Ericsson LBI-38732D User manual

LBI-38732D
EDACS®M-RK-II
PORTABLE RADIO
ericssonz
Operator’s Manual

Copyright © October 1992, Ericsson GE Mobile Communications Inc.
This manual is published by Ericsson GE Mobile Communications Inc.,
without any warranty. Improvements and changes to this manual necessitated
by typographical errors, inaccuracies ofcurrent information, or improvements
to programs and/or equipment, may be made by Ericsson GE Mobile Com-
munications Inc., at any time and without notice. Such changes will be
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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Ericsson Inc. Unpublished rights are reserved under the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 author-
ized 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
SAFETY INFORMATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
BATTERY CHARGING AND CARE . . . . . . . . 8
FOR BEST PERFORMANCE . . . . . . . . . 10
EXTENDED OPERATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
FCC LICENSING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
TRANSCEIVER SERVICE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
USER INTERFACE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
BUTTONS AND KNOBS . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
KEYPAD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
DISPLAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Status Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
UNIVERSAL DEVICE CONNECTOR (UDC) . 30
ALERTTONES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Call Originate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Autokey (Trunked Mode Only) . . . . . . . . 31
Call Queued (Trunked Mode Only) . . . . . . 31
System Busy (Trunked Mode Only) . . . . . 32
Call Denied (Trunked Mode Only) . . . . . . 32
Carrier Control Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Low Battery Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Low Battery Alert (Transmit Lockout) . . . . 33
Key Press Alert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
KEYPAD LOCK/UNLOCK . . . . . . . . . . . 33
TURNING ON THE RADIO . . . . . . . . . . . 34
SELECTION MODE RULES . . . . . . . . . . 34
MENU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
37
SYSTEM/GROUP/CHANNEL SELECTION . . 41
System Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Group And Channel Selection . . . . . . . . 43
EMERGENCY/HOME BUTTON DEFINITION . 44
Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
AEGIS AND VOICE GUARD OPERATION . . . 45
Voice Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
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Clear Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Aegis Digital Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
DTMF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
AEGIS PRIVATE AND VOICE GUARD
PRIVATE MODES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Transferring Keys Into The Radio . . . . . . 49
Displaying The Currently Used Cryptographic
Key Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Key Zero . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
PRIVATE OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Receiving An Encrypted Call . . . . . . . . 52
Transmitting An Encrypted Call . . . . . . . 52
Scanned Group Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
LAST SYSTEM/GROUP OR CHANNEL RECALL
(SUPERVISORY RADIO UNITS ONLY) . . . . . 54
EDACS TRUNKED MODE OPERATION . . . . . 55
RECEIVING A CALL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
SENDING A CALL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
CONVENTIONAL FAILSOFT . . . . . . . . . . 57
SCAT OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
EMERGENCY OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Receiving An Emergency Call . . . . . . . 59
Declaring An Emergency Call . . . . . . . . 59
SCANNING TRUNKED SYSTEMS . . . . . . . 60
Wide Area System Scan . . . . . . . . . . 60
ProSound. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Priority System Scan . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
SCANNING TRUNKED GROUPS . . . . . . . . 61
Adding Groups To A Scan List . . . . . . . 61
Deleting Groups From A Scan List . . . . . 62
Nuisance Delete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Turning Scan On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Turning Scan Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
PROGRAMMABLE ENTRIES . . . . . . . . . . . 64
INDIVIDUAL CALLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Receiving And Responding To An Individual
Call (Trunked Mode Only) . . . . . . . . . . 65
Call Storage Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
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Sending An Individual Call
(Trunked Mode Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
TELEPHONE INTERCONNECT CALLS . . . . 69
Receiving A Telephone Interconnect Call
(Trunked Mode Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Sending A Telephone Interconnect Call
(Trunked Mode Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
DTMF Overdial/Conventional Mode
Telephone Interconnect . . . . . . . . . . . 70
PORTABLE DATA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Data Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Data Off Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Data On Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Exiting Data Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Scan Lockout Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Data Lockout Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
ProFile Select Option . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Menu Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Option Availability . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
STATUS/MESSAGE OPERATION . . . . . . . 78
Status Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Message Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
EDACS CONVENTIONAL P1 SCAN . . . . . . 80
DYNAMIC REGROUP OPERATION . . . . . . 80
Emergency Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
MACRO KEY OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . 81
CONVENTIONAL MODE OPERATION . . . . . . 83
SQUELCH ADJUST
(256K & UP VERSION RADIOS ONLY) . . . . 83
Menu Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Pre-Programmed Keypad Key . . . . . . . . 85
RECEIVING A CALL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
SENDING A CALL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
EMERGENCY OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . 86
Using 5-Tone Signalling For Emergency
Declaration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
TONE ENCODE TRANSMISSION . . . . . . . 88
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SCANNING CONVENTIONAL CHANNELS . . . 89
ADDING CHANNELS TO A SCAN LIST . . . . . 90
DELETING CHANNELS FROM A SCAN LIST . 91
NUISANCE DELETE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
TURNING SCAN ON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
TURNING SCAN OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
TYPE 99 DECODE (CONVENTIONAL ONLY) . . 92
OPERATING RULES AND REGULATIONS . . . 95
OPERATINGTIPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
INTRINSICALLY SAFE USAGE . . . . . . . . . . 97
BATTERY PACKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
ACCESSORIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
GLOSSARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
OPERATOR’S RADIO SETUP . . . . . . . . . . 102
WARRANTY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
NICKEL-CADMIUM BATTERY WARRANTY . . . 107
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SAFETY INFORMATION
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC),
withitsactioninGeneralDocket79-144,March13,1985,
has adopted a safety standard for the human exposure
to radio frequency (RF) electromagnetic energy emitted
by FCC regulated equipment. Proper operation of this
radio will result in user exposure far below the Occupa-
tionalSafetyandHealthActandFederalCommunication
Commission limits.
DO NOT
hold the radio in such a manner that the
antenna is close to, or touching, exposed parts of the
body -- especially the eyes or face --while the radio is
transmitting.
DO NOT
operate the radio near unshielded electrical
blasting caps or in an explosive atmosphere, unless it is
a type specifically designed and qualified for such use.
DO NOT
operate the radio unless the antenna con-
nector is secure and any open connectors are properly
terminated.
DO NOT
allow children to operate transmitter-
equipped radio equipment.
This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC
rules. Operation is subject to the condition that this
device does not cause harmful interference.
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BATTERY CHARGING AND CARE
Do not dispose of the battery pack in fire - it may
explode, causing injury or death.
Do not replace the battery in hazardous atmosphere
locations.
Do not carry battery loose in your pocket or purse.
Do not attempt to repair battery.
The product you have purchased
contains a rechargeable battery. The
battery is recyclable. At the end of its
useful life under various state and local
laws it may be illegal to dispose of this
battery into the municipal waste stream.
Check with your local solid waste offi-
cials for details concerning recycling op-
tions or proper disposal in your area. Call Toll Free
1-800-8- BATTERY for information and/or procedures for
returning rechargeable batteries in your state.
Your radio comes supplied with a Ni-Cd battery pack
which can be recharged from 500 to 1000 times before
requiring replacement. The actual number of charge/re-
charge cycles vary depending upon usage. We recom-
mend that the battery be charged 14 to 16 hours on the
first charge cycle and then in accordance with the
charger model instructions thereafter.
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To remove the battery pack, push up on the battery
latch and slide the battery pack to the right. To replace
the battery, align the battery on the track and slide to the
left until a click is heard,indicating the battery is correctly
installed.
If the battery is to be charged on the radio, turn the
power switch on the radio to the off position before
charging.Failing toturn thepowerswitch tooffduringthe
chargecyclewillresultinalessthanfullchargecondition,
which will noticeably reduce the operating time between
charges!
Normal battery operation time is 8 hours. This may
vary depending upon how much the receiver audio is
presentandhowmuchyoutransmit.Theactualtimemay
vary from day to day depending upon operational re-
quirements.
Figure 1 - Installing And Removing The Battery Pack
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FOR BEST PERFORMANCE
1. Chargebatteryto fullcapacity,14hoursatthestand-
ard C/10 rate (capacity X .10). For "rapid" chargers,
allow additional time (2-3 hours) for "topping off" the
charge after it switches from "fast" to "slow".
2. Usethebatterysoonand useasmuchofthebattery
capacity as possible or practical. A battery that is
charged anddischargedcompletelywillmaintainthe
longest running time capacity. Also, several
charge/discharge cycles are recommended to bring
a new battery up to its rated capacity.
3. Store and charge the batteries at room temperature
65°Fto75°F.Batteriesthathavebeenstoredforover
a month should be recharged before putting into
service due to chemical self-discharge which occurs
at a rate of approximately 1% per day.Do not charge
cold batteries (40°F or below).
4. Reduced capacity or "memory effect" may result
from repeated identical shallow discharge/full re-
charge cycles. If such a condition is suspected, run
the battery until the instrumentation loses all power,
then fully recharge and discharge again.Repeat this
cycle 3-4 times.
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EXTENDED OPERATIONS
When operating in "Fringe Areas" at some distance
from the System, the other party may not receive your
transmission clearly.Also, you may notice that the back-
ground noise will increase on received signals. Moving
to higher ground or moving closer to the System will help
alleviate these problems.If moving closer to the System
is not practical, communication may be improved by
moving away from shielding structures. If you are in a
buildinginterior,moveclosertoa window(preferablyone
generally in the direction of the System).At 800 MHz the
wave length is very short, sometimes moving a few
inches to a few feet can make significant signal strength
changes. Finding the best location can also be done
while listening to the background noise while moving
about;attempttofindaspotwherethebackgroundnoise
is reduced to a minimum or eliminated entirely.This may
makethedifference fromnot beingheard,tobeing heard
loud and clear when operating in the fringe areas of your
System coverage.
Thefringedistancewillvarygreatlyfromplainsareas,
hilly terrain and mountain top sites.
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FCC LICENSING
This unit may or may not require a specific FCC
license to operate. The FCC requires all transmitters
in the conventional and some Trunked Systems to be
licensed by the Federal Communications Commission.
Some Trunked operations are now exempt from indi-
vidual licensing requirements but must be operated in
a licensed System.
Consult your dealer regarding specific licensing infor-
mation, or contact the Federal Communications Com-
mission.
For more information regarding the FCC license ap-
plication (Form 571), call 717-337-1212, or contact the
FCC District Office nearest your location.
TRANSCEIVER SERVICE
There are nouser serviceablecomponents inside the
radio. Altering the internal components or adjustments
may result in illegal emissions, including off-frequency
operation, or damage to the radio.
Should an
UNLOCK
condition be shown in the LCD
display,ortheLCDfailstodisplayinformation,orallicons
and display segments are shown, turn the POWER
ON-OFF/VOLUME control OFF then ON to reset the
microprocessor. Ensure that the battery is fully charged
and check that the antenna is securely tightened.
If the unit still fails to operate properly, refer to an
Authorized Service Center for servicing.
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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
anddirectlycommunicates onthatchannel.Inthis 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 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.
Fifteen status indicators, used to indicate various oper-
ating 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 2 - M-RK II Portable Radio
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Figure 3 - 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 theradio is
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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EMERGEN-
CY/HOME-
BUTTON
The EMERGENCY/HOME button is
used to automatically select a de-
siredGroupand/orSystembypress-
ing and holding the button for a pre-
programmed duration. The EMER-
GENCY/HOME button is also used
to declare emergencies by pressing
and holding the button for a pre-pro-
grammed duration. Emergency
messages may only be issued on
EDACSsystems.
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-
moves alldisplaysassociatedwithit.
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
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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.
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-
temor group/channel(dependingon
programming); secondary function -
changes to a selection for items
Figure 4 - M-RK II Keypad
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within a list.Press , to scroll in
increasing order, . to scroll in
decreasing order. To auto-ramp
pressandholdeitherkey.
m
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-
ter themenus list isaccessed,select
a menu item from the list via ,
or . and activate it with this
key. Once activated, m contin-
ues its secondary function for acti-
vating a selected parameter setting
until the radio returns to its normal
receivestate.Thisissimilartoanen-
terkey.
1
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.
2
Used to directly access groups via
the keypad and to access group se-
lection in increasing or decreasing
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