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OPENSKY OPERATION
Once an OpenSky system has been selected from the available systems on
your P7200 series portable radio, the characteristics described in the following
sections will govern operation.
PERSONALITY
As illustrated in Figure 13, a personality defines the profiles and talk groups
available to the user. It is the structuring of a collection of profiles and
privileges established by the OpenSky network administrator to provide the
user with a comprehensive set of profiles to communicate effectively with the
necessary talk groups or individuals.
Personalities are stored on the network and downloaded over-the-air to the
radio. This process is called “provisioning.” Provisioning occurs at radio
power-up and at user log-in. Each personality can contain up to sixteen (16)
profiles and each profile can contain up to sixteen talk groups.
Profiles
As stated above, each profile can contain up to sixteen (16) talk groups. A
profile also defines the radio’s emergency behavior. All transmissions are
made on the selected talk group (displayed on the top line of the dwell
display). The user can change the selected talk group to any of the other talk
groups within the profile.
TG a
TG b
TG c
TG x
TG y
TG z
TG d
TG e
TG f
TG a
TG d
TG g
TG h
TG i
TG = Talk Group
Profile 1
Profile 2
Profile 3
Figure 13: Personality Structure Example