Selecting Keysets; Erasing Encryption Keys - Motorola APX 5500 User Manual

2.11.3.4

Selecting Keysets

When and where to use: This feature allows you to select one or more groups of several encryption
keys from among the available keys stored in the radio.
For example, you could have a group of three keys structured to one keyset, and another group of
three different keys structured to another keyset; by changing keysets, you would automatically switch
from one set of keys to the other.
Every channel to which one of the original keys was tied now has the equivalent new key instead.
Procedure:
1 or to KSet and press the Menu Select button directly below KSet.
The display shows the last user-selected and stored keyset, and the available keyset menu
selections. If the Multi-system Over-the-Air Rekeying feature is in use, the displayed keysets are
only for the current secure profile of the selected channel.
2 or to scroll through the keysets or use the keypad to enter the number of the desired
keyset.
3 Press the Menu Select button directly below Sel to save the newly selected keyset.
The radio exits keyset selection and returns to the Home screen.
NOTICE: Press
time without changing the keyset selection.
2.11.3.5

Erasing Encryption Keys

Do one of the following to erase the selected encryption keys. You can use the options interchangeably
depending on your preference and the programmed functions.
If the Multi-system Over-the-Air Rekeying feature is in use, the keys erased are only for the current
secure profile of the selected channel. The erase all menu operates as configured by the dealer or
system administrator. Erasing all keys using the Top (Orange) button and the Top Side (Select) button
erases all keys in all keylists in the radio.
Procedure:
• Erasing the selected encryption keys using the radio menu:
a. or to Eras and press the Menu Select button directly below Eras.
The display shows the last user-selected and stored encryption key, and the available menu
selections.
b. or to the desired encryption key or use the keypad to enter the number of the desired
key.
c. Press the Menu Select button directly below All to delete all keys, or press the Menu
Select button directly below Sngl to delete current shown key.
You can abort this screen and return to Home screen by pressing the Menu Select button
directly below Abrt.
, the PTT button, or the Exit menu selection to exit this menu at any
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