E.F. Johnson Company 5100 ES, Operating Manual

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ES Series Models II/III Portable Radio Operating Manual 7-9
Multi-Net Features
The group scan feature monitors the currently registered site for calls with the home
channel number and group IDs of the home channel of the current scan list. When a call is
detected, scanning stops and the message is received. Shortly after the message is
complete, scanning resumes (unless it has been disabled). The delays that occur before
scanning resumes are described in Section 7.8.3.
Transmissions made in the scan mode while scanning is occurring always occur on the
selected zone/channel. However, transmissions made while scanning is halted to receive a
message may occur on the displayed or selected channel, depending on the talk back scan
programming described in Section 7.8.4. The display temporarily changes to the channel
of a call when a message is received.
7.8.1 Scan ON-OFF and Indicators
Group scanning is turned ON and OFF by the Group Scan option button, menu mode
parameter or selecting a channel with a scan list preference. If neither the button nor menu
parameter is enabled, group scanning is not available unless a channel is programmed with
a scan list preference.
7.8.2 Group Scan Lists
With Multi-Net group scanning, up to 255 user selectable scan lists each with up to 32
channels are available per system. Each list may be user editable if programming allows.
Note The selected channel is always scanned even if it is not in the scan list.
7.8.2.1 Determining which Channels Are in a Group Scan List
The group scan list status of Multi-Net channels is indicated only when the group scan list
edit mode is selected (see following). When the displayed channel is in the scan list
(scanned), the
icon in the display is indicated. The scan list status is not indicated in
other modes.
7.8.2.2 Editing a Group Scan List
If the Scan List Edit option button or menu parameter is programmed, the group scan lists
for the selected system can be user programmed as follows. Changes are permanent
(cycling power does not reselect a default condition). Proceed as follows to edit a group
scan list:
1
Make sure that both standard and radio wide scanning are OFF (
or
icon not
displayed). Select a zone and channel belonging to the system (home channel) of the
list being edited.