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Operator’s Manual

MM102014V1

Rev. G, Jul/07

M/A-COM

M-803

Digital Mobile Radio

with Vehicular Tactical Network (V-TAC)

Summary of Contents for M/A-COM M-803

Page 1: ...Operator s Manual MM102014V1 Rev G Jul 07 M A COM M 803 Digital Mobile Radio with Vehicular Tactical Network V TAC...

Page 2: ...82 5 185 796 5 271 017 5 377 229 4 716 407 4 972 460 5 502 767 5 146 497 5 164 986 5 185 795 CREDITS OpenSky is a registered trademark of M A COM Inc All other brand and product names are trademarks r...

Page 3: ...TS OVERVIEW 16 4 2 DISPLAY OVERVIEW 17 4 2 1 Network Connectivity Icon OTP Mode Only 18 4 2 2 Volume Level Icon 18 4 2 3 Display s Top Line 18 4 2 4 Display s Bottom Line 18 4 2 5 Dwell Display 19 4 2...

Page 4: ...NS 41 5 17 1 Declaring an Emergency Call or Alert 41 5 17 2 Silent Emergency 42 5 17 3 Clearing an Emergency Call or Alert 42 5 17 4 Receiving an Emergency Call 42 5 17 5 Dismissing an Emergency Call...

Page 5: ...ponents 16 Figure 4 2 Sample Display Talk Group Menu Session 18 Figure 4 3 Sample Top and Bottom Display Lines 22 Figure 4 4 Side Tones Menu 24 Figure 5 1 Power Button Volume Dial 26 Figure 5 2 Dwell...

Page 6: ...personal injury Do not proceed beyond a WARNING symbol until the conditions identified are fully understood or met CAUTION The CAUTION symbol calls attention to an operating procedure practice or the...

Page 7: ...Electromagnetic Fields 3kHz to 300 GHz Use of this radio as described below will result in user exposure substantially below the FCC recommended limits for human exposure to Radio Frequency Electroma...

Page 8: ...vernment law prohibits the operation of unlicensed transmitters within the territories under government control Illegal operation is punishable by a fine imprisonment or both Refer service to qualifie...

Page 9: ...ment consult the dealer for the make of vehicle and enlist his aid in determining if such electronic circuits perform normally when the radio is transmitting Electric Blasting Caps To prevent accident...

Page 10: ...C required V TAC Full Duplex Vehicle Repeater with a one or more remote control heads The M 803 uses Time Division Multiple Access TDMA technology to allow multiple users to share a single RF channel...

Page 11: ...itiated Any control head can initiate a call but only one can talk at a time All other connected control heads will hear both sides of the conversation Incoming and outgoing audio can be heard Outgoin...

Page 12: ...en talk groups 3 6 1 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 tal...

Page 13: ...matically brightens the display and backlights when higher external light levels exist and it automatically dims the display and backlights during lower external light levels Figure 3 2 M 803 and CH 1...

Page 14: ...The rear panel of the CH 103 control head contains the interface connections necessary between the radio and control unit As shown in Figure 3 4 five connection points are POWER The DC power connecto...

Page 15: ...nna One of the radio units the Mobile Radio Unit MRU is configured as a mobile radio The second radio unit the VRB is configured to operate with a base station frequency plan Each unit requires connec...

Page 16: ...Figure 4 1 Table 4 1 lists all front panel controls and their functions Figure 4 1 Front Panel Components The buttons on the front panel are backlit for operation in a low ambient light level such as...

Page 17: ...mitting DISPLAY area Menu selections and messages Network Connectivity icon Figure 4 2 Current Volume Level icon Figure 4 2 Volume numeric representation within the display 0 Muted 40 Loudest User may...

Page 18: ...e volume level icon at the right of the display volume level is also presented numerically within the display This numeric representation only appears during and briefly after the volume adjustment is...

Page 19: ...nnectivity icon indicates a network connection VOLUME Icon Indicates current speaker volume setting chosen by the user Note that a momentary numerical representation will also be shown within the disp...

Page 20: ...de V TAC Mode e g XCOV XCOV TG SOI Vmode Menu Use or to turn choose an available V TAC operating mode See page 48 V TAC SOI channel V TAC Channels Menu appears only if in SOI mode Vchan Menu Use or to...

Page 21: ...or sending transmitting See page 38 current speed dial Alert Destination AlertDest Use or to choose a speed dial number Press Select to return to dwell display See page 38 current speed dial Speed Dia...

Page 22: ...lay shows the default talk group Pressing the c and d buttons change the display to the next available menu Refer to Table 4 3 In many cases the dwell display automatically re appears after no menu bu...

Page 23: ...and option configuration 4 3 ADJUSTING DISPLAY BUTTON BACKLIGHT BRIGHTNESS The radio uses a light sensor on the front panel to automatically adjust display brightness and button backlight brightness t...

Page 24: ...the side tones that could expose the user s presence and position use the menu buttons to access the Side Menu and select Off from the menu choices Figure 4 4 If the radio is operating properly but s...

Page 25: ...ss the and buttons to cycle through the menu until the Mode Menu appears in the bottom line of the display 2 Then use the or buttons to choose an available mode 3 Press Select 4 Confirm Y N by pressin...

Page 26: ...this time if enabled for auto registration the radio is provisioned with a customized user personality designed for the user s specific needs by the OpenSky network administrator If this personality...

Page 27: ...rn off to help prevent accidental press of the power button from turning the radio off For example a setting of two 2 seconds will require the power button be pressed and held for two seconds to turn...

Page 28: ...ically performed when correctly powering down the radio i e not just disconnecting the radio from vehicle power Using this method the User ID is remembered by the radio so only the password is needed...

Page 29: ...g in to the network using a user ID and password See Section 5 3 beginning on page 27 as necessary 3 Select the desired talk group for transmitting on 4 Press and hold the Push to Talk PTT button on t...

Page 30: ...hed tone which notifies the user that access to the channel has been lost When the removed tone is heard access to the channel has been lost and the radio is no longer transmitting even if the PTT but...

Page 31: ...display There are four 4 levels available low medium medium high and high 2 Use the button to reduce the treble level setting or the button to increase it 3 Press the Select button to return to the Dw...

Page 32: ...line of the display The currently selected talk group appears in the top line of the display For example Police1 as shown in Figure 5 4 2 Use the or buttons to scroll through the available list of ta...

Page 33: ...turn intercom mode on In this case pressing the microphone s PTT button will not send microphone audio anywhere 5 12 TALK GROUP LOCK OUT There are two ways of focusing voice communications by suppress...

Page 34: ...list of talk groups if any until the desired talk group for lock out appears in the top line of the display 3 Press the Select button to lockout the displayed talk group A cursor appears next to the...

Page 35: ...ile If the user s goal can be achieved by temporarily assigning priority talk group status to a talk group it could be possible to avoid having to lock out the same talk groups again in a new profile...

Page 36: ...nfigured via the UAS Receive calls from more than one talk group if available from the current site The user can scan all talk groups in the active profile that are not locked out as long as there is...

Page 37: ...cted profile The scanning priority settings are reset to the default values when the radio is turned off 5 14 SELECTIVE CALL Selective calling is a feature that allows two radio units to obtain and ut...

Page 38: ...he PTT again and begin speaking If using the buttons on the front of the radio A Scroll through the Menu options using the and buttons until SpeedDial appears in the bottom line of the display B Using...

Page 39: ...crophone Required To select the destination radio s User ID using the keypad perform the following steps 1 Press 7 on the keypad AlertDest appears in the display 2 Enter the number of the destination...

Page 40: ...ssage appears in the display It is preceded by the time the message was received and the sender s name alias 2 View other received messages using the and buttons Use to view older messages and to view...

Page 41: ...call is handled on a talk group it is received by all radios and consoles monitoring the talk group An emergency alert is a data message sent by the radio to the MIS console or any console capable of...

Page 42: ...try period the radio will flash EMERG PEND on the bottom line of the display It will display EMERG RETRY for each attempt 5 17 2 Silent Emergency When this feature is enabled and an emergency call or...

Page 43: ...he emergency talk group is heard in the speaker headset If scan mode is set to Fixed and the emergency was declared on the selected talk group the selected talk group s alias appears in the top line o...

Page 44: ...s are not adjustable Although the Q is not shown on the 7 key and the Z is not shown on the 9 key of the DTMF keypad both letters are supported by the system To enter a Q from the keypad press the 7 k...

Page 45: ...ned Encryption Key of Up To 16 Digits See page 46 for additional information 33 End Manual Encryption command 33 61 Initiate XCOV Mode Initiates extended coverage for individual users 62 Initiate XCOV...

Page 46: ...is initiated by two or more radio users and requires DTMF microphones Both methods of encryption are discussed in the following sections 5 19 1 Automatic Encryption For automatic encryption a network...

Page 47: ...rk administration personnel Perform the following to transmit or receive manually encrypted calls 1 Press 32 on the DTMF microphone keypad 2 Enter the key up to 16 digits 3 Press the key There is a tw...

Page 48: ...ies During re registration subscriber equipment will default to the emergency profile selected by the administrator 5 22 GPS COORDINATES If the radio is equipped with a Global Positioning System GPS r...

Page 49: ...unicating only on the XCOV TG talk group and emergency communications Advanced features such as selective calling and mobile data operations are not available to the XCOV TG connected clients Extended...

Page 50: ...ference between its local and network radio links when operating in an Extended Coverage mode XCOV or XCOV TG an undesirable characteristic of many traditional vehicular repeater systems However unlik...

Page 51: ...peration to the Mobile Radio mode of operation if The distance traveled by the VTAC exceeds a maximum permissible distance from a reference point The maximum distance is configured via programming The...

Page 52: ...ortables connected to the V TAC via the SOI mode When using the SOI mode both the V TAC and any connected portable or mobile radios the clients are off the OpenSky network Therefore communications wit...

Page 53: ...e Select button 5 If the SOI mode was selected the Vchan Menu automatically appears choose a radio frequency channel using the and buttons and confirm by pressing the Select button If selecting the SO...

Page 54: ...rk Voice registration is granted by the VNIC Voice Network Interface Controller computer and data registration is granted by the MDIS computer See Table 5 3 and Table 5 4 respectively 5 24 2 Transceiv...

Page 55: ...ongested j none Yes Voice denied Aged reg seq number k MAX USR Yes Voice denied Too many login instances l NAS BSY Yes Voice denied NAS changing talk group V none No Voice registered v none No Voice r...

Page 56: ...a possible antenna problem or radio operation in a fringe or no coverage area Higher RSSI values 85 for example displayed 85 with CBSER values greater than zero 0 generally indicate RF interference is...

Page 57: ...al for approximately one half of a second exact time is configurable In a multiple control head installation turning off the last powered up control head will also turn off the radio Several user sele...

Page 58: ...ss the Select button 6 5 SELECT MONITOR MODE Three Monitor modes are available for the M 803 mobile radio but only one can be active at any time Changing the Monitor mode changes the way the radio rec...

Page 59: ...ches that specified for the selected channel and the DESTID of the call matches the SOURCEID of the radio Analog Channels Will play received voice if the CTCSS tone of the call matches that specified...

Page 60: ...e desired P25 channel from the channel menu using the or button When the radio receives a P25 call the radio will unmute 2 Press the PTT button to respond 6 7 EMERGENCY GROUP CALLS IN P25 MODE 6 7 1 1...

Page 61: ...to a better coverage area if possible Report the area without coverage to an authorized network technician Poor display visibility Ambient Light Sensor is obstructed Clear the obstruction and give the...

Page 62: ...ions another user is operating the radio from another control head None Encrypted calls cannot be made Not authorized to use Contact system administrator to request encryption privileges Encrypted cal...

Page 63: ...ice will be provided at no charge during the warranty period only for the Equipment covered under Paragraph B 3 and B 4 To be eligible for no charge labor service must be performed at a M A COM factor...

Page 64: ...Tyco Electronics Wireless Systems Segment 221 Jefferson Ridge Parkway Lynchburg Virginia 24501 Outside USA 1 434 385 2400 Toll Free 1 800 528 7711 www macom wireless com Printed in U S A...

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