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  • Page 1 OpenSky Digital Radio Portable Radio Model P800 Users Manual...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    C H A P T E R 1 Welcome to the OpenSky Network Chapter 1 Safety Notices Notices to the User and Safety Training Information Occupational Safety Guidelines and Safety Training Information OpenSky Overview Internet Protocol (IP) Network Integrated Voice and Data...

  • Page 4: Safety Notices

    This radio is NOT intended for use by the “General Population” in an uncontrolled environment. The OpenSky P800 portable radio has been tested and complies with the FCC RF exposure limits for “Occupational Use Only.” In addition, your P-800...
  • Page 5 • Re-orient or relocate the receiving antenna. • Increase the separation between the equipment and the receiver. • Consult a service center for technical assistance. P800 User’s Manual...

  • Page 6: Occupational Safety Guidelines And Safety Training Information

    Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP) and the American National Safety Institute (ANSI). The design of the P800 Portable Radio complies with the FCC guidelines for Occupational / Controlled exposure to RF electromagnetic fields, as measured by the specific absorption rate (SAR).
  • Page 7 The information listed above provides the user with the information needed to make him or her aware of a RF exposure, and what to do to assure that this radio operates within the FCC exposure limits of this radio. P800 User’s Manual...

  • Page 8: Opensky Overview

    (legacy) equipment alongside the most sophisticated digital equipment available today. • If you’ve been issued a P800 to replace a conventional analog voice-only radio, you’ll particularly appreciate the integrated voice and data capabilities of the all-digital OpenSky Portable equipment.

  • Page 9: Integrated Voice And Data

    This doesn’t mean your communications are traveling across the World Wide Web. Far from it. OpenSky is a private wireless Intranet that adopts the best features of IP protocol for increased communications efficiency and capacity.
  • Page 10 Welcome to the OpenSky Network—CHAPTER 1 With a P800 in your vehicle, or by your side, you’ll be able to scroll through complex instructions and For complex graphics, driving directions displayed on an external terminal interface a PC through device, or view on-screen emergency warnings while at your radio’s RS-232 serial...

  • Page 11: Multi-Agency Coverage

    CHAPTER 1—Advanced Radio Operations Multi-Agency Coverage OpenSky is scalable, and designed to accommodate a virtually unlimited number of portable devices from a single fleet, or even a complex network made up of several cooperating agencies. Examples of how OpenSky improves cooperation: •...

  • Page 12: Connectivity With Legacy Equipment

    The all-digital, end-to-end IP OpenSky Intranet even provides support for legacy equipment and protocols both digital and analog. Along with supplying voice and data to your P800 portable radio, the network will also support existing (or “legacy”) radio equipment you may still need to use during a hardware rollover.

  • Page 13: Better Peak-Time Performance

    Software-Configured Device Your P800 is a “soft” radio. Its functions are determined by OpenSky software applications, in much the same way computer hardware can be used for different applications.

  • Page 14: Software Upgradeable

    Welcome to the OpenSky Network—CHAPTER 1 Software Upgradeable As with computer hardware, your portable radio equipment is upgradeable each time the OpenSky software enables a new feature or operational enhancement. Communications protocols, radio features, and user profiles can be changed easily and transparently to the user, during a shift or during “sign-on”...
  • Page 15 CHAPTER 1—Advanced Radio Operations Enhanced Digital Features The all-digital network and OpenSky’s digital trunking features also enable a rich array of network enhancements unthinkable over historical FM broadcast systems. Voice grouping (into talk groups, user groups, and profiles) is probably the most obvious advantage to individual users.

  • Page 16: Network Organization

    C H A P T E R 2 Network Organization Chapter 2 Network Organization Your Voice Feature Personality User Groups Profiles Radio Personality Terminology P800 User’s Manual...
  • Page 17 P800 User’s Manual...

  • Page 18: Your Voice Feature Personality

    If you need to modify your identity code bring your P800 to your network administrator. Some users you’ll only monitor, others you’ll want to...

  • Page 19: User Groups

    With OpenSky, members of the same user group can stay in contact regardless of where they roam within the network, whether the network incorporates a single county, a state, even the entire nation.

  • Page 20: Profiles

    Each user in the OpenSky network can be assigned as many as 16 profiles by the network administrator. At any time during a network session, users can select the profile that suits their needs with a simple twist of the Profile Selector knob.
  • Page 21 You may only have one talk group, but that doesn’t keep you from tuning in different profiles to monitor a different “bank of channels.” P800 User’s Manual...

  • Page 22: Radio Personality

    FM radio system. These user groups are then organized into Profiles (collections of up to 16 user groups), similar to banks of channels. Finally, as many as 16 profiles make up your personality. P800 User’s Manual...
  • Page 23 Of course, with potentially hundreds of voice calls in your profile at any time, your personality also establishes strict pre-determined priority sequences to suppress the calls that would distract you from the calls you’re more likely to need. P800 User’s Manual...

  • Page 24: Terminology

    Profile ....Bank of FM radio channels Talk Group ..“Push-to-talk” connection with users tuned to the same channel Listen Group..“Listen-only” connection to a bank of radio channels Profile ....Talk privileges on one channel while monitoring an entire bank of channels P800 User’s Manual...
  • Page 25 Network Organization — CHAPTER 2 P800 User’s Manual...
  • Page 26 C H A P T E R 3 Getting Started Chapter 3 Before Your First Shift Radio Controls Front Panel Components Left Panel Components Top Panel Components Right Panel Components Menu and Status Choices Primary Display P800 User’s Manual...
  • Page 27 Getting Started — CHAPTER 3 P800 User’s Manual...

  • Page 28: Before Your First Shift

    If you’re already familiar with portable radio functions and the “profile and personality” architecture of an all- digital network, you’ll find the features and controls of your new P800 to be logically arranged and easy to understand. But if you’re new to digital radio service, and especially if you’re migrating to OpenSky from an FM...

  • Page 29: Front Panel Components

    Speaker Element..Allows you to hear voice calls Left Panel Components The left-side panel of your P800 houses the Emergency button, the Push-to-Talk button, and two Select buttons for choosing among performance menu items when those items are displayed in the LCD Display on the radio’s top panel.

  • Page 30: Top Panel Components

    “up and down” through the choices available. Top Panel Components The top panel of your P800 houses the LED display panel, indicator light and antenna connector, plus four control components: the Power/Volume switch, the Profile Selector, Menu buttons and the Toggle switch.
  • Page 31 Indicator Light ..Turns red and blinks when you are in transmit mode. Turns green and blinks when you receive a call. Profile Selector ..Sets one of 16 profiles as the active profile. Dial P800 User’s Manual...
  • Page 32 Select buttons on the radio’s left panel to scroll “up and down” through the choices available in that menu. Toggle Switch... Turns display, indicator light, and side tones on or off. P800 User’s Manual...

  • Page 33: Right Panel Components

    The right-side panel of your P-801T houses the Universal connector you’ll use to attach an external microphone or speaker. Use this to connect to an external data terminal using an RS-232 adapter cable. Figure 4 Right Panel Components P800 User’s Manual...
  • Page 34 Status Area at any time, and only for 10 seconds after you make menu selections, before the display reverts to the default screen. Figure 5 Display Panel Elements Menu Display and Control Status Area Lockout Indicator Channel Change Scanning Menu Active Profile Indicator Active Connection P800 User’s Manual...
  • Page 35 Status Area....When your radio is on and Activity Indicator connected to the OpenSky network, the : appears in the status area. The number of your active profile, if any, will appear after this symbol. Or, if...

  • Page 36: Menu And Status Choices

    Your network administrator will organize the Priority Scan, Channels, and Lock Out menus to match your particular needs, so you won’t be distracted by irrelevant options. P800 User’s Manual...

  • Page 37: Primary Display

    Default is automatic. After your last button-push, and a 10-second delay, the radio will clear your final selection and return to the Primary display. P800 User’s Manual...
  • Page 38 Priority Scan menu. display and control area. Profile Number ..Your network administrator can configure your radio personality with up to 16 distinct profiles. The default screen shows the active profile number in the status area. P800 User’s Manual...
  • Page 39 Getting Started — CHAPTER 3 P800 User’s Manual...
  • Page 40 C H A P T E R 4 Display Panel Functions Chapter 4 Menu and Selector Buttons Priority Scan Scan Mode Channel Change Side Tone Brightness Control Mode Display Change Mode Lock Out P800 User’s Manual 39...
  • Page 41 Display Panel Functions – Chapter 4 P800 User’s Manual 40...

  • Page 42: Menu And Selector Buttons

    3.) When you find the appropriate selection, do nothing. After a 10-second delay, your P800 will accept your entry as your final selection, clear the screen, and return to the default screen.

  • Page 43: Priority Scan

    Display Panel Functions – Chapter 4 Priority Scan When you use the menu buttons to choose Priority Scan, the P800 scrolls through the available user groups in your currently selected profile and allows user selection of the appropriate group as your priority scan user group.

  • Page 44: Scan Mode

    10 seconds, then the menu display will revert to the default screen. Scan Menu....The scan menu indicator SCN Indicator will appear in the status area while you scroll through and select your scanning mode. P800 User’s Manual 43...

  • Page 45: Channel Change

    Display Panel Functions – Chapter 4 Channel Change When you use the menu buttons to choose Channel, the P800 adjusts to show you the first of the available channels from which you may choose. Use the left-panel Selector buttons to scroll through the choices, then wait for the radio to accept your choice.

  • Page 46: Side Tone

    Side Tones ON or OFF, depending on your selection Component Explanation Side Tone....Your choice of Side Tones ON or OFF will appear in the display area for 10 seconds, then revert to the default display. P800 User’s Manual 45...

  • Page 47: Brightness Control

    Brightness Level ..The Brightness level you select for your display panel (3 is the brightest; 1 the dimmest) will appear in the display area for 10 seconds, then the menu display will revert to the default screen. P800 User’s Manual 46...

  • Page 48: Mode Display

    Figure 6 Mode Menu (Current Software) Active Software Name and Version Component Explanation Active Software..This “view-only” information will appear in the display area for 10 seconds, then the menu display will revert to the default screen. P800 User’s Manual 47...

  • Page 49: Change Mode

    “Select to ....This is the menu heading Change” Mode you’ll select to launch your radio into the Mode Change menu sequence. From here, you’ll use the left- panel Selector buttons to choose another software mode. P800 User’s Manual 48...

  • Page 50: Lock Out

    To lock out another group, return to the Lock Out menu and make a new selection. P800 User’s Manual 49...
  • Page 51 Lock Out indicator is only visible when the user group in the display is currently locked out, not visible when the selected group is not locked out. P800 User’s Manual 50...
  • Page 52 C H A P T E R 5 Basic Radio Operation Chapter 5 Power Switch and Volume Disabling Lights and Side Tones Voice Calls Enable and Disable Side Tones Adjusting Display Brightness Changing Your Active Profile Emergency Communications P800 User’s Manual 51...
  • Page 53 Basic Radio Operation – Chapter 5 P800 User’s Manual 52...

  • Page 54: Power Switch And Volume

    3.) The in the display panel indicates the end of the startup sequence and your live connection to the OpenSky network. 4.) Turn the Power/Volume switch clockwise to increase the volume; counterclockwise to decrease the volume. How to Turn Your Radio Off 1.) Rotate the Power/Volume switch counter-clockwise until it...

  • Page 55: Disabling Lights And Side Tones

    Display Panel and Keyboard back-lighting is disabled • The Display Panel will go dark, the Indicator light will turn off, and the Side Tones (the audible beeps you hear when you use the menu buttons) will be disabled. P800 User’s Manual 54...
  • Page 56 Toggle Switch will return the P800 to full function. A “covert” radio looks like a “powered-off” radio. But re-enabling your functions has immediate results. You won’t have to wait through the startup sequence and your radio will not be re-provisioned when you flip the toggle to re-enable your lights and tones.

  • Page 57: Voice Calls

    Voice Calls As soon as your radio completes the startup sequence and is live on the OpenSky network, you’ll begin to hear voice calls from the talk and listen groups in your active profile. No action is required on your part, but the following list details how your radio responds to incoming voice messages.
  • Page 58 Basic Radio Operation – Chapter 5 4.) If registration fails, does not have a default, a previously used ID, or if you want to enter a new user ID bring your P800 to your network administrator to be updated. P800 User’s Manual 57...
  • Page 59 4.) At the end of the call, you will hear a single End of Message tone. The steps for making a voice call with your P800 are similar to those for a conventional portable radio. How to Make a Voice Call 1.) First, if you haven’t already, power up your radio by...
  • Page 60 When the network becomes available, the radio will automatically transmit for 10 seconds and the Indicator light will blink red. The network can now accept your call. Depress and hold the Push-to-Talk button and speak. P800 User’s Manual 59...

  • Page 61: Enable And Disable Side Tones

    If your radio is operating as normal, but you don’t hear confirming tones when you navigate the menus, most likely your Side Tones are disabled. P800 User’s Manual 60...
  • Page 62 Side Tone menu, you haven’t acted quickly enough to Undo your choice. Wait approximately 10 seconds for the selection process to clear the radio, then scroll through the menu until SIDE ON or SIDEOFF appears in the screen. P800 User’s Manual 61...

  • Page 63: Adjusting Display Brightness

    7.) Use either Select button to change your selection. If pressing the Menu button does not launch you back into the Brightness menu, you haven’t acted quickly enough to Undo your choice. Wait approximately 10 seconds for the P800 User’s Manual 62...

  • Page 64: Changing Your Active Profile

    “talk group” for each profile. 1.) Turn the Profile selector directly to the profile number of your choice, or browse through the choices until the talk group you need appears in the Display panel. P800 User’s Manual 63...
  • Page 65 4.) Once you’ve dialed a profile, it remains your active profile selection until you dial another, even if you turn off your radio. The position of the dial when you Power On will override the profile selected for you during the startup sequence. P800 User’s Manual 64...

  • Page 66: Emergency Communications

    Emergency Communications Your radio can send out an Alert or place Voice Calls over the entire network in an emergency. OpenSky handles Emergency Calls and Alerts with the very highest priority, giving you and the people you serve access to the help you need no matter how much traffic the network is handling.
  • Page 67 Basic Radio Operation – Chapter 5 P800 User’s Manual 66...

  • Page 68: Advanced Radio Operations

    C H A P T E R 6 Advanced Radio Operations Chapter 6 Advanced Radio Operations Fine-Tuning Your Personality Prioritizing a User Group Changing the Scanning Mode Changing the Active Channel Network Operating Mode Locking Out User Groups Troubleshooting P800 User’s Manual...
  • Page 69 Advanced Radio Operations – Chapter 6 P800 User’s Manual...

  • Page 70: Fine-Tuning Your Personality

    What’s more, within each profile, the flexibility of the IP-protocol OpenSky network makes it possible to fine-tune your radio’s sensitivity to incoming voice calls by changing the scanning priority of specific user...
  • Page 71 2.) Immediately press either Menu button. 3.) Your Display panel confirms that you are back in the Priority Scan menu. 4.) Use either Select button to change your selection. P800 User’s Manual...

  • Page 72: Changing The Scanning Mode

    Powering Off erases all scanning priority assignments and resets your radio to the defaults. Changing the Scanning Mode Three scanning modes are available for the P800, but only one can be active at any time. Changing your scanning mode changes the way your radio scans voice calls for all of the profiles in your radio personality.
  • Page 73 4.) . . . If you fail to beat the timer, your call will transmit to the talk group for your active profile. 5.) . . . If you repeatedly exceed the talkback time limit, consider asking the network administrator to extend the time allowed. P800 User’s Manual...
  • Page 74 1.) Immediately press either Menu button. 2.) Your Display panel confirms that you are back in the Scan Mode menu. 3.) Use either Select button to change your selection. P800 User’s Manual...

  • Page 75: Changing The Active Channel

    3.) No further action required. Wait while the radio synchronizes with the new channel. 4.) When synchronization is complete, the display panel reveals the familiar Active Connection indicator : in the bottom left corner. P800 User’s Manual...

  • Page 76: Network Operating Mode

    Advanced Radio Operations – Chapter 6 Network Operating Mode Your P800 operates with the OpenSky Trunked Protocol (OTP) to provide the full range of features available on your digital voice and data network. At the same time, if your agency cooperates with several others in a multi-agency network supported by OpenSky’s IP backbone, all agencies benefit from the...
  • Page 77 Lockout Menu Indicator 2.) If the message NONE appears in the panel, you haven’t received any voice messages yet from the user groups in your active profile. Until you do, you won’t be able to lock them out. P800 User’s Manual...
  • Page 78 Menu button immediately, then repeat Steps 3 and 4. 6.) If pressing the Menu button doesn’t bring back the Lockout display, your radio is busy with the Lockout procedure. Wait about 10 seconds for the Menu to return to the screen. P800 User’s Manual...

  • Page 79: Troubleshooting

    Send to Network Failed Registration or ID not approved Administrator for new User ID and/or password. Missed Call Scanning not enabled Enable scan mode Talkback scanning not Enable talkback scan Unable to Respond to a enabled Call P800 User’s Manual...
  • Page 80 Advanced Radio Operations – Chapter 6 P800 User’s Manual...

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