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142Glossary
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1. The base station electronics at a particular location. This
includes power supplies, transmitters, receivers, network
interfaces and controllers. 2. The location of that electronic
equipment.
SMR
Specialized Mobile Radio. A communications system used by
police, ambulances, taxis, trucks and other delivery vehicles.
squelch
Squelch is a feature of radio equipment. It ensures that the
speaker only unmutes when a valid signal is received. To be
valid, it must, for example, exceed a certain signal strength.
Standby mode
Standby mode is a mode of base station operation in which active
service is suspended so that special operations can be carried out,
such as programming a new configuration into the base station.
subaudible
signaling
Subaudible signaling is signaling that is at the bottom end of the
range of audible frequencies. The TB9100 base station supports
CTCSS and DCS subaudible signaling.
subtone
A subtone (subaudible signaling tone) is a CTCSS tone or a DCS
code.
supplementary
service
A term used in the P25 standards. It refers to a group of services
that is additional to the basic service that a telecommunications
network provides. Examples include encryption and radio unit
monitoring.
switching range
The switching range is the range of frequencies (about 10 MHz)
that the equipment is tuned to operate on. This is a subset of the
equipment’s frequency band.
syslog protocol
syslog is a standard protocol used for the transmission of event
notification messages across IP networks. Base stations can send
messages such as alarms to an IP address on the TaitNet P25
network. The base station’s logs store messages in the syslog
format.
T
TaitNet
Brand name for any PMR network designed and manufactured
by Tait Electronics Limited.