Motorola XPR 6350 User Manual

Mercer County Interoperable Public Safety Radio System Trunk Radio System Agency User Training Motorola APX6500 (Mobiles) and XTS2500 (Portables)

Mercer County Public Safety Radio System Tower/Transmitter Sites connected by microwave link – Redundant Dual Circle – Verizon Copper Lines are now d

Mercer County Public Safety Radio System Talkgroup & Channel Levels (Permissions) Command (Officer Level Communications) Command - Central Comman

Mercer County Public Safety Radio System Features Voice Recording Inhibiting/Un-inhibiting Radios Failsoft Dynamic Regrouping Unit to Unit Calling (

Managing a relatively small number of radio frequencies to allow communication between a large number of users. 1 2 3 Voice Channels Mercer County

Trunk - A bank of frequencies designed to provide efficient communications with minimal radio congestion. Resource – Numerical frequency stored in a

So what is Trunked Radio?? The terms trunked or trunking are both borrowed from the telephone industry and date back to the days of the party line. B

So what is Trunked Radio?? What’s Happening Behind the Scenes  Once powered on radios are in constant communication with the system via a control cha

Why Different Radios? The APX and XTS series are still in the UHF band, however these radios are trunking capable. Meaning these radios can transmit

Why Different Radios? XPR Radios, both Portable and Mobile are Conventional Only. These radio cannot transmit on trunked talkgroups. XPR6350 Portable

Introductions

Mercer County Public Safety Radio System Channel Zones Trunking Radios Only NOTE: SYSTEM MOBILES AND PORTABLES WILL BE CONFIGURED WITH THE ZONE LET

Mercer County Public Safety Radio System Zone “B” - Trunk Fire/EMS Talkgroups XTS2500 and APX6500 ONLY 1. East Response 1 - *ER-1* 2. North Response 1

Mercer County Public Safety Radio System Routine Calling “Hailing” An Agency/Officer not operating at an incident should contact Central by using th

Mercer County Public Safety Radio System What a Dispatcher looks at:

Mercer County Public Safety Radio System Response Zone B on Trunking Radios  Once dispatched (unchanged) agencies will communicate on their primary o

Recap Trunked Talkgroup Use Routine Radio Traffic/Hailing to Central Assignments – Response – On scene and Scene size up – IC to Central – IC to Incom

Mercer County Public Safety Radio System Channel Names/Titles Zone “A” UHF Analog/Conventional Zone “A” on Trunking Radios are identical to Channels

Mercer County Public Safety Radio System Conventional Channel Names/Titles TAC Channels TAC Channels are Channels 1-6 Fire Ground Channels 7-11 a

Channel 6 & 16 “Emergency Channel” In an effort to effectively manage fireground emergency conditions “TAC 6” (Channel 6 or 16) has been res

Mercer County Public Safety Radio System TAC Channel Use Voted Receiver System as was the VHF system – Nine Receiver Sites Used for on scene communica

Class Objectives Upon completion of this training, attendees should have attained An understanding of trunking radio systems. A working knowledge of

Mercer County Public Safety Radio System UHF FIREGROUND CHANNELS Fireground channels are strictly for talk around (point-to-point) communications in t

Mercer County Public Safety Radio System Channel Names/Titles “Bank C” •UCALL / UTAC National/Statewide Interoperability channels. •This system c

Mercer County Public Safety Radio System Channel Names/Titles Bank C UCALL - This channel is NOT monitored at the County ECC. However, the syst

Mercer County Public Safety Radio System Conventional vs. Trunk on a Incident Scene Conventional Frequencies are an excellent resource for on-scene m

So you are telling me I can’t use my trunking portable inside a building? The answer is NO, trunking radios will work inside a building. The key is

Scanning Scan cannot be relied upon to bridge across talkgroups for normal communication purposes in a trunked environment. Because of the manner

All current frequencies programmed into the new radios (mobile and portable) are licensed solely by Mercer County. Any department wishing to add or u

Questions?

APX 6500 UHF Radio with O5 Control Head

Power Button To Turn Radio On: 1. Press the Power button on the control unit. When the APX 6500 Digital Mobile Radio is turned on, it will display A

Design objectives of the radio system: • Enhance personnel safety. • Decrease overcrowding of frequencies. • Increase ability to effectively communi

Volume Knob To set the volume: •Rotate the Volume knob clockwise to increase the volume and counterclockwise to decrease the volume.

To adjust display brightness: Dimmer Button Press the Dimmer Button to change the display brightness to one of four levels: Off to high High to medi

1. Lift the microphone off the hook. Press and hold the microphone PTT button. - If you hear three quick tones (callback tones) and the red XMIT

1. The display shows the current bank and channel. 2. Press below ZONE. 2. Press either or until the desired zone is di

Selecting a Channel: Channel Knob Home Button •To select a Channel: 1.Turn the channel Knob until the display shows the desired channel name. 2.Press

Emergency Button: Emergency Button 1. Press the Emergency button to activate the emergency call/alarm feature. The display begins alternating EMERGE

EVACUATION SIGNAL The APX 6500 Mobile Radios have been programmed with the Motorola Evacuation Tone. To Activate this tone, the user must first depres

ASTRO® XTSTM 2500 Model II Digital Portable Radio Interactive Agency-User Training

Installation and Removal Procedures 3.Battery 1.Antenna 4.Belt Clip 2.Universal Connector

To install the antenna: 1. Turn the radio off. 2. Screw the antenna (clockwise) into the antenna receptacle on top of the radio. 3. Tighten the ant

Factors Prompting Development: Currently, the same frequency is often used for: 1. Dispatch 2. Responding & on-scene communications 3. Requests f

Battery: To install the battery: 1.Turn the radio off. 2.Align the three tabs at the bottom of the battery with the three slots at the bottom of the

The universal connector cover protects the side connector near the antenna. To remove the cover: 1. Turn the radio off. 2. Carefully insert a flat-

Belt Clip: To install the belt clip: 1. Remove battery before installing or removing the belt clip. 2. Hold the battery with the back of the battery

Power On/Off Volume Control Zone Selector Channel Select Emergency CONTROL TOP MEMORY LOCATION 1 (Long Press) HOME TALKGROUP (Short Press) Push-To-Tal

To turn the radio on: Turn the On/Off/Volume Control knob clockwise. If the power-up test is successful, you briefly see SELF TEST, then the home di

Signal Strength Direct/ TalkAround Monitor Scan Battery Status

Channel Select Channel Knob A *N R-1* To select a channel/mode: There are 16 Channels per bank and can be reached by turning the channel knob. P

Bank / Zone Select (3-Position Concentric Switch) To select a Bank / Zone: 1. Select Zone A, B, or C using the 3-Position Zone Select switch. Bank /

GREEN LED RED LED RED • Solid - PTT is pressed; radio is transmitting • Flashing - Channel Busy - Low Battery (lights while transmitting) GREEN

Emergency Emergency Alarm & Call EMERGENCY LED To send an emergency call: 1. With the radio turned on, press the Emergency button. The current

Dispatch: Implementation of the new radio system will NOT change dispatch. • Paging - Unchanged • Siren Activation - Unchanged • Station Alerting - Un

Time-out Timer The time-out timer turns off your radio’s transmitter. The timer is set for 60 seconds. 1. Hold down the PTT button longer than the pr

Display Light Radios have been programmed with an automatic backlight. The backlighting will activate upon: Pressing any of the side buttons Sele

Mercer County Public Safety Radio System Motorola XPR4550 Mobile Radio

Motorola XPR 4550 Conventional Channels Only Channels found in Zone A of trunking radios

Motorola XPR 4550 1. Power On/Off 2. Volume Up/Down 3. Channel Selector 4. Zone Select Menu (Unused) 5. Scan On/Off 6. Dim Display 7. Not programmed

XPR 4550 Navigate Left Navigate Right Enter/OK

XPR 4550 Enter Menu Mode Menu Back/Home Mode

Questions?

Mercer County Public Safety Radio System Communications Best Practices To optimize efficiency and minimize busy signals – Use Plain English-avoid 10

Speaking of Best Practices

The Mercer County Public Safety Radio System Governance Committee  Oversees the use of the System  Comprised of representative from  Fire  EMS  L

Remote Speakers and Microphones Persons using remote speaker microphones should hold the microphone 2”-3” from your mouth and speak directly into the

Special Situations: Interoperable Console Patching Should an agency need to be “patched” to another agency’s frequency, a console patch can be esta

Mercer County Public Safety Radio System Failsoft This will appear on the radio display in the event the repeater site that the radio is currently a

Mercer County Public Safety Radio System Site Failure In a single site Trunk system failure (one tower/transmitter)-The Trunk signal will attempt to

Questions?

TERMINOLOGY REVIEW TALKGROUP = CHANNEL, USED ON TRUNKING RADIOS ONLY TAC CHANNEL - RESERVED FOR UNITS OPERATING IN AN IDLH ENVIROMENT OR ATMOSPHERE,

ALL HANDS ASSIGNMENTS Transmission of an All Hands Assignment will come from the Incident Commander. Transmitting an All Hands immediately relays a

Incident Status Updates Upon the activation of the incident timer, Central will update the IC at 15 minute intervals. This will continue until the IC

EMERGECNCY PROCEDURES MAYDAYS – While the ECC will monitor TAC channels that have activity in an IDLH environment, the IC or their designee needs to a

EMERGECNCY PROCEDURES – Once the MAYDAY has been mitigated, the IC will make a general announcement over Channel 16, having all personnel switch back

System Design Objectives: 95% mobile in-street coverage 95% of the time. 90% portable in-street hip coverage 90% of the time. As with any radio syste

SAMPLE MAYDAY MESSAGE FROM THE IC Over the TAC Channel: MAYDAY, MAYDAY, MAYDAY, from <location> IC, Companies operating a MAYDAY has been trans

EMERGENCY PROCEDURES If Central receives a MAYDAY message but the IC has not responded, Central will immediately activate a MAYDAY alert tone over the

MAYDAY AUDIO

EVACUATIONS The IC will broadcast an evacuation over the TAC Channel. – This can be done in conjunction with the Evacuation Tone programmed in your A

Emergency Alert and Call How Emergency Call Works Emergency will function as an alarm and voice call. To send an Emergency Call, press the emergency

Requests: Provide system feedback to Central Communications, preferably Supervisor Gray - [email protected] Requests for additional talkgroups w

Questions? Thank you for your time.

Mercer County Public Safety Radio System Nine site UHF (500 MHz aka T-Band) Trunked radio system. Site Locations Are:  Channel 52 Tower Lawrence Twp