Ericsson EDACS M-RK I User manual

LBI-38733B
EDACSM-RK I
PORTABLE RADIO
Operator’s Manual

TTAABBLLEE OOFF CCOONNTTEENNTTSS
INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
CONTROLS AND INDICATORS . . . . . . . . 7
BUTTONS AND KNOBS . . . . . . . . . . 9
INDICATORS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
UNIVERSAL DEVICE CONNECTOR (UDC) 13
ALERT TONES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Call Originate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Autokey(Trunked Mode Only) . . . . . . . 13
Call Queued (Trunked Mode Only) . . . . 14
System Busy (Trunked Mode Only) . . . . 14
Call Denied (Trunked Mode Only) . . . . . 14
CarrierControlTimer . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Low Battery Warning . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Low Battery Alert . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
KeyPress Alert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
TURNING ON THE RADIO . . . . . . . . . 16
SYSTEM/GROUP/CHANNEL SELECTION 16
TRUNKED MODE OPERATION . . . . . . 17
Receiving A Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Sending A Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Emergency Operation . . . . . . . . . . 19
Wide Area System Scanning . . . . . . . 20
ScanningTrunkedGroups . . . . . . . . 21
Copyright© January 1993, Ericsson GE Mobile Communications Inc.
This manual is published by Ericsson Inc. without any warranty.
Improvements and changes to this manual necessitated by typo-
graphical errors, inaccuracies of current information, or improvements
to programs and/or equipment, may be made byEricsson Inc. at any
time and without notice. Such changes will be incorporated into new
editions of this manual. No part of this manual may be reproduced or
transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical,
including photocopying and recording, for any purpose, without the
express written permission of Ericsson Inc.
22

TTAABBLLEE OOFF CCOONNTTEENNTTSS ((CCOONNTT))
SPECIAL CALLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Receiving And Responding To A Special Call 23
Initiating And Sending A Special Call . . . . 24
CONVENTIONAL FAILSOFT . . . . . . . . 25
CONVENTIONAL MODE OPERATION . . . 26
Receiving A Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Sending A Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Emergency Operation . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Scanning Conventional Channels . . . . . . 29
AEGIS AND VOICE GUARD OPERATION . . . 31
VOICE MODES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Clear Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Aegis Digital Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Aegis Private And Voice Guard
Private Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
TRANSFERRING KEYS INTO THE RADIO . 35
KEY ZERO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
PRIVATE OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Receiving An Encrypted Call . . . . . . . . . 36
Transmitting An Encrypted Call . . . . . . . . 37
Scanned Group Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
PORTABLE DATA OPERATION . . . . . . . . . 38
Data Off Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Data On Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Exiting Data Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
STATUS/MESSAGE OPERATION . . . . . . . . 40
Status Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Message Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
EDACS CONVENTIONAL P1 SCAN . . . . . . 41
DYNAMIC REGROUP OPERATION . . . . . . . 41
Emergency Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
MACRO KEY OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . 43
OPERATING RULES AND REGULATIONS . . . 43
33

TTAABBLLEE OOFF CCOONNTTEENNTTSS ((CCOONNTT))
OPERATINGTIPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
BATTERY PACKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
CHARGING THE BATTERY PACK . . . . . 46
RECHARGEABLE BATTERY PACK
DISPOSAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
INSTALLING THE BATTERY PACK . . . . . 47
REMOVING THE BATTERY PACK . . . . . 47
INTRINSICALLY SAFE USAGE . . . . . . . . 49
BATTERY PACKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
GLOSSARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
RADIO PROGRAMMING . . . . . . . . . . . 54
WARRANTY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
NICKEL-CADMIUM BATTERY WARRANTY . . 59
44

IINNTTRROODDUUCCTTIIOONN
This manual describes the operation of the Ericsson
GE EDACS

M-RK l portable radio. The M-RK l is a
synthesized, microprocessor-based, high-performance
portable FM radio providing reliable two-way communi-
cations for Enhanced Digital Access Communications
System (EDACS) trunking environments and conven-
tional communication systems.
In the EDACS or trunked system mode the user
selects a communications system and group. In this
mode, radio channel selection is transparent to the user;
it is controlled by digital communication with the EDACS
site equipment. This provides advanced programmable
features and fast access to communication channels.
In conventional mode, the user selects a radio chan-
nel and directly communicates on that channel. In this
mode, a system refers to a set of channels.A channel is
a transmit/receive radio frequency pair.
The radio’s exact operation will depend on its current
operating mode, its programming, and the particular
radio system. Many features described in this manual
can be enabled or disabled through programming.Con-
sult the system administrator for the particular features
that are programmed into the M-RK l.
55

Battery
Battery latch
Push-To-Talk
(PTT) button
SYSTEM/GROUP/
CHANNEL knob
POWER ON-OFF/
VOLUME knob
Microphone
CLEAR/MONITOR
button
OPTION button
Antenna
EMERGENCY
button
Indicators
Universal
Device
Connector
(UDC)
Speaker
Figure 1- EDACS M-RK 1 Portable Radio
66

CCOONNTTRROOLLSS AANNDD IINNDDIICCAATTOORRSS
M-RK l operating controls are located on the top and
side panels of the radio. The top panel houses a rotary
SYSTEM/GROUP/CHANNEL knob, a POWER ON-
OFF/VOLUME control knob and a protected red EMER-
GENCY button. Controls located on the left side panel
(viewed from front) include an OPTION button, a
CLEAR/MONITORbuttonanda Push-To-Talk(PTT)but-
ton. The Universal Device Connector (UDC) is located
on the right side panel (viewed from front). This connec-
tor is utilized for accessory connections. It is also used
by the maintenance personnel when the radio is pro-
grammed.
The speaker, microphone and three (3) illuminating
indicators are located on radio’s front panel. These indi-
catorslight-uptoshowvariousoperatingconditionssuch
as transmitter on, channel busy, scanning, or a low
battery.
77

Figure 2 - Top And Side Panel Views
88

BBUUTTTTOONNSS AANNDD KKNNOOBBSS
This section describes the basic functions of the
button and knob controls.
SYSTEM/
GROUP/
CHANNEL
KNOB
This 16-position rotary control is primarily
used to select the systems and groups or
conventionalradiochannelsprogrammed
intotheradio.Iftheradioisprogrammedto
makespecialcalls,thisknobisalsousedto
select the programmed special calls.
Special calls include trunked mode
individualcallsandtelephoneinterconnect
calls. See the ’OPERATION’ section for
specificdetails.
POWER
ON-OFF/
VOLUME
KNOB
This control provides power and volume
controlfortheradio.
Rotating the control clockwise out of the
detentpositionappliespowertotheradio.At
powerup,theradiowillbeepifthepower-up
alert tone is programmed on (enabled).
Thisbeepindicatestheradioisoperational.
Rotating this control clockwise increases
volume and counter-clockwise rotation
decreasesvolume.Minimumvolumelevels
canbeprogrammedintotheradiotoprevent
missedcallsduetoalowvolumesetting.
99

EMER-
GENCY
BUTTON
TheEMERGENCYbuttonprovidesinstant
emergency channel access when it is
pressed.
There are raised bars on each side that
protect it fromaccidental activations. See
the "Emergency Operation" sections in
the "TRUNKED MODE OPERATION" or
the ’CONVENTIONAL MODE OPERA-
TION"sectionsforspecificdetails.
OPTION
BUTTON Thisbuttoncanbeprogrammedtoprovidea
toggle feature or to enable special call
mode.
IftheOPTIONbuttonisprogrammedfora
toggle feature, pressing it will toggle the
programmedfeaturebetweentwodifferent
states (for example: on and off).
The toggle features that can be
programmed are: scan on/off, sys-
tem/group/channel bank 1/2, repeater
talkaround on/off, data on/off, Pri-
vate/clear, status on/off, message on/off,
P1 Conv.Scan on/off, and transmitoutput
power high/low. The button can only
providetoggleofonefeature.
Trunked mode individual calls, and
telephone interconnect calls are special
callsthatcanbeprogrammedintotheradio.
If the OPTlON button is programmed to
enable special call mode, the particular
specialcallmustfirstbeselectedusingthe
1100