Glossary - Motorola MCS 2000 User Manual

Glossary

Active Channel
Adjustment
Alignment
ANI
Announcement Group
Antenna Connector
Archive File
Archive File Cloning
Asynchronous Communication
Auto-Affiliation
Automatic Retry
Back-up File
A channel in which the radio is receiving or transmitting a signal.
A means of tuning a radio parameter to a specified value.
A means of adjusting any parameter that can be tuned to obtain
optimum product performance.
Automatic Number Identification. Used for access/release codes that
are frequently used for system management and billing purposes. ANI
numbers can be programmed by the RSS and cannot be changed in the
field.
Grouping structure used in a Type II or Type IIi Trunking system. An
Announcement Group is a large group of radio users who, under
normal circumstances, coordinate actions amongst themselves.
The UHF/VHF RF coax connector located on the top of the radio and
used to connect the antenna to the radio.
The contents of the radio's codeplug. A computer file that contains the
personality data of a radio. It is standard practice to name archive files
according to the radio serial numbers that they relate to.
The procedure of merging data from two codeplugs to copy a customer
personality from one radio to another. In the case of archive file
cloning, the source of the factory data is an archive file and the source
of the tuning data is the target radio.
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.
The ability of radios in a Type II or Type IIi system to automatically
transmit their talkgroup and unit ID information to the Central
Controller. Affiliation occurs after the radio has locked on to the
control channel frequency. It does not require that the radio user press
PTT.
The ability of a Portable radio to send up to 16 in-bound signalling
words in a four-second period provided the out-bound signalling word
is not received from the Central Controller after the radio has made a
request to transmit.
A duplicate file of the archive file that can be used if the original
archive file becomes damaged or erased.
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