Motorola ASTRO Digital XTS 5000 III User Manual page 122

Glossary
Deadlock
Digital Private Line
(DPL)
Digital Signal
Dispatcher
Failsoft
FCC
Hang Up
Home Display
LCD
LED
Menu Entry
Monitor
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Displayed by the radio after three failed
attempts to unlock the radio.The radio must
be powered off and on prior to another
attempt.
A type of coded squelch using data bursts.
Similar to PL except a digital code is used
instead of a tone.
An RF signal that has a pulsed, or discrete,
nature, rather than a continuous nature.
An individual who has radio system
management duties.
The failsoft system allows communications
to take place even though the central
controller has failed. Each trunked repeater
in the system will key, and transmit a data
word informing every radio that the system
has gone into failsoft.
Federal Communications Commission.
Disconnect.
The first display information after the radio
completes its self test.
Liquid Crystal Display.
Light-emitting diode.
A software-activated feature shown at the
bottom of the display — selection of these
features is controlled by the D, E, and
F buttons.
Check channel activity by pressing the
Monitor button. If the channel is clear, you
will hear static. If the channel is in use, you
will hear conversation. It also serves as a
way to check the volume level of the radio,
since the radio will "open the squelch" when
pressing the monitor button.