Motorola MT2000 manual Ms-Dos

GLOSSARY MTSX RSS

Get	The means by which a radio’s personality is transferred from a personality file to the
	workspace.
Group	A collection of radios which communicate together.
Handshaking	Refers to the data interchange that takes place between radio and Central Controller via the
	control and voice channels, such that each knows that the other is present on the channel
	and ready to exchange information or allow a voice conversation to proceed.
Hard Disk	An alterable permanent data storage medium that has a much larger storage capacity than a
	diskette.
Hardware	A physical collection of PC boards, solid state devices, and interconnect cabling that you can
	touch and see.
Help	An on-line reference manual accessed via the F1 function key. Press the F1 function key at
	any time for additional information about the current menu or highlighted data field.
Highlighting	Displaying the text on the monitor by using dark letters on a light background.
Home channel	The channel the user was on prior to pushing the scan button.
Home Revert	The channel the user will revert to when PTT is pressed while in scan unless scan talkback
	feature is enabled. Defines the transmit channel requirement for a feature. Typically refers
	to scan mode operation.
HZ	Hertz, or cycles per second.
Increment	To increase a value by one unit or step.
Inverse Video	Displaying text on the monitor by using light letters on a dark background.
MDC-1200	A Motorola proprietary signalling format. It is a binary format using 1200 baud minimum shift
	keying modulation.
Menu	A menu contains a list of functions that can be selected and performed by the RSS user by
	pressing a function key. A menu contains a list of functions. Also see Screens.
Message	Upon releasing the PTT, the portable radio will remain on the voice channel for a
Trunking	preprogrammed period of time. This allows a response to be made by the other members of
	the talkgroup without returning to the control channel for another voice channel assignment.
	Message trunking is commonly referred to as Hang Time on the repeater. Message Trunking
	Systems generate less Control Channel traffic per conversation than Transmission Trunking
	Systems.
MHz	Megahertz, or millions of cycles per second.
Mode	A mode is a collection of parameter values, such as frequency, PL codes, and scan lists.
	Often used interchangably with the terms channel or personality in the RSS manual.
MS-DOS	MicroSoft Disk Operating System. DOS is a group of programs that control the way the
	computer interfaces with other programs, tells the computer how to use, read and return
	information to and from application programs and how to organize and use the information
	on disks.

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