Ericsson EDACS PRISM HP User manual

Operator’s Manual
EDACS®PRISM HP
Radio
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Copyright © July 1995, Ericsson Inc.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
USER INTERFACE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
BUTTONS AND KNOBS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
KEYPAD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Standard Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Scan Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
System Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
BUTTON AND KEYPAD REASSIGNMENT . . . 18
DISPLAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Radio Status Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Hidden Status Icons . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
UNIVERSAL DEVICE CONNECTOR (UDC) . . 25
ALERT TONES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Call Originate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Call Queued (Trunked Mode Only) . . . . . 26
Autokey (Trunked Mode Only) . . . . . . . . 26
System Busy (Trunked Mode Only) . . . . . 26
Call Denied (Trunked Mode Only) . . . . . . 27
Carrier Control Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Low Battery Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Low Battery Alert (Transmit Lockout) . . . . 27
Key Press Alert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
TURNING ON THE RADIO . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
SYSTEM/GROUP/CHANNEL SELECTION . . . 29
System Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Group or Channel Selection . . . . . . . . . 32
TRUNKED MODE OPERATION . . . . . . . . . 34
Receiving A Group Call . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Sending A Group Call . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Conventional Failsoft . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Emergency Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
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TABLE OF CONTENTS (Continued)
Receiving An EmergencyCall . . . . . 38
Declaring An EmergencyCall . . . . . 38
SCANNING TRUNKED GROUPS . . . . . . . . 39
Turning Scan On and Off . . . . . . . . 39
SCAN Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Adding Groups to a Scan List . . . . . . . . 40
Deleting Groups from a Scan List . . . . . . 41
SYSTEM Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Adding Groups To A Scan List . . . . . . . 42
Deleting Groups From AScan List . . . 44
SCANNING TRUNKED SYSTEMS . . . . . . . . 44
Wide Area System Scanning . . . . . . . . 44
Priority System Scan . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
ProSound
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
INDIVIDUAL CALLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Receiving And Responding To An Individual Call
(Trunked Mode Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Sending An Individual Call
(Trunked Mode Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Pre-Stored Individual Calls . . . . . . . 48
System Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Scan Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Direct Dialing of Individual Calls (System
Model only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Call Storage Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
TELEPHONE INTERCONNECT CALLS . . . . 51
Receiving A Telephone Interconnect Call
(Trunked Mode Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Sending A Telephone Interconnect Call
(Trunked Mode Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Pre-Stored Number . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Direct Dialing of Phone Calls (System Model
only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
DTMF Overdial / Conventional Mode Telephone
Interconnect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
SCAN Radio: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
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System Radio: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
PROGRAMMABLE ENTRIES . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Prestoring Individual and Telephone Interconnect
Calls from the Keypad (System Model only) . 57
STATUS/MESSAGE OPERATION . . . . . . . . . 58
STATUS OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
MESSAGE OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
DYNAMIC REGROUP OPERATION . . . . . . . 59
Emergency Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
MACRO KEY OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
EDACS CONVENTIONAL P1 SCAN . . . . . . . . 61
MENU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
PROFEATURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Serial Number ROM (12 Hex Digits) . . 68
Feature Encryption Data Stream . . . . 68
Number Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Features Enabled . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
AEGIS OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
VOICE MODES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Mode 1: Clear Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Mode 2: Aegis Digital Mode . . . . . . . . . 71
DTMF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Mode 3: Aegis Private Modes . . . . . . . . 72
Transferring Keys Into the Radio . . . . . . . 73
Displaying The Currently Used Cryptographic
Key Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
System Encryption Key . . . . . . . . . 75
Group/Channel Encryption Key . . . . . 75
Key Zero . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Private Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Receiving An EncryptedCall . . . . . . 76
Transmitting An Encrypted Call . . . . . 76
Scanned Group Calls . . . . . . . . . . 77
PORTABLE DATA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
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TABLE OF CONTENTS (Continued)
DISPLAYS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
DATA OFF OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
DATA ON OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
EXITING DATA CALLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
SCAN LOCKOUT MODE . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
DATA LOCKOUT MODE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
CONVENTIONAL MODE OPERATION . . . . . . 82
Receiving A Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Sending A Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Adding Channels To A Scan List . . . . . . 84
Deleting Channels From AScan List . . . . 85
Turning Scan On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Turning Scan Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
OPERATING RULES AND REGULATIONS . . . . 87
OPERATING TIPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
BATTERY PACKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
CHARGING THE BATTERY PACK . . . . . . . 89
RECHARGEABLE BATTERY PACK DISPOSAL 91
INSTALLING THE BATTERY PACK . . . . . . . 91
REMOVING THE BATTERY PACK . . . . . . . 92
INTRINSICALLY SAFE USAGE . . . . . . . . . . 93
BATTERY PACKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
GLOSSARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
WARRANTY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
NICKEL-CADMIUM BATTERY WARRANTY . . . 100
OPERATOR’S RADIO SETUP . . . . . . . . . . . 101
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INTRODUCTION
This manual describes how to use the EDACS
PRISM HP Radio. The PRISM HP is a synthesized,
microprocessor-based, high performance portable FM
radio providing reliabletwo-way communicationsin 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
anddirectlycommunicatesonthatchannel.Inthismode,
a system refers to a set of channels. A channel is a
transmit/receive radio frequency pair.
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USER INTERFACE
The PRISMHP operating controls are located on the
radio’sfront,topandleftpanels.A6-button(scan model)
or 15-button (system model) keypad,Liquid Crystal Dis-
play (LCD), microphone and speaker are on the front
panel. The top panelhousesarotary SYSTEM/GROUP/
CHANNEL knob, POWER ON-OFF/VOLUME control
knob and an 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. A battery release button is located on
the back adjacent to the PPT button.
Thedisplayhasthree,twelvecharacteralphanumeric
lines used to show the operational mode of the radio. A
back light illuminates the display and the keypad for
nighttime use. An LED is located on the front topedge of
the radio. Red indicates transmit.
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Figure 1 - PRSM HP Radio
(Scan Model) 9

Figure 2 - PRSM HP Radio
(System Model)
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Figure 3 - Top, Back And Left Panel Views
POWER ON-
OFF/VOLUME
Knob
TX LED
SYSTEM/GROUP/
CHANNEL Knob
Antenna
EMERGENCY
Button
OPTION
Button
CLEAR/
MONITOR
Button
Push-To-Talk
(PTT) Button
BATTERY
RELEASE
Button
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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 systemsorgroups/channels
(depending on programming). This
is a 16 - position rotary knob. See
SYSTEM/ GROUP/CHANNEL SE-
LECTIONfordetails.
Note: The radio is supplied with a
mechanical stop which can, if de-
sired, limit the positions accessed. If
theknob will not access all positions
donotforceit.
POWER
ON-OFF/
VOLUME
KNOB
Applies power to the radio and ad-
juststhereceiver’s volume.Rotating
the control clockwise applies power
to the radio. A single alert tone (if
enabled through programming) indi-
catestheradioisoperational.
Rotating the control clockwise in-
creases the volume level. Minimum
volume levels may be programmed
intotheradio topreventmissedcalls
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-
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grammed level of zero(displayed as
OFF in the display) up to 31 which is
theloudestlevel.
EMERGENCY/
HOME BUTTON
The EMERGENCY/HOME button is
used to automatically select a pre-
programmed Group/System by
pressing and holding for a pro-
grammed duration. It can also be
used to declare emergency by
pressing and holding for pro-
grammed duration. The button must
bepre-programmedforeitheropera-
tion,notboth.
OPTION
BUTTON
Programmablepersystem.
CLEAR/
MONITOR
BUTTON
Serves severalpurposesdepending
on the operating mode. In trunked
mode,theCLEAR/MONITORbutton
exits the current operation and re-
movesalldisplaysassociatedwithit.
The radio and display then return to
the group receive state. In conven-
tionalmode,pressingthis buttonun-
mutes the receiver so activity on the
selected channel can be monitored.
When pressed and held for approxi-
mately 3 seconds, this button tog-
gles conventional channel decod-
ing/encoding (Channel Guard, Digi-
tal Channel Guard) on and off if pro-
grammedfortheselectedchannel.13

PUSH-TO-TALK
BUTTON (PTT)
Enables the radio’s transmitter for
voice communication. Releasing
PTT returns the radio to the receive
mode.
KEYPAD
The keypad layout has a total of 6 or 15 keys. The
keys have special functions and are labeled as such
using a symbol or abbreviated word describing its pri-
mary function. Numeric entry is a secondary function of
the keys. Each key is described below.
Figure 4 - PRISM HP Keypad (Scan Model)
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Standard Functions
<
>
Primary function - changes the sys-
temorgroup/channel (dependingon
programming).
Secondary function - used to scroll
through items within a list. Press
< , to scroll in increasing order,
> toscrollindecreasingorder.
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
fordetails.
Figure 5 - PRISM HP Keypad (System Model)
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Secondary function - activates a se-
lected item within a list. After the
menulistisaccessed,selectamenu
item from the list via
< or >
and activate it with this key. Once
activated,
M continues its secon-
dary function for activating a se-
lected parameter setting until the ra-
dio returns to its normal receive
state.
Scan Model
O Userdefined.
A Adds or deletes selected groups or
channelsfromthescanlistofthecur-
rentlyselectedsystem. Seetrunked
and conventional scan section for
details.
S Togglesscanoperationonandoff.
System Model
1 Used to directly access systems via
thekeypadandtoaccesssystemse-
lection in increasing or decreasing
order,ortoselectaset(bank)ofsys-
tems. See SYSTEM/ GROUP/
CHANNELSELECTIONfordetails.
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2 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. See SYSTEM/ GROUP/
CHANNELSELECTIONfordetails.
3 Usedtoturnscanonandoff.
4 Used to turn private encryption fea-
tureonandoff.
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9
Adds or deletes selected groups or
channelsfromthescanlistofthecur-
rentlyselectedsystem. Seetrunked
and conventional scan section for
details. First press recalls current
status. Second press adds or de-
letes.
* Used to place a telephone call
through the radio by selecting the
telephone interconnect special call
function. See Telephone Intercon-
nectCallsfordetails.
# Usedtocallan individual ormakean
all-call. See Individual Call for de-
tails.
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BUTTON AND KEYPAD REASSIGNMENT
Pre-programming the radio using the PC Program-
ming Software permits the reassignment of button and
keypad key functions. The EMERGENCY, OPTION,
CLEAR/MONITOR and PTT buttons along with the front
panelkeypadkeyscanbereassigneddifferentfunctions.
For example, the
M key could be assigned as the
HOME key, the
O key could be assigned as the
talk-around function key, etc.
Theoperatingproceduresthatfollowassumethatthe
buttons and keypad keys operate as marked. If they
have been reassigned, Table 1 should be completed to
show the new function(s). Substitute the new assigned
keys when using the operating procedures.
Table 1 - Button and Key Assignments
STANDARD ASSIGNMENTS REASSIGNMENT
OPTION (Side)
CLEAR/MONITOR
PTT
EMERGENCY
<
>
M
O
A
S
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DISPLAY
The radio display is made up of 3 lines (Figure 6).
Lines 1 and 2 contain eight alphanumeric character
blocks and are used primarily to display system and
group names. Line 1 also displays radio status mes-
sages. The 3rd line is used primarily to display radio
status icons. All three lines are used to display menu
options when in the menu mode. If programmed, the
display backlighting will illuminate upon power up when
radio controls are operated.
Figure 6 - PRISM HP Display
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Radio Status Icons
Status icons are indicators which show the various
operating characteristics of the radio. The icons show
operating modes and conditions and appear on the third
line of the display as follows:
Intrunked mode:
ON - indicates the radio is transmitting
orreceivinga call on theworkingchan-
nel.
FLASHING - indicates a call has been
queued.
In conventional mode:
ON - indicates a call isbeing received.
ON - indicates the radio is transmitting.
Note: When operating in a trunked sys-
tem, the radio may be programmed to
automatically transmit (without pressing
PTT) to maintain digital communication
with the site controller. The transmit indi-
cator will turn on whenever the radio is
transmitting.
ON - indicates the radio is in the special
call select/entry mode (Individual or Tele-
phoneInterconnect).
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