E.F. Johnson Company MULTI-NET 98xx SERIES, Operating Manual

Page 1: ...MULTI NET 98xx SERIES OPERATING MANUAL Part No 002 9800 401 April 2001...

Page 2: ...er 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 cou...

Page 3: ...rovides wire less communication systems solutions for public safety government and commercial customers The company designs manufactures and markets conventional and trunked radio systems mobile and p...

Page 4: ...Exposure MPE A Limits For Occupational Controlled Exposure Frequency Range MHz Electric Field Strength E V m MagneticField Strength H A m Power Density S mW cm22 Averaging Time E 2 H 2 S minutes 0 3...

Page 5: ...individuals are not exposed to radio frequency energy or magnetic fields in excess of the guidelines set forth in Table 1 NOTE If the installer or user changes the type or location of the antenna they...

Page 6: ...the System and Group 17 Setting Squelch Control 18 STANDARD CALLS 19 Introduction 19 Placing a Standard Call 19 Receiving a Standard Call 20 TELEPHONE CALLS AND OTHER SPECIAL CALLS 21 Placing Telepho...

Page 7: ...ODES 40 General 40 Multi Net and LTR Operation 40 Conventional Operation 41 Monitoring Conventional Channels Before Transmitting 42 MULTI NET FEATURES 43 Standard and Special Calls 43 Busy Queuing Mul...

Page 8: ...NEOUS 54 Supervisory Tones 54 Multi Net Telephone Call Tones 56 LTR Telephone Call Tones 56 Display Messages 57 Menu Mode Messages 60 System Operator Programming 61 Speaking Into Microphone 61 Operati...

Page 9: ...rolling underline see page 35 Program System or Group Scan List Press Select switch to enable system or group programming mode same as when changing system or group then press A D switch System in lis...

Page 10: ...Encryption optional Multi Net Features Busy queuing all calls Roaming auto registration Special calls such as unique ID and directed group Status messaging 1 of up to 8 messages can be sent Transmit...

Page 11: ...or other functions such as selecting parameters in the menu mode To change the system or group press this knob to switch between the system and group select modes and then rotate it to increase or dec...

Page 12: ...ge 53 SCAN Scan on off see page 35 STLH AUX Stealth mode select see page 31 TA Talk around on off see page 52 Blank Not used disabled FCN Function Switch This switch if programmed selects the followin...

Page 13: ...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 auto...

Page 14: ...scanned normally see page 37 Indicates that the selected group is programmed for telephone calls With Multi Net operation it also indicates that the group is programmed for unique ID or directed grou...

Page 15: ...d it is scanned as a second priority group see page 53 GENERAL OPERATION Power Up Sequence When power is turned on the backlight turns on all segments in the display are momentarily enabled and the la...

Page 16: ...e the backlight is fixed in one of these states by programming System Group Display Information The selected system and group are displayed using either a Numeric or Alpha Tag display mode The display...

Page 17: ...e system or group In the Numeric display mode see preceding description the system select mode is indicated when the arrow points to Sxx and the group select mode is indicated when it points to Gxx se...

Page 18: ...programmed the squelch level can be set if the FCN option switch is enabled Proceed as follows 1 Select a conventional system and then a group that is not busy Take the microphone off hook to enable m...

Page 19: ...dure applies to all three types of operation Multi Net LTR and conventional Placing a Standard Call 1 Turn transceiver power on and set the volume as described starting on page 15 With conventional op...

Page 20: ...the radio system or away from shielding structures and try again With Multi Net operation if Roaming is programmed see page 44 the transceiver automatically changes sites before an out of range condi...

Page 21: ...hone equipped with a telephone keypad is required to dial the telephone number The telephone calling feature allows you to place and receive tele phone calls using your transceiver The following infor...

Page 22: ...on the microphone keypad If the microphone has a memory you may also be able to recall the number from memory The PTT switch does not need to be pressed while you are dialing if the transmitter automa...

Page 23: ...irected Group calls are to specific groups These calls can be placed to other users assigned to your site or some other site that is part of the same network As with telephone calls a microphone with...

Page 24: ...other party does not answer first 5 When the call is finished it should be terminated by pressing the key Three beeps indicate that the call has been terminated Receiving Other Multi Net Special Calls...

Page 25: ...led digits the call is terminated 3 If it is a telephone call ringing is heard by the landside caller while the mobile is being rung With other calls a second tone sounds instead of the ringing tone a...

Page 26: ...group is displayed Emergency Switch If the EMER option switch is programmed see page 32 it is used to set up or place a high priority call When this switch is pressed EMERGNCY is displayed on the lowe...

Page 27: ...n it is selected encryp tion is automatically enabled When encryption is enabled is indi cated in the display as shown below If you have the ENCRYPT menu parameter or ENCPT option switch the encryptio...

Page 28: ...n rotating the Select switch with a conventional system selected sets the squelch level as described on page 18 Home System Group Select To select the preprogrammed Home system group simply press the...

Page 29: ...turned on and off by either the ignition switch or power switch Therefore the horn alert is entirely controlled by either the HORN option switch or menu parameter Auto Off On Mode Ignition Switch The...

Page 30: ...er is acci dentally left on for an extended period see page 62 Proceed Clear To Talk Tone This is a short tone that sounds shortly after the PTT switch is pressed to indicate that the radio system has...

Page 31: ...d in this mode All tones see Tone Select on page 32 The front panel transmit busy indicator see page 16 Display backlight The stealth mode can be selected by an option switch or the STEALTH menu param...

Page 32: ...ey Beep tones are enabled All Tones Both the Key Beep and Alert tones are enabled Transmitter Thermal Foldback If the transmitter temperature increases to the point where damage to the transceiver cou...

Page 33: ...a fixed state or may be controlled by an option switch The menu parameter that controls that function is then not displayed Using Menu Mode To use the menu mode proceed as follows 1 To select the menu...

Page 34: ...ystem search SYS SRCH 49 Menu mode select FCN twice 33 Monitor mode select MON 50 Option select OPTION AUX 29 Priority sampling on off PRIORITY PRI 53 Roaming on off 1 ROAMING 44 Scan on off SCAN 35 S...

Page 35: ...stem Scanning System scanning detects calls on all systems that are in the system scan list When system scanning is not used calls are detected on only the currently selected system Group Scanning Gro...

Page 36: ...can type is fixed by programming Group scanning can be selectively disabled on systems by program ming It then does not occur on those systems even if enabled as just described The selected system and...

Page 37: ...nventional systems Scan List Programming General NOTE The selected displayed system and group are always scanned even if they are deleted from the scan list The system and group scan lists are program...

Page 38: ...rned on If Off is selected they are no longer saved Therefore to store a list select On program the list then select Off Then when power is turned on the scan list returns to the state that existed wh...

Page 39: ...follows Last Selected Transmissions always occur on the system group that was last selected by the Select switch Therefore the display may not indicate the system group on which a response will occur...

Page 40: ...these conditions the selected system group also changes If the transmitter is keyed with scanning halted the programming described in the preceding section takes precedence MULTI NET LTR AND CONVENTI...

Page 41: ...and what calls are received Conventional Operation In the conventional mode selecting a system selects a collection of channels and other information unique to those channels Selecting a group select...

Page 42: ...ing must be performed manually as follows Busy Indicator With scanning disabled and the squelch control adjusted as described on page 18 note if the indicator on the front panel is green If it is a si...

Page 43: ...ccurs when the PTT switch is pressed Then when the radio system is no longer busy a tone sounds and the call can be placed if desired This feature is enabled on individual Multi Net systems by dealer...

Page 44: ...a call as described above A call is received on the selected group Pressing any front panel switch Turning power off and then on Roaming Auto Registration Several Multi Net sites can be linked togeth...

Page 45: ...system programming determines which is selected Transmitting Status Messages Preprogrammed status messages can be transmitted whenever the transmitter is keyed with a Multi Net system selected If this...

Page 46: ...ble the caller ID feature is fixed in the on or off mode by programming This feature is also programmed on individual groups by your system operator If it is disabled on a group the unique ID code is...

Page 47: ...oup does not change Transmit Inhibit The Transmit Inhibit feature prevents the transmitter from keying if the mobile you are calling is busy with another call When the transmitter is disabled by this...

Page 48: ...e not queued by this feature If queuing is programmed and a busy condition is encountered the queue mode is entered automati cally when the PTT switch is released The queue mode is indicated by IN QUE...

Page 49: ...ems that have a group programmed for telephone calls As each system is accessed a beep sounds If a system is accessed the new system group is selected and a dial tone sounds The telephone call must th...

Page 50: ...nnel before transmitting When this mode is selected it temporarily disables Call Guard squelch or other squelch control techniques and also scanning so that all messages occurring on the selected grou...

Page 51: ...he PTT switch is pressed When the transmitter is disabled by this feature the busy tone sounds briefly and DSBL BSY is indicated on the lower line of the display The monitor mode see preceding section...

Page 52: ...Changing the selected system or group enabling scanning or turning power off causes talk around to revert to the default condition programmed for the selected group Conventional systems can be progra...

Page 53: ...PRIORTY1 is flashed on the lower line of the display and the transceiver changes to that system group to receive the message Likewise if a message is received on a second priority group PRIORTY2 is d...

Page 54: ...Therefore the PTT switch does not need to be released to access the system The display indicates BUSY while this tone is sounding Intercept Tone This is a siren like tone alternating high and low tone...

Page 55: ...tional system selected and TX DSBL is displayed the channel is receive only see page 51 Tx While Receiving Call If the push to talk switch is pressed while receiving a Multi Net or LTR call this tone...

Page 56: ...m Proceed Dialing Tone When placing a landside to mobile telephone call see page 25 the landside caller may enter a special number which specifies the mobile being called This tone indicates when that...

Page 57: ...messages appear on the upper or lower line of the display to indicate various operating modes and error conditions The group alpha tag appears in this area during normal operation ALL CALL Indicates...

Page 58: ...ier of the transceiver The eighth digit is reserved and always 0 NO MULT Indicates that an attempt was made to enable a Multi Net feature on an LTR or conventional system NO POWER Indicates that the t...

Page 59: ...the transceiver is in the process of regis tering on another system see Roaming Auto Registration on page 44 SQUELCH Indicates that the conventional squelch adjust mode is selected see Setting Squelch...

Page 60: ...F ENCRYPT Encryption on off ON or OFF HRN ALRT Horn alert on off ON or OFF OPTION Option on off ON or OFF PRIORITY Conventional priority group sampling ON or OFF ROAMING Roaming auto registration on o...

Page 61: ...t up not to any programming that you can perform If a feature is not controlled by a front panel option switch it is fixed in the mode set by programming or not available If you require additional inf...

Page 62: ...battery capacity the transceiver should be turned off when not in use Since power consumption is significantly higher when transmitting it is good practice to have the vehicle running while transmitt...

Page 63: ...plugged into the back of the transceiver If the transceiver still does not operate properly return it to your system operator for service NOTE There are no user serviceable components in the transceiv...