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OPERATING MANUAL DIGITAL/ANALOG MOBILE RADIO PRELIMINARY 5300 S ERIES OBILE ADIO VHF/UHF/800 MH Analog and P 25 (D ) Conventional ROJECT IGITAL SMARTNET and Project 25 Trunked ® ® MART 13.6 VDC 10-50 or 50-100 Watts (VHF); 15 Watts (UHF); 10-35 Watts (800 MHz) Part No.: 242-53xx-xxx August 2002 Part Number: 002-5300-007CD...
SAFETY INFORMATION SAFETY INFORMATION The FCC has adopted a safety standard for human expo- are derived from Table 1 (B) titled “Limits For General sure to RF energy. Proper operation of this radio under Population/Uncontrolled Exposure” which is from FCC normal conditions results in user exposure to RF energy report OET bulletin #65.
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Digital Voice Systems, Inc. LAND MOBILE PRODUCT WARRANTY - The manufacturer’s warranty statement for this product is available from your product supplier or from E.F. Johnson Company, 299 Johnson Avenue, Box 1249, Waseca, MN 56093-0514. Phone (507) 835-6222.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS SAFETY INFORMATION SMARTNET/SmartZone and P25 Trunked Channels ......16 SecureNet.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS (CONT’D) SMARTNET/SMARTZONE/P25 ....34 5.12 Dynamic Regrouping 5.13 SmartZone and P25 Trunking Unique Features . . 34 TRUNKED FEATURES Introduction .
FEATURES SECTION 1 FEATURES ™ • 1.1 GENERAL FEATURES Group, Enhanced Private Conversation , standard Private Conversation, and Telephone Calls • • Programmable for the following modes of Emergency alarms to alert dispatcher of emergency operation: conditions • – Conventional analog Emergency calling for high priority system access •...
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CONTROLS AND DISPLAY SECTION 2 CONTROLS AND DISPLAY PTT Switch Microphone Six Option Switches Display Multi-function Indicator On-Off/ Select Speaker Volume Switch Figure 2-1 Front Panel Controls 2.1 FRONT PANEL CONTROLS Option Switches - Each of the six options switches on the front panel (including the one located to the left of On-Off/Volume - Pressing this control turns power on the display) can be programmed by your system oper-...
CONTROLS AND DISPLAY DC Power Jack Optional Remote Control Antenna Accessory Unit Jack Jack Jack Figure 2-2 Rear Panel Jacks Scan Edit Telephone/Special Encryption Mode Call Channel Zone Chnl 10-Character Alphanumeric Display Status Display Figure 2-3 Front Panel Display 2.2 REAR PANEL JACKS 2.3 DISPLAY DC Power Jack - Connection point for the nominal 12- Alphanumeric Display - This 10-character area of the...
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GENERAL OPERATION Status Display - These two characters indicate the - Indicates a SMARTNET/SmartZone telephone following status information: call has been initiated. It is non-functional in the conventional mode. - This symbol in the left position indicates that the displayed channel is in the scan list - Indicates that voice encryption is enabled.
GENERAL OPERATION 3.4 SETTING VOLUME LEVEL Channel Select Indicator Zone Select Indicator The relative volume setting can be determined by noting the position of the index on the On-Off/Volume knob. Otherwise, enable a reference tone for use in setting the volume as follows: Chnl Zone •...
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GENERAL OPERATION Table 3-1 Programmable Option Switch Functions Available in Mode: Suggested See Descript. Function Key Label in Section: Conv. Proj 25 Trk SMARTNET SmartZone TONES Alert tones On-Off 3.12 BKLHT Backlight On-Off ALERT Call Alert Select RESP Call Response Select 5.4.4 Clear/Secure Select 3.18...
GENERAL OPERATION 3.10 HOME ZONE/CHANNEL SELECT Both the ignition switch and the power switch must then be on for transceiver power to turn on. The If the HOME zone option switch is programmed, delay can be overridden at any time by turning power pressing it selects the preprogrammed home zone and off using the front panel power switch or turning the channel.
GENERAL OPERATION 3.15 MICROPHONE OFF-HOOK DETECT 3.16.2 STANDARD SCANNING The microphone hanger can be connected to Standard scanning monitors only channels that chassis ground and the radio programmed to detect an are the same type as that currently selected. For off-hook condition (Hangup Box Monitor selected).
GENERAL OPERATION 3.16.6 NUISANCE CHANNEL DELETE zone (see scan list description in Section 3.17.1). Radio wide scanning is turned on and off by the RWS option switch as follows. If this switch is not With standard scanning, channels can be tempo- programmed, radio wide scanning is not available.
GENERAL OPERATION 3.17.2 RADIO WIDE SCAN LIST 1. Make sure that both standard and radio wide scan- ning are off (the rotating icon is not indicated in With radio wide scanning, there is only one scan the right status display). Select a conventional, list and it can include up to 16 channels of any type.
GENERAL OPERATION 3.18 SECURE COMMUNICATION or DVP algorithm. The SecureNet protocols include the following: 3.18.1 INTRODUCTION • DVP (Digital Voice Privacy) is an earlier encryption This transceiver may be equipped to provide method that is self synchronizing using cipher feed- secure communication on some or all channels.
GENERAL OPERATION the radio. There is a maximum of 16 keys that can be clear mode by programming, and in the SecureNet loaded into the radio at one time. mode if it has been strapped (fixed) to SecureNet. If the channel has been strapped to “switched”, the mode NOTE: There is a security feature that automatically is selected by the Clear/Secure option switch.
GENERAL OPERATION Secure Autodetect - Both clear and SecureNet signals lockout (transmit disable on busy) feature is are automatically detected. This mode is automati- programmed. Otherwise, it must be detected manually. cally selected if the transmit mode is switch selectable. An out-of-range condition is not indicated by special tones or messages as with SMARTNET operation Proper Key Autodetect - An incoming SecureNet...
CONVENTIONAL FEATURES • 3.19.4 P25 TRUNKED MODE P25 Trunked telephone calls are not be available until a future release. The P25 Trunked operating features are very • similar to the SmartZone type just described. There- The P25 control channel data rate is 9600 baud and fore, these modes plus SMARTNET are all described the digital voice data rate is also 9600 baud.
CONVENTIONAL FEATURES before transmitting or improving reception when inter- Tone (NAC) - If an incorrect Call Guard (CTCSS/ mittent squelching makes messages hard to under- DCS) or P25 NAC code (see Section 1.4) is detected, stand. Other Monitor mode features are as follows: the transmitter is disabled when the PTT switch is pressed.
CONVENTIONAL FEATURES 4.5.3 TONE CALL GUARD SQUELCH programmed. This feature allows the normal transmit and receive Call Guard programming to be tempo- Tone-type Call Guard squelch utilizes subaudible rarily overridden with a code selected from this list. CTCSS tones from 67-254.1 Hz. Although there are 42 tones assigned, those above 33 (210.7 Hz) are normally The CTCSS/DCS/NAC list is programmed with not used because of their close proximity to the voice...
CONVENTIONAL FEATURES 4.9 DISPLAYING TRANSMIT/RECEIVE transmitter (see Section 3.9). The penalty timer starts FREQUENCY when the PTT switch is released after the transmitter has been disabled. If the PTT switch is pressed during If the DISP option switch is programmed, it can the penalty time, the time-out indication occurs again.
CONVENTIONAL FEATURES LIST x”, where “x” is the scan list number. Scanning channel is a fixed channel programmed in the current is disabled when “SCAN OFF” is displayed and the scan list, the currently selected channel, or not used. scanning indicator turns off.
CONVENTIONAL FEATURES 1. Make sure that both standard and radio wide scan- Receiving a Standard Conventional Call ning are off (the rotating icon is not indicated in the right status display). 1. Select or scan the channel programmed for the call you want to receive (refer to Section 4.11 for more 2.
CONVENTIONAL FEATURES 4.13.4 CHANGING TALK GROUP ASSIGNED TO 2. If required, rotate the Select switch to display the A CHANNEL desired call. The alias and ID of the unit calls that have been programmed are alternately displayed. Group calls are placed by simply selecting the channel programmed for the desired group, monitoring 3.
CONVENTIONAL FEATURES 4.14.2 ZONE PASSWORD then selected by simply pressing that switch (password entry is not required). The keypad programming mode is indicated by “CHNG ZONE” and a triangle in the Your transceiver may be programmed so that a display as follows: special password must be entered before the system and channel parameters of a particular zone can be changed.
CONVENTIONAL FEATURES desired parameter. Then press the Select switch again TX FREQ - Selects the transmit frequency the same to select it. as RX FREQ above. SCAN TIMER - Selects the Scan Hold timer. Squelch Control (Analog Channel) Rotate the Select switch to decrement/increment the timer in 0.5-second steps (“0”...
SMARTNET/SMARTZONE/P25 TRUNKED FEATURES only. Rotate the Select switch to toggle between this setting toward +7 causes the squelch to open “WIDE” and “NARROW”, and when the desired sooner so that weaker signals can be received, and setting is displayed, store it by pressing the Select decreasing it toward –7 causes the opposite to occur.
SMARTNET/SMARTZONE/P25 TRUNKED FEATURES • If your unit ID is invalid, the call is being made to Operation in both the standard and enhanced an invalid group ID, or group calls are not enabled, modes is described in the following information. The CALL option switch is required to place these calls, “DISABLED ID”...
SMARTNET/SMARTZONE/P25 TRUNKED FEATURES 2. To answer the call, press the CALL (Private/Unit 4. When the call is finished or is not answered, end it by pressing the CALL option switch and placing the Call) option switch and then the PTT switch and microphone back on-hook.
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SMARTNET/SMARTZONE/P25 TRUNKED FEATURES • 2. To answer the call, press the PHONE option switch If the access is successful, a dial tone sounds and the dialed number is displayed and sent. Either and press the PTT switch to talk and release it to ringing or a busy signal is then heard as with a listen (since the transceiver operates half duplex, it standard telephone call.
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SMARTNET/SMARTZONE/P25 TRUNKED FEATURES Standard Private Conversation Mode 2. If required, rotate the Select switch to display the desired message. Then send the message by • If the mobile being called is not on the air or does momentarily pressing the PTT switch. One of the not answer, you will simply not hear a response.
SMARTNET/SMARTZONE/P25 TRUNKED FEATURES Emergency Alarms 3. To exit this mode, power must be turned off. 5.10 FAILSOFT OPERATION An emergency alarm is a special data transmis- sion on the selected talk group that alerts a dispatcher of an emergency situation. It is transmitted on the If a failure occurs in the SMARTNET/Smart- currently selected talk group.
SMARTNET/SMARTZONE/P25 TRUNKED FEATURES • If the SCN ED option key is programmed, scan lists 2. The currently selected list is displayed as “List x”, are user programmable (see Section 5.11.3). In addi- with “x” the currently selected list. To exit without tion, nuisance channels can be temporarily deleted changing the selected list, simply press the Scan List as described in Section 3.16.6.
MISCELLANEOUS 5.13.2 BUSY OVERRIDE The display then indicates the current site number as “SITE xx” and the RSSI (Receive Signal Strength The busy override feature allows a call to be Indicator) signal level as “RSSI xx”. This mode is then placed even if all of the sites you are calling do not automatically exited.
MISCELLANEOUS Medium Tone (No Acknowledge) of many features. This usually refers to the program- ming performed by your system operator when the • The paged mobile did not acknowledge the page radio was set up, not to any programming that a user (page 31).
MISCELLANEOUS 6.6 LICENSING If some other problem is occurring, turn power off and then on again to reset the control logic. Also A government license is usually required to make sure that the controls are properly set and that operate this transceiver on the air. the power, external speaker, and accessory cables (if used) are securely plugged into the back of the trans- 6.7 TRANSCEIVER SERVICE...
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Part Number 002-5300-007CD 8-02 Printed in U.S.A.
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