Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product 98x6 EFJohnson
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L TR-Net™ OPERA TIN G MANUAL 9800 Series T runked Mobil e Radio 98x3/ 98x6 L TR-NET™ Mobile.
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LAND MOBILE PRODUCT W AR RANTY - The manufacturer’ s warrant y statement f or this p roduct is available f rom your pro duct supplie r or from EFJohn son, 299 Johns on A venue, Box 1249, W aseca, MN 56093-0514. P hone (507) 8 35-6222. Copyright © 1999 by t he E.
SAFETY INFORMA TION 4 SAFETY INFORMA TION The FCC has ad opted a sa fety standar d for human expos ure to RF ener gy . Proper operation o f this radio und er normal c ondi- tions r esults in us er exposure t o RF energ y below the Occupa- tiona l Safe ty a nd Hea lth Ac t an d F eder al C o mmunic atio n Commission limits.
SAFETY INFORMA TION 5 FCC EXPOSU RE LIMITS This mo bile radio t ranscei ver was teste d by the manuf acturer with an app rop ria te ante nn a i n or der to ve ri fy c omp lian ce wi th Maximum Permiss ible Exposure (MPE) limits s et under Sect ion 2.1091 of the FCC Rules a nd Regulati ons.
SAFETY INFORMA TION 6 Figure 2 lists t he antenna whips and ba ses recommend ed for use in e ach freque ncy range. Each model of this rad io was test ed with the appr opri at e ant enn a listed. The ante nna was mount ed in the center of the roo f of a domes tic manufa ctured 4-door passenger sedan.
T ABLE OF CONTENTS 7 T ABLE OF CONT EN TS SAFETY INFO RMATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 FEATURES . . . . . . . .
T ABLE OF CONTEN TS 8 Placing Telephone C alls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Receiving a Teleph one Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Landside-Origina te Telephone Calls .
QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE 9 QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE Power On/O ff - Press on-of f /volu me contr ol. Set V olume Level - Rotate on-of f/volume control. Change System or Gr oup - Press Se lec t swi tc h to ena bl e system or group sel ect mode ( indicate d by ←/→ or __ ).
FEA TURE S 10 FEA T URES General Features • Up to approx imately 99 systems with up to 99 groups each • L TR-Net™, L TR®, and conv entional operat ion • Unique 8-charac ter system and grou p .
CONTROLS AND DISPLA Y 11 CONTR OLS AND DISPLA Y Front P anel Contr ols On-Off V o lume - Pressing t his knob turn s power o n and of f. The vehicle igniti on switch may also cont rol power as de scribed i n “Power T urn-Of f Delay” on page 24. Rotati ng this kno b sets th e speaker volume (see page 15).
CONTROLS AND DISPLA Y 12 A/D - S ca n lis t add/d ele te (see page 38) BANK - Bank sel ect (see page 20) EMER - Emer gency switc h (see page 21) ENCP T - Encrypt ion select (see page 21) FCN - Functi .
CONTROLS AND DISPLA Y 13 Rear P anel Jacks and Connector s Antenna Jack - Miniatur e UHF jack fo r connecting the 50-ohm ante nna. Power Ja ck - Connecti on point fo r the power c able which att aches to the vehi cle batter y . A nominal 12 -volt DC, neg ative ground p ower source i s requir ed.
CONTROLS AND DISPLA Y 14 Displa y Descrip tion 16-Charact er Messa ge Area - Indica tes the s elected syst em and group (s ee page 16) and also err or condit ions and st atus info rmation. - Indi cate s th at th e disp lay e d sy stem is in the s c an li st an d scanned n ormally (s ee page 38).
GENERAL OPERA TION 15 - Indic ates tha t an opti on control led by the AUX switch or OP TI O N menu para mete r is e na bled (see p age 24). - Indi cates t hat a cal l has be en received on a group progra mmed for a ca ll indic ator (se e page 21). T o turn t his indic ation of f, pr ess any key .
GENERAL OPERA TION 16 Backl ight Operation The displ ay and keypad ba cklight can be control led by the BACKLG T menu parameter (se e page 33). The three sta tes that can be selec ted a re B right , Di m, an d Off. If th is men u para mete r is n ot s elect- able, th e backlig ht is fi xed in one o f these st ates by p rogramming.
GENERAL OPERA TION 17 Selecting the System and Gr oup The front panel Sel ect swit ch is used to change t he system and group. Pre ssing thi s switch toggles be tween the s ystem and gr oup select modes, and ro tating i t increa ses or decre ases the s ystem or group.
GENERAL OPERA TION 18 The curr ent mode remai ns selec ted until t he menu mode is select ed or tran sceiver power is cycl ed. The progr ammed default mode is t hen select ed if app licable. Setting Squelc h Contr ol NOTE: This s ets the squel ch level use d for convent ional cal ls.
GENERAL OPERA TION 19 ning (se e page 35) or enable conv entional channel moni toring ( see page 44). L TR -Net, L TR, and Conve ntional Operatio n Intro ducti on Each sel ectable syst em can be progr ammed for L TR-Net, L TR, or conv ent ion al op eration.
GENERAL FEA TURE S 20 Conventi onal Operat ion In the c onventiona l mode, sel ecting a s ystem sele cts a specif ic radio c hannel, and selecti ng a group s elects t he specia l Call Guar d squelch coding (i f used) an d other unique channel pa rameters such as call indicator operation.
GENERAL FEA TURES 21 Call Indicator The ca ll indic ator is “ C ” in the u pper part of the di splay (se e followi ng i ll ust ra ti on). The purpos e of this indi cat io n is to show that a call was received whi le you were awa y from the v ehicle.
GENERAL FEA TURE S 22 parame ter or option switc h is not availabl e, encryp tion may be fi xed in the e nabled mode by pr ogramming. When e ncryption is enabled, is indic ated in t he upper pa rt of the display (se e page 14).
GENERAL FEA TURES 23 HOME option swi tch if it is p rogrammed. The Ho me system/group is then displaye d and it be comes the se lected s ystem/grou p. If no home syste m/group or F CN or HOME option swi tch has been programmed, thi s f unc ti on i s no t a v ai la ble .
GENERAL FEA TURE S 24 Auto Of f/On Mode Igniti on Switch - The horn alert alway s turns of f when the igni tion switc h is turne d on , and a lwa ys tur ns o n whe n the igni tio n swit ch i s turne d off (if th ere is a tu rn-off de la y).
GENERAL FEA TURES 25 Proc eed (Clear -T o-T alk) T one This is a short t one that s ounds short ly afte r the P TT switch is pressed to indic ate that the radi o system has been acces sed and speakin g can beg in. The transc eiver ca n be progra mmed so tha t this tone sou nds on L TR-Net and L TR systems but not convent ional systems.
GENERAL FEA TURE S 26 Stealth Mode The ste alth mode disable s the fol lowing to nes and i ndicato rs so that th ey do not reve al that you a re transmitt ing or othe rwise indi cate your pres enc e. The speaker audi o and display rema in enabled i n thi s mode.
ST ANDARD GRO UP CA LLS 27 Silent - All tone s are dis abled. Keys - Only the Sel ect swit ch and key pr ess tones are enabled . Alerts - All tones except t he preceding Ke y Beep tones are enabl ed. All - Bot h the Key Beep and Alert tones are enabled.
ST ANDARD GRO UP CA LLS 28 4. Press (a nd hold) the microph one P TT (push- to-talk) swi tch to talk and rel ease it to lis ten. Operatio n with L TR-Net, L TR, and co nven- tional calls i s as follow.
TELEPHONE CALLS 29 not indi cate tha t the rad io system h as been suc cessfull y accesse d. 5. When the ca ll is compl ete, pla ce the micr ophone back on-hook. Receiving a Standar d Gro up Call 1. Select or scan the sys tem and g roup prog rammed for the call you want to r eceive ( see page 35 for scan inf ormation).
TELEPHONE CALLS 30 quickly select the teleph one group in the current system, pres s the TEL option switch as described on page 41. When a group programmed f or tele phone call s is select ed, is dis played. 2. T o obt ain the d ial tone, briefly pre ss the P TT sw itch.
L TR-NET A UXILIAR Y CALLS 31 2. When “r inging” i s heard, pr ess the P TT switch and re spond. The P TT swit ch must be pressed to tal k and rel eased to listen t he same as wit h st anda rd ca lls . 3. When the call is fini shed, it sh ould be termi nated as in step 6 of the precedi ng secti on.
L TR-NET A UXILIAR Y CALLS 32 Placing L TR-Net A uxiliary Calls 1. Select the L TR-Net sys tem and group pr ogrammed for Au xiliary calls. When a group programmed for the se calls is select ed, is indicat ed in the upper par t of the disp lay .
OPTION SWITCHES AND MENU MODE 33 select ed. T o receive a Direct ed Grou p call, the group of th e cal l may need to b e selected or scanned. A Un ique ID call i s indicate d by a “ringi ng” tone si milar to te lephone cal ls, and a Directed Gr oup call is indi cated by t he calle r ’ s voice the sa me as with st andard gr oup cal ls.
OPTION SWITCHES AND MENU MODE 34 table. S ome parameters ma y not be dis played becaus e they are not used or a re in a f ixed stat e or control led by an op tion swit ch. Calls cannot be receive d or trans mitted whi le the menu m ode is sele cted. Menu Mode and Option Switch Functions Functio n Menu It ems Opt ion Swit ch See Descrip.
SYSTEM AND GROUP SCANNING 35 Using Menu Mode 1. T o select the menu mode, press th e Menu swit ch or FCN FCN (the FCN switch t wice). The top line of the di splay indi cates t he func- tion bei ng edite d, and the bo ttom line indicate s the curr ent status of that function (see fol lowing il lustratio n).
SYSTEM A ND GROUP SCANNING 36 message is recei ved . Shortl y afte r the mess age is complete , scanni ng resume s (unless i t has been disabled ). Scann ing is se quential th rough the prog rammed syste ms and groups.
SYSTEM AND GROUP SCANNING 37 Scan T ypes The type o f scannin g selecte d is dete rmined by th e menu mode SCN TYPE paramet er (see pa ge 33). If it is not s electabl e, the typ e of scann ing is fi xed by progr amming. The avai lable sc an types are a s follo ws.
SYSTEM A ND GROUP SCANNING 38 L TR and Conventional Mode Scanning When an L TR or convent ional sy stem is selected wit h system scannin g enabled a nd roaming di sabled, s canning is sequenti al through only the L TR and conv entional sys tems in the scan lis t (L TR-Net systems ar e not scan ned).
SYSTEM AND GROUP SCANNING 39 Saving Scan List If the menu mode SCN SA V E parameter is available, you can select if scan list changes are saved. If “On” is selected, changes are saved as they ar e made and the scan list is the same when power is turned on.
L TR-NET AND L TR FEA T URES 40 Last Sele cted - T ransmiss ions always occur on t he system/ group that was last sel ected by t he Select swi tch. There fore, the display may not in dicate t he system/g roup on whic h a respons e occurs.
L T R-NET AND L T R FEA TURES 41 again. However , you may want to wait a f ew secon ds befor e making another attempt be cause a t imer must ti me out befo re another attempt wil l be successf ul. A similar T ransmit Disa ble On Busy featur e is avai lable on c onventional systems (s ee page 46).
L TR-NET FEA TURES 42 L TR-NET FEA TURES NOTE: Other L TR-Net featur es ar e described star ting on page 40. L TR -Net Standard and Special Calls The L TR-Net Specia l and Auxilia ry calls are shown be low . Refer t o the descr iptions which foll ow for more i nformati on.
L TR-NET FEA TURES 43 Roaming L TR-Net radio loca lities (sites) can be linke d together to provide wide area cove rage. Then a s you travel f rom localit y to locali ty with roamin g enabled, c al ls ar e automati cal ly route d to you r current locati on.
L TR FEA TURES 44 L TR FEA TURES NOTE: Other L TR featur es ar e descri bed start ing on page 40. Standar d Group Calls S tandard group calls a re between two mobiles or between a mobile an d a control statio n. T o place these ca lls in t he L TR or L TR- Net mode, si mply select t he des ired grou p an d pr ess the P TT switch.
CONVENTIONAL FEA TU RES 45 Busy Indi cator If the group is no t automati cally moni tored as j ust desc ribed, it must be moni tored manuall y . The simple st way to do this may be to note if a busy condit ion is indica ted by th e front panel mul ti-functi on indicat or (see page 1 1).
CONVENTIONAL FEA TURE S 46 A conventi onal system mus t be selec ted to enabl e monitoring. If the mic rop hone i s t ake n of f-hook with an L TR-Net or L TR system select ed, scanni ng halts ( unless of f-hook d etectio n is disab led) but monito ring is not selected .
MISCELLANEOUS 47 T alk-around i s then automat ically s elected when one of t hese groups i s select ed. There i s no speci al talk-ar ound option switch or indicat or . However , the gro up alpha ta g on the lo wer line o f the displa y may be use d to indi cate gro ups progra mmed for this fe ature.
MISCEL LANEOU S 48 Inter cept T on e This is a siren- like tone (alternat ing high a nd low tones ) which indicat es the f ollowing no access an d error co nditions: • No Access - If this tone sound.
MISCELLANEOUS 49 Error T one - Th is is a two- pitch tone th at ind ica tes tha t an err or c ondi- tion has occurred . L TR -Net Special Call T ones The foll owing tones are gener ated by t he L TR-Net equip ment and are h eard when maki ng a tele phone, uniqu e ID, or directed group spe cial cal l on an L TR-Net syste m.
MISCEL LANEOU S 50 Conversati on T ime-Out T one - Calls ar e l imi te d to a ce rt ai n l engt h by the sy stem. Thirt y seconds b efore thi s time is reached, a “tick” begins s ounding eac h second. When t he 30-sec ond time exp ires, the call i s auto matical ly termi nated b y the syst em.
MISCELLANEOUS 51 power is turned on. This numbe r indicates such thin gs as fre quency band, power output, an d tier of the tran sceiver . The e ighth dig it is reserv ed and alway s “0”. NO ACCES - Indicate s tha t th e radio sy ste m could not be acc essed , perhaps because of an out-of -range co ndition.
MISCEL LANEOU S 52 TIMEOUT - Indicates that th e transmit ter has b een disabl ed by the T ime-Out T i mer (see page 26). TX DISBL - Indicate s that the t ransmi tter has b een disabl ed because the sel ected gro up is rece ive-only (see page 25).
MISCELLANEOUS 53 SCN SA VE - Scan list sa ve • ON = save, OFF = not saved SCN TYPE - Selects typ e of scanni ng • SYSTEM - Both sys tem and group • GROUPS - Group sc anning onl y • OFF - All s.
MISCEL LANEOU S 54 speak and release d as soon as the message is comp lete. If the proceed t one is used, wait for that ton e to sound befor e speaking (see descri ption on pa ge 25).
MISCELLANEOUS 55 T ransceiver Service If your transcei ver is not op erating properly , “OUT -LOCK”, “PROG ERR”, “S LEEPING”, or “CALL SVC” may be displ ayed. It may be possi ble to cle ar ei th er o f t he fi rst t w o con di tio ns by t u rning of f and then on again to reset t he control logic.
MISCEL LANEOU S 56 P ar t No . 002-9803-601 11-99hph Printed in U .S.A..
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