Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product M7100 Pico Macom
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Operator’s Manual MM102341V1 Rev. F, Sep/06 M7100 IP Series Mobile Radio.
2 MA NUA L REVISION HISTORY REV DATE REASON FOR CHA NGE A Feb/04 Initial release. B Apr/04 Added MPE and FCC inform ati on for VHF, UHF-L, UHF-H , and 800MHz M7100 IP radios. C Jun/05 Added MPE, VHF maritim e cha nnel, and FCC information for 50W VHF mobile radio.
3 NOTICE! This device is a RF transceiver intended for land mobile ra dio applications. This device may have use restrictions, which requ ire that the national authority be contacted for any system licensi ng requirements, fr equency use, allowable power level, etc.
4 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page 1 SAFETY SYMBOL CONVENTIONS .......................................................................................... 7 2 RF ENERGY EXPOSURE INFORMATION ........................................................................
5 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page 11.4 MENU ....................................................................................................................... 30 11.5 FEATURE ENCRYPTION DISPLAY .............................................................
6 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page 15.5 MACRO KEY OPERATION.................................................................................... 67 15.6 INTERCONNECT CALL (SYSTEM MODEL ONLY) .......................................... 67 15.7 KEYPAD REMAPPING ...
7 1 SAFETY SYMBOL CONVENTIONS The following conventions are used to alert the user to general safety precautions that must be observed during all phases of operation, service, and repair of this product.
8 2 RF ENERGY EXPOSURE INFORMATION 2.1 RF ENERGY EXPOSURE AWARENESS, CONTROL INFORMATION, AND OPERATION INSTRUCTIONS FOR FCC OCCUPATIONAL USE REQUIREMENTS Before using your mobile tw o-way radio, read.
9 2.2 COMPLIANCE WITH RF EXPOSURE STANDARDS Your M/A-COM, Inc. M 7100 IP mobile t wo-way radio is designed and te sted to comply with a number of national and internat ional standard s and guidelines (listed below) regardi ng human exposure to RF electromagnetic energy.
10 2.2.1 Mobile Antennas – Vehicle Installation Install the radio’s antenna (refer to Table 2-1 for applicable antenna part numbers) i n the center of the vehicle’s roof. These mobile antenna i nstallation guidel ines are limi ted to met al body m otor vehicles or vehicles with a ppropriate ground planes.
11 Table 2-2: Rated Power and Recommended Mini mum Lateral Distance (Mo torcycle-Installed) RECOMMENDED MINIMUM LA TERA L DISTA NCE FROM TRA NSMITTING A NTENNA MOBILE RA DIO FREQUENCY SPLIT RA TED POWER OF MOTORCYCLE-INSTA LLED MOBILE TWO-WA Y RA DIO CONTROLLED UNCONTROLLED VHF 25 Watts, (136 MHz, Antenna P/N: SM-LE-OM150K.
12 2.2.4 Contact Information For additional inform ation on exposure requirem ent s or ot her information, contact M/ A-COM, Inc. at 1-800-528-7711 or at http://www.
13 3 OPERATION SAFETY RECOMMENDATIONS 3.1 TRANSMITTER HAZARDS The operator of an y mobile radio should be aware of certain hazards common to the operation of vehicular radio transmitters.
14 4 OPERATING RULES AND REGULATIONS Two-way FM radio systems must be operated in accordance with the ru les and regulations of the local, regional, or national governm ent. In the United States, the M7100 IP Series mobile radio m ust be opera ted in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Federal Com municat ions Comm i ssion (FCC ).
15 5 MARITIME CHANNELS As part of FCC Equipment Autho rization Part 80 licensing a maritime frequency usage p lan has been included in this manual for reference.
16 6 INTRODUCTION This manual describes how to use the M7100 IP Series Mobi le Radio. The M7100 IP is a synthesized, microprocessor-based, high performance m obile FM radio providi ng reliable two-way.
17 7 USER INTERFACE The M7100 IP operating controls are locat ed on the radio's front panel (see Figure 7-1and Figure 7-2). A keypad, vacuum florescent display for radio stat us information and a m icrophone jack are on the front panel.
18 8 CONTROLS This section describes the butt ons, keys and rotary knobs used to cont rol the M 7100 IP Series Mobile Scan and System M odel radios. All functi ons and contro ls of the Scan radio operate the same as the corresponding functions and controls on t he System radi o.
19 8.5 SCAN ADD/DELETE This rocker type button i s used to display t he current SCAN status for a group/channel and then either add or delete the group/ channel from the syst em scan list .
20 A keylight (LED) is associated with each key or button. This can light when the associated function is active. In some condi tions, the keylight can blink to indicate an acti on status. The keypad key functions can be rem apped to any of the primary function key s using the PC program ming software.
21 DEL Secondary function - used to delet e a digit during num eric entry (see Secti on 11.2). M Primary function - accesses the menu list. Th is is a list of additional features that are not available directly from the keypad. See Section 11.4 for det ails.
22 STO-ST9 The status 0-9 keys are used to send a pre-programm ed status message to the EDACS or P25 Trunked site. PVT The PVT key enables or disables Private M ode for the System /Group displayed. See the Private Operation section. KEY Displays the Encrypted Keys.
23 9 DISPLAY The radio's display is shown in Figure 9-1. The two character lines are used to display system, group and channel names, and also operati onal messages. Each l ine contains eight alphanum eric character blocks. See Figure 7-2 for a typical displ ay.
24 9.2 MESSAGES During radio operation, various m essages are displaye d on either line 1 or line 2. Typical m essages include control channel status inform ation, such as system busy or call denied , or messages associated with the radio's operation, (i.
25 MESSA GE NAME DESCRIPTION NO KEY # Encryption Key Missing Flashing indicator indicates that no encryption key or an in correct encryption key is programm ed into the radio. BCKL=1-6 Backlight Indicates the display intensity and keypad backlight level.
26 MESSA GE NAME DESCRIPTION (c) 2004 Displayed in line 2 when the m essage ‘M/A-COM’ is displayed in line 1 while displaying different items under the m enu wh en “REVISION” is selected by the operator. EM Emergency Indicates an emergency has been decl ared by the LID that follows the display, “EM.
27 10 ALERT TONES The M7100 IP series mobile radio also provides audibl e alert tones or "beeps" to indicat e the various operating conditions. These alert tones can be enabled or disabled through program ming. 10.1 CALL ORIGINATE A short mid-pi tched alert tone sounds aft er keying t he radio (Push-To-Talk button i s pressed).
28 10.9 PAGE (P25 TRUNKED ONLY) In P25 trunked mode, if the receiving radio accepts a page, both the receiving a nd transmitting radios emit three high-pitched tones.
29 11 OPERATION The M7100 IP Series mobil e radio unit can be program med to operate in a trunked system , a conventional system, a Project 25 (P25) conventional system , or any combinat ion of the three. Operati ng features and functions have been grouped according to the type of system the radio is operating in.
30 some cases the information on lines 1 and 2 will be exchanged.) En ter the system selection mode by pressing the S key. If SYSTEM 2 is the current selection, the display ap pears as follows: S O U .
31 All of the selection mode rules prev iously detailed apply to th e menu item selection process with the exception of direct access. The radio will continue to receive and transmit norm ally while in the menu function. A new item is display ed by using the RAM P controls, , and .
32 Table 11-1: Menu Item Information FEAT URE DISPLAY PARA METER SETTINGS COMMENT Backlight Adjust Menu Item: BCKLIGHT Once selected: BCKL= OFF, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Selects the light level for backlighting. Radio Revision Information Menu item : REVISION Informational displays only (see radio); no user selectable settings.
33 FEAT URE DISPLAY PARA METER SETTINGS COMMENT Last Scanned Channel Recall Menu Item: SCAN ADD Press twice when actively receiving; three times when not receiving. Scan icon displayed. Changes the selected channel to the last scanned channel. Home gr oup or channel selection Menu item: HOME Once selected: Home group or channel displayed.
34 11.5 FEATURE ENCRYPTION DISPLAY Feature Encryption Displa y is available t hrough the menu funct ion and, if programm ed, appears in t he menu as " FEATURES ." This dat a indicates current features program med into the radio as well as information requi red to add features to the radio.
35 • CH# XXX - Maxim um number of convent ional channels availa ble The user needs to know the lim its of his radio before atte mpting to enable other feat ures. The numbers shown here are for exam ple only. 11.5.3 Features Enabled These numbers indicate which features are enabled.
36 11.6 SYSTEM/GROUP/CHANNEL SELECTION In the following descripti on of SYSTEM/GROUP/CHANNEL SELECTION , the term group is used for both group and channel. The M7100 IP SYSTEM/GROUP/CHANNEL knob and the RAMP control s, , and . , are programma ble for maximum flexibility.
37 METHOD 3: Press g to enter the group select mode and fol low the select ion mode rules detailed earlier. Pressing the RAMP cont rols will now scroll through different groups.
38 12 TRUNKED MODE OPERATION Digital trunking provides fast communi cation access at all times, even during busy hours. In this m ode, the operator selects a comm unications system and group and the audio comm unication or working channel (WC) is allocated through digit al signaling wit h the site.
39 Emergency and Special Call are not operational during conventional failsoft. In addition, the g control will not operate. 12.4 EMERGENCY OPERATION The radio's ability to declare an emergency, .
40 12.5.2 ProScan The radio can b e programmed for ProScan™ system scan operation for multi-site applications depending o n the version of rad io flash code. ProScan pro vides the radio with the ability to select a new system for the radio to com municate on, when the selected system drops below a predefined level.
41 12.6 GROUP SCAN OPERATION Only Groups that are part of the radio's scan list will be scanned. Groups are added to the scan list on a per system basi s through programm ing, the radio keypad, or both, dependent upon progr amming. This scan li st can be changed by the user from the keypad unless pr ogramm ed otherwise.
42 2. Press < or > on the SCAN add/delet e control. The current status of t he group is displayed for a ti me-out period. 3. Press > to delete the group from the scan list.
43 12.7 INDIVIDUAL CALLS 12.7.1 Receiving and Responding to an Individual Call When the radio receives an individual call (a call directed only to the user's radio), it unmutes on the assigned working channel and turns on the BSY indi cator.
44 12.7.2 Call Storage Lists There are two lists available for call storage in the radio, the ca lls received list (1-10) and the personality list (1-99 as d efined b y the user). W hen the individual call mode is entered by pressing i , the calls received list is available.
45 12.9 TELEPHONE INTERCONNECT CALLS 12.9.1 Receiving a Telephone Interconnect Call (Trunked Mode Only) Receiving a telephone interconnect call is identical to receiving an individual call. See the DTMF Overdial Operation section if access to servi ces requiring "over-dial" is needed.
46 operator in the first ten phone list entrie s. These numbers are accessed by pressing p then following the selection mode rules. The following steps are required to dial these numbers: 1.
47 The mobile radios can be connected to Mobile Data Term inals (MDT) or to a host computer. Any RS-232 compatible device that supports the Radio Data Inte rface (RDI) protocol (Versi on 1.91 or greater) can be connected to the mobi le radio. Support for MDTs or host com puters is a programmable opti on per radio.
48 12.10.4 Exiting Data Calls Under normal conditi ons, the radio enters the scan lockout m ode and returns to the control channel after completion of a data call (transmit or receive).
49 • Pressing the PTT while in Publi c Address mode. • Turning scan ON with the SCAN bu tton. 12.11 STATUS/MESSAGE OPERATION Status and message operat ion is possible wit h either the Scan or System version of t he M7100 IP Series mobile radi o unit.
50 the n keylight remains lit. If the site does not recei ve the message properly, a low-pitched tone sounds and the n keylight will blink. If an incorrect message text was selected or th e incorrect number butt on was pressed, the message text can be changed during the pre-program me d time-out period by pressing another num ber button.
51 3. Using , or . , scroll through the list of available IDs and sel ect the desired ID with t he M key. ProGramm er provides dialogs for entering and edi ting canned messages, form s and replies, as well as certain fixed informat ion related to Ra dio TextLink.
52 13 CONVENTIONAL MODE OPERATION The radio functions in the conventi onal mode when using conventional com municati ons channels (non- trunked). Each channel consists of a preset freque ncy pair for transmit and receive during repeater operation or a single frequency for bot h transmit and receive during talk-a round (no repeater) operation.
53 METHOD 1: G-STAR is transmitted on the selected chan nel. If the channel is chang ed the emergency signaling will contin ue to be transmitted on the newly selected ch annel. METHOD 2: Same as METHOD 1 but the radio will lock on to the currently sel ected channel.
54 to continue scanning upon the detection of the wrong Ch annel Guard on a priori ty channel. The user can then select the rate at which this ch annel is scanned until th e call ends. 13.4.1 Adding Channels To A Scan List 1. W ith scan operation turned OFF select the de si red channel to add to the selected conventi onal system channel scan list.
55 • Pressing the PTT button when scan is ON will cause the radio to transmit on the displayed channel or to the currently sel ected channel depending on program ming. • Pressing < when scan is ON will cause the radio to recall the scanned channel that was last received.
56 3. If the c key is pressed before the time-out, the squelch level will not be updated and the original value will b e restored. 13.8 TYPE 99 DECODE If the Type 99 Decode Option has been pre-program med, indi vidual selective call ing is possible. The radi o can now decode individual, group or supergroup paging call s.
57 13.9 DIRECT MODE OPERATION The direct mode (or talk-around) provides short range, line of sight com municati ons. One of the buttons on the control unit m ust be pre-programm ed for this feature t o function. 1. Make sure the radio is ON and then select the desired convent ional system and channel.
58 14 PROJECT 25 (P25) CONVENTIONAL OPERATION 14.1 GROUP CALLS IN P25 MODE 14.1.1 Transmitting a Group Call 1. Select the desired P25 system . 2. Select the Talk Group/Conventional Channel. (Selected sim ultaneously using ei ther the system/ group/channel knob or the group key.
59 14.3 EMERGENCY GROUP CALLS IN P25 MODE There is no method available for a system -wide Emergency clear. An emergency group call must be cleared on each individual radio. 14.3.1 Declaring an Emergency Group Call 1. Select the desired P25 system and Talk Group/Channel.
60 15 TRUNKED OR CONVENTIONAL MODE OPERATION 15.1 SIREN/LIGHT OPERATION Each siren/light key is designed to control an optional siren/ligh t package. Pressing a siren/light k ey will light the key indicator. Each siren/light key (except RESET) can be program med for either CANCEL or ADDITIVE operation.
61 Conventional Aegis or encry pted channels require Channel Guard on the channel to operate correctly. 15.2.2 Clear Modes Aegis clear and ProVoice clear modes are identical voice m odes in which the radio transm its and receives only clear (analog) voice signals.
62 Power Up Only If the Aegis or ProVoice circuit board i s not responding, correctly, one of t he following error messages will be displayed and the radio n eeds servicing: HARDWARE ERR= 3X 3X will be a number between 30 and 38 15.
63 Table 15-2: Current Cryptographic Key Display ENCRYPTION KEY DISPLAYED MESSAGE DISPLAYED System "SYS KEY" "KEY = 1" Group/Channel "GRP KEY"/"CHN KEY" "KEY = 2"/KEY = 2" 15.
64 15.2.5.3 Scanned Group Calls Receiving a scanned group call is the same as r eceiving a selected group call. During the scan hang time, if the radio was prog ramm ed for auto-select, it will transmit back in th e same m ode it received the call. For example, if a clear group is entered in the scan list, it will only receive clear calls.
65 15.3.2.1 Slaved Mode Operation In Slaved mode, eit her controller can operate t he radio with no change in Syst em and Group settings when control is switched .
66 15.4.1 Changing Selected Radio A radio unit can be selected by pressi ng the radio selection but ton (pre-programm ed) on the control unit. In additi on, a button can be pre-programm ed to rotate selection through t he radio units. For ex ample, if radio #1 is selected, pressing the rad io selection button will select radio # 2.
67 N ote that the PA and External Speaker functions operate only on the Master radio. 15.4.1.5 Multiple Radio and Data Operation Only the m aster radio supports m obile data operati on. 15.5 MACRO KEY OPERATION Macro key operation permits the user to accomplish a se ries of keystrokes with a single "macro" keystroke.
68 Figure 15-1: M7100 IP System Model Keypad Figure 15-2: M7100 IP Scan Model Keypad.
69 GLOSSARY Agency - An agency is composed of multiple fleets. Units can be programm ed to initiate agency calls to access multiple fleets (Trunked Mode Only). Base/Unit Operation - A programmed opt ion used in some fl eets so units can only hear and talk to a base dispatch unit, not to ot her mobile s or personals in the group.
70 Talk-around Mode - Also referred to as "direct mode," talk-a round provides a direct unit-to-uni t short-range comm unications link. It is intended to m aintain com municat ions outside of the m ain system coverage area.
71 RADIO SETUP RADIO TYPE: FREQUENCY BAND: OPERATOR'S NAME: EMERGENCY GROUP: SYSTEM NUMBER SYSTEM NA ME TRK/CNV GRP/CHN NUMBER GRP/CHN NAME USE.
72 SYSTEM NUMBER SYSTEM NA ME TRK/CNV GRP/CHN NUMBER GRP/CHN NAME USE.
73 SYSTEM NUMBER SYSTEM NA ME TRK/CNV GRP/CHN NUMBER GRP/CHN NAME USE.
74 SYSTEM NUMBER SYSTEM NA ME TRK/CNV GRP/CHN NUMBER GRP/CHN NAME USE.
75 NOTES.
76 NOTES.
77 WARRANTY A. M/A-COM, Inc. (hereinafter "Seller") warrants to the original purchaser for use (hereinafter "Buyer") that Equipment manuf actured by or for the Seller shall be free from defects in material and workmanship, and shall conform to its published specifications.
M/A-COM Wireless Systems 221 Jefferson Ridge Parkway Lynchburg, Virginia 24501 (Outside USA, 1-434-385- 2400) Toll Free 1-800-528-7711 www.macom- wireless.
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