Ericsson EDACS IPE SERIES User manual

User’s Manual
EDACS®
IPE Series Radio
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This manual covers Ericsson and General Electric
products manufactured and sold by Ericsson Inc.
NOTE!
Repairs to this equipment should be made only by an
authorizedservicetechnicianorfacilitydesignatedbythe
supplier. Any repairs, alterations or substitution of rec-
ommended parts made by the user to this equipment not
approved by the manufacturer could void the user’s
authority to operate the equipment in addition to the
manufacturer’s warranty.
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NOTE
Copyright© May 1996, Ericsson Inc.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
BASIC OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
TURNING THE RADIO ON . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
PLACING AN INDIVIDUAL CALL . . . . . . . . . 8
PLACING A GROUP CALL . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
PLACING AN EMERGENCY CALL . . . . . . . 9
ANSWERING AN INDIVIDUAL CALL . . . . . . 10
PLACING AN INTERCONNECT CALL . . . . . . 10
Nobody Answers or You Hear a Busy or
Fast Busy Tone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Last Number Re-Dial . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
A Call is Unsuccessful or a Call in Progress
is Interrupted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
ANSWERING AN INTERCONNECT CALL . . . 12
Unanswered Call Counter . . . . . . . . . . 13
SYSTEM SELECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
GROUP SELECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
GROUP SCAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
VOLUME CONTROL KNOB . . . . . . . . . . . 15
HANDSFREE Volume Control . . . . . . . . 15
MUTE KEY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
AIR TIME METER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
TURNING THE UNIT OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
DISPLAY, KEYPAD, AND AUDIBLE SIGNALS . . . 16
DISPLAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Alphanumeric Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Numeric Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Status Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
BUTTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
KEYPAD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
MENU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Illumination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
ALERTTONES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
AUDIBLE SIGNALS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Ringing Signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Error Signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Malfunction Alarm Signal . . . . . . . . . . 25
ELECTRONIC LOCK AND CALL RESTRICTIONS 25
SETUP LOCK CODE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
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TABLE OF CONTENTS (CONT’D)
STORING NUMBERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
STORING A NUMBER (AND NAME) . . . . . . 27
MEMORY PROTECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
MEMORY FULL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
RECALLING NUMBERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Displaying Extended Digits . . . . . . . . . 31
Alpha Recall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Recalling a Number by Entering the
Memory Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Appending Digits to a Recalled Number . . 33
Changing a Recalled Number . . . . . . . . 34
SPEED CALLING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
ERASING A STORED NUMBER . . . . . . . . 34
RECALLING A NUMBER DURING A CALL . . . 35
DTMF SIGNALING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
DTMF SIGNALING USING THE KEYPAD . . . . 35
ACCESSING USER MENU FUNCTIONS . . . . . 36
MENU FUNCTION DEFINITIONS . . . . . . . . 37
BATTERIES AND RECHARGING . . . . . . . . . 42
BATTERIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Battery Level Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Low Battery Alert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Care and Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Rechargeable Battery Pack Disposal . . . . 44
Inserting and Removing a Battery . . . . . 45
RECHARGING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Using a Desk-Top Charger . . . . . . . . . 47
Restoring Battery Capacity . . . . . . . . . 48
INTRINSICALLY SAFE USAGE . . . . . . . . . . 49
BATTERY PACKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
ACCESSORIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
APPENDIX 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
FAULT TRACING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
No Power to the Radio . . . . . . . . . . . 51
SERV Indicator Does Not Come On . . . . 51
Received Signal is Weak . . . . . . . . . . 51
A Call Cannot be Placed . . . . . . . . . . 52
"LOCKED" Is Displayed . . . . . . . . . . . 52
WARRANTY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
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INTRODUCTION
This manual describes how to use the IPE Series
Portable Radios. The IPE (Infinity) is a synthesized,
microprocessor-based, duplex portable FM radio provid-
ingreliabletwo-waycommunicationsinEnhancedDigital
Access Communications System (EDACS) trunking en-
vironments.
Duplex is provided in EDACS systems while operat-
ing in the Telephone Interconnect Mode. At other times,
the radio provides simplex communications; i.e., when
placing group calls in the EDACS environment. In an
EDACS trunked environment the user selects a commu-
nications system. In this mode, channel selection is
transparent to the user and is controlled via digital com-
munication with the system controller.This provides ad-
vanced programmable features and fast access to com-
munication channels.
Theexactoperationofthe radiodependsontheradio
mode,theoperatingmode,theradio’sprogramming,and
the particular radio system. Most features described in
this manual may be enabled or disabled through pro-
gramming. Consult the system administrator for the re-
quired features to be programmed into the radio.
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EMERGENCY
BUTTON
VOLUME
SPEAKER
LCD
DISPLAY
UPPER
MICROPHONE
MONITOR
BUTTON
PUSH-TO-
TALK
(PTT)
LOWER
MICROPHONE
SYSTEM
VERSION
ONLY
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BASIC OPERATION
TURNING THE RADIO ON
ETurn the radio on by holding down the
E
keyuntilyouhearabeep.
The display illumination comes on. All the status
indicators and all the segments in the alphanumeric and
numeric fields in the display will light momentarily.
The radio’s LID number is displayed briefly.
A battery level indicator is shown in the upper right
corner of the display. This can be a value from B0 to B5
in proportion to the battery’s voltage level.You can read
more about this in the paragraph
Batteries and Re-
charging
.
OnceserviceisavailablefromanEDACSsystem,the
SERV (Service) indicator comes on and the
CC SCAN
goes off in the display.
Own Logical ID Battery Level IndicatorSystem Indicator
LID
Symbol
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Note the following points:
•If the SERV indicator does not come on, you have
lost contact with the EDACS system and cannot,
therefore, place or receive any calls. Refer to
Appendix 1 for further information.
PLACING AN INDIVIDUAL CALL
1. Press the
#
key followed by the LID of the unit
you wish to call. These digits are shown in the
second line of the display.
If you enter a wrong digit or a wrong LID:
Erase a wrong digit by pressing the
C
key mo-
mentarily. You may delete all wrong digits indi-
vidually like this,oreliminateall entered digitsby
holding the
C
key for approximately 1 second.If
youarenotinacall,pressingthe
E
keywillalso
delete all entered digits.
2. After you have entered the LID, press the [PTT]
key. The text
*INDV*
will appear on the first line
ofthedisplayafterthesystemacknowledgesthe
call.
3. When the conversation is finished, press the
E
key.
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PLACING A GROUP CALL
To place an EDACS Group Call on the desired Group
(refer to GROUP SELECTION for further information)
simply press the [PTT] key and speak into the micro-
phone.
PLACING AN EMERGENCY CALL
Press and hold the Emergency button for approxi-
mately 2 seconds. The EMG icon will begin to flash and
the word
*EMERG*
will appear in the display.
To clear an EMERGENCY
(supervisory function only):
Select the Group where the Emergency is active.
Press and release the Emergency button andthen press
and release the
C
key. The radio will send the Clear
Emergency message.
Thisfeaturecanbedisabledintheradio’sperson-
ality.
NOTE
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ANSWERING AN INDIVIDUAL CALL
When you are being called, the radio will beep every
5 seconds to alert you of the incoming call and will
continue until any key is pressed. The backlight flashes
while the word
ICALL
and the calling unit’s LID flash in
the display.
Press the [PTT] key to return the call, the flashing will
stop. The TX and BSY symbols will turn on while trans-
mitting. When the conversation is finished, press the
E
key.
Unanswered ICALLS will cause the WHC symbol to
flash. The LID of the calling radio can be recalled by
pressing
#
twice.
PLACING AN INTERCONNECT CALL
1. Enter the desired number on the numeric keys.
The digits are shown in the display.
If you enter a wrong digit or a wrong number:
Erase a wrong digit by pressing the
C
key mo-
mentarily. You may delete all wrong digits indi-
vidually like this,oreliminateall entered digitsby
holding the
C
key for approximately 1 second.If
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