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display, and the ID location in that list (110) appears in the display on the left. Pressing (H/S)PRIORITY will select the lists. Pressing
or will select a different talk group ID location in the list. Press (H/S)PRIORITY to set the ID as a priority ID. Press SCAN again
to continue trunkscanning.
To turn priority ID scanning on or off,
while trunkscanning, press (H/S)PRIORITY. PRI appears or disappears in the display.
To trunkscan just the priority channels in a bank,
while trunkscanning with priority on, press HOLD to monitoring any ID. The
scanner will monitor the selected ID and trunkscan all the priority IDs in the 5 scan lists. MAN and the selected ID appear in the
display until a priority ID becomes active. Pressing HOLD again returns to normal trunkscanning.
Note: Priority ID scanning does not operate when priority IDs are locked out.
Selecting the EDACS Talk Group ID Format
The EDACS system uses two group ID formats. Decimal, and AgencyFleet Subfleet (AFS). Decimal IDs appear as 3 or 4 digit
numbers, 577 (for example). AFS format IDs appear as 10 047 (for example). If you use a list of IDs shown in one format and the
ID you want to receive is in the other format, you can switch.
While trunking an EDACS system, or storing IDs into ID lists in an EDACS system,
Press SVC(E) to switch formats.
E flashes on the display when the decimal format is selected.
EDACS Talk Group ID Range Search
EDACS talk group IDs are displayed (in AFS format) as: Agency 01, Fleet 01, then Subfleet 1. Ex: 01011. You can trunk certain
agencies or fleets without having to program them into the scan lists by programming a search while trunking.
To search EDACS talk group IDs,
program a range for the Agency or Fleet listings.
Example 1, searching within the 01 agency:
While trunking the bank you want to search, press 0 1 then .(MON/CLR) then SRC(LIMIT).
01 appears during search.
Example 2, searching within the 01 agency and 01 fleet:
While trunking the bank you want to search, press 0 1 then .(MON/CLR) then 0 1 then SRC(LIMIT).
01 01 appears
during search.
To cancel an ID range search,
press SRC(LIMIT).
Moving a Talk Group ID to a Talk Group ID List
To move the talk group ID from the monitor memory to a talk group ID list:
1. In manual mode, press SCAN.
Select the one and only bank that you want to move the ID to and turn the rest of the banks off by
pressing the corresponding numbers on the keypad. If you need to switch to another bank group, hold down A/B(HOLD) for about 2
seconds.
2. Press PROG.
A number showing the current ID list (15) appears at the top of the display, and the ID location in that list (110)
appears in the display on the left. Pressing (H/S)PRIORITY will select the lists. Pressing or
will select a different talk group ID
location in the list.
3. Press .(MON/CLR).
The monitor ID appears in the list location. Press SVC(E) to store the ID into the selected ID scan list location.
Press SRC(LIMIT)
to resume trunking.
Turning the Status Bit Ignore (Sbit) On or Off
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You can set how your scanner works with status bits (also called Sbits), letting you control how the scanner interprets and displays
talkgroup IDs.
The last four bits of a Motorola Type II talkgroup ID (a binary 16bit code) are the status bits. Your scanner is preset to assume that
the status bits in a talkgroup ID are set to 0 and ignores them. For example, when the scanner receives the talkgroup ID
010111001110 0011, it reads the ID as 010111001110 0000 and converts the first 12 bits of the ID to 23776 (the talkgroup ID).
However, since the status bit value is 3 (0011 converted to decimal equals 3), the ID is actually 23779.
Follow these steps to turn status bit ignore on or off.
1. While trunking a Motorola bank, press and hold SCAN
until the current status bit ignore setting (ON or OFF) appears.
2. Press or to select to select ON or OFF,
then press E(SVC) to save the setting.
Type II Special Status Bits
Type II Motorola Smartnet systems use these status bits for special transmissions such as emergency, patches, DES/DVP
scrambled transmissions, and multiselects. Motorola trunking radios directly interpret them for their special functions, thus no
difference is noticed by the person with the radio. The scanner however interpret these special talkgroup status bits as different
talkgroups entirely. Below is the conversion chart for these special status bits.
TT ID + # Usage
TT ID + # Usage
ID+0 Normal Talkgroup
ID+8 DES/DVP Encryption talkgroup
ID+1 All Talkgroup
ID+9 DES All Talkgroup
ID+2 Emergency
ID+10 DES Emergency
ID+3 Talkgroup patch to another
ID+11 DES Talkgroup patch
ID+4 Emergency Patch
ID+12 DES Emergency Patch
