Ericsson EDACS M-RK-II SCAN User manual

Mobile Communications
EDACS®M-RK-II SCAN
PORTABLE RADIO
LBI-39125
Operator’s Manual

Copyright © October 1994, Ericsson GE Mobile Communications Inc.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
USER INTERFACE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
BUTTONS AND KNOBS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
KEYPAD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
DISPLAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Status Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
UNIVERSAL DEVICE CONNECTOR (UDC) . . 21
ALERT TONES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Call Originate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Autokey (Trunked Mode Only) . . . . . . . . 22
Call Queued (Trunked Mode Only) . . . . . 22
System Busy (Trunked Mode Only) . . . . . 23
Call Denied (Trunked Mode Only) . . . . . . 23
Carrier Control Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Low Battery Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Low Battery Alert (Transmit Lockout) . . . . 24
Key Press Alert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
TURNING ON THE RADIO . . . . . . . . . . . 24
SELECTION MODE RULES . . . . . . . . . . . 25
MENU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
SYSTEM/GROUP/CHANNEL SELECTION . . . 32
System Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Group And Channel Selection . . . . . . . 34
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TRUNKED MODE OPERATION . . . . . . . . . 35
Receiving A Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Sending A Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Emergency Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Receiving An Emergency Call . . . . . 37
Declaring An Emergency Call . . . . . . 38
Wide Area System Scanning . . . . . . . . 39
Scanning Trunked Groups . . . . . . . . . . 39
Adding and Deleting Groups
on Scan List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Turning Scan On . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Turning Scan Off . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
INDIVIDUAL CALLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Receiving And Responding To An Individual
Call (Trunked Mode Only) . . . . . . . . . . 42
Sending An Individual Call (Trunked Mode
Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
TELEPHONE INTERCONNECT CALLS . . . . . 44
Receiving A Telephone Interconnect Call
(Trunked Mode Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Sending A Telephone Interconnect Call
(Trunked Mode Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
DTMF Overdial / Conventional Mode Tele-
phone Interconnect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
CONVENTIONAL MODE OPERATION . . . . . 47
Receiving A Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Sending A Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Emergency Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Scanning Conventional Channels . . . . . . 50
Adding and Deleting Channels
on Scan List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Turning Scan On . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Turning Scan Off . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
AEGIS AND VOICE GUARD OPERATION . . . . . 53
VOICE MODES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Clear Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Aegis Digital Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
DTMF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
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Aegis Private And Voice Guard Private
Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Transferring Keys Into The Radio . . . . 58
Displaying The Currently Used Crypto-
graphic Key Number . . . . . . . . . . 59
Key Zero . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Private Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Receiving An Encrypted Call . . . . . . 60
Transmitting An Encrypted Call . . . . 61
Scanned Group Calls . . . . . . . . . . 62
PORTABLE DATA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
DISPLAYS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
DATA OFF OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
DATA ON OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
EXITING DATA CALLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
SCAN LOCKOUT MODE . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
DATA LOCKOUT MODE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
STATUS OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
STATUS OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
EDACS CONVENTIONAL P1 SCAN . . . . . . . 67
DYNAMIC REGROUP OPERATION . . . . . . . . 67
EMERGENCY OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . 68
MACRO KEY OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
OPERATING RULES AND REGULATIONS . . . . 69
OPERATING TIPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
BATTERY PACKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
CHARGING THE BATTERY PACK . . . . . . . . 71
RECHARGEABLE BATTERY PACK DISPOSAL 72
INSTALLING THE BATTERY PACK . . . . . . . 73
REMOVING THE BATTERY PACK . . . . . . . . 74
INTRINSICALLY SAFE USAGE . . . . . . . . . . 74
BATTERY PACKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
GLOSSARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
OPERATOR’S RADIO SETUP . . . . . . . . . . . 79
WARRANTY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
NICKEL-CADMIUM BATTERY WARRANTY . . . 83
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IINNTTRROODDUUCCTTIIOONN
This manual describes how to use the EDACS M-RK II Scan
Portable Radio. The M-RK II Scan is a synthesized, microproces -
sor-based, high performance portable FM radio providing reliable
two-way communications in both the Enhanced Digital Access
Communications System (EDACS) trunking environment and
conventional communication systems.
In the EDACS or trunked system mode, the user selects a
communications system and group. In this mode, channel selec -
tion is transparent to the user and is controlled via digital
communication with the system controller. This provides ad -
vanced programmable features and fast access to communica -
tion channels.
In the conventional mode, the user selects a channel 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 exact operation of the radio will depend on the operating
mode, the radio’s programming, and the particular radio system.
Most features described in this manual may be enabled or dis -
abled through programming. Consult the system administrator
for the particular features that are programmed into the M-RK
II Scan.
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UUSSEERR IINNTTEERRFFAACCEE
The M-RK II Scan operating controls are located on the
radio’s front, top and left panels. A 6-button keypad, liquid
crystal display (LCD) for radio status information, microphone
and speaker are on the front panel. The top panel houses a
rotary SYSTEM/GROUP/CHANNEL knob, POWER ON-
OFF/VOLUME control knob and a protected red EMERGENCY
button. An OPTION button, CLEAR/MONITOR button and the
Push-To-Talk (PTT) button are all located on the left side panel.
The Universal Device Connector (UDC) is located on the right
panel and is used while programming the radio and for accessory
connection.
The keypad is used for activation of various EDACS or con -
ventional features such as menu selection or scan operations.
The display has two, eight-alphanumeric-character lines
used to show the operational mode of the radio. 15 status
indicators, used to indicate various operating conditions such
as transmitter on, channel busy, scanning, or low battery, are
located above and to the right side of the character lines within
the display. A back light illuminates the display and the keypad
for nighttime use.
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Figure 1 - M-RK II Scan Portable Radio
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Figure 2 - Top And Partial Left Panel Views
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BBUUTTTTOONNSS AANNDD KKNNOOBBSS
This section describes the primary function of the button
and knob controls. Other functions associated with these con -
trols are detailed in later sections.
SSYYSSTTEEMM//
GGRROOUUPP//
CCHHAANNNNEELL
KKNNOOBB
Selects systems or groups/channels
(depending on programming). This is a 16-
position rotary knob. See SYSTEM/
GROUP/CHANNEL SELECTION for de -
tails.
PPOOWWEERR
OONN--OOFFFF//
VVOOLLUUMMEE
KKNNOOBB
Applies power to the radio and adjusts
the receiver’s volume. Rotating the con -
trol clockwise out of detent applies
power to the radio. A single alert tone
sounds (if enabled through programming)
to indicate the radio is operational.
Rotating the control clockwise increases
the volume level. Minimum volume levels
may be programmed into theradio topre -
vent missed callsdueto a low volumeset -
ting. While adjusting the volume the dis -
play will momentarily indicate the volume
level (i.e. VVOOLL == 3311 ). The volume range is
from a minimum programmed level of zero
(displayed as OOFFFF in the display) up to 31
which is the loudest level.
EEMMEERRGGEENNCCYY
BBUUTTTTOONN
Provides single button emergency chan -
nel access. See the EDACS and conven -
tional emergency sections for more de -
tails.
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OOPPTTIIOONN
BBUUTTTTOONN
(Side)
Programmable per system.
CCLLEEAARR//
MMOONNIITTOORR
BBUUTTTTOONN
Serves several purposes depending on
the operating mode. In trunked mode, the
CLEAR/MONITOR button exits the cur -
rent operation and removes all displays
associated with it. The radio and display
then return to the group receive state. In
conventional mode, pressing this button
unmutes the receiver so activity on the
selected channel can be monitored. When
pressed and held for approximately 3
seconds, this button toggles conven -
tional channel decoding/encoding (Chan -
nel Guard, Digital Channel Guard, T99) on
and off if programmed for the selected
channel.
PPUUSSHH--TTOO--TTAALLKK
BBUUTTTTOONN ((PPTTTT))
Enables the radio’s transmitter. Releas -
ing PTT returns the radio to the receive
mode.
KKEEYYPPAADD
Thekeypadlayouthasatotalof6 keys.The keyshavespecial
functions and are labeled as such using a symbol or abbreviated
word describing its primary function. Numeric entry is a secon -
dary function of the keys. Each key is described below.
,
.
Primaryfunction-changesthesystemor
group/channel (depending on program -
ming); secondary function - changes to a
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selection for items within a list. Press
,
to scroll in increasing order,
.
to scroll in decreasing order. To auto-
ramp press and hold the key.
m
Primary function - accesses the menu
list. This is a list of additional features
that are not available directly from the
keypad. See MENU for details. Secon -
dary function - activates a selected item
within a list. After the menu list is ac -
cessed, select a menu item from the list
via
,
or
.
and activate it with
this key. Once activated,
m
contin -
ues its secondary function for activating
a selected parameter setting until the
Figure 3 - M-RK II Scan Keypad
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radio returns to its normal receive state.
This is similar to an enter key.
o
Programmable per system.
a
Adds or deletes selectedgroupsorchan -
nels from the scan list of the currently
selected system. See trunked and con -
ventional scan section for details.
s
Toggles scan operation on and off. When
the radio is scanning, SSCCNN is on and all
groups or channels in the scanlist of the
currently selected system are scanned.
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DDIISSPPLLAAYY
The radio’s display is shown below. The two character lines
are used to display system, group and channel names and also
operational messages to the user. Each line contains eight al -
phanumeric character blocks. The 15 status indicators are used
to show the various operating conditions of the radio. If the
display back-lighting is programmed on, the displaywill illuminate
for a short period when any of the controls are operated.
The two display lines can be inverted to permit
easy viewing if theradio isworn on abelt orplaced into avehicular
charger. Refer to the MENU section to change the display (in -
vert or contrast).
Line 1
Line 2
Figure 4 - M-RK II Scan Display
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MMeessssaaggeess
During radio operation, various messages are displayed on
either line oneor line two.Typicalmessages includecontrol chan -
nel status information, such as system busy or call denied, or
messages associated with the radio’s operation, (i.e. volume or
contrast adjust). These messages are described below.
Message Name Description
QUEUED
Call Queued - Trunked mode only.
Indicates the sys -
tem has placed the
call in a request
queue.
SYS BUSY
System Busy - Trunked mode only.
Indicates the sys -
tem is busy, no
channels are cur -
rently available, the
queue is full or an in -
dividual call is being
attempted to a ra -
dio that is cur -
rently transmit -
ting.
DENIED
Call Denied - Trunked mode only.
Indicates the radio
is not authorized
to operate on the
selected system
CC SCAN
Control Channel Scan
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- Trunked mode only.
Indicates the con -
trol channel is lost
and the radio has
entered the Con -
trol Channel Scan
mode to search for
the control chan -
nel.
WA SCAN
Wide Area Scan - Trunked mode only.
Indicates the con -
trol channel is lost
and radio has en -
tered the Wide
Area Scan mode to
search for a new
system (if enabled
through program -
ming).
TALKARND
Talk-around - Conventional mode
only. Indicates the
radio is operating
on conventional
channels in talk-
around mode (no
repeater).
*RXEMER*
Receive Emergency - Trunked mode only.
Indicates an emer -
gency call is being
received. This mes -
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sage will be flashing
on line two.
*TXEMER*
Transmit Emergency - Trunked mode only.
Indicates an emer -
gency call has been
transmitted. This
message will be
flashing on line two.
VOL = 31
Volume Level - Indicates the cur -
rent volume level.
The volume level dis -
play ranges from
OFF (silent) to 31
(loudest).
LOW BATT
Battery Low - Indicates the bat -
tery level is too low
for transmission.
This message dis -
plays when press -
ing PTT and trans -
mitting is disabled
due to the low bat -
tery condition.
UNKNOWN
Unknown ID - Trunked mode only.
Indicates an indi -
vidual call is being
received by an un -
known radio ID. This
bypasses when the
call is updated.
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TX DATA
Transmit Data - Trunked mode only.
Indicates when a
data call is being
transmitted. Dis -
played on line one.
RX DATA
Receive Data - Trunked mode only.
Indicates when a
data call is being re -
ceived. Displayed
on line one.
DATA OFF
Data Off - Trunked mode only.
Indicates when ra -
dioisindatadisable
state. Displayed on
line one.
DATA ON
Data On - Trunked mode only.
Indicates when ra -
dio is toggled to
data enable state.
Displayed on line
one for two sec -
onds.
KEY ZERO
Key Zero - Indicates that
cryptographic keys
have been erased
from radio memory.
PVT DIS
Private Disabled - Indicates that the
group or channel is
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not programmed
for private mode
operation.
FRCD PVT
Forced Private - Indicates that
group or channel is
pre-programmed
for private mode
operation and clear
mode is not possi -
ble.
NO KEY #
No Key Number - Indicates that the
correct crypto -
graphic key is not
loaded for the se -
lected group or
channel.
SSttaattuuss IInnddiiccaattoorrss
The 15 status indicators show the various operating char -
acteristics of the radio. The indicators show operating modes
and conditions as follows:
SVC
Trunked mode only.
ON - indicates the radio is in an EDACS service
area and is in communication with the site con -
troller via the control channel (CC).
FLASHING - indicates the EDACS is in the fail -
soft mode (if enabled through programming).
OFF - indicates the radio is out of range or the
control channel is not available.
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CG
Conventional mode only.
ON - indicates Channel Guard encode/decode is
enabled on the selected conventional channel.
BAT
ON - indicates the battery pack’s charge is low
and needs recharging.
PVT
Private
ON - indicates the group or channel is enabled
to receive encrypted messages.
FLASHING - indicates an encrypted transmis -
sion is being received.
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BSY
Channel Busy -
In trunked mode:
ON - indicates the radio is transmitting or
receiving a call on the working channel.
FLASHING - indicates a call has been
queued.
In conventional mode:
ON - indicates a call is being received.
WHC
Who Has Called (trunked mode only)
ON - indicates an individual call has been re -
ceived, but not responded to. The indicator
turns OFF if the individual call mode is entered,
the system ischanged or the radio is turned off
and back on.
SPC
ON - indicates the radio is in the special call se -
lect/entry mode (Individual or Telephone Inter -
connect).
HI
ON - indicates the selected group or channel is
selected to transmit at high power.
OFF - indicates the selected group or channel is
selected to transmit at low power.
XMIT
ON - indicates the radio is transmitting.
When operating in a trunked system, the radio
may be programmed to automatically transmit
(without pressing PTT) to maintaindigital com -
munication with the site controller. will
turn on whenever the radio is transmitting.
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