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Page 1 BlueTail Technologies MicroP25RX User Manual...
Page 2: Table Of Contents
13.3 [SYSTEM] S ..................29 ECTION 13.4 [ALIASES] S ..............29 ECTION PER SYSTEM 13.5 [IDEN] S ..............29 ECTIONS PER SYSTEM 13.6 [SITE] S ...............30 ECTIONS PER SYSTEM 13.7 [TALKGROUPS] S ............31 ECTION PER SYSTEM 14.0 ENCLOSURE ASSEMBLY....................32 BlueTail Technologies MicroP25RX User Manual...
Page 3: Introduction
Doc Date: 11/13/2022 1.0 Introduction The MicroP25RX is a P25 Phase 1 / Phase 2 (TDMA) trunk-tracking receiver that is designed to work in challenging environments. BlueTail Technologies is the only American company producing non-subscriber receivers that are immune to issues related to simulcast distortion.
Page 4: In The Package
Wio Terminal Display • base / stand parts. These may be used to form a base for the MicroP25RX when it is not installed in the plastic enclosure. A light adhesive is recommended to attach these parts. e.g. RTV.
Page 5: Attaching The Wio Terminal Display
Wio Display. The pads provide shimming for the display when it is connected to the 40-pin connector. The 40-pin connector provides 5V power to the Wio Terminal Display and a 4-wire SPI port for full-duplex communications to the receiver. BlueTail Technologies MicroP25RX User Manual...
Page 6: Button Mode Selection
In the MONITOR and CONFIG modes, the joystick left/right, up/down movements are used to select frequencies. For menu selections, the up/down highlights different menu options while joystick-press selects the highlighted option. BlueTail Technologies MicroP25RX User Manual...
Page 7: Monitor Mode Button-Mapping
Figure 1: Monitor Voice Channel Figure 2: Monitor Control Channel 4.3 TG ZONE MODE BUTTON-MAPPING In TG Zone mode, the button mappings are: Button-A = Enable / Disable Zone Button-B = Rename Zone Button-C = Return To Monitor Mode BlueTail Technologies MicroP25RX User Manual...
Page 8: Config Mode Button-Mapping
Except when in ROAMING MODE=5, then Button-A = Include In Scan (will display ‘S’) Button-B = Display Configuration Menu Button-C = Exclude From Scan Joystick left-right cycles site frequencies, up-down cycles secondary sites. Figure 3: Configuration Menu BlueTail Technologies MicroP25RX User Manual...
Page 9: Configuration Menu
The freq_user file allows adding custom records to the zip search. The us_zipcodes.csv and freqs.csv files can be downloaded from BlueTail Technologies web site. When performing a search the LEARN MODE is enabled on the receiver. When learn mode is enabled, configuration updates from the control channel are written to flash memory.
Page 10: Add P25 System
The EDIT menu is a general configuration parameter menu. EDIT ALIAS – enter a text string to be associated with a particular radio ID. The RID / Alias is displayed on the bottom line of the display during a voice conversation. BlueTail Technologies MicroP25RX User Manual...
Page 11 To temporarily disable a talk group, see the SKIP TG button when in monitor mode. BlueTail Technologies MicroP25RX User Manual...
Page 12: Sd Card
Figure 4: Talk Group Priority Interrupt During Voice Reception 4.4.5 SD CARD Figure 5: uSD Card Options CANCEL - No Action Return To CONFIG MODE Display BlueTail Technologies MicroP25RX User Manual...
Page 13 FREQ PLAN IDX 0 RF CHANNEL 1273 FREQ_HZ 858962500 DEMOD LSM SITENAME SITE-001B SITE: 001 RFSS 001 NAC 0x340 STATUS: (reported secondary) FREQ PLAN IDX 0 RF CHANNEL 1429 FREQ_HZ 859937500 DEMOD LSM SITENAME SITE-001A TALK GROUP COUNT 60 ALIAS COUNT 576 BlueTail Technologies MicroP25RX User Manual...
Page 14 The ImageMagick convert utility can be used to convert the RGB captures to png files with the following: convert -depth 8 -size 320x240+0 rgb:screencap.1 screencap1.png BlueTail Technologies MicroP25RX User Manual...
Page 15: Flash Config
This option will ask for confirmation. The flash memory file system will be re-formatted and all configuration information will be reset to factory default. Be sure to use the BACKUP option if you might need to recover your current configuration after the reset. BlueTail Technologies MicroP25RX User Manual...
Page 16 Show Config will show configuration information as illustrated in Figure 6. This display is only sent by the receiver to the display every several seconds. Press any key to exit the summary. Figure 6: Show Config Summary BlueTail Technologies MicroP25RX User Manual...
Page 17: Audio
It is a very good solution and is enabled by default. If you are monitoring via line-in on a sound card or with ear buds, you might want to turn this option off for the maximum “quiet” between conversations. BlueTail Technologies MicroP25RX User Manual...
Page 18: Roaming Config
It will scan until it finds another active control channel. This mode may be useful for those who are mobile and want to monitor a state-wide system over a wide coverage area. BlueTail Technologies MicroP25RX User Manual...
Page 19 When the INC_IN_SCAN option is enabled, an “S” indicator will be shown as in figure 8. The joystick left-right cycles through all known frequencies. Up/down cycles through secondary sites for the currently displayed primary. Figure 8: Scanning Paused In CONFIG MODE BlueTail Technologies MicroP25RX User Manual...
Page 20: Roam Timeout
Keep an eye on TSBK/SEC to help determine. For most situations, values between 300 and 500 are good values to start with. BlueTail Technologies MicroP25RX User Manual...
Page 21: Firmware Updates
Press the programming button on the receiver. Select “Program” from the Operations menu. The message “Download Complete” will appear when the firmware has been updated. The firmware version can be verified on the Wio display under the CONFIG MODE→CONFIG MENU→ FLASH→SHOW CONFIG BlueTail Technologies MicroP25RX User Manual...
Page 22: Updating The Display Firmware
Arduino folder updates the firmware on the device. To reset the display device, slide the power switch down a single press (vs double-press to enter bootloader). The firmware version can be verified on the Wio display under the CONFIG MODE→CONFIG MENU→ FLASH→SHOW CONFIG. BlueTail Technologies MicroP25RX User Manual...
Page 23: Hw Connectors
SMA Female 7.0 USB Connectors Receiver – Micro-B. Provides power to the receiver and display. Updates to receiver firmware. Communications. (MUST BE A DATA CABLE) Wio Terminal Display – Type-C. Needed when updating Wio Terminal firmware. BlueTail Technologies MicroP25RX User Manual...
Page 24: Receiver Specifications
200 kHz offset 300 kHz 1 MHz 5 MHz 10 MHz Frequency ADC RES 12-bits RF-IN S11 >12 >15 450/770/850 bands Device Powered 3.5 mm Drive ear-buds, head Audio phones, powered speaker, sound-card line-in RF-Z BlueTail Technologies MicroP25RX User Manual...
Page 25: Document History
11.0 FCC Database and US Zip Code Files These files can be downloaded from the BlueTail Technologies web site and placed on the MicroSD card on the receiver. These files are necessary for the Zip Code Search function to work.
Page 26: Appendix - Backup File Format
“ini” file followed by the restore function. 13.2 [GLOBAL CONFIG] Section [GLOBAL_CONFIG] ALLOW_UNKNOWN_TALKGROUPS=1 TG_HOLDTIME=2000 AUDIO_VOL=6.0 AUDIO_AGC=1 SPEAKER_KEEP_ALIVE=1 MUTE_P25_TONES=1 LEARN_MODE=0 STARTUP_FREQUENCY=859.962500 EN_TG_PRI_INT=0 EN_TG_INT_TONE=1 IP_ADDR0=192 IP_ADDR1=168 IP_ADDR2=2 IP_ADDR3=38 NET_MASK0=255 NET_MASK1=255 NET_MASK2=255 NET_MASK3=0 BlueTail Technologies MicroP25RX User Manual...
Page 27 UDP_HOST0=192 UDP_HOST1=168 UDP_HOST2=2 UDP_HOST3=1 UDP_PORT1=8889 UDP_PORT2=8890 UDP_PORT3=8891 UDP_PORT4=8892 UDP_PORT5=8893 TGZONE=15 ZONE1NAME=PD DISP ZONE2NAME=PD C2C ZONE3NAME=TAC ZONE4NAME=FIRE ZONE5NAME=DAT LRN ZONE6NAME=MISC ZONE7NAME=ENCRYPT ZONE8NAME=ZONE8 ZONE9NAME=ZONE9 ZONE10NAME=ZONE10 ZONE11NAME=ZONE11 ZONE12NAME=ZONE12 ZONE13NAME=ZONE13 ZONE14NAME=ZONE14 ZONE15NAME=ZONE15 ZONE16NAME=ZONE16 DO_ROAMING=5 ROAMING_TO=400 ROAM3_WACN_HEX=BEE00 ROAM3_SYSID_HEX=14C REF_CALIBRATION=04:E9:E5:12:86:BE,25999981 [END] BlueTail Technologies MicroP25RX User Manual...
Page 28: System] S
WACN=BEE00 SYSID=14C [END] 13.4 [ALIASES] Section -per system [ALIASES] 743802,AIRPORT26 743150,COUNTY101 741812,COUNTY12 741813,COUNTY21 741792,COUNTY23 741612,COUNTY24 [END] 13.5 [IDEN] Sections -per system [IDEN] IDEN_IDX=0 BASE_FREQ=851006250 BW=12500 SPACING=6250 TDMA_CH=0 [END] [IDEN] IDEN_IDX=2 BASE_FREQ=851012500 BW=12500 SPACING=12500 TDMA_CH=2 [END] BlueTail Technologies MicroP25RX User Manual...
Page 29: Site] Sections -Per System
Doc Date: 11/13/2022 13.6 [SITE] Sections -per system [SITE] WACN=BEE00 SYSID=34A NAC=340 TYPE=P SITE=1 RFSS=1 IDEN_IDX=0 CHANNEL=1269 FREQ_HZ=858937500 DEMOD=0 SITENAME=SITE-001C INC_IN_SCAN=0 [END] [SITE] WACN=BEE00 SYSID=34A NAC=340 TYPE=P SITE=1 RFSS=1 IDEN_IDX=0 CHANNEL=1433 FREQ_HZ=859962500 DEMOD=0 SITENAME=SIMULCAST INC_IN_SCAN=1 [END] BlueTail Technologies MicroP25RX User Manual...
Page 30: Talkgroups] S
BlueTail Technologies User Manual Doc Date: 11/13/2022 13.7 [TALKGROUPS] Section -per system [TALKGROUPS ENABLED,PRIORITY,TGRP,ALPHATAG,DESCRIPTION,ZONE] 1,1,317,RICHLAND,BENTON COUNTY,1 1,9,301,PASCO,FRANKLIN COUNTY,1 1,1,703,COUNTY_703_T,BENTON COUNTY,1 1,5,303,KENNEWICK,BENTON COUNTY,1 1,1,319,PROSSER,BENTON COUNTY,1 [END] BlueTail Technologies MicroP25RX User Manual...
Page 31: Enclosure Assembly
PCB down to sit inside the enclosure. Step 2: With the MicroP25RX PCB inside the enclosure, slide the cover into the case. There are tabs on the cover that help secure the cover in place.
Page 32 BlueTail Technologies User Manual Doc Date: 11/13/2022 Step 3: With the cover in place, attach the Wio Terminal to the adapter board 40 pin GPIO connector. Assembled MicroP25RX inside enclosure with Wio Terminal attached BlueTail Technologies MicroP25RX User Manual...