will start receiving your message as channels become available.
  • Page 45: System Operator Programming

    MISCELLANEOUS Medium Tone (No Acknowledge) 7.2 SYSTEM OPERATOR PROGRAMMING • The paged mobile did not acknowledge the page As noted several times in this manual, program- (Section 6.7). ming determines the availability and specific operation • The message that was sent has not been acknowl- of many features.
  • Page 46 MISCELLANEOUS If “PASSWORD” is briefly displayed when If no characters appear in the display, the battery power is turned on and you are prompted to enter a may be discharged or defective. Try another battery. If password, the Power-Up Password feature is enabled. some other problem is occurring, turn power off and Refer to Section 3.2 for more information.

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