Special EDACS ® FeaturesEDACS ID Range SearchEDACS SCAT
AFS Partial Entry Feature
AFS is Uniden's method of encoding EDACS talkgroups.
AFS standsfor 'Agency-Fleet-Subfleet'.
AFS talkgroupsare used in all EDACS reception -- in ID Search, ID Lockout and ID Scan.
The powerfulAFS Partial Entry feature designed into the BCT8 lets you use either a
complete talkgroupcode, or just the most significant part.
This feature letsyou expand or narrow searching and
scanning to one of 4 levels. By entering only the desired part
of anAFS talkgroup, you can select 128 talkgroups, 8
talkgroups,or a single talkgroup.
For example, you could program every talkgroupin a police
departmentwith just 4 key presses. You can use the AFS
Partial Entry feature anywhere you need to specify EDACS
talkgroup.
YourUBCT8 can also enter or display EDACS talkgroups in decimal format (0-2047).
1. Press and holdTRUNK for 1.5 seconds and select the bank you want to change.
2. Use the or key to select , then press .
3. Use the or key to select , then press .
4. Use the or key to select or , then press .
Youcan use this feature to translate decimal talkgroups lists to the much more powerful
AFS format.
Examples of how you might useAFS 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 withAFS Partial Entry, and your scanning will become far more flexible and efficient.
When the scanner searches EDACS talkgroup IDs, the scanner can search within a range
you set forAgency or Fleet listings. For example if you want to search within the 01 agency,
while in Hold mode press , , (decimalkey) then . Or if you want to search within
the 01 agency and 01 fleet, while trunking press , , (decimalkey), , ,then .
Tostop the ID range search, press .
With the EDACS SCATfeature, the data stream transmissions will be eliminated allowing
you to clearly monitor the voice communications on EDACS SCATsystems.
Tomonitor EDACS SCAT systems you only need to program the frequency in the Trunk
TrackingProgramming mode. You do not need to enter group ID’s.
As EDACS SCATis different from the other tracking feature, and it is not a feature
which the scanner tracks any ID, you do not need to programTalk Group ID’s.
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