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General Information

 

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General Information/Radio Controls

 

General Information

 

This user guide covers the operation of the 
GM1200E Mobile Radio used on MPT1327 Trunked 
Radio Systems. Please note that the location of the 
system may affect the types of call which are 
available. The radio display prompts are available in 
various languages. Please consult your dealer for 
further information.

 

WARNING: When installing or removing the

mobile radio from the vehicle it
must be switched off.

 

Radio Controls

 

Numbers refer to the illustrations on inside covers.

 

1.

 

Radio ON/OFF

 

.

 

2.

Microphone connector

 

.

When installing the microphone, turn the radio off 
and on again.

 

3.

Volume Up/Down Control

 

.

 

4.

LED Indicators

 

:

Red:

On when radio is transmitting

Green:

Flashes to indicate NO SERVICE.

 

5.

External Alarm Button

 

.

Switches external alarm feature On/Off.

 

6.

Base Call Button

 

.

For making calls to a commonly used, pre-
programmed number.

 

7.

LCD Display

 

 

8.

Up/Down Scroll Buttons

 

.

 

 

 

Shortform Dial/Call in Absence/SDM Selector
or
Channel Selector (conventional mode).

 

9.

Menu Button

 

.

 

10. Clear/Edit

 

or

 

 

Monitor Button 

 

(conventional mode).

 

11. Numeric Keypad

 

.

0 - 9  - for entering digits/selecting dedicated calls.

 - for sending a call.

- call modifier for priority, broadcast, 
emergency and status calls.

 

12. Volume Level Indicators

 

.

 

13. Left/Right Scroll Buttons

 

.

Used to view data message text in the SDM stack.
Left = scroll up SDM, Right = scroll down SDM

 

14. Personality Selection Button

 

.

 

15. Status Button 

 

for initiating a status call request.

 

16. Data Button 

 

for interrogating the data message 

stack or initiating a short data call request.

 

17. Call in Absence Button 

 

for interrogating the call 

in absence stack.

 

18. Microphone PTT (Push To Talk)

 

.

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Summary of Contents for GM1200E

Page 1: ...European Publications Department RPG Fleet Hampshire England Issue May 1998 GM1200E Mobile Radio User Guide 68P64110B08 ...

Page 2: ...ii 2 1 3 4 5 8 6 7 9 D S 0 MENU C P 1 2 3 4 5 12 9 6 7 8 10 11 15 13 14 16 17 18 ...

Page 3: ... 7 Cancelling a Call 7 Receiving a Call 8 Receiving a Call on an OACSU System 8 Receiving a Call on an FOACSU System 8 Page Call in Absence 9 Call Diversion 10 External Alarm 10 Special Calls 11 Short Data Messages SDM 11 Status Calls 14 Emergency Calls 15 Priority Calls 15 Broadcast Calls 15 DTMF 15 Personality Selection 15 MPT Mode 16 Conventional Mode 16 Call Progress 17 Call Progress Sending 1...

Page 4: ...n Flashes to indicate NO SERVICE 5 External Alarm Button Switches external alarm feature On Off 6 Base Call Button For making calls to a commonly used pre programmed number 7 LCD Display 8 Up Down Scroll Buttons Shortform Dial Call in Absence SDM Selector or Channel Selector conventional mode 9 Menu Button 10 Clear Edit or Monitor Button conventional mode 11 Numeric Keypad 0 9 for entering digits ...

Page 5: ...one B Traffic channel allocated and PTT Mic Loudspeaker enabled Tone C1 System busy Tone C2 Unavailable Tone C3 Called party busy Tone C4 Invalid number Tone D Call set up in progress wait for further indications Tone E Incoming call press PTT then wait for further indications Tone F Transaction confirmed called unit will call back Tone G Look at display for call set up or system information Tone ...

Page 6: ...scanning icon lit When a system is acquired the green LED will go off and the scanning icon will be replaced by the registered icon Use the VOLUME control 3 to adjust the volume to a comfortable listening level indicated by the volume bar below the display Menu Selection There are two levels of menu Level 1 allows you to choose between two options User Absent and Diagnostics and Level 2 which allo...

Page 7: ...on the stack The Diagnostics option is for use by technicians and need not be entered in normal radio operation Making a Call The radio is capable of making a variety of calls including calls to individual radios groups of radios and calls to private and public telephone systems Before you can make a call the radio must be in the IDLE STATE i e a personality has been selected and no call is in pro...

Page 8: ...f users the address number of which is pre programmed into your radio by your dealer A dynamic group is a group of users the address number of which is sent to your radio over air at any time via the system controller Therefore at any time you may become a member of a dynamic group able to receive calls and depending on how your radio is programmed send calls to that group Incoming calls to fixed ...

Page 9: ...tatus calls only the called number will be stored not the status message Partially entered numbers are also stored The stored number can be displayed when the radio is in the IDLE STATE This number may be recalled by pressing the PTT key 18 The number may also be edited see Keypad Edit Keypad Edit Before a call is initiated the last digit may be deleted by pressing the clear edit button 10 Press t...

Page 10: ...gress Receiving Receiving a call on a Full Off Air Call Set Up FOACSU System When the radio is called tone E will sound and the display will change to Press either the PTT or key or lift the microphone to accept the call Tone D will sound until a traffic channel is allocated then tone B will sound and the display will change to indicate the type of call being received See Call Progress Receiving N...

Page 11: ... in the stack and 213 is the number or Alias the name of the calling party For status calls the call in absence display will look like this where 02 indicates the position in the stack 03 indicates the number of calls in the stack and 213 is the number or Alias the name of the calling party In addition the status number XX or message MMMM is displayed The most recent call stored by the radio will ...

Page 12: ...dio whose calls are currently being diverted tone D will sound and the display of the calling radio will change to A call will then automatically be set up to the radio which is receiving the diverted calls Cancel call diversion by pressing followed by or if necessary or followed by or if necessary and ID Press to cancel calls redirected to your radio External Alarm The external alarm feature acti...

Page 13: ... data display The SDM display defaults to ON however the option setting is retained when the radio is switched off Note This feature is important if the radio is being used with external data terminal equipment DTE to prevent loss of data messages With the SDM display set to ON on reception of a valid SDM either it can be displayed by the radio and or passed to external DTE In either case the SDM ...

Page 14: ...played as shown in the following example where XX indicates the position in the stack NN is the total number of messages in the stack and Alias 213 is the number of the calling party To scroll through the other entries in the stack use the Up Down Scroll buttons 8 To exit the data message stack interrogate mode press the Data button 16 Note You must exit the data message stack interrogate mode to ...

Page 15: ... status digits can then be specified as in normal status mode Making an SDM Call SDM calls may be set up in one of three ways via the data key manually via the keypad or via the shortform dialling feature To make an SDM call via the data key select the desired address as detailed in Making a Call press the key 16 followed by the data message string which may only consist of digits 0 9 i e ADDRESS ...

Page 16: ...ll Then press the status button 15 followed by two status digits The display then changes to The status number may be edited by using the clear edit key 10 please refer to Keypad Edit To initiate a status call via the keypad 11 enter then enter the status e g 05 followed by and the desired address In this case the status message relating to the status number is not displayed In both cases the call...

Page 17: ... previously described Note that on a broadcast call only the calling radio can talk and there is no indication that any units have received the call DTMF DTMF means Dual Tone Multi Frequency and is used when the radio is required to operate in a radio system with an interface to telephone systems The access code for DTMF is system dependent please contact your dealer for further information Enter ...

Page 18: ... transmit release it to listen The red LED lights while the radio transmits and flashes if the channel is busy Some channels may be monitored for activity by pressing the monitor button 10 The icon will be lit until the channel is changed or the monitor button 10 is pressed again The icon will also light briefly when the microphone is taken out of its holder indicating that monitor is automaticall...

Page 19: ...umber C1 System busy try again Tone Display Comment D Alerting called unit C3 Called unit is busy F Called unit will call back C2 Call failed try again C2 Call request timed out Check service is available followed by H System access lost try again followed by CALLING 213 PRIORITY CALLING 213 DATA CALLING 213 EMERGENCY CALLING 213 VOICE DATA XXX 213 QUEUED 213 DIVERTING TO 213 UNOBTAINABLE 213 UNAV...

Page 20: ...ios in use on the system B Broadcast call received user reply not permitted Call Progress Cancelling a call Tone Display Comment D G Call successfully cancelled by user Call Progress Ending a call Tone Display Comment G Another call can now be made Note in the above displays XX is the position in the Group Dynamic list XXX is the elapsed time counter NNN is the calling unit number or alias ALERTED...

Page 21: ...dio equipment is required to operate as a control station it is important that the antenna is installed outside the building and away from places where people may be in close proximity Operational Warnings To ensure personal safety please observe the following rules DO NOT hold the transmit PTT key in when not actually desiring to transmit DO NOT allow children to play with any radio equipment con...

Page 22: ...20 Notes English Notes Notes ...

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