Kenwood NEXEDGE NX-200 User manual

NEXEDGE™Multiple Solutions, One System

NEXEDGE™
Delivering DIGITAL
Extending ANALOG
Advanced features, extended coverage, strong security and 12.5 / 6.25 kHz compatibility are just
some of the benefits of adopting next-generation NEXEDGE™ for advanced digital communications.
In addition, NEXEDGE™ is designed for self-paced migration and upgrades by offering continued
service to analog fleets as long as needed and software-driven upgrades for adding advanced digital
system configurations and operations.
Index
❚ Advantages ...................................... 4
❚ Technologies & Operating Modes .... 6
❚ Products & Accessories ................... 8
❚ Case Studies ................................... 10

Operationally Fit
NEXEDGE™ systems are configurable in traditional
conventional, trunked and wide area trunked network
operation modes. IP connectivity for NEXEDGE™ trunked
sites provides wide area calling and system scalability over
existing private LAN/WAN assets and commercial services.
Digital Voice Technology
NEXEDGE™ uses the AMBE+2™ VOCODER, a state-of-the-art
voice digitization and compression technology offering
enhanced Forward Error Correction and noise reduction
that offers superior clarity at varying signal strengths.
Timeless pectrum Efficiency
All NEXEDGE™ equipment operates in 25 & 12.5 kHz
analog and 12.5 & 6.25 kHz NXDN®digital modes –
satisfying spectrum requirements today & tomorrow.
Migration by Design
NEXEDGE™ supports both NXDN®digital and analog
modes via common transceiver technology. Service to
both analog and digital fleets provides a self-paced
migration path that accommodates any budgetary,
administrative, organizational or time constraints.
NEXEDGE™ uses existing power amps and site management
equipment providing a return on existing investments
and a choice of multiple suppliers for years to come.
NEXEDGE™ Conventional operates in 12.5 kHz ‘‘Mixed
Mode” so that analog and digital fleets can share the
same channel.
NEXEDGE™ digital trunked traffic channels can be shared
with analog conventional, analog trunked or both types
of traffic.
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NEXEDGE™makes sound business sense
Advantages
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Advantages
Asset Management with ROI
The NEXEDGE™ System Manager for NXDN®trunked sites
and networks reduces operational and maintenance costs
with remote programming, firmware uploading, subscriber
unit privileging, monitoring and diagnostic capabilities all from
a secure user-friendly Windows®-based application via direct
connection, dial-up modem, or IP connection.
ecure Privacy
NEXEDGE’s NXDN®digital signal offers inherent security
against casual electronic eavesdropping versus easily
intercepted analog radio. The built-in NXDN®scrambling
provides security and confidentiality for communications
within the same system and talk group. Inter-site IP links
are further secured through encrypted VPN tunneling. The
NEXEDGE™ system manager allows operators to
validate/invalidate unit and group IDs for system access
via IP access as fleet organization changes or as temporary
or seasonal users come and go. Each NEXEDGE™
subscriber radio has a factory embedded unchangeable
unique one-of-a-kind Electronic Serial Number (ESN) that
can be invalidated to prohibit access to unauthorized,
cloned, lost or stolen radios while preserving the organization’s
unit and talk group ID numbering schemes.
Critical Features for Critical Jobs
NEXEDGE™ 65,519 ID range accommodates group and
individual private unit-to-unit calling for large fleets and
multi-user shared systems.
The NEXEDGE™ Over-the-Air Alias feature sends each
user’s text name over the air, providing a user friendly caller
ID even if the receiving radios alias list hasn’t been updated.
Paging with alert provides traditional “beeper” and talk back
pager functionality while voice storage options allow users
to recall and playback missed dispatcher voice calls. Emergency
features can alert a dispatcher, a supervisor or a whole talk
group to a unit in distress. The All Group Call and Broadcast
Call features provide facility-wide general announcements
or communications command and control during emergency
evacuation or lock down procedures. Remote Stun/Kill and
Revive temporarily or permanently disables lost or
compromised subscriber units that may compromise
security or cause system interference and Remote Check
enables a dispatcher to verify if a unit is in system range. All
subscribers have simultaneous voice and GPS capability for
automatic fleet tracking.
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Technologies
&
Operating
Modes
Adding Up
NEXEDGETM offers you the formidable advantages of
tomorrow’s technologies
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The NXDN®Digital Advantage
As signal strength decreases, noise and dropouts increase in
analog systems thus degrading intelligibility.
NXDN®signal reduces noise and detects and corrects digital
errors before being heard by the user thus increasing the
effective range beyond that of analog systems.
NXDN®Conventional Mode
NXR-700/800 base units include a 16-RAN (Radio Access
Number) capacity conventional repeater controller for 16
user group site sharing. The 65,519 (each) Group ID and
Unit ID capacity adds group and individual selective calling
capability beyond conventional analog. Also, Mixed mode
operation allows analog & NXDN®conventional units to
share the same RF channel.
NEXEDGE™ systems support the follo ing
NXDN®digital modes:
❚NXDN®Conventional
❚NXDN®Trunked
❚NEXEDGE™Multi-Site IP Net orks
In addition, NEXEDGE™ equipment can
support legacy analog modes.

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NEXEDGE™Multi- ite IP Networks
The network option leverages the power of IP to link up to 16
digital trunked sites together for wide area roaming and calling
capabilities. Scalable networks can be created over existing IT
assets, private microwave, spread-spectrum links or carrier
services using standard 10/100 Base-T Ethernet switches and
routers. IPSec VPN tunneling provides encrypted,
secure communications links within any IP network.
Subscriber units use advanced control channel hunting
algorithms, RF signal strength and digital signal quality (low
bit-error-rate) to automatically determine the best sites to
register on while moving through a network. The 60,000
Group ID and Unit ID network capacity is sufficient for large
organizations and multi-user system sharing.
NXDN®Trunked Mode
NEXEDGE™ trunked mode provides increased capacity,
enhanced call capabilities, improved security and faster
communications with less required user operation than
conventional systems. The system automatically assigns
channels for faster, efficient use of spectrum, allowing users to
concentrate on the job at hand. The 3,000 (each) Unit ID and
Group ID per-site capacity provides ample unit and fleet
organization capabilities. Group and Individual calls enjoy
complete privacy as other users in the system cannot monitor
the calls. The Priority Monitor feature will monitor for up to 4
high-priority talk groups and switch users to those calls in
progress so important calls are not missed. During peak
usage hours, system Call Queuing stacks call requests and
processes calls when a channel becomes available. System
operators can assign important individuals higher queue
priority and even pre-empt lower priority users for more
important dispatch and emergency calls.
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Products
&
Accessories
NX-200/300
VHF/UHF Digital & FM Portable Radios
Despite their compact lightweight design, these handheld
radios are fully equipped for both digital and analog
operating modes. The clear backlit display and ergonomic
layout of the controls enhance operating ease, while the
rugged MIL-STD construction ensures all-weather reliability.
KMC-38GP
GP peaker Microphone
A rugged MILSTD/IP54/55 compliant microphone, its
built-in GPS receiver will display the users coordinates in
the portable LCD for navigation or field work.
The radio can be programmed to send its position per
user control, automatically along with voice, and/or on
command from a dispatch mapping software such as
Kenwood’s KAS-10 AVL software.
K C-326
ix Unit Rapid Charger
Essential for portable users
small and large, the KSC-326
charges up to 6 portables
with battery attached in
under 2 hours. The in-line
design and wall mount
option conserves desk
space and provides a between-shift drop station.
Ready to Deploy
High-performance NEXEDGETM hardware
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Products 
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Accessories
KA -10
AVL & Dispatch oftware
AVL, a powerful fleet management tool, provides timely
movement and location for better scheduling of deliveries, jobs
assignment, re-routes, customer service and personnel safety.
The KAS-10 provides single control station AVL, PTT ID
and dispatch messaging on digital NEXEDGE™ or analog
FleetSync®systems. The KAS-10 can use imported
raster-based maps or business-grade metropolitan maps
with Microsoft®MapPoint®2006/2009* installed.
*MapPoint®version compatibility varies by region: 2009 for the US, 2006 for Europe.
For details and specifications, refer to the individual product catalogs.
NX-700/800
VHF/UHF Digital & FM Mobile Radios
As smart in operation as they are in looks, these
NX-700/800 radios feature everything necessary to take full
advantage of both digital and analog operating modes.
Mobile users will appreciate the large dot-matrix LCD, intuitive
controls and multi-scan capabilities.
NXR-700/800
VHF/UHF Digital & FM Base Units
These low-profile base units fully support all NXDN®digital
operating modes and VHF/UHF analog modes, providing
rock-solid 24/7 operation. Featuring an LED screen, status
indicators and programmable function keys, they are simple
to set up and easy to maintain.
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G8 Hokkaido Toyako ummit
The Venetian Las Vegas Hotel Casino (supplied by Anderson Communications, Inc.)
Case Studies
In Active ervice
How NEXEDGETM is already making a difference
Opened in 1999, the Venetian Resort Hotel Casino is one of
the largest luxury resorts in the world, and it continues to
grow. With the addition of the Venezia Tower and the
Palazzo – increasing the number of rooms to over
7,000 – the management needed to add another 1,000 radios
to the 2,000 already in use. They p cked NEXEDGETM as t
allowed them to m grate gracefully from the r
12-channel LTR®system, doubl ng capac ty to 24
channels w thout buy ng more frequenc es. Being reliable,
adaptable and scalable were all important factors, but so too
was cost: s nce NEXEDGETM enables analog and d g tal
rad os to coex st, the management can cont nue to make
use of the r assets as they sw tch over, department by
department, to d g tal rad os. Add t onally, n fr nge areas
where s gnal strength was a problem, vo ce qual ty s now
crystal clear. And as this Venice-themed hotel continues to
expand, NEXEDGETM will grow with them; site networking is
included, so new properties can be added seamlessly.
For the G8 Summit at Toyako in Hokkaido, which was
held in uly 2008, Kenwood's NEXEDGETM was chosen to
provide group-call communications for apan's Ministry of
Foreign Affairs. Ministry officials wanted to link three sites
– New Chitose Airport, the International Media Center,
and the Summit venue – while allowing radio-to-radio
communications within each area.
The system had to guarantee secur ty and
conf dent al ty, as well as clear vo ce qual ty. And the
perfect solut on was NEXEDGETM.During the Summit
the system performed flawlessly and the Ministry
expressed its satisfaction. For its part, Kenwood is proud
that NEXEDGETM could play a key role in supporting an
event of such international importance.
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Case Studies
CN Tower, Toronto (supplied by Mobile Business Communications Ltd.)
Since 1976, Toronto's CN Tower – the tallest freestanding
structure in North America – has played a key role in the city’s
telecommunications infrastructure, and it also offers visitors a
superb view from its two observation decks. A building of this
unusual nature poses some special challenges for the people
who work there – and that goes for their radio system too.
According to Kerry Adams, President of MBC – the Toronto
dealer who installed the CN Tower system – ensur ng that a
sol d s gnal propagates throughout the fac l ty was an
mportant factor n the select on of NEXEDGETM – w th ts
6.25 kHz capab l ty – to replace the previous analog LTR®
trunked system. The new d g tal trunked system also
brought them ncreased capac ty, allow ng for mult ple talk
groups – not previously possible with the LTR®system – so
employees n d fferent departments can all be talk ng
s multaneously yet ndependently, enjoy ng excellent vo ce
qual ty w th greater protect on from eavesdropp ng. And as
the new system uses the same 450 MHz band, migration was
smooth. NEXEDGETM has proved to be an ideal solution for
this famous Canadian landmark.
A Beep, Chicago
A Beep was started in 1996 as a paging service, but now
the company is one of the largest SMR operators in
Chicago. To compete effectively with cellular systems, they
selected NEXEDGETM for their new Diga-Talk service. They
cite 5 key reasons for their choice: IP network ng, 6.25 kHz
modulat on, sound qual ty, system layout, and cost. Ease
of management, and proven Kenwood qual ty and
support only made the dec s on eas er. With 9 sites linked
by IP network and another 3 scheduled, A Beep can offer
wide area seamless roaming over the entire Chicago
metropolitan area, which has a population of 9 million.
Increased coverage br ngs portable rad os more
ava lab l ty n the f eld, just l ke mob le rad os. Also,
D ga-Talk can sat sfy the needs of smaller compan es,
not just fleet customers. The opportun t es for
messag ng and GPS are also attract ng new cl ents,
such as l mous ne serv ces, cab compan es, and
landscapers.
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