Ericsson EDACS M-RK-II User manual

Mobile Communications
EDACS®M-RK-II
PORTABLE RADIO
LBI-38732B
Operator’s Manual
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Copyright © October 1992, Ericsson GE Mobile Communications Inc.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
USER INTERFACE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
BUTTONS AND KNOBS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
KEYPAD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
DISPLAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Status Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
UNIVERSAL DEVICE CONNECTOR (UDC) . . 22
ALERT TONES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Call Originate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Autokey (Trunked Mode Only) . . . . . . . 23
Call Queued (Trunked Mode Only) . . . . . 23
System Busy (Trunked Mode Only) . . . . . 24
Call Denied (Trunked Mode Only) . . . . . . 24
Carrier Control Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Low Battery Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Low Battery Alert (Transmit Lockout) . . . . 25
Key Press Alert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
TURNING ON THE RADIO . . . . . . . . . . . 25
SELECTION MODE RULES . . . . . . . . . . . 26
MENU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
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 Groups To A Scan List . . . . . 40
Deleting Groups From A Scan List . . . 40
Turning Scan On . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Turning Scan Off . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
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
PROGRAMMABLE ENTRIES . . . . . . . . . . 47
CONVENTIONAL MODE OPERATION . . . . . 48
Receiving A Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Sending A Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Emergency Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Scanning Conventional Channels . . . . . . 52
Adding Groups To A Scan List . . . . . . . . 53
Deleting Groups From A Scan List . . . 53
Turning Scan On . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Turning Scan Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
AEGIS AND VOICE GUARD OPERATION . . . . . 55
VOICE MODES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Clear Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Aegis Digital Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
DTMF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
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Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Aegis Private And Voice Guard Private
Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Transferring Keys Into The Radio . . . 60
Displaying The Currently Used Crypto-
graphic Key Number . . . . . . . . . . 61
Key Zero . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Private Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Receiving An Encrypted Call . . . . . . 62
Transmitting An Encrypted Call . . . . 63
Scanned Group Calls . . . . . . . . . . 64
PORTABLE DATA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
DISPLAYS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
DATA OFF OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
DATA ON OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
EXITING DATA CALLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
SCAN LOCKOUT MODE . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
DATA LOCKOUT MODE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
STATUS/MESSAGE OPERATION . . . . . . . . . 68
STATUS OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
MESSAGE OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
EDACS CONVENTIONAL P1 SCAN . . . . . . . 70
DYNAMIC REGROUP OPERATION . . . . . . . 70
EMERGENCY OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . 71
MACRO KEY OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
OPERATING RULES AND REGULATIONS . . . . 72
OPERATING TIPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
BATTERY PACKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
CHARGING THE BATTERY PACK . . . . . . . 74
RECHARGEABLE BATTERY PACK DISPOSAL 75
INSTALLING THE BATTERY PACK . . . . . . . 75
REMOVING THE BATTERY PACK . . . . . . . 76
GLOSSARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
OPERATOR’S RADIO SETUP . . . . . . . . . . . 80
WARRANTY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
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IINNTTRROODDUUCCTTIIOONN
This manual describes how to use the EDACS M-RK II Port -
able Radio. The M-RK II is a synthesized, microprocessor-based,
high performance portable FM radio providing reliable two-way
communications in both the Enhanced Digital Access Commu -
nications System (EDACS) trunking environment and conven -
tional 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.
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UUSSEERR IINNTTEERRFFAACCEE
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 OP -
TION 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 manual number entry for individual
calls, access to a telephone interconnect system, and activa -
tion 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 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 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
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// CCHHAANNNNEELL
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Selects systems or groups/channels
(depending on programming). This is a 16-
position rotary knob. See SYSTEM/
GROUP/CHANNEL SELECTION for de -
tails.
PPOOWWEERR
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// 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 missedcallsdue to alow volume set -
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 -
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BBUUTTTTOONN
(1) Programmable per system.
(2)Performs thebackspacefunctiondur -
ing data entry. In Phone and Individual Call
modes the OPTION button can be usedto
recall the last phone number or radio ID
entered.
CCLLEEAARR
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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
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
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