| GLOSSARY |
agency | - an agency is composed of multiple fleets. Units |
| can be programmed to initiate agency calls to |
| access multiple fleets. (Trunked Mode Only). |
Base/Unit Operation- a programmed option used in some fleets so units can only hear and talk to a base dispatch unit, not to other mobiles or personals in the group. In this mode of operation, when a unit in a particular group is talking to the base dispatch unit, all other mobile and personal radios in that group will receive a "System Busy" tone if they try to access the system. (Trunked Mode Only).
control channel | - a radio channel in a trunked system that is used | |
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| to digitally communicate with the radios operat- |
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| ing on the system when they are not engaged |
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| in active voice communications. |
conventional | - | a radio channel (transmit/receive) that is allo- |
channel |
| cated for conventional |
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| may be manually selected by the operator. |
conventional mode | - | communicating on radio channels allocated for |
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| conventional use. |
CCT | - Carrier Controlled Timer - a programmable | |
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| timer that will disable a transmission if the timer |
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| length is exceeded. |
CG | - | Channel Guard - a method of controlling mute |
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| with a tone or digital code. |
Dynamic | - | Dynamic Regrouping is a feature which allows |
Regrouping |
| the System Manager to dynamically program |
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| new groups into selected radios. The System |
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| Manager develops the regrouping plan and di- |
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| rects the site controller to send each radio the |
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| regroup information. |
fleet | - a fleet of users consists of multiple groups (sub- | |
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| fleets). Radios can be programmed to make |
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| fleet calls to simultaneously access multiple |
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| user groups. (Trunked Mode Only). |
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