Ericsson EDACS M-RK-II User manual

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EDACS®M-RK-II
PORTABLE RADIO
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Operator’s Manual

Copyright © October 1992, Ericsson GE Mobile Communications Inc.
This manual is published by Ericsson Inc., without any warranty. Improve-
ments and changes to this manual necessitated by typographical errors,
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equipment, may be made by Ericsson Inc., at any time and without notice.
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purpose, without the express written permission ofEricsson Inc.
NOTICE!
The software contained in this device is copyrighted by Ericsson Inc.
Unpublished rights are reserved under the copyright laws of the United
States.
NOTE
Repairs to this equipment should be made only by an authorized service
technician or facility designated by the supplier. Any repairs, alterations or
substitution of recommended 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.
NOTICE!
This manual covers Ericsson and General Electric products manufactured
and sold by Ericsson Inc.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
USER INTERFACE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
BUTTONS AND KNOBS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
KEYPAD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
DISPLAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Status Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
UNIVERSAL DEVICE CONNECTOR (UDC) . . . 24
ALERT TONES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Call Originate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Autokey (Trunked Mode Only) . . . . . . . . 25
Call Queued (Trunked Mode Only) . . . . . . 25
System Busy (Trunked Mode Only) . . . . . 26
Call Denied (Trunked Mode Only) . . . . . . 26
Carrier Control Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Low Battery Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Low Battery Alert (Transmit Lockout) . . . . 27
Key Press Alert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
TURNING ON THE RADIO . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
SELECTION MODE RULES . . . . . . . . . . . 28
MENU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
SYSTEM/GROUP/CHANNEL SELECTION . . . 34
System Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Group And Channel Selection . . . . . . . . 36
TRUNKED MODE OPERATION . . . . . . . . . 37
Receiving A Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Sending A Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Emergency Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Receiving An Emergency Call . . . . . 39
Declaring An Emergency Call . . . . . . 40
Wide Area System Scanning . . . . . . . . 41
ProSound. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Scanning Trunked Groups . . . . . . . . . . 42
Adding Groups To A Scan List . . . . . 42
Deleting Groups From A Scan List . . . 42
Turning Scan On . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
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Turning Scan Off . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
INDIVIDUAL CALLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Receiving And Responding To An Individual
Call (Trunked Mode Only) . . . . . . . . . . 44
Sending An Individual Call
(Trunked Mode Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
TELEPHONE INTERCONNECT CALLS . . . . 46
Receiving A Telephone Interconnect Call
(Trunked Mode Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Sending A Telephone Interconnect Call
(Trunked Mode Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
DTMF Overdial / Conventional Mode
Telephone Interconnect . . . . . . . . . . . 48
PROGRAMMABLE ENTRIES . . . . . . . . . . 49
CONVENTIONAL MODE OPERATION . . . . . 50
Receiving A Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Sending A Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Emergency Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Using 5-Tone Signalling for
Emergency Declaration . . . . . . . . 54
Tone Encode Transmission . . . . . . . . . 54
Scanning Conventional Channels . . . . . . 55
Adding Groups To A Scan List . . . . . . . 56
Deleting Groups From A Scan List . . . 56
Turning Scan On . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Turning Scan Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
AEGISAND VOICE GUARD OPERATION . . . 58
VOICE MODES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Clear Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Aegis Digital Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
DTMF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Aegis Private And Voice Guard Private Modes
Transferring Keys Into The Radio . . . . 63
Displaying The Currently Used
Cryptographic Key Number . . . . . . 64
Key Zero . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Private Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Receiving An Encrypted Call . . . . . . 65
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Transmitting An Encrypted Call . . . . . 66
Scanned Group Calls . . . . . . . . . . 67
PORTABLE DATA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
DISPLAYS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
DATA OFF OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
DATA ON OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
EXITING DATA CALLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
SCAN LOCKOUT MODE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
DATA LOCKOUT MODE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
STATUS/MESSAGE OPERATION . . . . . . . . . 71
STATUS OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
MESSAGE OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
EDACS CONVENTIONAL P1 SCAN . . . . . . . . 73
DYNAMIC REGROUP OPERATION . . . . . . . . 73
EMERGENCY OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . 74
MACRO KEY OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
OPERATING RULES AND REGULATIONS . . . . 75
OPERATING TIPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
BATTERY PACKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
CHARGING THE BATTERY PACK . . . . . . . . 77
RECHARGEABLE BATTERY PACK DISPOSAL . 78
INSTALLING THE BATTERY PACK . . . . . . . . 78
REMOVING THE BATTERY PACK . . . . . . . . 78
INTRINSICALLY SAFE USAGE . . . . . . . . . . 79
BATTERY PACKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
ACCESSORIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
GLOSSARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
OPERATOR’S RADIO SETUP . . . . . . . . . . . 85
WARRANTY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
NICKEL-CADMIUM BATTERY WARRANTY . . . . 87
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INTRODUCTION
This manual describes how to use the EDACS M-RK
II Portable Radio. The M-RK II is a synthesized, micro-
processor-based, high performance portable FM radio
providing reliable two-way communications in both the
Enhanced Digital Access Communications System
(EDACS) trunking environment and conventional com-
munication systems.
In the EDACS or trunked system mode, the user
selects a communications system and group. In this
mode, channel selection is transparent to the user and
is controlled via digital communication with the system
controller. This provides advanced programmable fea-
tures and fast access to communication channels.
In the conventional mode, the user selects a channel
anddirectly communicateson thatchannel.Inthismode,
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 par-
ticular radio system. Most features described in this
manual may be enabled or disabled through program-
ming.Consult the system administrator for the particular
features that are programmed into the M-RK II.
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USER INTERFACE
The M-RK II operating controls are located on the
radio’s front, top and left panels. A 15-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)
buttonarealllocatedontheleftsidepanel.TheUniversal
Device Connector (UDC) is located on the right panel
and is used while programming the radio and for acces-
sory connection.
The keypad is used for manual number entry for
individual calls, access to a telephone interconnect sys-
tem, and activation of various EDACS or conventional
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 con-
ditions 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 illumi-
nates the display and the keypad for nighttime use.
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CLEAR
/MONITOR BUTTON
OPTION button
SYSTEM/GROUP
/CHANNEL knob
POWER ON-OFF
/VOLUME knob
Push-To-Talk
(PTT) button
Battery latch
Battery
Antenna
Display
Universal
Device
Connector
(UDC)
Keypad
Speaker
Figure 1 - M-RK II Portable Radio
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MAX
OFF
SYSTEM/GROUP
/CHANNEL knob POWER ON-OFF /VOLUME knob Antenna
OPTION button
CLEAR
/MONITOR button
Push-To-Talk
(PTT) button
Battery latch
EMERGENY
button
Figure 2 - Top And Partial Left Panel Views
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BUTTONS AND KNOBS
This section describes the primary function of the
button and knob controls. Other functions associated
with these controls are detailed in later sections.
SYSTEM
/ GROUP
/ CHANNEL
KNOB
Selects systems or groups/channels
(dependingonprogramming).Thisis
a16-positionrotaryknob.SeeSYS-
TEM/ GROUP/CHANNEL SELEC-
TIONfordetails.
POWER
ON-OFF
/VOLUME
KNOB
Applies power to the radio and ad-
justs the receiver’s volume.Rotating
the control clockwise out of detent
applies power to the radio. A single
alerttonesounds(ifenabledthrough
programming)toindicate theradiois
operational.
Rotating the control clockwise in-
creases the volume level. Minimum
volume levels may be programmed
into the radio to prevent missed calls
due to a low volume setting. While
adjusting the volume the display will
momentarily indicate the volume
level (i.e. VOL = 31). The volume
range is from a minimum pro-
grammed level of zero (displayed as
OFF in the display) up to 31 which is
theloudestlevel.
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EMER-
GENCY
BUTTON
Provides single button emergency
channelaccess.SeetheEDACSand
conventionalemergencysectionsfor
moredetails.
OPTION
BUTTON (1)Programmablepersystem. (2) Performs the backspace function
during data entry.In Phone and Indi-
vidual Call modes the OPTION but-
ton can be used to recall the last
phonenumberorradioIDentered.
CLEAR/
MONITOR
BUTTON
Serves several purposes depending
on the operating mode. In trunked
mode,theCLEAR/MONITORbutton
exits the current operation and re-
movesalldisplaysassociated withit.
The radio and display then return to
the group receive state. In conven-
tional mode, pressing this button un-
mutes the receiver so activity on the
selected channel can be monitored.
When pressed and held for approxi-
mately3seconds,thisbuttontoggles
conventional channel decoding/en-
coding (Channel Guard, Digital
Channel Guard, T99) on and off if
programmed for the selected chan-
nel.
PUSH-TO-
TALK BUT-
TON (PTT)
Enables the radio’s transmitter. Re-
leasing PTT returns the radio to the
receivemode.
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KEYPAD
The keypad layout is similar to a standard telephone
keypad but with three additional buttons at the top for a
total of 15 keys.In addition to numbers, most of the keys
have special functions and are labeled as such using a
symbol or abbreviated word describing its primary func-
tion. Numeric entry is a secondary function of the keys.
Each key is described below.
∧
∨
Primary function - changes the sys-
temorgroup/channel(dependingon
programming); secondary function -
changes to a selection for items
within a list. Press
∧
to scroll in in-
creasingorder,
∨
toscrollindecreas-
ing order. To auto-ramp press and
holdthekey.
MNU
IND#
SCN
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Figure 3 - M-RK II Keypad
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MNU Primary function - accesses the
menu list. This is a list of additional
features that are not available di-
rectly from the keypad. See MENU
for details.Secondary function - acti-
vates a selected item withina list.Af-
terthemenus list isaccessed,select
a menu item from the list via
∧
or
∨
and activate it with thiskey.Once ac-
tivated, MNU continues its secon-
dary function for activating a se-
lected parameter setting until the ra-
dio returns to its normal receive
state.Thisissimilartoanenterkey.
SYS Used to directly access systems via
thekeypadandtoaccesssystemse-
lection in increasing or decreasing
order,ortoselectaset(bank)ofsys-
tems for SYSTEM/ GROUP/CHAN-
NEL knob selection (depending on
programming). See SYSTEM/
GROUP/CHANNEL SELECTION
fordetails.
GRP Used to directly access groups via
the keypad and to access group se-
lection in increasing or decreasing
order, or to select a set (bank) of
groups for SYSTEM/GROUP/
CHANNEL knob selection (depend-
ingonprogramming).SeeSYSTEM/
GROUP/CHANNEL SELECTION
fordetails.
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STS TheStatuskeyisusedtosendapre-
programmed status message to the
EDACSsite.
SCN Toggles scan operation on and off.
Whentheradioisscanning, is
on and all groups or channels in the
scan list of the currently selected
systemarescanned.
ADD
DEL Adds or deletes selected groups or
channelsfromthescanlistofthecur-
rently selected system. See the
trunked and conventional scan sec-
tionsfordetails.
MSG The Message key is used to send a
pre-programmed status message to
theEDACSsite.
PHN Used to place a telephone call
through the radio by selecting the
telephone interconnect special call
function. See Telephone Intercon-
nectCallsfordetails.
IND Used to callan individualor make an
all-callbyselectingtheindividualcall
special call function. See Individual
Callsfordetails.
DISP Inverts the display’s two alphanu-
meric character lines for viewing
from above;useful when the radio is
attachedtotheuser’sbelt.
SCN
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DISPLAY
Theradio’sdisplayisshownbelow.Thetwocharacter
lines are used to display system, group and channel
names and also operational messages to the user.Each
line contains eight alphanumeric character blocks. The
15 status indicators are used to show the various oper-
ating conditions of the radio. If the display back-lighting
is programmed on, the display will illuminate for a short
period when any of the controls are operated.
The two display lines can be inverted to permit easy
viewing if the radio is worn on a belt or placed into a
vehicular charger.PressDISP once to invert the charac-
terlines,pressDISPagaintoreturntothenormaldisplay.
Refer to the MENU section to change the display’s con-
trast.
Line 1
Line 2
Figure 4 - M-RK II Display
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Messages
During radio operation, various messages are dis-
played on either line one or line two. Typical messages
include control channel status information, such as sys-
tembusyorcalldenied,ormessagesassociatedwiththe
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 system has
placed the call in
a request queue.
SYS BUSY
System Busy
-
Trunked mode
only. Indicates
the system is
busy, no chan-
nelsarecurrently
available, the
queueisfulloran
individual call is
being attempted
to a radio that is
currently trans-
mitting.
DENIED
Call Denied
-
Trunked mode
only. Indicates
the radio is not
authorized to op-
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erate on the se-
lected system
CC SCAN
Control Channel Scan
-
Trunked mode
only. Indicates
the control chan-
nelislostand the
radio has en-
tered the Control
Channel Scan
mode to search
for the control
channel.
WA SCAN
Wide Area Scan
-
Trunked mode
only. Indicates
the control chan-
nel is lost and ra-
dio has entered
the Wide Area
Scan mode to
search for a new
system (if en-
abled through
programming).
TALKARND
Talk-around
-
Conventional
mode only. Indi-
cates the radio is
operating on
conventional
channels in talk-
aroundmode (no
repeater).
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*RXEMER*
Receive Emergency
-
Trunked mode
only.Indicates an
emergency call
isbeingreceived.
This message
will be flashing
on line two.
*TXEMER*
Transmit Emergency
-
Trunked mode
only.Indicates an
emergency call
has been trans-
mitted.This mes-
sage will be
flashing on line
two.
VOL = 31
Volume Level
-
Indicatesthecur-
rentvolumelevel.
The volume level
display ranges
from OFF (silent)
to 31 (loudest).
LOW BATT
Battery Low
-
Indicatesthebat-
tery level is too
low for transmis-
sion. This mes-
sage displays
when pressing
PTT and trans-
mitting is dis-
abled due to the
low battery con-
dition.
UNKNOWN
Unknown ID 19

-
Trunked mode
only.Indicates an
individual call is
being received
by an unknown
radio ID. This by-
passes when the
call is updated.
TX DATA
Transmit Data
-
Trunked mode
only. Indicates
when a data call
is being transmit-
ted.Displayedon
line one.
RX DATA
Receive Data
-
Trunked mode
only. Indicates
when a data call
isbeingreceived.
Displayed on line
one.
DATA OFF
Data Off
-
Trunked mode
only. Indicates
when radio is in
data disable
state. Displayed
on line one.
DATA ON
Data On
-
Trunked mode
only. Indicates
when radio is
toggled to data
enablestate.Dis-
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