Motorola MCS 2000 User Manual page 309

MHz
Mode
Mode Number
MS-DOS
OmniLink
Operating System
Path
Path Name
Personality
Personality File
PL
PL Code
Pop-up Window
Port
Priority Channel
Megahertz, million of cycles per second.
A mode is a collection of personality values, such as frequency, PL
codes and scan lists, and is assigned a number in the Name field.
The number assigned to a particular mode.
Microsoft Disk Operating System. DOS is a group of programs that
control the way the computer interfaces with other programs, that
instructs the computer how to use, read and return information to and
from application programs and how to organize/use information on
disks.
When an OmniLink feature is enabled, the radio will be allowed to
roam from one SmartZone System within an OmniLink System to
another SmartZone System within the same OmniLink System.
A computer program that coordinates your computer's activities such
as memory allocation, file management, input and output operations,
communications and interfacing to other application software
packages, such as the RSS.
The location of a sub-directory on a disk or diskette. Paths start at the
root directory of the disk or diskette and end at the directory
containing the desired file. For example, the directory path
C:\MRSS\MCS\ARCHIVE shows the hierarchy or ordering of
directories that the computer must descend to reach a file located
under the ARCHIVE directory.
See "Path".
A term used to describe the data in the radio's codeplug or in an
archive file that contains a set of unique, customer-specific features.
A file that contains the data to be stored in a radio's EEPROM. This file
contains information such as receive frequency, transmit frequency,
squelch code, and so on.
Private-Line Coded Squelch. A channel that has PL on the receive
frequency will require both the presence of a carrier as well as the
correct PL code before it will unmute. Also, if PL is on the transmit
frequency, all transmissions on that channel will be modulated at a
sub-audible level by the PL code. Modulation is continuous.
A two-digit alphanumeric code for specific sub-audible tones.
A message area that overlaps on a data entry/display area; used to
indicate a data entry error or to verify destructive commands and
provide function key choices for the next course of action. Also known
as the Dialog Box.
A parallel or serial hardware interface connection at the back of a
computer used to communicate with other hardware devices such as a
radio, a modem or a printer. A port is normally designated by a slot
position such as COM1, COM2, COM3 or COM4.
A channel that is deemed more important to the radio operator than
any other. The radio is required to always unmute on activity there
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