Ericsson LBI-38732E User manual

LBI-38732E
EDACS®M-RK II
PORTABLE RADIO
e
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,
inaccuracies of current information, or improvements to programs and/or
equipment, may be made by Ericsson Inc., at any time and without notice.
Such changes will be incorportated into new editions of this manual. No part
of this manual may be reproduced or transmitted in any form orby any means,
electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, for any
purpose, without the express written permission of Ericsson Inc.
The software contained in this device is copyrighted by
Ericsson Inc. Unpublished rights are reserved under the
copyright laws of the United States.
NOTICE!
NOTICE!
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 recom-
mended parts made by the user to this equipment not ap-
proved 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) . 31
ALERTTONES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Call Originate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Autokey (Trunked Mode Only) . . . . . . . . 32
Call Queued (Trunked Mode Only) . . . . . . 32
System Busy (Trunked Mode Only) . . . . . 33
Call Denied (Trunked Mode Only) . . . . . . 33
Carrier Control Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Low Battery Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Low Battery Alert (Transmit Lockout) . . . . 34
Key Press Alert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
KEYPAD LOCK/UNLOCK . . . . . . . . . . . 34
TURNING ON THE RADIO . . . . . . . . . . . 35
SELECTION MODE RULES . . . . . . . . . . 35
MENU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
FEATURE ENCRYPTION DISPLAY . . . . . . 42
Serial Number ROM (12 Hex Digits) . . 43
Feature Encryption Data Stream . . . . 44
Number Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Features Enabled . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
SYSTEM/GROUP/CHANNEL SELECTION . . 46
System Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Group And Channel Selection . . . . . . . . 49
EMERGENCY/HOME BUTTON DEFINITION . 50
Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
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AEGIS AND VOICE GUARD OPERATION . . . 51
Voice Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Clear Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Aegis Digital Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
DTMF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
AEGIS PRIVATE AND VOICE GUARD
PRIVATE MODES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Transferring Keys Into The Radio . . . . . . 55
Displaying The Currently Used Cryptographic
Key Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Key Zero . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
PRIVATE OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Receiving An Encrypted Call . . . . . . . . 58
Transmitting An Encrypted Call . . . . . . . 58
Scanned Group Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
LAST SYSTEM/GROUP OR CHANNEL RECALL
(SUPERVISORY RADIO UNITS ONLY) . . . . . 60
EDACS TRUNKED MODE OPERATION . . . . . 61
RECEIVING A CALL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
SENDING A CALL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
CONVENTIONAL FAILSOFT . . . . . . . . . . 63
SCAT OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
EMERGENCY OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Receiving An Emergency Call . . . . . . . 65
Declaring An Emergency Call . . . . . . . . 65
SCANNING TRUNKED SYSTEMS . . . . . . . 66
Wide Area System Scan . . . . . . . . . . 66
ProSound. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Priority System Scan . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Menu Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Pre-Programmed Keypad Key . . . . . . . 68
SCANNING TRUNKED GROUPS . . . . . . . . 68
Adding Groups To A Scan List . . . . . . . 68
Deleting Groups From A Scan List . . . . . 68
Nuisance Delete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Turning Scan On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Turning Scan Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
PROGRAMMABLE ENTRIES . . . . . . . . . . . 71
INDIVIDUAL CALLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Receiving And Responding To An Individual
Call (Trunked Mode Only) . . . . . . . . . . 72
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Call Storage Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Sending An Individual Call
(Trunked Mode Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
TELEPHONE INTERCONNECT CALLS . . . . 76
Receiving A Telephone Interconnect Call
(Trunked Mode Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Sending A Telephone Interconnect Call
(Trunked Mode Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
DTMF Overdial/Conventional Mode Telephone
Interconnect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
PORTABLE DATA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Data Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Data Off Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Data On Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Exiting Data Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Scan Lockout Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Data Lockout Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
ProFile Select Option . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Menu Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Option Availability . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
STATUS/MESSAGE OPERATION . . . . . . . 85
Status Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Message Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
EDACS CONVENTIONAL P1 SCAN . . . . . . 87
DYNAMIC REGROUP OPERATION . . . . . . 87
Emergency Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
MACRO KEY OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . 88
CONVENTIONAL MODE OPERATION . . . . . . 89
SQUELCH ADJUST
(256K & UP VERSION RADIOS ONLY) . . . . 89
Menu Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Pre-Programmed Keypad Key . . . . . . . . 91
RECEIVING A CALL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
SENDING A CALL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
EMERGENCY OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . 92
Using 5-Tone Signalling For Emergency
Declaration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
TONE ENCODE TRANSMISSION . . . . . . . 94
SCANNING CONVENTIONAL CHANNELS . . . . 95
ADDING CHANNELS TO A SCAN LIST . . . . 96
DELETING CHANNELS FROM A SCAN LIST 97
NUISANCE DELETE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
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TURNING SCAN ON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
TURNING SCAN OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
TYPE 99 DECODE (CONVENTIONAL ONLY) . . 99
Menu Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Pre-Programmed Keypad Key . . . . . . . 100
OPERATING RULES AND REGULATIONS . . . 101
OPERATINGTIPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
INTRINSICALLY SAFE USAGE . . . . . . . . . . 103
BATTERY PACKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
ACCESSORIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
GLOSSARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
OPERATOR’S RADIO SETUP . . . . . . . . . . 108
WARRANTY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
NICKEL-CADMIUM BATTERY WARRANTY . . . 111
PRODUCT SPECIFICATION FOR CE MARKED EQUIPMENT
M-RK Portables conform to the following Product Specifications.
EUROPEAN STANDARDS:
Safety Not Applicable
EMC: prETS 300 279 (August 1995)
TTD: Not Applicable
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
At this time, the M-RK portable radio may not be operated while in a
vehicular charger in the European Community since it does not meet
immunity requirements when operated in this mode.
TheM-RKportableradiomaybeusedinbothtrunkedandconventional
applications.
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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, recyclable bat-
tery. 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 officials for details
concerning recycling options or proper
disposal in your area. Call Toll Free 1-800-8- BATTERY
forinformation and/or procedures for returningrecharge-
able 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.Failingto turnthepowerswitch 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. Chargebatterytofullcapacity, 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. Usethebatterysoonanduseas muchofthebattery
capacity as possible or practical. A battery that is
charged anddischarged completelywill maintainthe
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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