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9800 Series

FM Mobile Radio

Conventional

SMARTNET™
SmartZone

OPERATING

MANUAL

Summary of Contents for 9800 SERIES

Page 1: ...1 9800 Series FM Mobile Radio Conventional SMARTNET SmartZone OPERATING MANUAL ...

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Page 3: ... communication products systems and services worldwide E F Johnson produces equipment for land mobile radio and mobiletelephone services which include business industrial government public safety and personal users Viking Head EFJohnson logo and Call Guard are trademarks of the E F Johnson Company SMARTNET SmartZone Call Alert Enhanced Private Conversation and Private Conversation II are trademark...

Page 4: ...ate the trans mitter of a stationary radio base station or marine radio when a person is within one 1 meter of the antenna DO NOT operate the radio in explosive or flammable atmospheres The transmitted radio energy could trigger blasting caps or cause an explosion DO NOT operate the radio without the proper antenna installed DO NOT allow children to operate or play with this radio NOTE The above w...

Page 5: ...n are derived from Table 1 B titled Limits For General Population Uncontrolled Exposure which is from FCC report OET bulletin 65 Table 1 FCC Limits for Maximum Permissible Exposure MPE B Limits For General Population Uncontrolled Exposure Frequency Range MHz Electric Field Strength E V m Magnetic Field Strength H A m Power Density S mW cm22 0 3 1 34 614 1 63 100 1 34 30 824 f 2 19 f 180 f2 30 300 ...

Page 6: ...is distance these individuals are not exposed to radio frequency energy or magnetic fields in excess of the guidelines set forth in Table 1 NOTE Other antennas or installation configurations that have not been tested may not comply with FCC RF exposure limits and therefore are not recommended Table 2 Recommended Antenna Whips and Bases Antenna Manufacturer Antenna Specialists Frequency Whip Model ...

Page 7: ...g Power On and Setting Volume 15 Backlight 16 Option Switches 16 Channel and Zone Selection 16 Home Zone 17 Time Out Timer 17 Tone Enable Disable 18 Power Turn Off Delay 18 Scanning 19 Conventional and SMARTNET SmartZone Operation 23 CONVENTIONAL FEATURES 24 Introduction 24 Display Mode Selection 25 Monitoring Before Transmitting 25 Monitor Mode 26 Busy Channel Lockout 26 Call Guard Squelch 27 Pen...

Page 8: ... 34 Private Conversation II Calls 37 Telephone Calls 39 Call Alert 41 Messaging 42 Sending Status Conditions 43 Emergency Alarm Call 44 Failsoft Operation 45 SMARTNET SmartZone Scanning 45 Dynamic Regrouping 46 SmartZone Features 46 MISCELLANEOUS 48 Supervisory Tones 48 Dealer Programming 50 Speaking Into Microphone 50 Operation At Extended Range 50 Preventing Battery Discharge 50 Licensing 51 Tra...

Page 9: ...n Lists Priority Channel Sampling Busy Channel Lockout Monitor Mode Call Guard Squelch Control Penalty Timer Conversation Timer Repeater Talk around DTMF ANI Signaling User Selectable Power Output SMARTNET II Features Group Enhanced Private Conversation Private Conversation II and Telephone Calls Call Alert Paging Emergency Calls Messaging Priority Monitor Scanning Failsoft Operation Dynamic Regro...

Page 10: ...n is described Since keys can control two different functions and additional labels are optional the label may not always indicate the function or a blank or Fx key cap may be used Refer to page 16 for more option switch information CONVENTIONAL MODE Key Cap Label Function See Page BKLHT Backlight On Off 16 DISP Displayed Information 25 TxPWR High Low Power 28 Home Zone 17 MON Monitor 26 SELSQ Nor...

Page 11: ...ge BKLHT Backlight On Off 16 ALERT Call Alert 42 RESP Call Response 36 39 EMER Emergency 44 Home Zone 17 MSG Message 43 PHONE Phone 39 Private Call 34 37 RWS Radio Wide Scan 20 SCAN Scanning On Off 19 Site Lock 47 Site Search 47 STATUS Status 43 TONES Tones On Off 18 Zone Select 16 ...

Page 12: ...er to Channel and Zone Selection on page 16 for more information Option Switches The five front panel option switches can be programmed by your dealer for various functions see page 10 Transmit Busy Indicator Indicates the following conditions Red Transmitter is keyed Green The currently selected receive channel may be busy because a carrier signal is being detected see page 25 Microphone Jack Con...

Page 13: ...to Speaker Jack description which follows Rear Panel Jacks and Connectors Antenna Jack Miniature UHF jack for connecting the 50 ohm antenna Power Jack Connection point for the power cable which attaches to the vehicle battery A nominal 12 volt DC negative ground power source is required Speaker Jack Connection point for an optional external 4 7 ohm 5 watt speaker The internal speaker is automatica...

Page 14: ...to the current mode when necessary Indicates that standard scanning is enabled see page 19 Standard and radio wide scanning cannot be enabled at the same time The box around the S indicates that the current channel is in the standard scan list page 21 With SMARTNET SmartZone channels only indicates that the telephone call mode is selected page 39 Indicates that radio wide scan is enabled see page ...

Page 15: ...ing Volume Power is turned on and off by pressing the On Off Volume switch on the front panel When power is initially turned on an alert tone sounds and the radio software version is momentarily displayed The zone alias is then displayed followed by the unit ID if a SMARTNET SmartZone channel is selected see page 33 The selected channel is then indicated When power is turned off the display may re...

Page 16: ...nels see page 23 these option switches can be dealer programmed to control a different set of functions for each channel type For example a switch could select Monitoring when a conventional channel is selected and Private calls when a SMARTNET SmartZone channel is selected The available functions in each mode are indicated in the tables on pages 10 and 11 If the functions controlled by your switc...

Page 17: ...o can be programmed with a home zone Then when power is turned on the radio can be programmed so that either the home zone or last selected zone is automatically selected If the Home Zone option switch is programmed it can be used to quickly select or change the home zone To select the home zone simply press this switch To change the home zone to the currently selected zone press and hold this swi...

Page 18: ...he TONES option switch is not programmed tones are fixed in the on or off mode by dealer programming Power Turn Off Delay Your transceiver can be installed so that the vehicle ignition switch as well as the front panel power switch control transceiver power If this is the case both the ignition switch and the front panel power switch must be on for transceiver power to turn on When the ignition sw...

Page 19: ...e radio wide scanning is occurring radio wide scanning is automatically disabled and vice versa More information on these modes follows Standard Scanning Standard scanning monitors only channels that are the same type as that currently selected Therefore if a conventional channel is selected only conventional channels are scanned and if a SMARTNET channel is selected only SMARTNET channels are sca...

Page 20: ...is displayed briefly on the lower line of the display To turn radio wide scanning off press the RWS option switch again The icon is then no longer indicated and RWS OFF is displayed briefly If the zone or channel is changed while radio wide scanning scanning continues normally Scan Resume Delay When a message is received or transmitted while scanning there is a dealer programmable delay before sca...

Page 21: ...ning Which Channels are in Scan List Channels in the conventional standard scan lists are indicated as follows Channels in the SMARTNET SmartZone standard scan lists are indicated only when editing a scan list as described on page 22 Channels in the radio wide scan list are not indicated 1 Enable standard scanning and also select the scan list if applicable see page 29 2 Select the desired zone an...

Page 22: ... programmed conventional and SMARTNET SmartZone standard scan lists can be user programmed as follows 1 Make sure that both standard and radio wide scanning are off neither the standard scan S icon or radio wide scan icon is displayed Then press the Scan Edit option switch to select the scan list edit mode 2 With conventional channels if applicable select the list to be edited 1 3 by rotating and ...

Page 23: ...e Scan Edit option switch again Conventional and SMARTNET SmartZone Operation Introduction Each selectable channel is dealer programmable for either conven tional or SMARTNET SmartZone trunked operation For example Zone 1 Channel 1 could be a conventional channel Zone 1 Channel 2 a SMARTNET SmartZone channel and so on Consult your dealer to determine the type or types of operation programmed in yo...

Page 24: ...is found the alias name of the selected channel is displayed If a control channel could not be found because of an out of range condition or the system ID is not correct for example NO SYS is displayed and the radio continues to search for a control channel The control channel transmits and receives system information to and from all radios registered on the system Therefore once a control channel...

Page 25: ...t being used by someone else If you were to transmit while someone else was using the channel you would probably disrupt their conversation Channels are monitored automatically or manually as follows Automatic Channel Monitoring If the selected channel is programmed for the Busy Channel Lockout feature consult your dealer monitoring is performed automatically Refer to the description of this featu...

Page 26: ...nitor mode is enabled To disable the monitor mode and return to normal operation press the MON switch a second time When scanning is enabled pressing and holding the MON option switch until a tone sounds approximately 1 second monitors the scanned channel instead of the selected channel Busy Channel Lockout The Busy Channel Lockout feature also called Transmit Disable On Busy automatically disable...

Page 27: ...e To disable Call Guard Selective squelch so that all messages on the selected or scanned conventional channels are heard take the microphone off hook or press the SELSQ option switch if programmed Then to re enable Call Guard squelch place the microphone back on hook or press the SELSQ switch again Microphone off hook detection may also be disabled by programming so that it does not disable Call ...

Page 28: ...again Repeater Talk Around Normally all your transmissions go through a repeater which usually increases range However if you are out of range of the repeater you cannot talk to anyone else on that channel even though the mobile you are calling may be only a short distance away To allow communica tion when this situation occurs repeater talk around can be used to allow direct communication with a ...

Page 29: ... operation common to all modes is described starting on page 19 and scan operation unique to SMARTNET Smart Zone operation is described starting on page 45 Selecting a Scan List With conventional standard scanning one of up to three scan lists can be selected Scanning is turned on and off and the scan list selected by repeatedly pressing the SCAN switch as follows 1 Press the SCAN option switch on...

Page 30: ...nel is a fixed channel associated with the current scan list the currently selected channel or not used When the selected channel is a priority channel P is indicated in the upper right part of the display Priority channel sampling occurs only with Standard conventional scanning It does not occur with Radio Wide scanning when listening to any type of SMARTNET SmartZone call or when transmitting A ...

Page 31: ...hese calls Placing a Standard Conventional Call 1 Turn power on and set the volume as described on page 15 Select the channel programmed for the mobile you want to call see Channel and Zone Selection on page 16 2 Monitor the channel automatically or manually as described on page 25 3 Press the PTT switch and the call proceeds as follows If the Busy Channel Lockout feature is programmed on the chan...

Page 32: ...pad of an optional DTMF microphone transmits the corresponding tone the PTT switch must also be pressed if the transmitter does not automatically turn on when a key is pressed Pre Tx ANI A preprogrammed ANI sequence is automatically sent when you press the PTT switch Post TX ANI A preprogrammed ANI sequence is automatically sent each time you release the PTT switch Disabled ANI signaling is disabl...

Page 33: ... 1 Turn power on and set the volume as described on page 15 Select the channel programmed for the talk group you want to call see page 16 A regular or announcement talk group can be selected 2 Press the PTT switch and when the alert tone sounds begin talking Other indications that may occur are as follows If the busy tone sounds and BUSY is displayed the system is busy Release the PTT switch and w...

Page 34: ...Private Call option switch is required to place these calls and either that switch or the RESP Call Response option switch is required to receive them Placing an Enhanced Private Conversation Call This call is placed by selecting the unit ID from a preprogrammed list or directly entering it using the keypad of an optional DTMF micro phone Proceed as follows Selecting Number From a List 1 With a SM...

Page 35: ...to initiate the call If the entered ID is invalid INVALID is momentarily displayed and the call is not initiated If the entered ID is valid the alias of the ID is displayed on the lower line if it matches an ID in your call list Otherwise only the ID you entered continues to be displayed Conditions that may then occur are as follows If the radio you are calling is on the air telephone type ringing...

Page 36: ...Proceed as follows 1 When this call is received a recurring unit call tone three beeps sounds for up to 20 seconds and CALL RCV is displayed on the lower line 2 To answer the call press the Private Call option switch and then the PTT switch and begin talking The private call mode is indicated by C in the upper part of the display and the alias of the incoming call is displayed if the ID is in your...

Page 37: ...vate Conversation mode is described starting on page 34 and operation in the Private Conversation II mode is described in the following information The Private Call option switch is required to place these calls and either the Private Call or RESP Call Response option switch is required to receive them Placing a Private Conversation II Call This call is placed by selecting the unit ID from a prepr...

Page 38: ... the mobile unit you are calling To erase the last digit entered rotate the Select switch counterclockwise and to cancel the call press the Private Call switch 3 Press the PTT switch to initiate the call If the entered ID is invalid INVALID is momentarily displayed and the call is not initiated If the entered ID is valid the alias of the ID is displayed on the lower line if it matches an ID in you...

Page 39: ... displayed if the ID is in your call list Otherwise the unit ID is displayed NOTE If the Private Call option switch is not pressed before the PTT switch a group call is transmitted on the selected group To end the call when the conversation is complete or at any other time press the Private Call option switch again If the call is not answered within 20 seconds it is automatically terminated If pri...

Page 40: ...cates DIALING while the connection to the phone system is occurring Once connected the normal dial tone is heard and the alias of the number being called is displayed The radio then automatically dials the telephone number and the normal ringing or busy tone is heard Proceed to the bulleted list following the next method for conditions that may occur next Direct Entry With Microphone Keypad Only 1...

Page 41: ...er sation is complete or at any other time press the PHONE option switch again If equipped with an optional DTMF microphone a number can be dialed during a call If an out of range condition exists or the radio system is not in service HANG UP is displayed and a continuous tone sounds End the call by pressing the PHONE option switch If you are not authorized to make telephone calls REJECT is displa...

Page 42: ...s displayed 2 To select the desired ID rotate the Select switch to scroll through the ID list Press the ALERT option switch again to cancel the call 3 Press the PTT switch to send the page The display then indicates the alias of the radio being paged Conditions that may then occur are as follows If the radio you are paging is on the air and received your page a signaling success tone six beeps sou...

Page 43: ...itch until you find the desired message Press the MSG option switch again to cancel the message 3 Press the PTT switch to send the message When the message is received and acknowledged by the dispatcher a signaling success tone six beeps sounds and the display returns to the normal channel indi cation If there is no acknowledgment after 6 seconds a tone sounds and NO ACK is displayed Press the MSG...

Page 44: ...ET SmartZone system by dealer programming The EMER option switch is also required for these functions and it is always the button to the left of the display when it is used Emergency Alarms and Calls are transmitted on the preprogrammed emergency talk group Emergency Alarms An emergency alarm is a special data transmission that alerts a dispatcher of an emergency situation Proceed as follows to ac...

Page 45: ... calls are not allowed If the channel is changed the call is made on the emergency talk group programmed for the new channel 3 To exit this mode power must be turned off and then on again Failsoft Operation If a failure occurs in the SMARTNET SmartZone system so that it cannot be used the transceiver automatically enters the failsoft mode When this mode is selected FAILSOFT is indicated on the low...

Page 46: ...te and telephone calls are not interrupted by calls on the priority channel Dynamic Regrouping The dynamic regrouping feature allows a dispatcher to switch users to a dynamically defined channel to receive an important message Dynamic regrouping operates as follows 1 When this command is received the alternating dynamic regrouping tone sounds the transceiver automatically changes to the regrouping...

Page 47: ...display the RSSI signal strength level of the current site press the Site Search option switch if programmed The current site number is then displayed on the top line as SITE x and the RSSI level is indicated on the bottom line as RSSI x To exit the site search mode press the Site Search option switch again To scroll through the other programmed sites rotate the Select switch while SITE x or RSSI ...

Page 48: ...ersation timer is about to expire page 28 The system received your page but the paged mobile is not on the air page 42 Telephone interconnect is not operational page 39 Continuous Tone Invalid or No Acknowledge Condition A transmission is being attempted on an unprogrammed channel or a conventional channel programmed as receive only The transmitter is disabled by the busy channel lockout feature p...

Page 49: ...ps Recurring The page was received page 42 Three Beeps Recurring A unit to unit call was received page 34 Six Beeps The paged radio received the page and acknowledged it page 42 The message that was sent has been received and acknowledged page 43 The status condition that was sent has been received and acknowledged page 43 Two Beeps The emergency alarm condition was acknowledged page 44 Gurgle Lik...

Page 50: ...ions have been set for your application Speaking Into Microphone For best results hold the microphone about 1 2 inches from your mouth and speak at a normal conversational level Do not shout since it distorts your voice and does not increase range Make sure that the PTT push to talk switch is pressed before you begin to speak and released as soon as the message is complete Operation At Extended Ra...

Page 51: ...ate this transceiver on the air Your dealer will normally handle the licensing requirements Transceiver Service If the transceiver begins operating improperly try turning power off and then on again to reset the logic Also make sure that all cables are securely plugged into the back If the transceiver is completely inopera tive check the power cable fuse usually located near the vehicle battery If...

Page 52: ... damage could result TOO HOT is displayed a tone sounds and the transmitter is disabled The PTT switch must then be released and temperature drop to the excessive range or lower to transmit again Low Voltage Conditions If the voltage applied to the transceiver decreases to the point where improper operation could result LO VOLT is displayed on the bottom line a tone sounds and the transmitter is d...

Page 53: ...cing 34 Receiving 36 Exposure Limits 5 Extended Range Operation 50 F Failsoft Operation 45 G General Features 9 H Home Zone 17 HOT Message 51 L Licensing 51 LO VOLT Message 52 M Messaging 43 Microphone Jack 12 Monitor Mode 26 Monitoring Before Transmitting 25 O On Off Volume 12 15 Option Switch 10 16 ALERT Call Alert 42 BKLHT Backlight t 16 DISP Display Mode 25 EMER Emergency 44 Home Zone 17 MON M...

Page 54: ...nning Conv 29 Radio Wide 20 SMARTNET 45 Standard 19 Select Switch 12 16 Servicing 51 Setting Volume Level 15 Site Locking Unlocking 47 Searching for 47 Site ID 47 SMARTNET Features 9 SMARTNET SmartZone Mode 23 SmartZone Features 9 47 Speaker 13 Speaker Jack 13 Speaking Into Microphone 50 Standard Calls Placing Conv 31 Placing SMARTNET 33 Receiving Conv 31 Receiving SMARTNET 34 Status Messages 43 S...

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Page 56: ...Part Number 002 9800 502 7 00hph Printed in U S A ...

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