Motorola SYMBOL MT2000 Series, User Manual

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GLOSSARY MTSX RSS
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CA Call Alert
Call Alert A feature that is similar to a tone-only or a tone and voice pager. The "page" can leave a
persisting indication on the target radio. A call alert stops the channel scan until the Call
Alert call is cleared.
Call List A list of IDs from one or more signalling formats used to send a message to individual or
groups.
Carrier A term that represents any channel activity.
Carrier Squelch A radio receive mode of operation that uses receiver squelch as the only method of muting
the speaker.
Channel A pair of receive and transmit frequencies.
Cloning Cable A radio-to-radio connector cable used to program one radio’s personality into another radio.
Codeplug The contents of the radio’s EEPROM that determine the radio’s personality. This personality
information will be the system ID, Unit ID, Fleet/Subfleet/Talkgroup information, as well as
the control channel information. The codeplug contains all the features and options stored in
the codeplug.
COM port The logical name of the serial port available on IBM PC computers. They may be COM1,
COM2, COM3 OR COM4.
Connect Tone A tone generated by the radio over the voice channel to the trunked repeater. Connect tone
is used as a signal to the central controller that a specific voice channel has been assigned.
There are eight different connect tones available. They are; 76.60 Hz, 83.72 Hz, 90.00 Hz,
105.88 Hz, 116.13 Hz, 128.57 Hz, 138.46 Hz.
Continuous The ability of the Motorola trunked system to ensure that a radio just coming into service will
Assignment be sent to the appropriate voice channel to join the rest of the Fleet, Subfleet or Talkgroup.
Updating Once a group has been assigned a voice channel, the control channel will continue to
transmit the voice channel information for that call for the duration of the call.
Control Channel In a trunking system, one of the four highest frequencies that is used to provide a continuous
two-way communications path between central controller and all radios on the system.
Cursor The flashing marker used to indicate the current position on the display screen.
CSQ Carrier Squelch
Database An organized file containing records or related data.
Decrement To decrease a value.
Defaults Standard settings the RSS uses for I/O port locations, files locations, and display settings.
Default Field The value a field will automatically contain if a user does not specifically change it.
Value
Directory A catalog of files on a disk. To view the catalog of files on a disk on drive A:, enter the DOS
directory command: DIR A: <Enter>