Special Edacs Features, AFS Partial Entry Feature

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Special EDACS® Features

AFS Partial Entry Feature

AFS is Uniden's method of encoding EDACS talkgroups. AFS stands for 'Agency-Fleet-Subfleet'.

AFS talkgroups are used in all EDACS reception -- in ID Search, ID Lockout and ID Scan. The powerful AFS Partial Entry feature designed into the BCT8 lets you use either a complete talkgroup code, or just the most significant part.

This feature lets you expand or narrow searching and scanning to one of 4 levels. By entering only the desired part of an AFS talkgroup, you can select 128 talkgroups, 8 talkgroups, or a single talkgroup.

For example, you could program every talkgroup in a police department with just 4 key presses. You can use the AFS Partial Entry feature anywhere you need to specify EDACS talkgroup.

Your BCT8 can also enter or display EDACS talkgroups in decimal format (0-2047).

1.Press and hold TRUNK for 1.5 seconds and select the bank you want to change.

2.Use the ▲ or ▼ key to select , then press E.

3.	Use the ▲ or ▼ key to select	, then press E.
4.	Use the ▲ or ▼ key to select	or	, then press
	E.

You can use this feature to translate decimal talkgroups lists to the much more powerful AFS format.

Examples of how you might use AFS are shown above in the description of an EDACS trunked system, and elsewhere in this manual. It is very easy to use. Be sure to become familiar with AFS Partial Entry, and your scanning will become far more flexible and efficient.

EDACS ID Range Search

When the scanner searches EDACS talk group IDs, the scanner can search within a range you set for Agency or Fleet listings. For example if you want to search within the 01 agency,

while in Hold mode press 0, 1,	.	(decimal key) then SRCH. Or if you want to search within
	.

the 01 agency and 01 fleet, while trunking press 0, 1, . (decimal key), 0, 1, then SRCH. To stop the ID range search, press SRCH.

EDACS SCAT

With the EDACS SCAT feature, the data stream transmissions will be eliminated allowing you to clearly monitor the voice communications on EDACS SCAT systems.

To monitor EDACS SCAT systems you only need to program the frequency in the Trunk Tracking Programming mode. You do not need to enter group ID’s.

Note: As EDACS SCAT is different from the other tracking feature, and it is not a feature which the scanner tracks any ID, you do not need to program Talk Group ID’s.