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Operator’s Manual

 EDACS

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MDX

 MOBILE  RADIO

LBI-38846B

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Summary of Contents for EDACS MDX

Page 1: ...Operator s Manual EDACS MDX MOBILE RADIO LBI 38846B ericssonz...

Page 2: ...otice Such changes will be incorportated into new editions of this manual No part of this manual may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic or mechanical including photoco...

Page 3: ...Equipped With Interconnect Hardware 27 Answering A Telephone Interconnect Call 27 Placing A Special Call To Another Radio 28 Receiving An Individual Call 28 GROUP SCAN OPERATION 28 Adding Deleting To...

Page 4: ...TIONAL MODE OPERATION 40 RECEIVING A CALL 40 SENDING A MESSAGE 40 SCAN OPERATION 41 SCAN SETUP 41 Starting Or Stopping SCAN 41 Adding Deleting To From SCAN 41 RECEIVER SCAN RATE 42 USING THE RADIO WIT...

Page 5: ...ansmitting If the vehicle contains such equipment consult the dealer for the make of the vehicle and enlist his aid in determining if such electronic circuits perform normally when the radio is transm...

Page 6: ...ophone in its cradle whenever the vehicle is in motion Place calls only when vehicle is stopped Use recall dialing to speed the time it takes to call When talking from a moving vehicle is unavoidable...

Page 7: ...ss To save time use coded messages whenever possible 5 Using a radio to send personal messages except in an emergency is a violation of the FCC rules Send only those messages that are essential for bu...

Page 8: ...programmable features and fast access to communication channels In a GE MARC trunked environment the user selects a communications area and group In this mode audio channel selection is automatic and...

Page 9: ...mobile Menu opera tion is coupled with theGROUP SEL buttons and the CLR button To increment from one menu selection to the next simply press and release the MENU button Press the CLR button to return...

Page 10: ...TATUS appears in the display To review or change the selection use the GROUP SEL keys to view change the selection of the status message When the desired status is displayed press the PTT switch to in...

Page 11: ...also available for use in noisy environments Figure 1 MDX Scan Radio 8 Character Alphanumeric Dot Matrix LED allows you to identify group and system selections by descriptive names Group area system...

Page 12: ...model Figure 2 MDX System Radio PWR VOLUME Scan Button Group SEL Ramp 8 Character Alphanumeric Dot Matrix LED allows you to identify group and system selections by descriptive names Group area system...

Page 13: ...el selection CLR Momentary switch TheCLR button is used to exit from the menu operation monitor a conventional channel or end a special individual call HOME EMERGENCY Momentary switch The HOME or EMER...

Page 14: ...hannel in scan list P1 ON indicates selected channel is a priority channel conventional only P2 ON indicates selected channel is a priority 2 chan nel conventional only PVT ON indicates selected chann...

Page 15: ...io is in the data disabled state NC Displayed when no control channel is found on a trunked system ALL CALL Displayed when receiving a system wide call AGENCY Displayed when receiving an Agency Call F...

Page 16: ...the Push To Talk PTT button is keyed and the radio has acquired a channel This tone indicates the user may begin communications AUTOKEY When the PTT is keyed to place a call on the system but the PTT...

Page 17: ...key the microphone This resets the timer and turns the transmitter back on The CCT is a built in precau tion against extended use of the system EDACS ALERT TONE SETS There are two EDACS alert tone set...

Page 18: ...quence is repeated as long as you continue to press the PTT switch You must release and re key the PTT switch to access the system CALL DENIED If you hear five long low pitched tones when you key the...

Page 19: ...ayed and five beeps are sounded after attempting to place a trunked call then the radio is out of range of the GE MARC system If the beeps sound when the radio is within known range of the system the...

Page 20: ...the particular group of station repeaters and set of group special calls pro viding service to the radio Radios can be prepro grammed to work in different systems by changing the systems selection or...

Page 21: ...system programmed the radio periodically checks for the priority system If found it automatically switches to that system The timer is reset every time the PTT button is pressed to avoid interrupting...

Page 22: ...essed The beeps will not sound if a call is being received SELECTING SYSTEM GROUP CHANNEL Use the GROUP SEL and SYStem controls to select a different Group System or Channel Group Selection 1 If the u...

Page 23: ...ress and hold the SCN button Then use the VOLUME ramp button to open and close the squelch After setting the squelch to the desired setting release the SCN button to return the radio to normal operati...

Page 24: ...SPATCH CALL To send a message on a trunked system proceed as follows 1 Select the System and Group you wish to transmit on 2 Press and hold down the PTT button 3 You will hear a short beep unless the...

Page 25: ...received from a member of your selected Group or System the E portion of the display will flash the BSY indicator will come on and a tone sounds When this occurs follow your standard emergency proced...

Page 26: ...dispatcher declaring an emergency You will be given highest priority for voice communication 2 Press the PTT button and wait for the channel available tone Speak into the microphone in a normal voice...

Page 27: ...e microphone Answering A Telephone Interconnect Call 1 Receiving a telephone interconnect call is much like receiving an individual call refer to RECEIVING AN INDIVIDUAL CALL When the telephone call i...

Page 28: ...s to one of the following displays 1 INDV 2 IDxxxxx where XXXXX is the numeric ID of the calling radio 3 ALPHA where ALPHA is the alpha name of the calling radio Receiving an Individual Call will also...

Page 29: ...l is displayed Starting Or Stopping Scan 1 Press the SCAN button until either the SCN indicator goes off or on RECEIVING ACALL When a call is received by the radio the call is decoded Asingle alert to...

Page 30: ...ur radio will be automatically directed to a communications channel set up for this purpose During this mode of operation your control unit displays CONV FS in the alphanumeric display You will also n...

Page 31: ...e used unless an actual emergency condition exists 4 A group or system change When in the no data mode the radio displays NO DATA This will remain displayed until the no data mode is cleared by one of...

Page 32: ...vents receive data calls from interrupting voice calls Transmit data calls will still be initiated when needed by the operator After a pre programmed time the radio will respond to receive data calls...

Page 33: ...end the message to the site If the site does not receive the message properly the radio will sound a low pitched tone 3 Press the CLR button to return the radio to normal operation OR 1 Press theA1 or...

Page 34: ...e in Aegis mode TRANSMIT RECEIVE MODE COMPATIBILITY FOR AEGIS OPERATION GROUP CHANNEL PROGRAMMING TRANSMIT CLEAR RECEIVE DIGITAL RECEIVE CLEAR Yes No DIGITAL Yes Yes Each channel or talk group EDACS c...

Page 35: ...tted clear if digital mode is disabled or inoperative 1 If receiving an analog message trunked call the radio will respond in analog mode during the hang time on the working channel 2 If receiving an...

Page 36: ...vate channel the radio will transmit GE STAR in clear mode and then switch to private for the voice portion of the call If GE STAR is sent with Channel Guard then both are sent in clear mode and then...

Page 37: ...r system has tried to call you but the call was queued because the system is busy These beeps let you know you will receive a call shortly SPECIAL CALLS The Special Call feature within the menu operat...

Page 38: ...e when the call came in the display will show C or C or P1 P2 indicators will flash to indicate that a call was received If you select SPC CALL from the menu the C or P1 P2 indicator will go away if t...

Page 39: ...he PTT button to return the call If the call is not returned before the time has expired the display will return to the Group display with a C at the left side or a C at the right side of the display...

Page 40: ...nd the SYS button 2 Press the CLR button to monitor the channel Noise will be heard if there is no activity on the channel This function is also useful for setting the desired volume level 3 You will...

Page 41: ...Press the GROUP SEL button until the CHANNEL name is displayed 3 Press the GROUP SEL button until the desired priority level is displayed by the scan priority indicators on the right side of the disp...

Page 42: ...NON PRIORITY PROGRAMMED The Priority 1 Priority 2 and up to 14 remaining channels will be scanned Once a carrier is detected and if programmed the correct Channel Guard is decoded the display will in...

Page 43: ...ot necessarily have to be a channel in the scan list The SELECTED channel will be temporarily entered into the scan list and scanned until the SELECTED channel is changed When scan is turned off by pu...

Page 44: ...will transmit on the SELECTED channel If asignal is being received the radio can be PC programmed using the scan transmit channel option to either stay on the receive channel or revert to the SELECTED...

Page 45: ...he scan list While in scan temporary channel deletions may be made to the scan list The original scan list will be back in effect by either turning scan off by pushing the SCAN switch or by turning th...

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Page 48: ...first be pushed before the T99 option may be disabled If the Horn Alert option is present with the Type 99 option the radio can beep the vehicle horn when a Type 99 call is received This option permit...

Page 49: ...r MIL STD 810 C D 5 x 5 GE logo requires options PMCD7Z PMCC9M 19A149590P1 PMLS1H Speaker MIL STD 810 C D 5 x 5 Ericsson Logo requires options PMCD7Z PMCC9M 19A149590P11 PMMA1L Desk mounting wedge for...

Page 50: ...er supply 240 VAC 50 60 Hz 13A Unterminated For station use PMSU1C Alarm horn relay kit requires option PMCD7Z 19A705499P1 PMZM1K External speaker kit GE logo requires option PMCD7Z includes options P...

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Page 54: ...LY CALLED NUMBERS MEMORY LOCATION NAME TELEPHONE NUMBER 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48...

Page 55: ...he Equipment covered under Paragraph B 3 and only during the first three 3 months following the dateofsaletotheBuyer Thereafter laborwillbechargedatprevailingrates Tobeeligibleforno charge labor servi...

Page 56: ...ctions such as mountains or buildings between the vehicle sending and the system person receiving the message In areas where transmission or reception is poor some improvements may be obtained by insu...

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