group | or- | a group of users share the same program | |
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| group identification number in their mobile and |
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| personal radios. All units in the same group will |
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| receive a dispatch call placed by any one unit in |
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| the group. (Trunked Mode only). |
group scan |
| - | programming that allows the radio to monitor |
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| up to 64 separate groups simultaneously (multi- |
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| group decode), permitting the user to both |
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| monitor and receive calls from these groups. |
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| When a radio receives a call from one of these |
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| groups, it will "lock out", and not send or |
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| receive calls from other groups for a |
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| programmed period of 5, 10 or 15 seconds, |
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| permitting the user to respond to the group call. |
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| (The radio may also be programmed for no lock |
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| out period.) At the end of the "lock out" period, |
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| the radio sounds two short low pitched "beeps" |
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| and is again ready to receive a call from any of |
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| the programmed groups. (Trunked Mode Only) |
Individual Call - | Every radio in the system is programmed with a | ||
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| unique individual identification code. A mobile |
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| or personal unit can be programmed to call |
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| another particular unit by selecting the |
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| individual by name or ID number. (Trunked |
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| Mode Only) |
queueing |
| - | the process that occurs when all channels in a |
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| trunked system are busy and calls must be |
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| addressed on a priority basis. |
site controller | - | the computer controlled radio equipment at the | |
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| repeater site that controls a trunking system. |
system (area) | - | the terms "system" and "area" are used | |
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| interchangeably to refer to the particular group |
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| of station repeaters currently providing service |
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| to the radio. |
System |
| - | a computer that preforms the data basing and |
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| system monitoring for the site controller. |
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