Tyco Electronics M/A-COM, M7300 Series 7 OPENSKY OPERATION

MM-014716-001

7 OPENSKY OPERATION

7.1 CH721 FRONT PANEL COMPONENTS

The front panel of the control head includes a dot matrix display, controls for menu navigation, an

emergency button, three pre-set buttons, a Power On-Off/Volume Control knob, and a microphone

connector. In addition, the system model control head features a DTMF keypad (Figure 7-1). Table 7-1

lists all default front panel controls and their functions.

Figure 7-1: System Model

Figure 7-2: Scan Model

Contents

Main MANUAL REVISION HISTORY Page Page Page Page Page Page 1 SAFETY SYMBOL CONVENTION MM-014716-001 2 RF ENERGY EXPOSURE INFORMATION 2.1.1 Federal Communications Commission Regulations MM-014716-001 2.2 COMPLIANCE WITH RF EXPOSURE STANDARDS 2.2.1 Mobile Antennas MM-014716-001 2.2.2 Approved Accessories 2.2.3 Contact Information 3 OPERATION SAFETY RECOMMENDATIONS 3.1 TRANSMITTER HAZARDS 3.2 SAFE DRIVING RECOMMENDATIONS MM-014716-001 4 OPERATING RULES AND REGULATIONS 4.1 OPERATING TIPS 5 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION 5.1 CH721 CONTROL HEADS MM-014716-001 5.2 INTERCOM OPERATION 5.3 GPS RECEIVER 6 CHANGE OPERATING MODE 7 OPENSKY OPERATION 7.1 CH721 FRONT PANEL COMPONENTS Page MM-014716-001 7.2 POWER UP AND VOLUME CONTROL 7.2.1 Power Up 7.2.2 Volume Control 7.3 SELF-TEST 7.4 LOGIN TO THE NETWORK 7.5 LOG OFF THE NETWORK 7.6 TURNING THE RADIO OFF 7.7 MENU DISPLAY AND CONTROL AREA 7.8 RADIO STATUS ICONS 7.9 DWELL DISPLAY 7.10 PERSONALITY MM-014716-001 7.10.1 Profiles 7.10.2 Talk Groups 7.11 ALERT TONES 7.12 BASIC MENU STRUCTURE Table 7-4: Basic Menu Structure Menus will vary depending upon system programming, radio hardware, and optional configurations. MM-014716-001 7.13 DUAL-TONE MULTI-FREQUENCY 7.14 KEYPAD COMMANDS (SYSTEM MODEL CONTROL HEAD) 7.14.1 Password Entry 7.14.2 DTMF Overdial 7.15 CHANGING THE ACTIVE PROFILE 7.16 CHECKING OR CHANGING THE SELECTED TALK GROUP 7.17 ADJUSTING DISPLAY AND BUTTON BACKLIGHT BRIGHTNESS 7.18 STEALTH MODE MM-014716-001 7.19 ADJUSTING SIDE TONE AUDIO LEVEL 7.20 CHANGING OPERATING MODE 7.21 RECEIVING AND TRANSMITTING VOICE CALLS MM-014716-001 7.21.1 Receiving a Voice Call 7.22 ADJUSTING AUDIO TREBLE LEVEL 7.23 INTERCOM MODE 7.24 TALK GROUP LOCK OUT MM-014716-001 7.24.1 Lock Out a Talk Group 7.24.2 Unlock a Talk Group 7.25 SCANNING MM-014716-001 7.25.1 Checking or Changing Active Scan Mode MM-014716-001 7.25.2 Scanning Priority 7.26 MAKING SELECTIVE CALLS MM-014716-001 7.26.1 Manually Dialing a Selective Call (System Model Control Head) 7.26.2 Speed Dialing a Selective Call 7.26.3 Receiving a Selective Call 7.26.4 Terminating a Selective Call 7.27 SELECTIVE ALERT 7.27.1 Sending Selective Alert Messages MM-014716-001 7.27.2 Receiving Messages 7.27.3 Defining Pre-Programmed Messages 7.28 TELEPHONE INTERCONNECT CALLS (SYSTEM MODEL CONTROL HEAD) 7.28.1 Placing an Interconnect Call MM-014716-001 7.28.2 Receiving an Interconnect Call 7.29 EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS 7.29.1 Declaring an Emergency Call or Alert MM-014716-001 7.29.2 Silent Emergency 7.29.3 Clearing an Emergency Call or Alert MM-014716-001 7.29.4 Receiving an Emergency Call 7.29.5 Dismissing an Emergency Call MM-014716-001 7.30 ENCRYPTION 7.30.1 Automatic Encryption 7.30.2 Manual Encryption (System Model) 7.31 PRESET BUTTONS 7.32 DYNAMIC REGROUPING 7.33 GPS COORDINATES 8 P25/EDACS/CONVENTIONAL COMMON OPERATION 8.1 CH721 FRONT PANEL COMPONENTS Table 8-1: Front Panel Default Controls and Functions MM-014716-001 8.1.1 Primary Functions (Quick Access) 8.2 TURNING THE RADIO ON 8.3 SELECTION MODE RULES MM-014716-001 8.4 DIRECT ACCESS 8.5 FEATURE ENCRYPTION DISPLAY MM-014716-001 8.5.1 Serial Number ROM (12 Hex Digits) 8.5.2 Feature Encryption Data Stream MM-014716-001 8.5.3 Features Enabled MM-014716-001 8.6 SYSTEM/GROUP/CHANNEL SELECTION 8.6.1 System Selection 8.6.2 Group and Channel Selection MM-014716-001 8.7 LAST SYSTEM/GROUP/CHANNEL RECALL 8.8 DIGITAL VOICE OPERATION (PROVOICE) 8.8.1 Voice Modes 8.8.2 Clear Modes MM-014716-001 8.8.3 ProVoice Digital Mode 8.8.4 ProVoice Private Mode MM-014716-001 8.8.5 Private Operation MM-014716-001 8.8.6 Conventional Operation 8.9 MACRO KEY OPERATION 9 EDACS AND P25 TRUNKED OPERATION 9.1 RADIO STATUS ICONS 9.2 MESSAGES Page 9.3 ALERT TONES 9.4 MENU Page Page 9.5 RECEIVING A CALL 9.6 SENDING A CALL 9.7 CONVENTIONAL FAILSOFT MM-014716-001 9.8 EMERGENCY OPERATION 9.8.1 Receiving an Emergency Call 9.8.2 Declaring an Emergency 9.9 SYSTEM SCAN OPERATION 9.9.1 Wide Area System Scan MM-014716-001 9.9.2 ProScan 9.9.3 Priority System Scan 9.9.4 When Wide Area System Scan Is Enabled 9.9.5 When ProScan Is Enabled 9.10 GROUP SCAN OPERATION 9.10.1 Adding Groups to a Scan List 9.10.2 Deleting Groups from a Scan List MM-014716-001 9.10.3 Nuisance Delete 9.10.4 Turning Scan On 9.10.5 Priority Group Scanning 9.10.6 Turning Scan Off 9.11 INDIVIDUAL CALLS 9.11.1 Receiving and Responding to an Individual Call 9.11.2 Call Storage Lists MM-014716-001 9.11.3 Sending an Individual Call 9.12 SCAT OPERATION MM-014716-001 9.13 TELEPHONE INTERCONNECT CALLS 9.13.1 Receiving a Telephone Interconnect Call (Trunked Mode Only) 9.13.2 Sending a Telephone Interconnect Call (Trunked Mode Only) 9.13.3 DTMF Overdial/Conventional Mode Telephone Interconnect MM-014716-001 9.14 MOBILE DATA MM-014716-001 9.14.1 Displays 9.14.2 DATA OFF Operation 9.14.3 DATA ON Operation 9.14.4 Exiting Data Calls 9.15 STATUS/MESSAGE OPERATION MM-014716-001 9.15.1 Status Operation 9.15.2 Message Operation 9.16 EDACS CONVENTIONAL P1 SCAN MM-014716-001 9.17 DYNAMIC REGROUP OPERATION 9.17.1 Emergency Operation 9.18 PAGE (P25 TRUNKED ONLY) 10 CONVENTIONAL OPERATION 10.1 RADIO STATUS ICONS 10.2 MESSAGES Page 10.3 ALERT TONES 10.4 MENU Page Page 10.5 RECEIVING A CALL 10.6 SENDING A CALL 10.7 EMERGENCY OPERATION MM-014716-001 10.7.1 Using 5-Tone Signaling to Declare an Emergency 10.8 SCANNING CONVENTIONAL CHANNELS 10.8.1 Adding Channels to a Scan List MM-014716-001 10.8.2 Deleting Channels from a Scan List 10.8.3 Nuisance Delete 10.9 TURNING SCAN ON MM-014716-001 10.10 TURNING SCAN OFF 10.11 SQUELCH ADJUST 10.11.1 Menu Selection 10.11.2 Pre-Programmed Keypad Key 10.12 TYPE 99 DECODE 10.13 DIRECT MODE OPERATION 11 P25 CONVENTIONAL OPERATION 11.1 RADIO STATUS ICONS 11.2 MESSAGES Page 11.3 ALERT TONES 11.4 MENU Page MM-014716-001 11.5 GROUP CALLS IN P25 MODE 11.5.1 Transmitting a Group Call MM-014716-001 11.5.2 Receiving a Group Call 11.6 INDIVIDUAL CALLS IN P25 MODE 11.6.1 Transmitting an Individual Call 11.6.2 Receiving an Individual Call 11.7 EMERGENCY GROUP CALLS IN P25 MODE 11.7.1 Declaring an Emergency Group Call MM-014716-001 11.7.2 Receiving an Emergency Group Call 12 BASIC TROUBLESHOOTING SYMPTOM CAUSE SOLUTION 13 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE 14 KEYPAD REMAPPING MM-014716-001 15 RADIO SETUP RADIO TYPE: FREQUENCY BAND: OPERATOR'S NAME: EMERGENCY GROUP: Page Page Page 16 WARRANTY This page intentionally left blank.