Glossary
This glossary is a list of specialized terms used in this
manual.
ACK
Acknowledgment of
communication.
Active Channel
A channel that has traffic on it.
Analog Signal
An RF signal that has a
continuous nature rather than a
pulsed or discrete nature.
ARS
Automatic Registration Service
ASTRO 25
Motorola standard for wireless
digital trunked communications.
ASTRO
Conventional
Motorola standard for wireless
digital conventional
communications.
Autoscan
A feature that allows the radio
to automatically scan the
members of a scan list.
Call Alert
Privately page an individual by
sending an audible tone.
Carrier Squelch
Feature that responds to the
presence of an RF carrier by
opening or unmuting (turning
on) a receiver’s audio circuit. A
squelch circuit silences the
radio when no signal is being
received so that the user does
not have to listen to “noise”.
Central Controller
A software-controlled,
computer-driven device that
receives and generates data
for the trunked radios assigned
to it. It monitors and directs the
operations of the trunked
repeaters.
Channel
A group of characteristics such
as transmit/ receive frequency
pairs, radio parameters, and
encryption encoding.
Control Channel
In a trunking system, one of the
channels that is used to
provide a continuous, twoway/
data communications path
between the central controller
and all radios on the system.
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