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PSR-500 Owners Manual V1.2

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2. Enter edit SAME area codes SAME standby stby standby off STBY standby on Weather Priority Mode Weather Priority mode samples the specified weather frequency periodically while scanning to see if the All Hazards 1050 Hz Warning Alert Tone WAT is present If the WAT is present the scanner will sound an alarm and tune to the specified weather frequency to monitor the nature of the alert To activate Weather Priority Mode follow the steps above listed above in Weather Radio Mode to find the strongest weather radio transmitter for your area Once the radio is tuned to the PSR 500 User Manual Page 80 strongest weather radio transmitter for your location press the PRI key on the keypad When in Scan Mode the radio will check the specified weather frequency periodically for the 1050 Hz Warning Alert Tone WAT If WAT is found the radio will sound an alarm and monitor the weather alert audio SAME Standby Mode SAME Standby Mode monitors the specified weather frequency silently waiting to receive a Specific Area Message Encoding SAME alert that corresponds with a SAME location code that you have previously entered If there is a match between a sent SAME location code and one that you have previously stored the scanner will sound an alarm display the alert type and monitor the nature of the alert To activate SAME Standby Mode first you should provide at least one SAME location code for your city county or state By
3. Scanning Operation basit A4 cc eeeeseeecceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees Search modes dedicated 7 Search Object Tvpes A8 Searching For Objects Using FIND OG Send Key ln DEEN 117 SO TY Sel a Sahat che sta Nes Sade Nat a teat She Aa te ad ts Specifications Frequency Step and Mode 122 Specifications general 1273 Spectrum Sweeper SWPR Mode dedicated 72 SRVC Service Search Object creating your first 53 SRVC Menu Heterence 111 Standard Text Entry Method and QuickText 89 0 Startup Topics achyanced Ap Startup Topics more achvanced GU SWPR Spectrum Sweeper Object creating your first 50 SWPR Menu Reference ccsssssssesssssssssstscrssssseeeeees 113 Hee tegen eegen ee TGRP Talkgroup creating your Tiret 28 TGRP Menu Reference 108 TANG safety E TFOUBIESNOOUNG BEE Troubleshooting Chart Op Trunked Radio Technologies about 128 TSYS Trunked System creating your fIret 28 TSYS Menu Reference 107 Tune et HE 118 TUNE mode Gedicated 74 EE Unpacking 26 ia ee Se Using Weather ModeS 7Z9 cccceeessseeeeeeeeeeeneeeeeeeeeeeee V Scanner Folder how to load to main memory 88 V Scanner Folder how to save main memory to 88 V Scanner Folders how to raSe 89 sssssessessseeeeees PSR 500 User Manual Page 135 PSR 500 User Manual Page 136 Warranty Limited Warranty Genera
4. the previously stored TGRP objects and every call on the trunked radio system will come up as a wildcard hit Displaying Memory Usage Your scanner can report how much free memory is available for new objects and show how much memory has been used and how the memory is allocated to different types of objects To display the memory usage report use the power on shortcut by pressing 0 then 0 again while the Welcome Owner screen is displayed just after the radio is powered on or press PGM then the SLOE softkey to access the Global configuration menu then scroll down using the key until Hemara Info GEI appears in the display Press SEL to view the memory usage report Use the a keys to scroll the display Search Object Types Avery powerful feature of your PSR 500 is the ability to define different types of frequency searches and process them while scanning Frequency searches are just another type of Scannable Object in the hierarchy of the radio s memory organization so they can be manipulated and scanned in the same manner as conventional channels and trunking talkgroups There are several different types of frequency searches available in your scanner PSR 500 User Manual Page 48 Limit Search Object LMIT A Limit Search Object LMIT is a search object that stores the parameters necessary for the radio to search each frequency within a lower and an upper limit for activity A LMIT object can be used for standalone
5. Any supported frequency in MHz Alpha numeric text On or Off Solid or Flash 0 7 On or Off On Off or Flash None Chirp Hi Lo Alert Ring 2 Chirp Fast Hi Lo DTMF On or Off Description Sets membership in Scan Lists Use 4 keys to scroll through Scan Lists Use SEL key to toggle Scan List membership A next to the Scan List number indicates that the object is mapped to that Scan List A frequency that will be used as the lower limit for the limit search range A frequency that will be used as the upper limit for the limit search range The alphanumeric display name for the LMIT search Use the standard text entry method or QTXT to name the object Permanent lockout for the LMIT channel Also accessed by pressing FUNC L OUT while the scanner is stopped on the LMIT object Controls whether the ALERT LED flashes or remains on solid when the ALERT LED is used Sets LED color to 0 7 as defined in the GLOB menu By default O LED Off 1 Red 2 Yellow 3 Green 4 Cyan 5 Blue 6 Magenta 7 White Normally the ALERT LED is active only while the object is receiving a transmission When Latch is on the ALERT LED will remain lit after the transmission is complete unless overridden by a subsequent object that is also using the ALERT LED Controls whether the backlight should be on off or flashing while the object is active Sets the Audible Alarm for the LMIT object When an Audible Alarm is selected the
6. cable to an lightning arrestor size of grounding conductors location of the lightning arrestor and connection of grounding conductors to grounding electrodes Additionally you may wish to disconnect your radio from the outdoor antenna during electrical storm activity to prevent damage The diagram below provides an example of a proper antenna grounding system PSR 500 User Manual Page 30 eege COAXIAL CABLE LIGHTNING ARRESTOR METER PANEL AND SERVICE ENTRANCE lt GROUNDING CONDUCTORS NEC SECTION 810 21 GROUND CLAMPS POWER SERVICE GROUNDING ELECTRODE SYSTEM NEC ART 250 PART H NEC NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE Connecting an Earphone Headphones For private listening you can plug an 1 8 inch 3 5 mm mini plug earphone or headphones not supplied in the HEADPHONE jack on top of your scanner This automatically disconnects the internal speaker Connecting an External Speaker In a noisy area an amplified speaker not supplied might provide more comfortable listening Plug the speaker cable s 1 8 inch 3 5 mm mini plug into your scanner s HEADPHONE jack NOTE You must use an amplified speaker with this scanner Non amplified speakers do not provide sufficient volume for comfortable listening Using the Belt Clip You can use the belt clip attached to the back of the scanner for hands free carrying when you are on the go The PSR 500 ships with the belt clip already installed To remove the b
7. other nearby radio or TV sets are turned on near the scanner Use the TUNE function and scan every frequency range from its lowest frequency to the highest Occasionally the searching will stop as if it had found a signal often without any sound This is a birdie Make a list of all the birdies in your scanner for future reference Keep the scanner dry if it gets wet wipe it dry immediately Use and store the scanner only in normal temperature environments Handle the scanner carefully do not drop it Keep the scanner away from dust and dirt and wipe it with a damp cloth occasionally to keep it looking new Modifying or tampering with the scanner s internal components can cause a malfunction and might invalidate its warranty and void your FCC authorization to operate it In Case of Fault If you believe your scanner is defective you should contact your dealer for assistance However before you do so check that the fault was caused by a human error Carefully reread the relevant section in the Owners Manual PSR 500 User Manual Page 95 Troubleshooting If you have problems with your scanner please refer to the following chart for some suggestions that might help you eliminate the problem If the scanner is still not operating correctly after trying these tips contact the dealer where you purchased your scanner for assistance Troubleshooting Chart Problem Possible Cause Remedy Poor reception Weak signals from dis
8. A 2 EEN CTCSS DCS and P25 NAC about 120 DCS OO ea EE Default Scan List how to Set 65 cece cecccseeeeesseeeeeeeeeeee D leting Objects EE Display Icons understandmg 272 DUPE how to use to speed up object entm A2 Earphones USING D AE Enabling and disabling Scan Uets bp External antenna USING Eeer External speaker usimg 31 Familiarization with your PGP Oo 20 FCC regulations 12 Ee EE as a AE ee eat E eds ake Ne nae Filtering BY Object Teens beesbeeg Finding more information 131 Finding objects 60 EE First Time Startup 26 eesesseneeeeeeseneeeeeeerrrrnesserrrrnnnssserre Five Way Pushbutton Pad 24 Front View PSR 500 20 EE Get LCD een 116 Get Status command RE 116 Gelling Staned EE GLOB Menu Reference 100 PSR 500 User Manual Page 133 Grouping Objects with Scan Liste bb Headphones USING 3 E PAM Co nters d ese oe dace ec os Sah ts neil ee Silat eee eas ts In Case Of FaultOob ccc ccceeeeeeeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeaeeeees Initializing Global Parameters to Factory Defaults Q6 Initializing the Scanner to Factory Defaults 97 fu etel ie der DEE Keypad Understanding 24 PED Alen ZO EE EN Limit and Service search modes decdhcated 26 Limit Search Object MIT A9 Listening EE EE LMIT Menu Heierence 109 Lockout obiect os See Lockout permanent 672 Lockout Gelee feed Eege Lockout talkgroup from Wildcard bt 64 Lockout temporary EE Low
9. ENgE Ee 111 SWPR Menu Reference cccccccccccccceeeeesseeeeeeeseeeeeesseseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 113 Appendix A Remote Control Protocoll cccssesesseeeeeeesseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 115 LEI EC MI CERN 116 le 117 UI E 118 Appendix B GODU IM pri ccseedisnsscetaiccndesnnvaaisiaenddeuceanddunssesewecavandesrtuonstunedaddneds 119 Appendix C Frequency Step and Mode Specifications cccccccceeee 122 Appendix D General Specifications cceeeecceeeseseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeees 123 Appendix E About Trunked Radio Technologies sssssseeeeeeeseeeeees 126 Appendix F About CTCSS DCS and P25 NAC ccccsesssseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 129 TEEN eeEeEedeegeEeEEe 129 DCS E E sce siianiaiates sis eceeeeaspapsnuesubencatanenscansbanstens 130 E NEE 130 Appendix G Finding More Information ccccssseeessseeeeesseeeeeesseeeeeenes 131 Learning About Scanning and your PSR 500 ccccsssssseeereees 131 Finding Frequencies and Trunked System Information 00 131 e E E 133 Introduction Welcome to an exciting new world of radio scanning Recognizing that contemporary scanning receivers are too hard to program and use GRE s engineers conducted extensive research to determine the functional requirements for an entirely new scanning receiver user interface We call this new user interface the Object Oriented User Interface OOUI and it is bas
10. Scroll to the Tas field and press the key to edit the name Press the Done softkey when finished then press the Sawe softkey to save the changes to the Scan List sub menu then press the gt a softkey again to save the changes to the Global menu Scan Lists may be enabled or disabled while actively scanning or by accessing the individual Scan List in the Global Settings GLE menu PSR 500 User Manual Page 58 To toggle a Scan List s enabled disabled status while scanning press the numeric key that corresponds with the Scan List you wish to toggle For example pressing 4 while scanning will toggle the state of Scan List 04 from enabled to disabled or vice versa if the Scan List is already disabled To toggle the enabled disabled status for Scan Lists 11 20 press FUNC then press a number key i e press FUNC 3 to toggle the status of Scan List 13 If you enable a Scan List that has no assigned objects the number for that Scan List will flash in the display while the scanner Is scanning When you enable a Scan List the display briefly shows the name of the Scan List on Line 4 of the display and the word ON or OFF at the end of Line 3 to indicate if the Scan List was toggled on enabled or off disabled When Scan Lists 1 2 3 and 16 are enabled the display will appear as follows while scanning To toggle a Scan List s status from the Global Settings menu press PGM to enter Program Mode then press the SLOE softkey
11. Try searching on lt name of city or county gt scanner frequencies or lt name of city or county gt frequencies omitting the quotation marks and lt gt symbols to locate personal web pages with PSR 500 User Manual Page 131 information about scanning in the specified areas We also suggest www radioreference com which includes an extensive database of conventional and trunked radio system data for locations all over the USA and the world One of the more enjoyable aspects of the scanning hobby is finding new frequencies on your own Your PSR 500 includes powerful Limit Search LMIT and Service Search SRVC search capabilities that will help you find active frequencies in your area and a Spectrum Sweeper SWPR that quickly searches through selected frequency bands to find nearby transmitters PSR 500 User Manual Page 132 Index Abbreviations DEIER AG OWE EE Accessories included with PGP bo 22 Alarms audble 0 Et RE EE EE Alphanumeric Information how to enter 80 Antenna how 16 INStAN 27 EE Audible Alarms 20 AutoMove LTR home repneaters D E leie leet Reie RE Te EE Batteries how iomstal2p cece cceceeseeeeeeseseeeeeeeneeeeeaes Battery type how to set 28 Belt clip installation and use 21 Birdie Treouencles O SUID EE 119 Cloning Your Radio to Another PSR 500 or PSR 600 89 CONV Conventional Channel creating your first 34 CONV Menu Heierence 1072 CTCSS about
12. default SAME mode will alert on any SAME message received if no SAME location codes are entered A list of SAME location codes can be found online at this web site http www nws noaa gov nwr indexnw htm sametable In addition to the code for your location you may wish to enter additional codes for surrounding areas and any other areas of interest so that you can receive advance warning of adverse or dangerous weather that may be headed in your direction Unlike other weather alert radios your scanner features a powerful SAME wildcard feature that allows you to set the radio to alarm on partial matches of the location code For example the SAME location code for Dallas TX is 048113 which can be broken down as follows 0 represents a subdivision within a county and is typically not used 48 is the State code for Texas 113 is the County code for Dallas County Entering the entire 048113 code will cause the radio to receive all SAME alerts that match the code for Dallas County Suppose you wanted to receive any alert for any county in the entire state provided that the alert is sent by your local NWS PSR 500 User Manual Page 81 transmitter Using the wildcard feature you can enter a SAME area code as follows Wee This tells the radio to alert on any SAME message with a location code that matches 48 for the state of Texas Your scanner also allows you to specify the event code The default alert code is whic
13. operation or navigate to an object using the 5 way pushbutton pad while in Manual Mode or PGM mode and press FUNC then the L OUT key The lowercase 1 in the display changes to uppercase to indicate that permanent lockout is applied to the object Uppercase L indicates permanent lockout is active If you wish to remove permanent lockout from an object navigate to the object using the 5 way pushbutton pad while in Manual Mode or PGM mode and press FUNC then L OUT again HINT You can also toggle lockout anytime you are viewing an object menu in Program mode by pressing L OUT Search Lockout Search lockout works with certain search objects including LMIT searches some SRVC searches and SWPR objects Frequency lockout is used to lock out undesired frequencies that are found during searches To apply search lockout during a search press the Fri 0 softkey while the scanner is stopped on the undesired frequency PSR 500 User Manual Page 63 Press FrL O to lock out an undesired frequency Applying search lockout to an undesired frequency adds that frequency to the Search Lockout List a list of frequencies that the scanner ignores when performing searches or during Spectrum Sweeper operations You can edit or clear the Search Lockout List by following these steps Press PGM Press the GL UD softkey Scroll down to the SRCH Leuta item and press SEL Scroll to the frequencies you wish to remove from the lockout
14. or PSR 600 scanner from GRE To clone your radio to another unit use a standard stereo patch cord terminated with 1 8 male stereo phone plugs on each end to connect your radio the SOURCE radio to another radio the TARGET radio Ensure that both radios are powered on Press the PGM key then the LOE softkey to enter the Global Settings menu On the SOURCE radio scroll to the Clore Sergi option then press the SEL key when you are ready to send data from your SOURCE radio to the TARGET radio Both working memory and global settings are transferred Under certain circumstances the CCDump output may interfere with the cloning process If you experience problems with cloning ensure that CCDump is turned off by pressing the PGM key then the FUNC key then the D UD softkey then scrolling to the CCDump menu item If necessary turn CCDump off by pressing the left or right arrow key then press the 584e softkey to save the setting NOTE The contents of working memory on the TARGET radio will be overwritten immediately when SEL is pressed on the SOURCE radio Standard Text Entry Method and QuickText Your PSR 500 features a high contrast backlit alphanumeric display that provides constant feedback about what the radio is PSR 500 User Manual Page 89 doing while scanning and monitoring your Scannable Objects To get the most out of your scanner and this display you will want to name your objects as you program them into the ra
15. small group of radio channels are automatically shared between a larger number of users and user groups This sharing of channels is managed automatically by a special computer called a controller or by other specialized hardware For now all you need to know is this if you want to monitor a talkgroup on a trunked radio system you must store that talkgroup s parameters in a TGRP object TSYS is used to represent a Trunking System Object A TSYS is a special object type that is used when creating TGRP objects A trunking talkgroup must be associated with a specific trunked radio system in order for it to operate There are parameters that are associated with trunking systems such as the type of trunked radio system technology used the frequencies that the system uses to broadcast control data etc Instead of entering these parameters over and over again every time you create a new TGRP on the same trunked radio system you create a TSYS object with all of the system parameters then specify that PSR 500 User Manual Page 16 CONV LMIT SRVC SWPR TSYS object for each TGRP you create on the same trunked radio system A TSYS cannot be scanned by itself and is not considered a Scannable Object It is a configuration object that can be used over and over again when adding talkgroups for a specified trunked radio system CONV is used to represent a Conventional Channel Object A Conventional Channel Object is a regular non
16. you are only scanning objects that are in your immediate vicinity making the radio less active and increasing the chances that you will not miss important local activity Use your imagination and you will probably come up with many other ways to use the Favorites Scan List feature Mapping Objects to Scan Lists By default every new object you create is mapped to be a member of Scan List 01 Scan List membership is defined in an object s parameters menu and is typically found at the beginning of the menu To change Scan List membership when creating a new object scroll up or down to the cari Lists parameter in the object s menu before saving the object With the can Lists field highlighted as indicated by the blinking cursor use the 4 gt keys on the 5 way pushbutton pad to scroll through the Scan Lists until you find the Scan List that you wish to enable or disable membership for the object and use the SEL button to toggle membership for that Scan List on or off The asterisk next to the Scan List number indicates that the object is a member of that Scan List Press the a softkey to save the modified object Objects can be members of as many Scan Lists as you see fit without limitation to the number of Scan Lists an PSR 500 User Manual Page 57 object is mapped to and without limitation to the number of objects that are mapped to a given Scan List To change Scan List membership for an existing object press the
17. 100 GLOB Parameter Lisht Ares Lisht Secs Batters Lo Batt Alert Batters Info Charse Time Atten Mode Global Atter Clear Hits Hit Counts PELE Carl 1LSt Priopites WiFi Scar Lists SECH LeQuts Clear FAL Herora Info Options Both LCD Keybd 1 99 seconds NiMH Alkaline or NiCad 0 60 seconds SEL 0 99 Global or Normal On or Off SEL Yes or No 0 22 On or Off On or Off SEL SEL SEL SEL Description Controls what area is illuminated when the backlight is on Bath illuminates the LCD and the keypad LCE illuminates the display only Esl Keyboard illuminates the keypad only Controls the amount of time the backlight remains on for Normal Key and Ignore light modes Loads low battery profile for each different battery type Controls critical battery audible alert O off Displays current battery voltage DAC value and charge time remaining if battery is charging Battery charge time in hours O charger off The battery charger is timer based and charges at a current rate of 150 mA The charger is disabled when BATTERY is set to Alkaline A default charge time of 9 hours is used for NiCAD batteries and 16 hours for NiMH batteries The attenuator reduces the amount of signal at the receiver input This helps reduce interference from strong nearby transmitters Global attenuator mode applies attenuation radio wide regardless of individual object settings In Normal
18. 89 Cloning Your Radio to Another PSR 500 or PSR 600 Scannerv 89 Standard Text Entry Method and QuickText 0 ccccccscceeeeeeeeesseeeeeeeees 89 Entering and Editing Alphanumeric Information cccccceeeeeees 90 USING GutekTegtgevueges ogeueueueusgeeeubeueegeeeg EAKE Ee SE EE KENEASCEEEECEKgeeeEeEg 91 Customizing QUICK TONG oaccissasciissneaxccaveccueninewensaaaveenveneneandtacciesenvontseenn 92 Power On Configuration Key SCQuencess cccccsssseeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeteeeeneees 93 Birdie FreQUGNCIOS E 94 e EE 95 In Case TE 95 ge E e ne DEE 96 Troubleshooting Chart eeuieger eiteeeesgeeeuedeEe deeg eege neon 96 Initializing Global Parameters to Factory Defaullts ccccssssseeee 96 Initializing the Scanner to Factory Defaults cccssseenesssereeesesnees 97 Detailed Menu Reference cccscssssssseeeeseeneneccccececeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeenseeseeesseeneaones 99 GLOB Menu REIGN CG as cciccecicsesssseadesecccacwenessesicieancwencwedeedusnassuasvencuencuewadss 100 CONV Menu Reference seccceeeseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeeensenneeeeeeseneeeeeneeeees 103 TGRP Menu Reference ccccccceseeeeeeeseeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeenseeesessseneeeeeees 105 TSYS Men Referente oiean ccandiwcvanin cutters cidade daaa aad ruedan 107 LMIT Menu Reference 2 ccccceeeeeeeeeeenseeneneeeenenseenseeeeeeeeeeeseeeneneeoeennees 109 SRVC Men R erem Ce isa eugeusd egegug eege ege Eugen
19. 996875 MHz 794 00000 796 996875 MHz 803 00000 805 996875 MHz 806 00000 823 987500 MHz 849 00000 868 987500 MHz 894 00000 901 987500 MHz 902 00000 939 987500 MHz 940 00000 960 000000 MHz 1240 0000 1300 00000 MHz Appendix C Frequency Step and Mode Specifications Step Size Default Mode 10 kHz AM 10 kHz AM 5 kHz AM 5 kHz FM 10 kHz FM 5 kHz FM 8 33 kHz AM 5 kHz FM 12 5 kHz FM 5 kHz FM 12 5 kHz FM 5 kHz FM 7 5 kHz FM 5 kHz FM 7 5 kHz FM 25 kHz FM 7 5 kHz FM 5 kHz FM 12 5 kHz FM 5 kHz FM 5 kHz FM 6 25 kHz AM 12 5 kHz FM 5 kHz FM 6 25 kHz FM 12 5 kHz FM 3 125 kHz FM 3 125 kHz FM 3 125 kHz FM 3 125 kHz FM 12 5 kHz FM 12 5 kHz FM 12 5 kHz FM 12 5 kHz FM 6 25 kHz FM 6 25 kHz FM Excludes frequencies utilized by the Cellular Mobile Radiotelephone Service 824 848 9875 MHz and 869 893 9875 MHz PSR 500 User Manual Page 122 Appendix D General Specifications Working Memory 1800 programmed objects using flexible Scannable Object system Program and scan conventional channels trunking talkgroups limit searches service searches and Spectrum Sweeper configurations as Scannable Objects that are created edited grouped and scanned using common user interface conventions Virtual Scanners 21 Virtual Scanner V Scanner folders each capable of holding the entire contents of working memory for a total storage capacity of over 37 800 objects Searches 7 preprogrammed dedicat
20. At the Scan Lists item press the SEL key on the 5 way pushbutton pad Scroll to the Scan List you wish to change and press the SEL key again then at the Enabled setting press the d or gt onthe 5 way pushbutton pad to toggle the Scan List on or off An asterisk indicates that the Scan List is enabled Press the GE softkey to save settings for that Scan List then press SHWE again to confirm your global changes and exit the GLOB menu If you inadvertently store an object with no Scan List mappings the object will be placed in a special NS Scan List that can be accessed using the 4 keys while in Manual Mode or PGM mode Once you scroll to the NS Scan List you can use the keys to scroll to the objects found there and edit the Scan List setting by pressing the PGM key then the EDIT and CUFF softkeys to see the object s menu PSR 500 User Manual Page 59 Other Advanced Startup Topics Here are some more startup topics that will help you get more enjoyment out of your PSR 500 as you become more experienced with its operation We also suggest that you visit RadioReference at www radioreference com where you can discuss the PSR 500 with other owners Finding Stored Objects Easily The PSR 500 s browse feature makes it easy to scroll to the Scan Lists and Scannable Objects you have created using the 4 gt a keys on the 5 way pushbutton pad while the scanner is in PGM or Manual Mode Here are some more methods
21. BLUE for tests and administrative messages The scanner sounds the siren until the NWS transmission of the 1050 Hz Warning Alert Tone WAT begins Once the WAT begins the scanner s speaker will unmute and you will hear the WAT play as an alert that the voice portion of the SAME warning is about to begin You will then hear the voice portion of the SAME warning Your scanner will resume SAME Standby operation 90 seconds after the SAME warning starts You may reset standby mode by pressing the TE softkey twice at any time Using V Scanner Storage Your PSR 500 features two types of memory storage Main memory is used to store your programming that is used for everyday monitoring and scanning V Scanner memory is used to store complete copies of your scanner s main memory for later recall including objects global settings and dedicated search configurations We call this feature V Scanner for Virtual PSR 500 User Manual Page 86 Scanner Your PSR 500 features 21 V Scanner storage locations each capable of storing a copy of your scanner s main memory including all of your objects and global radio wide settings Having 21 Virtual Scanners is like having 21 scanners in one You can custom tailor a main memory configuration to suit your needs for the type of scanning you do in different situations then store that configuration for later use If you travel frequently you may want to create V Scanners for the areas where y
22. CCDump Protocol PC IF Clone Protocol and Remote Control Protocol Specifications the Specifications AS IS for the convenience of scanning hobbyists and programmers who wish to develop software applications for use with the PSR 500 Use of the Specifications shall be AT YOUR OWN RISK GRE does not provide Memory File Format CCDump Protocol PC IF Clone Protocol and Remote Control Protocol technical support Should you require assistance with the Specifications we encourage you to visit one of the many PSR 500 User Group forums on the Internet By using the Specifications you agree to these terms Your PSR 500 features a trunked control channel decoding utility called CCDump When CCDump is turned on the scanner sends decoded trunking control channel information and SAME weather alert data to the PC IF port This data can be displayed using any simple terminal application or read by third party application software for additional analysis and decoding CCDump is turned off by default in the PSR 500 To activate CCDump press the PGM key then press FUNC then press the ALOE softkey to access the Special Global Settings menu Scroll down using the key until LL Mc is shown on the middle line of the LCD display Press the 4 keys to toggle CCDump on or off Press the SHE softkey when finished to save the change in the radio s configuration memory To view CCDump data connect the radio to a personal computer using the USB PC IF cabl
23. DOT and STAR radio frequencies Railroad searches the Association of American Railroads AAR VHF railroad frequencies used in the US and Canada Toggle search groups when Pub Safety Aircraft and Amateur service searches are used 111 SRVC Parameter Tas Laut LED Hode LED Color Latch LED Back Llisht Alarm Eau Options Alpha numeric text On or Off Solid or Flash 0 7 On or Off On Off or Flash None Chirp Hi Lo Alert Ring 2 Chirp Fast Hi Lo DTMF On or Off Description The alphanumeric display name for the SRVC search Use the standard text entry method or QTXT to name the object Permanent lockout for the SRVC object Also accessed by pressing FUNC L OUT while the scanner is stopped on the SRVC object Controls whether the ALERT LED flashes or remains on solid when the ALERT LED is used Sets LED color to 0 7 as defined in the GLOB menu By default O LED Off 1 Red 2 Yellow 3 Green 4 Cyan 5 Blue 6 Magenta 7 White Normally the ALERT LED is active only while the object is receiving a transmission When Latch is on the ALERT LED will remain lit after the transmission is complete unless overridden by a subsequent object that is also using the ALERT LED Controls whether the backlight should be on off or flashing while the object is active Sets the Audible Alarm for the SRVC object When an Audible Alarm is selected the selected alarm will play anytime the scanner s
24. DUPE is especially useful when entering multiple TGRP objects that are hosted on the same trunked radio system or multiple CONV objects that have similar parameters or tag names To use DUPE press the PGM key then scroll to the object that you wish to duplicate using the 4 a keys on the 5 way pushbutton pad Press the EDIT softkey then press the DUIFE softkey An exact copy of the object you selected is created and the scanner displays the newly created object menu so you can change the parameters that need to be changed prior to saving Be sure to change the tag name before saving your new object When finished press the gt AUWIE softkey to save the new object Try using the DUPE feature now to enter a few more CONV and TGRP objects before continuing You might consider using DUPE on your wildcard TGRP object to make a duplicate then set the TaFe to FPrivale so you ll have a TGRP wildcard for talkgroup calls and another for private calls PSR 500 User Manual Page 43 m NOTE Use caution with DUPE As soon as you press DUPE a duplicate of the selected object is created and saved in memory Be certain to delete any DUPEd objects that you create accidentally Basic Scanning Operation Now that you have entered a few CONV or TGRP objects you can experiment with Scan and Manual operation Activating Scan Mode will cause your scanner to scan through all Scannable Objects that are members of enabled Scan Lists and are not locke
25. LED To activate the Tune LED press PGM then the GL UD softkey Press the key until Ture LED FF appears in the display Use the 4 keys to toggle Tune LED on or off then press the SALE softkey to save your changes to the radio s configuration memory Using dedicated Limit and Service search modes The SRCH key provides immediate access to the dedicated search modes of your PSR 500 Pressing the SRCH key cycles through each search mode in this order Limit Railroad Public Safety Aircraft Ham CB Marine and FRS GMRS MURS DOT LMIT Search Mode Your scanner s dedicated LMIT search mode provides you with the ability to create a limit search with a search frequency range between upper and lower limit frequencies that you specify and perform the limit search directly without creating a new LMIT object You can then monitor that frequency range for transmissions PSR 500 User Manual Page 76 To enter LMIT mode press the SRCH key on the keypad repeatedly until the display indicates LMIT search as follows Flashes gt PAUSED lt when Signal strength Search direction paused on a frequency z Zeromatic off Z Zeromatic on d delay off D delay on Receive mode and frequency shows found CTCSS DCS or P25 NAC code Adds found frequency to Changes Creates new frequency lockout receive mode CONV object list while stalking in default Band softkey toggles Scan List all bands or police based on fire only found fr
26. a separate configuration object and can be used over and over again in other talkgroup objects on the same trunked radio system Also with regard to trunked radio systems it is important to note that a talkgroup object may be configured in one of four different PSR 500 User Manual Page 42 ways to monitor traffic on a trunked radio system They are as follows e Wildcard Talkgroup will monitor all talkgroup call radio traffic on the desired trunked radio system press PF 11 in the ID field of the TGRP object to use Wildcard e Talkgroup with TGID will only monitor talkgroup call radio traffic on the specified TGID enter the desired talkgroup in the ID field of the TGRP object to scan a specified ID e Wildcard Private Call will monitor all private call radio traffic on the desired trunked radio system press PF 1t in the Git field to get Wildcard and set the Type field to Private e Private Call with ID will only monitor private call radio traffic on the specified TGID enter the desired Radio ID in the TEI field and set the Type field to Private NOTE Remember by default all new objects are mapped to Scan List 01 For now just let your new objects go to the default Scan List 01 Later in this section we will show you how you can group your objects into Scan Lists Using DUPE to speed up object entry DUPE is a powerful feature that will help you when entering multiple objects that have similar characteristics
27. active only while the object is receiving a transmission When Latch is on the ALERT LED will remain lit after the transmission is complete unless overridden by a subsequent object that is also using the ALERT LED Controls whether the backlight should be on off or flashing while the object is active 103 Alarm Eau Sk aware None Chirp Hi Lo Alert Ring 2 Chirp Fast Hi Lo DTMF On or Off On or Off Sets the Audible Alarm for the CONV object When an Audible Alarm is selected the selected alarm will play at the beginning of each transmission on the CONV object or anytime the scanner stops for activity on the CONV object while scanning When On the CONV object is a member of the Favorites Scan List When On the CONV object is a member of the Skywarn Scan List Modulation Atter Delad Delas Time Disital AGC SuPer Le ack Audi oboost Hit Court PSR 500 User Manual Page AM FM NFM AU On or Off On or Off 1 200 On or Off On or Off On or Off Numeric value Modulation setting for the CONV channel In most cases AU will work fine Use AM to override and force AM modulation FM to force FM modulation NFM to force narrow FM modulation When on applies 20 dB of attenuation to all transmissions on the CONV channel Useful in areas where interference from nearby strong signals is present Controls whether a Delay is used to wait for reply traffic after a transmiss
28. an object that will allow you to scan and monitor a talkgroup on a particular trunked radio system Essential Trunking Talkgroup parameters As a standalone object a TRGP object is really no more complicated than a CONV object The trunking system TSYS that the TGRP is a member of must be specified Each talkgroup has a digital address on the trunking system which is called the talkgroup ID and this must be provided We also recommend that you label your TGRP object by giving it a name in the TAG field This will make it easier for you to find the TGRP object later and identify it when the scanner stops to monitor activity Setting up and using a Trunking System TSYS object We just mentioned that the TSYS is an essential parameter needed in order for a TGRP object to function properly and receive radio traffic The TSYS object has its own set of essential parameters and these parameters vary depending on the type of trunked radio system you plan to monitor If you are a reasonably experienced user you probably already know what the essential parameters are for the system you wish to monitor For example each TSYS must correctly specify the type of system being monitored the control channel or LCN frequencies used by the system and so on A detailed description of each type of system supported by this radio and the essential parameters required to make the different types of trunked radio systems work properly is provided in t
29. attenuator mode the attenuator follows the individual object attenuator setting When the ATTEN mode is set to Global this controls whether the Global attenuator is on or off Press SEL to clear all hit counters Turns the hit counter feature on or off Sets default destination Scan Lists for new objects and CONV Stor from Searches Spectrum Sweeper and Tune Use 1 20 for normal Scan Lists 1 20 Use 0 for the ns not scanned Scan List no Scan List mappings are specified Use 21 for the FAV Scan List Use 22 for the SKYWARN Scan List Turns Priority Scan On or Off Priority Scan can also be toggled by pressing FUNC PRI while scanning Toggles Weather Priority Mode on or of Also accessed by pressing WX then PRI Enters sub menu for Scan List settings and status Enters sub menu for review editing or deletion of search lockout frequencies Press SEL to clear the Favorites Scan List Press SEL to see the current memory usage Tune LED PSR 500 User Manual Page On or Off Activates Signal Strength driven LED when in TUNE mode 101 GLOB Parameter Color B r Dt i i Kew Rereat LOD BlinkOFrr LED BlinkOn LED BlinkOFrr LED BlinkOn Fri Channels Fri Interwal TORF Pri Int QuickPrikin Search Ged ao SRCH Dis AGC SRCH Gupr Trk TLO FUMC Leo DurpeCheck ssl TGID Format TORF Ianore Shawl Info PSR 500 User Manual Page Options Red Green Blue RGB value Text v
30. does not receive digital transmissions on digital frequencies or trunking systems The digital channel or talkgroup is not using APCO 25 digital modulation The scanner can only receive IAPCO 25 C4FM CQPSK IMBE digital signals The digital channel or talkgroup is encrypted The scanner will not receive encrypted traffic The digital channel or talkgroup is being transmitted from a distant location Reposition the scanner or use an outdoor antenna to improve reception Initializing Global Parameters to Factory Defaults If your scanner does not appear to be functioning properly you can reset the global radio parameters to their factory state without losing any of your programmed data Any custom changes you have made to the radio s global parameters will be lost PSR 500 User Manual Page 96 NW NOTE This procedure preserves the information you stored in the scanner s working memory while resetting all global radio parameters to factory defaults V Scanner memory is not affected by this operation 1 Turn off the scanner then turn it on again The scanner briefly displays the DSP boot version and then the Welcome Owner screen is displayed 2 Press 0 while the scanner is displaying the Welcome Owner screen The scanner displays d fonts Fei IO 0 ch Th ch i itt mt if oF ee DILL Ip vm 3 Press 2 The scanner displays Init GLIE datz To Factors slate ECHTER if D
31. editing existing Service Search objects All menus are shown in the scanner s display as a three line window that can be scrolled up or down to access the various different parameters The active parameter is always the middle parameter and is indicated by a flashing The entire SRVC menu is shown below SRVC Options Parameter p On or Off for Scan Lists Scan Lists 1 20 Pub Safety Aircraft Shue Amateur CB Marine FRS GM MURS Railroad Grours 4 gt to scroll SEL to toggle on off PSR 500 User Manual Page Description Sets membership in Scan Lists Use 4 keys to scroll through Scan Lists Use SEL key to toggle Scan List membership A Ze next to the Scan List number indicates that the object is mapped to that Scan List Public Safety Pub Safety Searches commonly used public safety frequencies Groups are as follows 0 33 4 46 5 MHz 1 151 170 MHz 2 453 467 MHz 3 764 806 MHz 4 851 869 MHz Aircraft Searches civilian and military air frequencies Groups are as follows 0 108 118 MHz 1 118 137 MHz 2 138 150 MHz 3 225 400 MHz Amateur Searches amateur radio frequencies Groups are as follows 0 28 0 29 7 MHz 1 50 54 MHz 2 144 148 MHz 3 222 225 MHz 4 420 450 MHz 5 902 928 MHz 6 1240 1300 MHz CB Searches the citizen s band radio frequencies Marine Searches the VHF FM marine radio band FRS GMRS MURS DOT STAR F G MURS Searches the FRS GMRS MURS
32. for monitoring single objects SCAN Places scanner in Scan Mode for scanning enabled objects FUNC SCAN launches Spectrum Sweeper TUNE Allows direct tuning of any valid frequency FUNC TUNE loads the current or most recently scanned frequency into TUNE SRCH Dedicated Search mode for service and frequency searches ATT Toggles Attenuator on and off FUNC ATT toggles Global Attenuator mode PRI Toggles the Priority setting for selected or active object FUNC PRI toggles Priority Mode on or off for the scanner FAV Activates Favorites Scan Mode FUNC FAV adds the current object to the Favorites Scan List wx Activates Weather scan FUNC WX activates Skywarn mode PGM Places scanner in Program Mode for editing radio wide options adding new objects or editing existing objects FUNC PGM accesses V Scanner mode L OUT Toggles Temporary Lockout on active or selected object FUNC L OUT applies permanent lockout can be changed in the DU menu ENT Enter key PSE Pauses scan or search operation on active object PSR 500 User Manual Page 25 Getting Started First Time Startup We believe that your new PSR 500 is so easy to use that scannists with minimal experience in the hobby should be able to get up and running in a matter of just a few minutes If you already know the difference between a conventional channel and a talkgroup or a search range and a Spectrum Sweeper we invite you to dive right in and set the
33. incident without authorization PSR 500 User Manual Page 19 Getting Familiar With Your PSR 500 The following illustrations are provided to help you get familiar with your PSR 500 s controls and accessories PSR 500 Front View Headset Connector lt Volume Control lt _ Squelch Control Alert LED BNC Antenna Connector PCIIF Jack LCD Display External DC Power Jack Softkeys FUNC and Five Way Backlight Keys Pushbutton Pad Operations Keys Numeric Keypad Figure 1 PSR 500 front view PSR 500 User Manual Page 20 PSR 500 Rear View Headset Connector Volume Control zf Squelch Control gt BNC Antenna lt Connector PC IF Jack gt Belt Clip lt External DC Power Jack f GREC es POWER DCH avarith OVD FREQ RANGE zsa IS Va Wt TENN Anetre 575 694 960 1240 1300 Miz WARNING mooni canon OF THIS DEVICE TO RECEIVE CELLULAR ADIOT ELEPHONE SERVICE SIGNALS IS PROHIBITED UNDER FCC E 000015 i bebes aa Battery Compartment Figure 2 PSR 500 rear view PSR 500 User Manual Page 21 PSR 500 Included Accessories DC Adapter gt USB Cable gt lt Antenna Non rechargeable 3 battery holder Rechargeable gt Figure 3 PSR 500 Included Accessories Compact Disc not shown PSR 500 User Manual Page 22 Understanding the Display Icons Your PSR 500 features a high contrast backlit Liquid Crystal Display LCD
34. list and press the Del softkey to remove them from the list Scroll to an empty spot and enter any frequency you wish to manually add to the list Press FUNC then the Del softkey to clear the entire list Talkgroup Lockout Talkgroup lockout is similar to search lockout as it allows you to lockout undesired talkgroups while searching for new talkgroup activity with wildcard TGRP objects To apply lockout on an undesired wildcard hit press the IG 0 softkey while the scanner is stopped on the undesired talkgroup PSR 500 User Manual Page 64 Press TGL O to lockout an undesired wildcard talkgroup hit Applying wildcard lockout to an undesired talkgroup creates a new TGRP object in the same Scan List as the wildcard TGRP then applies permanent lockout to the new TGRP object so that will be ignored in the future by the scanner when scanning the wildcard talkgroup To unlock or edit talkgroups locked out using the wildcard lockout feature press PGM then navigate to the object using the 5 way pushbutton pad Press FUNC then L OUT to remove permanent lockout from the talkgroup Press FUNC then CL to delete the TGRP object from the scanner Press the EDIT then the CHEF softkey to edit and save the TGRP object Setting the Default Scan List By default your scanner will store all new objects and objects found during Search Tune and Sweeper as mapped to Scan List 01 You can easily change the default Scan List to any Scan
35. of main memory to the V Scanner folder This will take approximately four seconds to complete Loading A Stored V Scanner Folder To Main Memory To load the contents of a previously saved V Scanner folder into your scanner s main memory press FUNC then PGM to enter V Scanner mode then press the Laci softkey Use the a keys on the 5 way pushbutton pad to scroll to the desired V Scanner folder then press the Load softkey The scanner will ask you to confirm that you wish to overwrite the current contents of main memory Press the YES softkey to proceed or the H softkey to abort The data transfer takes approximately 4 seconds to complete PSR 500 User Manual Page 88 Erasing V Scanner Folders You can erase V Scanner folders when you no longer need them and wish to make the folder storage location available for other data To erase the contents of a previously saved V Scanner folder press FUNC then PGM to enter V Scanner mode then press the Eras softkey Use the a keys on the 5 way pushbutton pad to scroll to the desired V Scanner folder then press the Eras softkey The scanner will ask you to confirm that you wish to overwrite the current contents of the selected V Scanner folder Press the YES softkey to proceed or the HU softkey to abort Cloning Your Radio to Another PSR 500 or PSR 600 Scanner Your PSR 500 features a high speed data interface that can be used to transfer the data from your scanner to another PSR 500
36. on the object while it is active The FLE indicator in the object display will show F for Object Priority Off and F for Object Priority On Browse to an object in Manual Mode or PGM mode then press the PRI key to toggle Object Priority on or off The FLL indicator in the object display will show F for Object Priority Off and F for Object Priority On Browse to an object in PGM mode Press the EDIT then CURR softkeys Use the key to scroll to the Fricarit s setting Use the 4 or gt keys to toggle Frior ites Om or OFF When creating a new object before saving the object scroll to the Fr icrits setting Use the 4 or keys to toggle Priorities Ori or OFF Turning Priority Scan Mode On or Off While the radio is scanning press FUNC then PRI to toggle Priority Scan On or Off Priority Scan status is shown in the man Scanning status display F I indicates that Priority Scan mode is on and Fri indicates that Priority Scan mode is off CONV Priority Scan When Object Priority is set to Yes for one or more CONV objects the scanner will sample the CONV objects for activity periodically while scanning and monitoring other objects This sampling will cause a brief muting of received audio when it occurs while another object is active The more CONV objects are set for Priority the longer this audio muting will be since it takes a certain amount of time to sample each Priority CONV object for activity TGRP Priority Scan When O
37. radio up to begin scanning your first objects If you get stuck you can refer to this Getting Started section or see the relevant sections in the Detailed Menu Reference Otherwise please read on and allow us to help you get acquainted to your new scanner A WARNING Always protect your scanner from exposure to extreme heat or cold temperatures A WARNING Your scanner is not waterproof Do not expose it to rain extreme high humidity or moisture A WARNING The external DC power input is designed to accept 9 VDC using a tip positive coaxial power plug Do not connect the radio to external power sources that are greater than 9 VDC Ensure that the DC polarity is correct before connecting your radio to an external power source Turn the radio off prior to connecting or disconnecting external power Unpack the radio Unpack your radio carefully Save all documentation and packing materials in case it is necessary to return your scanner for repair Insert the batteries Remove the door covering the battery compartment by pressing gently where the door is marked OPEN and sliding the door downwards until it stops approximately 1 4 Lift the door away from the radio Select the correct battery holder for the type of batteries you are going to use Use the black battery holder for non rechargeable batteries and the yellow battery holder for rechargeable batteries Insert four AA batteries into the holder taking care to ensure that
38. searching the radio just searches and stops when activity is detected on a frequency or for searching that is performed while the radio is scanning The radio treats LMIT objects just like any other Scannable Object when in Scan Mode If you create a LMIT object assign it to a Scan List and press the SCAN key the radio will check for activity on all the Scannable Objects TGRP objects CONV objects and even LMIT objects An example of when this might be handy would be when you want to scan for activity on a collection of TGRP and CONV objects then run through a range of frequencies to look for activity there such as the entire 2 meter amateur radio band or the entire VHF marine radio band When used in Scan Mode this capability is best suited for small ranges of frequencies that contain more frequencies than practical to program as individual channels Any size range can be used but larger ranges that take more time to search will increase the chances of missed activity on other object types Essential Limit Search parameters Much like the other object types there are only a few parameters that are essential in order for a search range to function correctly The FrL and FrHi lower and upper frequency limits must be specified so the scanner will know where to begin the search and where to end the search and start again The Mace must be set properly although by default the scanner will automatically choose the receive mode t
39. selected alarm will play anytime the scanner stops for activity on the LMIT object while scanning When On the LMIT object is a member of the Favorites Scan List Modul at on Atter AM FM NFM AU On or Off PSR 500 User Manual Page Modulation setting for the LMIT search In most cases AU will work fine Use AM to override and force AM modulation FM to force FM modulation NFM to force narrow FM modulation When on applies 20 dB of attenuation to all hits received on the LMIT search Useful in areas where interference from nearby strong signals is present 109 LMIT Parameter De au Delas Time zeromatic Search Dir Hit Count PSR 500 User Manual Page Options On or Off 1 200 On or Off Up or Down Numeric value Description Controls whether a Delay is used to wait for reply traffic after a transmission is received during the LMIT search Sets the amount of time in 100 millisecond intervals for the wait for reply delay if Delay is On e g 20 2 seconds When on enhances the scanner s ability to lock on to the actual center frequency of a search hit instead of an adjacent frequency Sets search direction used when LMIT object is active Increments each time a transmission is received on the SWPR object Global Hit Counts must be set to ON Press the F1t softkey to reset to 0 110 SRVC Menu Reference The SRVC menu is used when creating new Service Search objects or
40. set to off Lockout is a special purpose parameter that can be used to lock out individual event or area codes We recommend that you leave Lockout set to off for general purpose weather alerting PSR 500 User Manual Page 85 When you have finished editing your SAME entry press the i softkey to store the data then press the Sawe softkey to save all SAME changes and return to the Weather mode Activating SAME Standby Mode After you have entered your desired SAME codes you can activate the SAME Standby Mode to begin standby operation The radio will remain silent until a SAME transmission is received with a code that matches one that you have stored When a matching SAME message is received your radio will sound a siren alarm then will play the audio message that follows the Warning Alert Tone WAT To activate SAME standby mode press the WX key use the a or keys to find the best weather radio transmitter for your location then press the Sib softkey The softkey will change to TE to indicate that SAME Standby Mode is active and the scanner will alert when a matching SAME message is received Press the TE softkey again to exit SAME Standby Mode or press MAN SCAN or PGM When your local NWS office activates a SAME warning that matches a FIPS code stored in your scanner you will first hear a siren alarm and see the LED flash to alert you to the incoming alarm The LED flashes RED for warnings YELLOW for watches and
41. talkgroups You can use an Audible Alarm to alert you when the radio receives a wildcard hit and turn on the backlight so that you can read the display and operate the keypad to save or lock out the new talkgroup You have programmed your favorite amateur radio repeater in and wish to be alerted when a QSO begins You can use an Audible Alarm with one of the shorter alarms Chirp 2 Chirp Fast Hi Lo or DTMF to provide this indication without covering the traffic in the QSO You have included a Spectrum Sweeper object in your scan configuration so that you can find nearby strong transmitters while you are scanning You can use an Audible Alarm to alert you when the radio receives a Spectrum Sweeper hit and turn on the backlight so that you can read the display and operate the keypad to save or lock out the new frequency This technique is also useful for TGRP wildcards You wish to assign different LED colors to different types of public safety agencies i e red for fire rescue and EMS blue for law enforcement yellow for emergency management and so on When there is activity you can tell if it is related to law enforcement fire rescue and EMS or emergency management at a glance even if the transmission is short or difficult to copy The possibilities for the ALERT LED with Audible Alarm capability are limited only by your imagination Dedicated search modes In addition to its powerful ability to store different types of fre
42. text Freauiern ies SEL Laut On or Off Description Sets the trunking system type Choose MOT800 900 if the system is a Motorola 800 or 900 MHz analog or digital trunked radio system that uses the 3600 baud control channel Use P25 AUTO for most Project 25 systems that send channel table information over the system control channel Use P25 MANUAL if it is necessary to manually set the channel table information or if you wish to use the default 800 MHz table data Use EDACS STD for most 800 MHz EDACS systems using the 9600 BPS EDACS control channel Use EDACS NAROW for most 900 MHz and some VHF UHF EDACS systems using the 4800 BPS EDACS control channel Use LTR for Logic Trunked Radio LTR systems The alphanumeric display name for the TSYS Use the standard text entry method or QTXT to name the object Press SEL to enter trunked radio system frequencies Enter control channel frequencies in any order for all Motorola and Project 25 trunking systems Enter system frequencies in LCN order for all EDACS trunking systems Enter system frequencies in Home Repeater order for LTR systems Permanent lockout for the TSYS When On no traffic will be received on any programmed TGRPs for this TSYS Atter On or Off Harrow EN Yes or No Audio Boost Yes or No PSR 500 User Manual Page When on applies 20 dB of attenuation to all transmissions on this TSYS Useful in areas where interference from nearby strong signals is present Use Y
43. that you aren t certain about press the DF 11 softkey to restore the setting to its original values When you re ready simply press the Gaue softkey to save your new conventional object Once the object is saved you can continue to enter other new objects or press MAN to listen to the CONV object you just entered or SCAN to start scanning according to your preferences for scanning By default all new objects are mapped to Scan List 01 There are a total of twenty regular Scan Lists in your radio a special Favorites Scan List and a Scan List to hold Skywarn objects Scan List membership for an object is assigned in the individual object menus For now just let your new objects go to the default Scan List 01 Later in this section we will show you how you can group your objects into Scan Lists WM NOTE Your scanner uses Scan Lists as a way to group objects together NOTE When entering data into a numerical field you can start typing as soon as you have scrolled to the desired field which will replace the PSR 500 User Manual Page 37 contents of the field with your new entry Alternatively you can press the key which will preserve the original contents of the field so you can make small changes without retyping all of the data Talkgroup Object TGRP A Trunking Talkgroup Object TGRP is a record that stores the parameters for a trunked talkgroup on a trunked radio system When you create a TGRP object you are creating
44. the batteries are inserted according to the polarity diagram shown inside of the holder assembly Insert the holder into the PSR 500 User Manual Page 26 battery compartment then replace the battery compartment door by placing it back over the batteries and sliding it upward gently until it locks in place WM NOTE Two battery holders are included with your PSR 500 The black battery holder should be used with non rechargeable alkaline batteries The yellow battery holder should be used with rechargeable NiMH or NiCAD batteries The radio will charge the batteries when the yellow holder is used in conjunction with the supplied AC adapter or other external 9 VDC power supply rated at 500 mA If desired you may use rechargeable batteries in the black holder They will not be charged while installed in the radio A WARNING Never place non rechargeable batteries in the yellow holder Intentionally or accidentally recharging non rechargeable batteries will cause them to overheat leak or explode Dispose of rechargeable batteries properly by taking them to an approved battery recycling facility Many communities offer battery recycling services check with your local solid waste management agency A WARNING Always remove old or weak batteries Batteries can leak chemicals that destroy electronic circuits Do not mix old and new batteries different types of batteries alkaline or rechargeable or rechargeable batteries of different c
45. the object using the 5 way pushbutton pad while in Manual Mode or PGM mode and press the L OUT key again Temporary lockout is a very useful feature For example when a major incident occurs while you are scanning you may wish to focus your scanning on that major incident and exclude unrelated talkgroups so that radio traffic associated with the major incident is not interrupted You could press the PSE or MAN keys to listen to a single object if communications for the major incident are only being conducted on single channel or talkgroup More often several talkgroups are used to provide communications for major incidents so if you park on a single object you may miss communications on other objects that are related to the incident of interest By using Temporary Lockout it is possible to zoom in on the objects that are carrying communications related to the incident of interest by pressing L OUT every time an unrelated object becomes active Eventually you will narrow down your monitoring PSR 500 User Manual Page 62 to those objects that are being used to provide communications for the incident you are trying to monitor Permanent Lockout Permanent lockout locks out an object until you explicitly unlock it No traffic will be received on the locked out object while permanent lockout is active To apply permanent lockout to an object press FUNC then the L OUT key while the scanner is stopped on that object during scan
46. to hold on the active frequency To resume press the PSE key again GC HINT It can take some time for the PSR 500 to process all of the Q frequencies in a LMIT search You can experiment with different size frequency ranges to find a LMIT search setup that does not interfere excessively with scanning of other object types Spectrum Sweeper Object SWPR A Spectrum Sweeper Object SWPR is a record that stores the parameters necessary for the radio to rapidly sweep a range of frequencies for strong signals from nearby transmitters A SWPR object can be used for standalone operation the radio just sweeps and stops when activity is detected or for sweeping that is performed while the radio is scanning The radio treats SWPR objects just like any other Scannable Object when in Scan Mode If you create a SWPR object assign it to a Scan List and press the SCAN key the radio will check for activity on all the enabled Scannable Objects TGRP objects CONV objects LMIT objects PSR 500 User Manual Page 50 and SWPR objects An example of when this might be handy would be when you want to scan for activity on a collection of TGRP and CONV objects then do a quick sweep for transmissions from nearby transmitters Essential Spectrum Sweeper parameters Like every other object type there are certain parameters ina SWPR record that are essential in order for the SWPR object to function correctly By default a newly created SWPR object i
47. to provide important information about the status of the radio while you are programming and using it The LCD includes a row of icons at the top that provides information about the status of the scanner while it is operating Beneath this row of icons there are 4 rows of 16 characters each that provide alphanumeric information for frequencies object names Scan List status and menu information Figure 4 provides an example of the display that is shown while the radio is scanning Figure 4 Scanning Display The top row of icons are defined as follows F The Function Key FUNC has been pressed FUNC acts as a shift key and typically enhances in some way the action of the button that follows it When using FUNC press the FUNC key first and release it then press the next key The scanner is currently receiving trunking control channel data G The attenuator is set for Global mode A The attenuator is currently active S The radio s squelch circuit is open antl Signal meter indicating strength of the received signal LN Battery status indicator Comes on solid when battery is weak and flashes two times each second when battery failure is imminent Briefly flashes approximately once every second when the radio is connected to external power and the internal battery charger circuit is active PSR 500 User Manual Page 23 H I NOTE The internal battery charger circuit active indicator provides an indication that t
48. upgrades The following table lists the power on key sequences available in the PSR 500 Unless otherwise specified each sequence is invoked by pressing and releasing each key in sequence one at a time The first key must be pressed while the Welcome Owner screen is being displayed PSR 500 User Manual Page 93 reysen Pe eo ae Destructive clears working memory and resets all Global settings to factory defaults Does not affect V Scanners Destructive resets all Global settings to 0 2 factory defaults Does not affect working memory or V Scanners Destructive executes EEPROM memory test then clears working memory and resets all Global settings to factory defaults Does not affect V Scanners Erases DSP APP Upgrade code restores factory DSP version es Places radio in DSP APP firmware upgrade 0 PGM mode Hold PGM while Places radio in CPU firmware upgrade powering on radio Birdie Frequencies Every scanner has birdie frequencies Birdies are signals created inside the scanner s receiver These operating frequencies might interfere with transmissions on the same frequencies If you program one of these frequencies you hear only noise on that frequency If the interference is not severe you might be able to turn SQ clockwise to omit the birdie To find the birdies in your scanner begin by disconnecting the antenna and moving it away from the scanner Make sure that no PSR 500 User Manual Page 94 Care
49. you NOTE Your scanner incorporates weather alert as one of its features and is an extremely sensitive high quality receiver on the weather frequencies However the included flex antenna is optimized for general purpose scanning If you use this scanner as your only means for receiving weather alerts please check to be sure you are receiving a clear signal on the flex antenna or switch to an external antenna that gives you clear reception of a local NOAA weather broadcast PSR 500 User Manual Page 79 Weather Radio Mode Weather radio mode allows you to receive weather broadcasts from your local weather service anytime of the day To use weather radio mode simply press the wX button on the keypad The scanner will quickly scan and lock on to the first active weather radio frequency it receives You can use the or keys on the 5 way pushbutton pad to force the radio to look for other weather radio transmitters It is generally best to select the weather radio transmitter that provides you with the strongest signal You can use the signal meter to help you chose the best weather radio transmitter for your area While operating in Weather Radio Mode your scanner will alert on SAME messages that match the SAME location codes you have entered or all SAME messages if you do not enter any SAME location codes Signal strength Tune direction Weather channel number and frequency shows P when Weather Priority Mode is active
50. you can use to find stored objects quickly Searching For Objects Using FIND Your PSR 600 provides a very useful FIND feature that allows you to search for locked out objects or for objects that contain a text string that you specify In text searches FIND searches for your specified text in the following places e In TGRP objects the ID field and the Tag field e In CONV objects the Frequency field and the Tag field e In TSYS LMIT SRVC and SWPR objects the Tag field To use FIND press the PGM key then press the EDIT softkey Press the FIND softkey To find objects that are locked out press bel 04 softkey The scanner finds the first locked out object Press the L OUT key to toggle lockout status Press the E IT softkey when finished Press the EDIT softkey to edit the object menu for the found object Press the HET softkey to find the next locked out object When the scanner finds a matching object you may press MAN to begin monitoring of the found object in Manual mode You may also press PGM to exit FIND and execute programming tasks at the found object position If you wish to edit the object press the EDIT softkey If you wish to continue searching press the HEsT softkey To find objects that contain a specified text string press the Text softkey then enter the text string you wish to search for Press the OK softkey to begin searching Press the Exit softkey to cancel the FIND operation Press the til softkey to use
51. Approximately 90 steps per second Display LCD with amber LED backlight 4 lines of 16 characters each plus 13 display icons Zeromatic Automatically zeroes receiver on correct frequency during searches Audio Output 250 mW Preprogrammed Service Searches Spectrum Sweeper Band All Bands Groups Group 0 25 54 MHz Group 1 108 136 99166 MHz Group 2 137 174 MHz Group 3 216 0025 299 9750 MHz Group 4 300 405 9875 MHz Group 5 406 470 MHz Group 6 470 0125 512 MHz Group 7 764 767 773 776 794 797 803 806 MHz Group 8 806 868 9875 MHz Group 9 896 960 1240 1300 MHz Public Safety Bands Group 0 33 4 46 5 MHz Group 1 151 170 MHz Group 2 453 467 MHz Group 3 764 767 773 776 794 797 803 806 MHz Group 4 806 869 MHz Excludes frequencies utilized by the Cellular Mobile Radiotelephone Service Internal Speaker 36 mm 8 ohms dynamic Operating Voltage 6 VDC 4 ea AA alkaline NiCAD or NiMH External Power and 9 VDC 500 mA regulated power supply Charge Voltage Dimensions Ee 2 56 w x 65 d x 5 71 h inches 65 w x 42 d x 145 h a PSR 500 User Manual Page 124 Weight Approximately 8 5 ounces 240 grams not including batteries and antenna Included accessories GRE compact helical antenna CD includes Owner s Manual Demo Remote Control software USB cable drivers and V Scanner data files alkaline battery holder NiCAD NiMH bat
52. Battery Warming 29 LTR AutoMove home repeaters 8 Manual about E Mapping Objects to Scan Uets Bi Memory Usage how to display A8 Menu Reference ILables O0 AAA Menu reference detailed oo M h Site G6 erter Naming Scan DEE Numeric KEV DAG 24 x niiccctntccsindiatectiecieieteietatanes Seattsiceedtiaaess Object ID direct access Ai Object Numbering ADOUtAT Ae Object Oriented Scanning what Iei4 cece Object Oriented User Interface overview ol 10 Objects how to create frei 24 Objects how to delete 663 565 sisscccssiesescrnadiaasetsioneadadeoees Operation KeYS ee P25 NAG ADOUT eege iain Ee de deed Power GEES vciccrtacivetcncssnedededrenreieneeanensoenadnenntiiabenchideds Power On Configuration Key Geouences 07 Powering ON 28 EE Priority Scan E Priority Scan Mode turning on or oft D Priority Scan ENEE ees deg Priority e EE Ee Priority turning on or off for obiectse GO Priority WEAN GR EE PSR 500 User Manual Page 134 ED Text eebe Ee QuickText how Iocusiomlze ee eeeeeeeeeeee eens QuickText how TOSCO ini osc eege Rear View PDGbPR bO0 321 Remote Control Protocol 115 SAME Entry Examples 82 scsi pevceass Eed SAME Location and Event Codes how to enter 83 SAME Standby Mode 81 SAME Standby Mode how to enter 96 Scan Lists enabling and disabling Dap Scan Lists how to group obiects Bb Scan Lists mapping objects ro bi Scan Lists MIMI KE Scanning Legallv 18
53. ER ECH REECH ECH Ee ee ee es ECH epa a aea Using QuickText QuickText allows you to store up to 10 commonly used text items for instant recall while editing alphanumeric fields For example as you search for store and name new CONV or TGRP objects PSR 500 User Manual Page 91 you may find that you type the same words over and over such as POLICE FIRE SHERIFF STATE CITY COUNTY etc A few common QuickText words are provided for your convenience You can keep these edit them to your preferences or replace them with your own custom QuickText words QuickText can be used while editing any alphanumeric text field To insert a stored QuickText item while editing an alphanumeric text field use the 4 keys to position the cursor where you what the QuickText inserted then press the HTT softkey The top row of the display will show the available QuickText phrases Use the a v keys to scroll through the stored QuickText phrases and press SEL to insert the QuickText phrase at the cursor location As a shortcut you may press the number key on the numeric keypad that corresponds with the QuickText item you wish to use instead of scrolling and pressing SEL Customizing QuickText To edit the QuickText words press PGM then the SLOE softkey Scroll down to the HTT section using the key on the 5 way pushbutton pad and find the QTXT storage location that you wish to change Press the gt key to edit the QTXT entry Use the stan
54. HF Band 3 764 806 MHz 700 MHz Band 4 851 869 MHz 800 MHz Band Aircraft Searches civilian and military air frequencies Groups are as follows 0 108 118 MHz Navigation 1 118 137 MHz Civilian Voice 2 138 150 MHz Military Voice excludes 2m Amateur 3 225 400 MHz Military Voice Ham Searches amateur radio frequencies Groups are as follows 28 0 29 7 MHz 10m Band 50 54 MHz 6m Band 144 148 MHz 2m Band 222 225 MHz 1 25cm Band 420 450 MHz 70cm Band ROMO PSR 500 User Manual Page 53 5 902 928 MHz 33cm Band 6 1240 1300 MHz 23cm Band CB Searches the Citizens Band radio frequencies Marine Searches the VHF FM marine radio band FRS GMRS MURS DOT STAR F G MURS Searches the FRS GMRS MURS DOT and STAR radio frequencies Railroad searches the Association of American Railroads AAR VHF railroad frequencies used in the US and Canada When finished press the Gaue softkey to store your SRVC search as a new object Once your SRVC object is saved you can use it while scanning or launch the SRVC search by itself by pressing the SECH softkey after navigating to the SRVC object in Manual Mode When the SRVC search stops on an active frequency the display will appear as follows Scanlist Object ID Signal strength Object type Search direction Receive mode and frequency shows found CTCSS DCS or P25 NAC code z Zeromatic off Z Zeromatic on L OUT off flash l temp L OUT on L perm L OU
55. HF High Band 216 300 MHz 220 MHz Commercial Amateur Band 300 406 MHz UHF Military Air Band 406 470 MHz UHF Band 470 512 MHz UHF T Band 764 806 MHz 700 MHz Band 806 869 MHz 800 MHz Band 896 1300 MHz 900 MHz Band 23 cm Amateur Band OO JO Om P ob A CH In Public Safety the sub bands are defined as follows PSR 500 User Manual Page 51 0 33 4 46 5 MHz VHF Low Band 1 151 170 MHz VHF High Band 2 453 467 MHz UHF Band 3 764 806 MHz 700 MHz Band 4 851 869 MHz 800 MHz Band Sub bands can be selected and deselected by using the 4 gt keys to scroll through the sub bands and pressing the SEL key to toggle the selected sub band on or off An asterisk character indicates that the sub band is enabled Be sure to provide a name for your SWPR object in the Tas field When finished press the gt 3 softkey to store your SWPR search as a new object Once your SWPR object is saved you can use it while scanning or launch the Spectrum Sweeper object by itself by pressing the SUPE softkey after navigating to the SWPR object in Manual Mode When the SWPR object stops on an active frequency the display will appear as follows Scanlist Object ID Signal strength Object type Search direction Receive mode and frequency shows found CTCSS DCS or P25 NAC code z Zeromatic off Z Zeromatic on I L OUT off flash l temp L OUT on L perm L OUT on d delay off D delay on Stalker sub bands disabled A
56. List you specify including the special FAV and SKYWARN Scan Lists Press PGM then the BLIE softkey and use the key to scroll down until the PF IL Scarlist item appears in the middle of the display Enter a new Scan List number to use as the default Scan List The following numbers are valid 0 The not scanned ns Scan List objects that have no Scan List mappings can be found here 1 20 The twenty normal Scan Lists 21 The FAV Scan List PSR 500 User Manual Page 65 22 The SKYWARN Scan List Press ENT or the Done softkey to store your new default Scan List value then press the SHE softkey to save your changes to the radio s configuration memory Deleting Objects Objects that you no longer need to use can easily be deleted from the PSR 500 s memory making room for new objects To delete an object press PGM then use the 4 gt a keys to navigate to the object you wish to delete Press FUNC CL to delete the object The scanner will ask you to confirm the delete command before removing the object from the scanner s memory Deletions cannot be un done To delete a TSYS use the FIND feature to search for the TSYS by name Press PGM then press the ELIT softkey then press the FIH softkey and use the Standard Text Entry Method to enter all or part of the TSYS name you wish to delete Press the QE softkey to begin searching and if necessary press the HEAT softkey to continue searching until the desired T
57. On or Off Priority On or Off LED Hode Solid or Flash LED Color 0 7 Latch LED On or Off Back lisht On Off or Flash PSR 500 User Manual Page Description Sets membership in Scan Lists Use 4 keys to scroll through Scan Lists Use SEL key to toggle Scan List membership A 2 next to the Scan List number indicates that the object is mapped to that Scan List The frequency that the CONV object will use The alphanumeric display name for the CONV channel Use the standard text entry method or QTXT to name the object Sets subaudible squelch mode or Project 25 conventional digital modulation Use Search to automatically analyze signals to determine squelch mode and code Use None to ignore subaudible squelch Use CTCSS for tone coded squelch DCS for digital coded squelch or P25 for Project 25 conventional digital operation Used in conjunction with Squelch Code parameter below Sets CTCSS tone DCS code or P25 NAC depending on Sq Mode setting Use Search to detect tone or code value for selected squelch type Permanent lockout for the CONV channel Also accessed by pressing FUNC L OUT while the scanner is stopped on the CONV object Turns Priority Mode on or off for the CONV object Controls whether the ALERT LED flashes or remains on solid when the ALERT LED is used Sets LED color to 0 7 as defined in the GLOB menu By default O LED Off 1 Red 2 Yellow 3 Green 4 Cyan 5 Blue 6 Magenta 7 White Normally the ALERT LED is
58. PGM key Use the 4 gt a keys on the 5 way pushbutton pad to scroll to the existing object that you wish to change then press the EDIT softkey Press the CUFF softkey to edit the current object NOTE Remember when browsing objects in Manual or Program Mode the arrow keys on the 5 way pushbutton pad operate as follows a navigates up through the objects assigned to the current Scan List v navigates down through the objects assigned to the current Scan List d navigates up through the active Scan Lists in the radio gt navigates down through the active Scan Lists in the radio Scroll down in the object s parameters menu to the Sear Lists field With the Scan Lists field highlighted use the gt on the 5 way pushbutton pad to scroll through the Scan Lists and use the SEL button to toggle membership for a Scan List on or off The asterisk el next to the Scan List number indicates that the object is a member of that Scan List Press the Saue softkey to save the modified object Naming enabling and disabling Scan Lists By default Scan Lists are named Scan List 01 Scan List 20 If desired you can give your Scan Lists names to describe their function Press PGM then press the SLOE softkey and scroll down to the Scan Lists parameter Press the SEL key to display the Scan Lists sub menu Scroll to the desired Scan List and press the key to edit the settings for the selected Scan List
59. PSR 500 ADVANCED DIGITAL HANDHELD SCANNING RECEIVER WITH OBJECT ORIENTED USER INTERFACE Owner s Manual A Guide to Getting The Most From Your PSR 500 Advanced Digital Scanner PORS GRE America Inc 425 Harbor Blvd Belmont CA 94002 PSR 500 ADVANCED DIGITAL SCANNER WITH OBJECT ORIENTED USER INTERFACE OWNER S MANUAL Please read before using this equipment IMPORTANT This manual uses the following symbols to emphasize Warnings Notes and Usage Hints possible risk of personal injury or damage to equipment A WARNING A WARNING symbol is used to indicate NOTE A NOTE symbol is used to indicate an operational note that relates to the current paragraph of the manual y g HINT A HINT symbol is used to indicate a usage hint that relates to the 7 Q current paragraph of the manual Please take the time to read this manual completely before using your new scanner IMPORTANT NOTICE The PSR 500 Advanced Digital Scanner will not receive encrypted radio communications or radio transmissions that utilize ProVoice digital modulation FCC ID ADV0715 This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful interference and 2 this device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation Motorola Smartnet Smartzone Omnilink ASTRO and Privacy Plus are registered trademarks of M
60. QuickText in your find text screen For more information on text entry and QuickText please see the section of this manual entitled Standard Text Entry Method and QuickText Once you PSR 500 User Manual Page 60 have started searching the radio will stop on any object where your find text is found in the frequency tag or ID fields as described above When the scanner finds a matching object you may press MAN to begin monitoring of the found object in Manual mode You may also press PGM to exit FIND and execute programming tasks at the found object position If you wish to edit the object press the EDIT softkey If you wish to continue searching press the HET softkey FIND keeps the last search text you specified stored so that you may use it again in subsequent FIND operations Filtering By Object Type When browsing objects in PGM mode you can filter the objects that are displayed by their type Press the PGM key on the keypad then press the EDIT softkey Press the 4 or keys on the 5 way pushbutton pad to scroll the Edit softkeys to display the filter softkeys The filter softkeys are as follows COHU TGRF T545 GRCH GD To filter browse for a specific type of object press the softkey that corresponds with that object type For example press the COMHL softkey then use the 4 a keys on the 5 way pushbutton pad to browse only conventional objects Object Lockout The L OUT key is used to lock out objects Whe
61. ROE CLEAR Lo EXIT 4 Press ENT The scanner displays DL OD EEPROM ares Initialized Lo det aultz Press arra keg 5 Press any key on the keypad to proceed The scanner will reboot with file system and global parameters reset to factory defaults Initializing the Scanner to Factory Defaults il NOTE If initializing the global parameters to factory defaults does not resolve your problem you may wish to initialize the entire scanner to factory defaults This operation will result in the clearing of your programmed data and the loss of any custom changes you have made to the radio s global parameters Use this option as a last result and if possible save your working memory to a V Scanner folder prior to performing this operation This procedure clears all information you stored in the scanner s working memory AND resets the global parameters to factory defautls Initialize the scanner only when you are sure the scanner is not working properly V Scanner memory is not affected when the scanner is initialized PSR 500 User Manual Page 97 1 Turn off the scanner then turn it on again The scanner briefly displays the DSP boot version and then the Welcome Owner screen is displayed 2 Press 0 while the scanner is displaying the Welcome Owner screen The scanner displays dLeit Tests Selecth a Test Exits if mo E 1S Pressed 3 Press 1 The scanner displays Factors Inib Erase MMeppores EHTER if APPROWE CLEAR t
62. SYS is located Once the TSYS has been located press the PGM key then press FUNC CL The scanner will ask you to confirm the delete command before removing the object from the scanner s memory then provide a final warning that all TGRPs associated with the TSYS to be deleted will be lost if you proceed Press the YES softkey at both warnings to delete the TSYS An alternative method is to browse TSYS objects only using the TSYS filter Press PGM then the EDIT softkey then and press the TG softkey Scroll to the desired TSYS using the a v keys then press FUNC CL The scanner will ask you to confirm the delete command before removing the object from the scanner s memory then provide a final warning that all TGRPs associated with the TSYS to be deleted will be lost if you proceed Press the YES softkey at both warnings to delete the TSYS Using Multi Site Mode On Networked Systems Some Motorola and P25 systems include a large number of sites that are networked together to provide radio coverage to a large geographical area These types of trunked radio systems are more commonly used for large statewide systems and for some systems that are used in large rural counties PSR 500 User Manual Page 66 These networked trunked radio systems work in a manner that is very similar to a cellular telephone network As a system user moves around or roams in the coverage area of the network their radio will automaticall
63. T on d delay off D delay on SRVC sub bands disabled Adds found Creates new frequency to CONV object frequency in default lockout list Scan List based on found frequency To resume searching press the key Now take a few moments to practice setting up each of the different search object types by experimenting and creating some SRVC LMIT and SWPR objects PSR 500 User Manual Page 54 HINT Remember that there is context sensitive help available for each S menu item in the object menus Just press FUNC then SEL to view D the help and SEL again to exit the help screen These are just a few of the many ways you can incorporate different types of search objects in your Scan List configurations and just a few of the many ways that each of the individual search types can be configured to your preferences and needs Be sure to refer to the Detailed Menu Reference section of the manual for detailed information for each of the search object types Grouping Objects with Scan Lists By default new objects are automatically assigned to Scan List 01 Now that you have entered a variety of new objects that are by default members of Scan List 01 you may want to separate these objects into separate Scan Lists so that you can easily enable or disable groups of objects as needed depending on what you want to scan There are 20 regular Scan Lists available a special FAV Scan List for one button access to your favo
64. a reputation for being complex and difficult to program Even experienced and expert users were frustrated when confronted with the challenges of programming and operating a trunked scanning receiver Part of the problem with trunking scanners was the way that trunking functionality was added to the radio Until recently trunking functionality was forced into the traditional bank channel scanner design This confused and frustrated users who had to learn two PSR 500 User Manual Page 11 different methods for programming and controlling their scanners one for conventional non trunked channels and another for trunked systems and talkgroups GRE s engineers carefully studied the challenges of programming and operating today s current crop of trunked scanning receivers We have also carefully studied how scanning hobbyists like to use their radios and the role the Internet plays in the scanning hobby We have studied the scanning hobby itself which has changed dramatically over the years as radio systems scanning receivers and scanner hobbyists have all become more sophisticated Sophistication is a generally good thing but in this case it can have the effect of discouraging newcomers from joining the hobby Our engineers decided that an entirely new method of programming and controlling scanning receivers was needed essentially a new user interface Several design objectives were defined These included the following e The
65. alert occurs Multi System Trunking Scans most common trunked radio system signaling formats including Motorola EDACS LTR and P25 trunked radio networks Both talkgroup and individual call monitoring are supported GRE s Exclusive Automatic Adaptive Digital Tracking When monitoring P25 digital systems instantly adapts the digital decoder to the digital modulation format of the transmitted signal then analyzes the signal over 50 times each second and adapts to any subtle changes caused by multipath or fading No cumbersome manual adjustments are required GRE s Exclusive Digital AGC instantly compensates for low user audio levels that are very common on digital systems This makes the radio easier to listen to and provides you with a more enjoyable scanning experience LTR Home Repeater AutoMove Takes the guesswork out of programming LTR trunking systems when the home repeater order is not known Enter the LTR system frequencies in any order and the PSR 500 will automatically move the frequencies to the proper home repeater slots as transmissions are received on the system The Best Subaudible Squelch Decoder in the Scanning Industry CTCSS and DCS subaudible squelch coding is processed by the same powerful DSP chip that is used for P25 digital decoding Provides fast and reliable decoding of subaudible squelch signaling with squelch tail elimination Powerful Spectrum Sweeper Quickly sweeps the scanner s frequency ran
66. all of the time Instead of connecting the computer and transferring configuration files to and from main memory you use V Scanners to save or load main memory configurations in the field Each V Scanner storage location is called a V Scanner folder To begin V Scanner operations press FUNC PGM The scanner display will appear as follows PSR 500 User Manual Page 87 Saving Main Memory To A V Scanner Folder To save the current contents of your scanner s main memory to a V Scanner folder press FUNC then PGM to enter V Scanner mode then press the tor softkey Use the a keys on the 5 way pushbutton pad to scroll to the desired V Scanner folder then press the Sto softkey If the selected V Scanner folder already contains data you will be asked if you wish to overwrite the existing data with new data from your current version of main memory Press the YES softkey to proceed or the H softkey to cancel If you decide the overwrite existing data or if the selected V Scanner folder is already empty the scanner will prompt you to enter a name for the stored V Scanner The scanner uses the text from Line 4 of the Welcome Screen as a default name if the folder is empty or the current name if the folder contains data You can provide your own text here without overwriting the Line 4 Welcome Screen text Use the standard text entry method to type the name you wish to use then press the UE softkey The scanner will write the contents
67. alue On or Off 1 250 x 10 mS 1 250 x 10 mS 1 250 x 10 mS 1 250 x 10 mS 0 250 2 100 x 100 mS On or Off On or Off 1 100 x 100 mS On or Off On or Off On or Off Yes or No Norm DEC or HEX Yes or No Yes or No Description Sets intensity of red green and blue LEDs Press SEL to edit colors Use 4 keys to scroll to R G or B LED settings Use numeric keys to activate preset intensity levels for each LED or use keys to fine scroll intensity Sets QTXT QuickText 0 9 text Use to indicate end of text Toggles key repeat mode when a key is held down For alternating text displays sets the display time for the secondary display element For alternating text displays sets the display time for the primary display element When the ALERT LED setting for an object is set to Flash this is the amount of time the LED stays turned off When the ALERT LED setting for an object is set to Flash this is the amount of time the LED stays turned on Number of priority CONV channels to check during a priority scan sampling 0 samples all CONV priority channels Conventional frequency priority sample interval Toggles priority interrupt scanning during trunked calls When on does not wait for verification of correct CTCSS DCS or NAC when returning to an active CONV channel after priority sampling Sets wait for reply delay for all search modes Sets digital AGC mode on or off for all sear
68. apacities If you do not plan to use the scanner with batteries for a month or longer remove the batteries Batteries can leak chemicals that can destroy electronic parts When you charge Ni Cd batteries do not over charge them Overcharging shortens battery life Attach the antenna Remove the antenna from its protective plastic wrapper Align the slots on the antenna s BNC male connector with the posts on the radio s BNC female connector and slide the antenna in place then rotate the antenna s BNC connector 1 4 turn clockwise until it snaps in place WM NOTE If desired you may also connect a mobile or base station antenna equipped with a BNC male connector to the antenna connector PSR 500 User Manual Page 27 Turn the radio on I Rotate the top knob of the VOLUME SQUELCH control clockwise to turn the radio on Set both the VOLUME and SQUELCH knobs at their mid point 12 o clock position NOTE While 12 o clock is a good squelch setting to start with it may cause your radio to miss some calls with weak signals You will probably want to optimize the squelch setting to set it close to threshold To optimize the squelch setting to be close to the best threshold press TUNE then rotate the squelch control counterclockwise until a rushing sound is heard from the speaker Rotate the squelch control clockwise just past the point where the rushing sound stops The squelch is now set to the optimum point Please note the po
69. aring headphones while operating a motor vehicle or riding a bicycle can create a traffic hazard and is illegal in most areas Even though some headphones let you hear some outside sounds when listening at normal volume levels they still can present a traffic hazard Exercise extreme caution PSR 500 User Manual Page 29 Connecting an Optional External Antenna The antenna connector on your scanner makes it easy to use the scanner with a variety of antennas such as an external mobile antenna or outdoor base station antenna Always use 50 ohm coaxial cable such as RG 58 or RG 8 low loss dielectric coaxial cable If your antenna s cable does not have a BNC connector you will also need a BNC adapter Follow the installation instructions supplied with the antenna route the antenna cable to the scanner then connect it to the antenna jack A WARNING Use extreme caution when installing or removing an outdoor antenna If the antenna starts to fall let it go It could contact overhead power lines If the antenna touches a power line touching the antenna mast cable or guy wires can cause electrocution and death Call the power company to remove the antenna DO NOT attempt to do so yourself A WARNING Outdoor antennas must be properly grounded to prevent static buildup and lightning damage Article 810 of the National Electrical Code ANSI NFPA 70 provides information about proper grounding of the antenna mast connection of coaxial
70. ated Spectrum Sweeper mode is almost identical to that of the object mode with one exception When running the Spectrum Sweeper as a Scannable Object you must use the object menu to enable or disable the Spectrum Sweeper sub bands when operating in Scan Mode When dedicated Spectrum Sweeper mode is used you may press the numeric key on the keypad that corresponds with the sub band you wish to enable or disable Disabling a sub band will cause the Spectrum Sweeper system to skip the frequencies within that sub band as it performs its sweeps The sub bands are defined as follows 25 54 MHz VHF Low Band 108 137 MHz VHF Aircraft Band 137 174 MHz VHF High Band 216 300 MHz 220 MHz Commercial Amateur Band 300 406 MHz UHF Military Air Band 406 470 MHz UHF Band 470 512 MHz UHF T Band OoahWh Oo PSR 500 User Manual Page 73 7 764 806 MHz 700 MHz Band 8 806 869 MHz 800 MHz Band 9 896 1300 MHz 900 MHz Band 23 cm Amateur Band In Public Safety the sub bands are defined as follows 0 33 4 46 5 MHz VHF Low Band 1 151 170 MHz VHF High Band 2 453 467 MHz UHF Band 3 764 806 MHz 700 MHz Band 4 851 869 MHz 800 MHz Band Using dedicated TUNE mode Your scanner s dedicated TUNE mode provides you with the ability to quickly enter any frequency and monitor that frequency for transmissions or search up or down from that frequency for activity To enter TUNE mode press the TUNE key on the keypad The scanner displays th
71. ation of the new CONV object and the D I softkey restores the selected CONV menu parameter to its default setting If you press the key on the bottom of the 5 way pushbutton pad you can scroll down and see all of the parameters that can be specified for a CONV object Go ahead and take a peek then scroll back to the very top of the display so you can begin entering information for your first CONV object HINT Pressing FUNC a orFUNC e will jump to the top or bottom of a menu respectively Note that as you scroll both the upward and downward scroll indicators will illuminate to indicate that there are parameters above and below the current cursor position until you get to the very end of the menu where only the upward scroll indicator will be on to indicate that there are no more parameters below the current cursor position Also note that a few lines of context sensitive help are available for each menu item To see the help text for a menu item press FUNC then press SEL on the 5 way pushbutton pad To exit help press SEL again As you scroll the object menu you will see a line that states v VEXFERT DEL OU we e This line is found in the object menus and the Global configuration menus Its purpose is to delineate between the basic settings that are important to each object and the operation of the radio and the expert settings that may be of interest to advanced users but if left alone will not adversely impact the oper
72. ation of the radio For more information about the Basic and Expert settings please refer to the Detailed Menu Reference at the end of this Owner s Manual Use the keys to scroll the screen until the flashing cursor appears next to the Freq label Key in a known local frequency and press the ENT key or press the DOME softkey either one PSR 500 User Manual Page 36 will do the same thing There You just entered the frequency for your first CONV object By default your new CONV object will be tagged Channel If you d like to change this just scroll the screen down one click until the flashing cursor highlights the T field then press SEL to edit the tag You can move the cursor around using the 4 keys on the 5 way pushbutton pad use the CL key to clear the old text or press FUNC CL to erase the entire field To enter text find the letter you want to enter on the front panel of the radio press the numeric key beneath it then press 1 2 3 or 4 depending on the position of the letter in the group for that number For example to enter FIRE press 33 43 73 32 Press the ENT key or DUHE softkey to store the new tag information for your CONV object Now you are ready to store your first CONV object There are other parameters that you can change and we invite you to scroll through the CONV menu to see the other settings that are available You can experiment with the different settings If you make a change
73. ault setting for that parameter HINT It s easy to fix things if you inadvertently change a parameter and reset every global parameter back to factory defaults without altering your programmed objects Turn the radio off then on again While the Welcome screen is being displayed press and release 0 then press and release 2 Press ENT to confirm the reset of all global parameters to their factory defaults HINT If you think you ve really messed the Global settings up you can NOTE The Special Global Settings menu FUNC GLOB includes parameter settings that if not set properly may adversely affect the performance of your radio We recommend that users not change the settings found in the FUNC GLOB menu unless instructed to in this manual or directed to do so by GRE Technical Support personnel Should you experience difficulties after changing any of the settings in the FUNC GLOB menu you can also restore those settings to factory defaults by pressing the DF LL softkey associated with each menu line or following the 0 2 global settings reset procedure described above PSR 500 User Manual Page 99 GLOB Menu Reference The GLOB menu stores all of the radio wide settings used by the scanner The GLOB menu allows you to tweak these settings to your liking The default settings will work fine for most users but most users will want to use the GLOB menu to personalize the radio to suit their individual taste
74. ave selected the desired object press the ELIT softkey then the CURE softkey and scroll to the Hit Cant item bottom of the object menu to view the hit counter To reset the hit counter for a single object press the PF It softkey while the Hit Court item is selected in the object s menu To clear all hit counters press the PGM key then the SLOE softkey Use the key to scroll down to the Clear Hits item then press the SEL key Press the SHWE softkey to save your changes and exit the Global settings menu Audible Alarms and the ALERT LED Your PSR 500 features a very powerful ALERT LED with Audible Alarm capability that allows you to set different types of visual and audible notifications for the different types of objects you create PSR 500 User Manual Page 70 You may have noticed that the menus for each object you create include various settings for LED Backlight and Alarm You can use these settings to design custom visual and or audible alarms that are triggered when activity is detected on the specified Scannable Object NOTE The Alert LED utilizes a special tri color Light Emitting Diode module that mixes light from red green and blue LED elements to produce thousands of different colors Eight pre defined color settings are available for use in object menus LED COLOR amp is normally used for all colors off or no Alert LED display NOTE Slight variations to LED colors are a normal part of the manufact
75. ay be close enough geographically to another licensee that it is technically possible for the two licensees to hear radio traffic from each other s system This is especially true for business radio users however it is not all that uncommon for different public safety licensees to be close enough to each other for one licensee s radio traffic to be heard by another licensee Additionally certain radio propagation events can sometimes allow radio signals to travel hundreds or thousands of miles beyond a licensee s service area in some cases making their radio transmissions receivable on the other side of the continent Reception of traffic from another radio user can be an undesirable situation causing confusion and distraction Selective squelch is employed in transmitting and receiving equipment to limit reception to only those transmitters that are transmitting the correct encoded selective squelch signal Much in the same way that a radio licensee can use selective squelch to block out foreign traffic from their radio receivers you can use selective squelch on your PSR 500 to block undesired traffic from being received on your scanner In addition to this basic selective squelch capability your PSR 500 can search for and display the selective squelch type and squelch tones or codes in use on a particular frequency The three types of selective squelch available in the PSR 500 are as follows CTCSS stands for Continuous Tone Cod
76. bilities However if you consider yourself to be an experienced scanning hobbyist and are feeling adventurous we invite you to dive right in and get started programming your favorite objects into the radio PSR 500 User Manual Page 7 Features Upgradeable CPU and DSP Firmware keep your radio current with enhancements as they become available with free upgrades from_www greamerica com Intuitive Object Oriented User Interface Design is designed for ease of use yet powerful enough to satisfy the most sophisticated experts Common data entry browsing and control methods are used for non trunked conventional channels trunking talkgroups search configurations and Spectrum Sweeper setups The radio grows with you you can start out with a small easy to manage configuration then expand it whenever you need to Menu Driven Programming With Context Sensitive Help Each menu item provides a few lines of help text that provide assistance with programming and using the scanner Powerful and flexible Scan List functionality allows you to arrange group and scan objects according to your preference Flexible Free Form Memory Organization memory is assigned as objects are created using a sophisticated internal file management system You are not constrained to traditional bank channel scanner memory layouts No memory is wasted as a result of bank channel programming constraints The scanner has sufficient main memory capaci
77. bination of entries for 048113 will receive all SAME messages for 048113 except the Required Weekly Test RWT message since the second entry is ON with lockout ON and with RWT in the event field SAME Entry 1 Code 048113 Event Entry ON Lockout OFF SAME Entry 2 Code 048113 Event Entry ON Lockout ON The above combination of entries for 048113 will not receive any SAME messages for 048113 since the second entry is ON with lockout ON and with all events wildcard in the event field The entry lockout feature should be used with caution so as not to inadvertently lock out desired SAME location or event codes Entering SAME Location and Event Codes The following steps are used to create a SAME entry that provides all weather alerts for a given location Press the WX key to enter Weather mode Press the GI softkey to add or edit SAME entries The scanner display will show the following PSR 500 User Manual Page 83 Indicates menu position SAME menu title Empty SAME entry locations Saves Exits SAME changes to entry menu SAME entry menu Use the or keys on the 5 way pushbutton pad to scroll to the desired SAME code entry Press the SEL key on the 5 way pushbutton pad to edit the selected SAME entry The scanner display will appear as follows Indicates menu position SAME entry SAME Edit menu title parameters Saves Exits SAME changes to edit menu SAME edit me
78. bject Priority is set to Yes for one or more TGRP objects the scanner will give those TGRPs priority over other TGRPs while checking a particular trunking system for activity TGRPs PSR 500 User Manual Page 69 configured for Priority are checked for activity before any other TGRPs are checked and during the reply delay time after non priority TGRP calls Additionally your PSR 500 decodes the subaudible priority data that is present on analog Motorola talkgroup calls 3600 baud control channel systems only and will switch to a priority talkgroup when the data for that talkgroup is found in the subaudible priority data Hit Counters Your PSR 500 includes a unique Hit Counter feature that keeps track of how many transmissions are received for each object type The Hit Counter for an object is incremented each time a transmission is received on an object making it possible for you to determine the objects that are the least and most active By default the Hit Counter feature is turned off To turn the Hit Counter on press PGM then the BLOE softkey and use the e key to scroll down to the Hit Courts item Use the 4 keys to toggle Hit Counts on and off When finished press the SALE softkey to save your changes to the radio s configuration memory You can view the hit counts for an object by navigating to the object by pressing PGM then using the 4 gt a keys to navigate to the desired object if necessary Once you h
79. ble that meet the Threshold Hi criteria the scanner will seek the best control channel to use and continue checking periodically for a new control channel that meets the Threshold Hi criteria When Multi Site STAT the scanner will track the system using every usable control channel in the control channel list Available When Multi Site is set to ROAM Sets the control channel decode threshold for a site to be considered good when looking for a new site Available When Multi Site is set to ROAM Sets the control channel decode threshold for a site to be considered out of range which will begin the process of looking for a new site For Motorola and P25 systems only sets custom channel tables Use 4 gt to select option press SEL on Custom to enter custom table information For Motorola Type systems only sets fleet map 108 LMIT Menu Reference The LMIT menu is used when creating new Limit Search objects or editing existing Limit Search objects All menus are shown in the scanner s display as a three line window that can be scrolled up or down to access the various different parameters The active parameter is always the middle parameter and is indicated by a flashing The entire LMIT menu is shown below LMIT Parameter Scar Lists Fro FrHi Tas L Out LEID Hode LED Color Latch LED Back lishi Alarm Eau Options On or Off for Scan Lists 1 20 Any supported frequency in MHz
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81. canning hobby and those who use scanners they began to realize that the scanning hobby had much in common with hobbies that involve collections like stamp collecting coin collecting and so on Hobbies of collection all have some things in common e Typically a collector starts off small and adds to the collection e A collector groups items in the collection according to their type e A collector looks for new things to add to the collection e Acollector removes items from the collection that they no longer desire e Acollector enjoys the collection Specifically with regard to scanning e Atfirst the typical scannist starts off small and expands This is especially true with beginners and newcomers to the hobby e The scannist groups channels and talkgroups according to area or type of use e The scannist searches or tunes to find new things to scan e Ascannist removes channels and talkgroups they no longer need e Ascannist enjoys the collection of channels and talkgroups they have programmed into the scanner Our engineers determined that a new scanner design would be most useful if it could be used as a tool by the scanning hobbyist to build and enjoy the collection of channels and trunked talkgroups they have programmed into the scanner Much of what you see in the design of your new GRE scanner with Object Oriented User Interface is intended to meet the PSR 500 User Manual Page 13 objectives we describe abov
82. cess an object You can use this address to quickly access your stored objects when in the Manual Mode and PGM modes Press MAN or PGM then key the Object ID using the numeric keypad then press ENT to go to that object In the above example press MAN or PGM then key 0348 ENT to jump directly to that object Note that objects are not really in a Scan List or Scan Lists Objects are mapped to Scan Lists meaning that an object can be a member of one or more Scan Lists In the above example 10 348 means that the object itself is stored in memory address 0348 and is mapped to at a minimum Scan List 10 and if you were to use the a e keys to scroll up or down while viewing Scan List 10 you will see all the other objects that are also mapped to Scan List 10 More About Wildcard Scanning As mentioned previously a Wildcard TGRP object allows you to receive all radio traffic on a trunked radio system PSR 500 User Manual Page 47 A Wildcard TGRP works by catching talkgroup calls on the system that are not already stored as objects in the radio s memory In order for the Wildcard TGRP to function properly the radio needs to be in SCAN mode This is what enables the scanner to find the previously stored TGRP objects that need to be checked before declaring that the found talkgroup is new and should be scanned as a Wildcard hit If you park on a Wildcard TGRP object in MAN mode the scanner is not able to see
83. ch types Useful to compensate for low or high digital audio levels caused at the system Alternative DSP decoding algorithm is applied to all search types May help reception on some systems Controls the operation of the L OUT key When Off pressing L OUT performs a Temporary Lockout of the selected object When On pressing L OUT performs a Permanent Lockout of the selected object If set to Yes dupe checking will check both the stored frequency and any encoded squelch settings when checking for duplicate CONV objects Selects TGID display format If set to Yes TGRP wildcards will ignore calls on previously stored TGRPS that are mapped to disabled Scan Lists For Motorola and P25 systems shows current control channel index from TSYS frequency list and frequency alternating with the voice frequency 102 CONV Menu Reference The CONV menu is used when creating new Conventional Channel objects or editing existing Conventional Channel objects All menus are shown in the scanner s display as a three line window that can be scrolled up or down to access the various different parameters The active parameter is always the middle parameter and is indicated by a flashing tr The entire CONV menu is shown below CONV Parameter Options Sea ache On or Off for Scan Lists 1 20 ace Any supported frequency in MHz Tas Alpha numeric text S4 Mode Search None CTCSS DCS P25 Sauelch Code CTOSS Hz DCS Code P25 NAC Laut
84. d into the scanner and to share them with other scannists A Few Things To Remember about Object Oriented Scanning Object oriented scanning is completely different from any prior scanning receiver technology Accordingly some users may find it difficult to visualize and understand how Object Oriented Scanning works This may be especially true for users who have become very familiar with more recent scanning receiver technologies We suggest that you keep the following OOUI Tenets in mind as you proceed with your study of this manual If you find yourself confused or stuck about the basics of Object Oriented Scanning it may be helpful to review this section again 1 The OOUI memory organization is nothing more than a large list of Scannable Objects 2 A Scannable Object is simply something that can be scanned including conventional channels trunking talkgroups limit searches service searches and Spectrum Sweeper setups 3 In OOUI scanning there are no systems banks groups sub groups or ID lists There is simply a very large collection of objects each with their own attributes Scannable Objects all exist at the same level or hierarchy within the scanner no single type of Scannable Object is more important than another and Scannable Objects do not have dependencies on or links to other Scannable Objects in order for them to function properly 4 The primary method of grouping the coll
85. d out Manual Mode allows you to browse the Scannable Objects you have created so you can select just one to monitor To activate Scan Mode just press the SCAN key on the keypad Unless you have explicitly changed Scan List membership all of the objects you have entered so far should be mapped to Scan List 01 and your scanner should begin scanning these objects immediately when you press the SCAN key The scanner display indicates Scan Mode as follows Study the two rows under the Scanning display Each space represents the status of a Scan List in your radio The top row of numbers represents Scan Lists 1 through 10 and the bottom row represents Scan Lists 11 through 20 Unless you have already enabled other Scan Lists in your radio you will only see the number i in the top row All of the other spaces contain symbols which indicates that these other Scan Lists are currently not enabled If you have included one or more TGRP objects in your programming and are within range of the trunked radio system for those TGRPs you will see the W icon flash periodically while the radio is scanning The W icon indicates that the scanner is receiving control channel data from a trunked radio system To pause the scanner on an active object so that the scanner does not resume scanning press the PSE Pause key while the scanner is stopped on that object and press PSE or SCAN to PSR 500 User Manual Page 44 resume sca
86. d state bit 2 XF state IMBE detect bit 3 HD2 state in DG P25 CC detect in CTCSS DCS reverse burst turn off code detect bit 4 HD5 state CTCSS DCS NAC detect bit 5 set to 1 if Mobile PSR 600 O otherwise bit 6 set to 1 if bit 5 1 and backlight level is Dim Command STX L ETX lt sum gt Response STX L lt lcd0 gt lt lcd1 gt lt lcd63 gt lt icons1 gt lt icons2 gt ETX lt sum gt PSR 500 User Manual Page 116 NOTE lt iconsl gt and lt icons2 gt are bitmapped representations of display icon status as follows iconsl bits 0 2 RSSI bars level 0 5 bit 3 S icon bit 4 Batt icon ON bit 5 Batt icon BLINKING icons2 bat 0 Pit Zem bit 1 G icon bit 2 AT icon bat zs FEI Zem bit 4 up arrow icon bit 5 down arrow icon bit 6 LCD backlight status Send Key Command STX K lt keycode gt ETX lt sum gt Response no response Key codes for the Send Key command are as follows eee PSR 500 User Manual Page 117 NOTE To initiate the press and hold action for the Light key send code 32 ORed with 0x80 value is OxA0 Tune Command STX T lt freq0 gt lt freql gt lt freq2 gt lt freq3 gt lt rxmode gt ETX SUM Response no response PSR 500 User Manual Page 118 Appendix B CCDump RK NOTE GRE provides Memory File Format
87. dard text entry method to enter your desired text When you use your QTXT entry in a text field any unused spaces will be filled with space characters If you want to leave room for additional text after the QTXT is loaded into a text field include a space after your text then a dollar sign This will place one space after your QTXT when you use your QTXT in a text field and the edit cursor will be positioned just after that space where you can continue appending text in the text field before you save it For example if you use the entry SHERIFF in the QTXT storage location your text entry field will look like this after you load the QTXT SHERIFF SHERIFF note that cursor is positioned at end of text field if you use the entry SHERIFF inthe QTXT storage location your text entry field will look like this after you load the QTXT SHERIFF SHERIFF lt note that cursor is positioned at end of the word Once you are finished editing your QTXT storage location press the HUE softkey to save the QTXT then press the GE softkey again to save the changes you made to the GLOB menu PSR 500 User Manual Page 92 Power On Configuration Key Sequences Your PSR 500 features power on keypress sequences that are used as shortcuts to configuration items like attenuator settings backlight settings and memory information Power on key sequences are also used to place your scanner into firmware upgrade mode for CPU and DSP firmware
88. dds found spcl Special Creates new frequency to Stalker off CONV object frequency SPCL Special in default lockout list Stalker on Scan List while stalking locks out entire based on Band softkey 1 MHz found toggles all segment if frequency bands or more than 5 police fire individual only lockouts in that segment PSR 500 User Manual Page 52 Service Search Object SRVC A Service Search Object SRVC is similar to a LMIT search but is optimized for a specific radio service and can search for activity associated with a type of service across multiple frequency bands Essential Service Search parameters The only critical parameter needed for a Service Search to function is the service type When you set up a Service Search you will want to specify the type of service that you wish to search To create a new SRVC object press PGM to place your scanner into Program Mode then press the HEI softkey then press the SRCH softkey to view the available Search types then press the SRLC softkey Scroll to the Sraz field and select the type of search you want to define using the 4 keys on the 5 way pushbutton pad Service types include Public Safety Aircraft Amateur CB Marine FRS GMRS MURS DOT and Railroad and provide frequency coverage as follows Public Safety PubSafety Searches commonly used public safety frequencies Groups are as follows 0 33 4 46 5 MHz VHF Low Band 1 151 170 MHz VHF High Band 2 453 467 MHz U
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90. dio This allows for easy identification of active objects while the radio is scanning and makes it easier than ever to find objects that you wish to monitor edit or delete using the powerful FIND feature Your scanner uses a simple text entry method that allows entry of all uppercase and lowercase letters of the alphabet numbers and punctuation symbols Your scanner also features GRE s exclusive QuickText feature which allows you to store up to 10 commonly used text items for instant recall while editing alphanumeric fields Entering and Editing Alphanumeric Information A Standard Text Entry Method is used for entering alphanumeric information into the radio This method allows easy access to each letter in the alphabet by pressing two keys that represent the letter Take a moment to study the numeric keys on the keypad and you will notice that keys 2 9 each have three or four letters silk screened on the front panel just above each key To enter a letter in an alphanumeric text field simply press the number key below the letter you wish to type first then press the number key that corresponds with the position of the letter in the silk screen group For example the number 2 is used to access the letters A B and C To type the letter A press 2 to select the ABC group then 1 to select the first letter in the group A Likewise to type the letter B press 2 to select the ABC group then press 2 again to select the second letter i
91. e Start a terminal program or your third party application software Configure the communications parameters for 115200 N 8 1 as follows COM Port The COM port number assigned to the USB cable by your computer If you are running a Windows operating system you can find this information under Ports in the Device Manager Parity None Baud Rate 115 000 bits per second Word 8 bits Stop Bits 1 PSR 500 User Manual Page 119 Basic CCDump data includes the system type the Object ID of the TSYS object if applicable and the raw control channel messages as they are transmitted by the system This data is delimited by symbols Basic CCDump data is sent to the PC IF port under the following conditions e In TUNE mode when the radio is tuned to a trunking control channel e In TSYS analysis mode when the radio is tuned to an active control channel in the TSYS channel list Expanded CCDump data includes all of the data that is provided in the Basic CCDump data display and provides additional human readable decoding of certain trunked control channel messages Expanded CCDump data is sent to the PC IF port under the following condition e When the radio is monitoring a trunked control channel while in MAN or SCAN modes Under certain circumstances the CCDump output may interfere with the cloning process If you experience problems with cloning ensure that CCDump is turned off by pressing the PGM key
92. e and serve as a tool to help you manage and enjoy your collection of Scannable Objects What is Object Oriented Scanning To put it simply Object Oriented Scanning describes a new user interface design for scanning receivers the Object Oriented User Interface or OOUI In Object Oriented Scanning we introduce the concept of the Scannable Object A Scannable Object is defined as something that can be scanned The Scannable Object concept is very important in the OOUI design Recall that one of the more frustrating things about current trunking scanners is that entirely different methods of programming and interacting with the radio are used depending on whether the user is working with trunking talkgroups or conventional channels A method that works with one does not work well with the other The user must learn two entirely different languages for talking to the radio one for trunking and one for conventional non trunked frequencies What if it was possible to use the same basic language regardless of whether a user is working with trunked talkgroups or conventional channels such that once a user has learned how to enter a conventional channel into memory they already know most of what they need to know to enter a trunked talkgroup Or a search range or other Scannable Objects This is how the OOUI works the two primary Scannable Objects talkgroups on trunked radio systems and conventiona
93. e TUNE screen Flashes gt PAUSED lt when paused on a frequency Signal strength Tune direction Receive mode and frequency shows found CTCSS DCS or P25 NAC code z Zeromatic off Z Zeromatic on d delay off D delay on Adds frequency Changes Creates new to lockout list receive mode CONV object from default in default Scan List based on found frequency By default TUNE mode is paused when first activated Press PSE to begin searching from the current frequency Press the or keys on the 5 way pushbutton pad to change the search direction PSR 500 User Manual Page 74 Press the Fr L O softkey to add a found frequency to the lockout list Press the MODE softkey to change the receive mode AM FM NFM from the default for the current frequency range au Press TOR to create a new CONV object using the found frequency Use the keypad to enter a new frequency and press ENT to make that the TUNE frequency Using FUNC TUNE from any other mode will load the last active frequency from the other mode into TUNE For example pressing FUNC TUNE while parked on a trunked radio TGRP will load the control channel frequency into the TUNE mode if the control channel frequency is the last frequency that the scanner checked while scanning Dedicated TUNE mode will always check for the presence of encoded squelch and digital modulation each time it finds an active frequency If a valid encoded squelch code is found it w
94. e other users in the talkgroup that a call is taking place on the home channel and all the radios in the talkgroup transition to voice call mode on the home channel If the home channel is busy it sends subaudible data messages over the home channel simultaneously with any voice traffic it is carrying These subaudible data messages include a free repeater message that informs other radios homed to the channel of the next available free repeater that is not in use When a user places a call by pressing the push to talk button in this scenario the new call is placed on this free repeater and the subaudible data message on the home is updated to include signaling that tells other users of the talkgroup that the talkgroup is now active on the free repeater The other users switch to the free repeater and the voice call proceeds there LTR systems operate using distributed control Your scanner utilizes the data sent by each controller on each channel to track the activity on an LTR system PSR 500 User Manual Page 128 Appendix F About CTCSS DCS and P25 NAC CTCSS CTCSS DCS and P25 NAC are terms used to describe the different types of selective squelch that your PSR 500 is capable of utilizing with conventional non trunked radio channels In many cases frequencies that are assigned to licensees are not licensed on an exclusive basis This means that the transmitters and receivers operated in one licensee s radio system m
95. ection of objects is by mapping them to Scan Lists Mapping a Scannable Object to One or more Scan Lists does not change the physical location of the object in the memory system Even when an object is mapped to one or more Scan Lists the object itself has not PSR 500 User Manual Page 15 moved nor changed from what it is a simple standalone object that is part of a larger collection About this manual Object abbreviations used in this document TGRP TSYS We described how your new GRE scanner utilizes an Object Oriented User Interface in the Introduction and Overview sections of this manual You learned that the key components of this new user interface are the Scannable Objects which are of course things that can be scanned As you begin to use your new scanner you will notice that the object names are abbreviated so that they can easily fit into the 16 character LCD Imagine what the radio s display would look like if Trunking Talkgroup Object was spelled out in its entirety every time it was necessary to show it in the display You should take a moment and become familiar with these abbreviations now For consistency the same abbreviations for the different object types are used in the radio and here in the manual TGRP is used to represent a Trunking Talkgroup Object Trunking Talkgroups are virtual channels that exist on a trunked radio system A trunked radio system is a radio system where a
96. ed Squelch System In CTCSS the transmitter sends a special low level audio tone continuously while a transmission is in progress This is known as a subaudible tone the level and frequency are such that they are difficult or impossible to hear in a receiver s speaker The receiver or your scanner will detect and decode this tone and if it matches the programmed tone the speaker will be unmuted and voice audio allowed to pass If the tone is not PSR 500 User Manual Page 129 present or an incorrect tone is found the receiver will remain muted Additionally the PSR 500 can detect the CTCSS tone that is in use on a transmitter and will allow you to store the tone value with a CONV object when a CTCSS transmission occurs It is possible to hear this tone if you listen with headphones CTCSS sounds like a low steady hum in the background of a voice transmission DCS DCS stands for Digital Coded Squelch In DCS the transmitter sends a special low level data signal continuously while a transmission is in progress This is known as subaudible data the level of the data signal is such that the data is difficult or impossible to hear in a receiver s speaker The receiver or your scanner will detect and decode this data and if it matches the programmed code the speaker will be unmuted and voice audio allowed to pass If the DCS code is not present or an incorrect code is found the receiver will remain muted Additionall
97. ed on the premise that to a hobbyist a scanner is easiest to use if all of the things that can be scanned are handled using common conventions for interaction between the user and the radio at least to the extent that this is possible given that the things that can be scanned are different from one another in either subtle or major ways In this new user interface design we call things that can be scanned Scannable Objects Simply put a Scannable Object is defined as something that can be scanned or monitored Scannable Objects include the following e Conventional non trunked radio channels e Trunked talkgroups used on a trunked radio system e Service searches to search for a specific radio service e Search ranges with upper and lower limits e Spectrum Sweeper setups with band segments that can be enabled or disabled by the user One of the goals of the Object Oriented User Interface is to make the scanner as easy to use as possible The OOUI does this by treating all Scannable Objects the same in terms of how they are created edited manipulated and grouped Once you have learned how to create and store a conventional channel you know most of what you need to know to create a trunking talkgroup and so on While we have designed this radio to be the easiest scanning receiver in its class to program and use we encourage you to read this manual in its entirety so that you will fully understand all of the radio s capa
98. ed service searches 1 dedicated limit search Any service or limit search can be programmed and scanned as an object alongside conventional channels and trunking talkgroups Priority Talkgroup and conventional channel priority selectable priority sample rate and priority sample during trunking talkgroup call Conventional Receiver AM FM NFM CTCSS DCS P25 NAC Modes Trunking Receiver Modes Motorola Type I II lii Analog and Digital GE Ericsson MA COM EDACS Narrowband and Wideband EF Johnson LTR Receiver System Triple conversion PLL super heterodyne 1st IF 380 8 MHz The 1st LO uses high side of receive frequency range for VHF and UHF Low T and low side of receive frequency range for gt 512 MHz 21 4 MHz The second LO uses low side of 1st IF 455 kHz The 3rd LO uses the low side of the 2nd IF Frequency Range VHF Low 25 00000 54 00000 MHz VHF Aircraft 108 00000 136 99166 MHz VHF High 137 00000 174 00000 MHz 216 00250 224 9950 MHz 225 00000 299 93750 MHz UHF Low T 300 00000 512 00000 MHz UHF High 796 00000 960 00000 MHz 1240 00000 1300 0000 MHz Excludes frequencies utilized by the Cellular Mobile Radiotelephone Service PSR 500 User Manual Page 123 Marine Aircraft CB FRS GMRS MURS DOT STAR Public Safety Amateur Radio Railroad Weather frequencies 162 400 162 425 162 450 162 475 162 500 162 525 162 550 MHz Scanning Rate Approximately 55 channels per second Search Rate
99. eir meaning can change depending on the operational state that the radio is in Right now the softkeys on your radio should read as follows Let s focus on the HEN softkey for a few minutes As you might have guessed HEN is an invitation for you to create a new Scannable Object CONV TGRP LMIT SRVC or SWPR So what would you like to create first We suggest that you start with a Conventional Channel Object CONV first to get familiar with the radio s user interface and display Conventional Channel Object CONV A Conventional Channel Object CONV is a record that stores the parameters for a regular non trunked conventional AM or FM channel When you create a CONV object you are creating an object that will allow you to scan and monitor a plain old radio channel that is a single frequency and the associated parameters that are necessary for you to receive traffic on that frequency Essential Conventional Channel parameters CONV objects are the simplest objects supported by the radio By this we mean that there really isn t that much for you to do if PSR 500 User Manual Page 34 you want to create one There are only a few essential parameters in the CONV object fields that must be set correctly for a CONV object to work The Frequency must be set to match the frequency of the transmitter you want to scan or monitor and the MODE should be set to AU or if desired AM FM or NFM Note that the scanner will auto
100. elt clip use your finger to disengage the retaining catch at the top of the belt clip from the back of radio and slide the belt clip upwards To install the belt clip slide it down into the belt clip receptacle on PSR 500 User Manual Page 31 the rear of the radio Press down on the belt clip until it locks in place Slide the belt clip over your belt pocket or waistband NOTE You can order a replacement belt clip from GRE America http www geramerica com if the one that came with your radio becomes lost or damaged Using AC Power You can power the scanner using a supplied AC adaptor A WARNING You must use the supplied AC adapter e Always connect the AC adaptor to the scanner before you connect it to AC power When you finish disconnect the adaptor from AC power before you disconnect it from the scanner e The correct orientation for the enclosed power adaptor is ina vertical or floor mount position To power the scanner using an AC adaptor connect the plug into the scanner s PWR DC 9V jack Then connect the AC adaptor to a standard AC outlet A WARNING To prevent electric shock do not use the AC adaptor s polarized plug with an extension cord receptacle or other outlet unless you can fully insert the blades to prevent blade exposure Using Vehicle Battery Power You can power the scanner from a vehicle s 12V power source such as cigarette lighter socket using a 9VDC at least 500 mA adaptor with 4 75
101. ems all utilize centralized control When monitoring a centralized control system your scanner utilizes the data sent by the controller on the control channel to track the voice traffic for the talkgroups that you wish to monitor Systems with distributed control do not utilize a central controller to manage the assignment of radio channel resources Each channel includes its own individual controller and these controllers are all connected to each other over a data bus such that every channel and controller on the system knows the status of the other channels and controllers at any given moment In distributed control there is no single dedicated control channel PSR 500 User Manual Page 127 Each individual channel serves as a control channel for the users and user groups that are homed to that channel by sending out a subaudible data message simultaneously with voice traffic when needed The portable and mobile radios in a distributed control trunked radio system monitor their home channel when idle for data messages that include commands regarding activity for their talkgroup and in the event that the home channel is busy a free channel elsewhere on the system that is available for communications if needed When a user in a distributed control system needs to speak they press the push to talk button on their radio If the home channel is not in use the controller sends a data message out over the home channel that tells th
102. entifies it on a trunked radio system In most trunked radio technologies each portable or mobile radio has an individual digital address much like the individual telephone extensions in a PBX system There are two basic types of trunked radio technologies in use today centralized control and distributed control Systems with centralized control utilize one or more specialized computers called controllers to manage the operation of the trunked radio system The controller is responsible for assigning radio channel resources to users and user groups as needed that is when a user needs to speak with another user or with a group of users Centralized control trunked radio systems reserve one of the system channels for use as the control channel and the remaining channels are used as voice or traffic channels When a user needs to place a call on a system utilizing centralized control they press the push to talk button on their radio which causes their radio to send a short data message to the controller over the control channel requesting that a voice channel if available be assigned to that user or user group for a voice call The controller assigns an available voice channel to the call and sends a data message out over the control channel signaling that user and all other members of the user s talkgroup to switch to a voice channel and proceed with the voice communication Motorola EDACS and P25 trunked radio syst
103. equency Use the Lis softkey to set the lower and upper frequency limits for your limit search SI ee NOTE When a signal is being received the Lmts softkey F1 changes to FrL O You can access the Lmts softkey by pressing FUNC F1 when the F1 key function is FrL O Press the or keys on the 5 way pushbutton pad to change the search direction Press the MODE softkey to change the receive mode AM FM NFM from the default for the current frequency range au Press the Fr L O softkey to add a found frequency to the lockout list Press the TOR softkey to create a new CONV object using the found frequency Using dedicated SRVC mode Your scanner s dedicated SRVC search modes provide you with the ability to instantly access each of the scanner s service search ranges without creating a new SRVC object To activate dedicated SRVC search mode press the SRCH key on the keypad repeatedly until the desired service search is PSR 500 User Manual Page 77 indicated on the display The following service searches are available Railroad searches the Association of American Railroads AAR VHF railroad frequencies used in the US and Canada Public Safety PubSafety Searches commonly used public safety frequencies Groups are as follows 0 33 4 46 5 MHz VHF Low Band 1 151 170 MHz VHF High Band 2 453 467 MHz UHF Band 3 764 806 MHz 700 MHz Band 4 851 869 MHz 800 MHz Band Aircraft Searches civilian and mili
104. es when the system is known to use Narrow FM modulation Most 900 MHz analog trunked radio systems utilize NFM modulation This setting has no effect on digital trunked radio system performance Activates 6 dB audio level boost for all activity on this TSYS 107 TSYS Parameter Duell Disital AGC SuPer Le ack Multi Site Threshold Hi Threshold Lo T Tables Fleet Mar PSR 500 User Manual Page Options 0 200 x 100 mS On or Off On or Off Off Roam or Stat Stationary 1 99 1 99 Normal Splinter Custom SEL Description Sets the amount of time the scanner dwells on a Motorola P25 or EDACS system control channel for activity on programmed talkgroups Use 0 for automatic mode which uses control channel information to determine when all current talkgroup information has been broadcast by the system Controls Digital AGC function for the TSYS Alternative DSP decoding algorithm May help reception on some systems Used with networked Motorola and P25 trunked radio systems When Multi Site Off the scanner will find the first usable control channel in the control channel list and use it to track the system When Multi Site ROAM the scanner will always attempt to lock on to control channels where the decoding quality is greater than Threshold Hi and will search for new control channels when the decoding quality of a control channel drops below Threshold Lo and if no control channels are availa
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107. f Scannable Objects and how to monitor them using Scan and Manual Mode you can move on to some more advanced startup topics This Advanced Startup Topics section of this manual will provide you with more basic information about how you can create other types of Scannable Objects and how you can group your PSR 500 User Manual Page 46 Scannable Objects into different Scan Lists and work with the Scan Lists to quickly enable or disable groups of objects that you want to monitor You can also read the Detailed Menu Reference section of this manual to learn more about the different object types and their parameters and how to perform more advanced operations with your scanner About Object Numbering Your PSR 500 is different from other types of scanners in how it stores your Scannable Objects in memory Instead of fixed channels and banks objects are stored in the first available block of free memory and assigned an Object ID The Object ID is the address where the object is stored in memory The Object ID is displayed as a four digit number in the upper left hand corner of the display whenever an object is selected in Manual Mode and PGM modes and when the scanner stops on an active object while scanning Additionally the current Scan List number is displayed prior to the Object ID when an object is selected in Manual Mode or PGM mode i e indicates Object ID 0348 mapped to Scan List 10 Using the Object ID to directly ac
108. ges for transmissions from nearby sources When a nearby active frequency is found the scanner automatically tunes to that frequency and receives the traffic PSR 500 User Manual Page 9 P25 NAC Functionality Much like CTCSS and DCS with analog signals P25 Network Access Code NAC is used to provide selective squelch operation on conventional digital channels Your PSR 500 will detect the NAC that is being used on a P25 conventional digital channel and allow you to program NAC codes to block transmissions that do not have a matching NAC including analog traffic on the same frequency Exclusive ALERT LED Programmable tri color LED can be configured to illuminate or flash when certain objects are active Eight user defined colors and brightness levels can be specified from thousands of possible combinations Provides visual alerts when certain channels are active e g blue can be used to signal activity on your primary police channel red for fire etc Audible alarms Programmable audible alarms can be configured to sound when certain Scannable Objects are active Can be used in conjunction with or separately from the ALERT LED described above High Speed PC Interface uses GRE s 30 3290 USB cable in full duplex mode at 6 times the speed of previous scanner models for PC transfer and 8 times the speed of previous models for radio to radio cloning Real time Signal Strength Indicator shows relative strength of received s
109. gt which of the two blocks 0 or 1 in the msg pair this is lt ccc gt command value Represents a variable of bits from the received data since commands are variable length lt payload gt remainder of msg after removing the lt ccc gt command value EDN lt W gt lt ccc gt lt ppppppp gt lt W gt which of the two blocks 0 or 1 in the msg pair this is lt ccc gt command value Represents a variable of bits from the received data since commands are variable length lt ppppppp gt remainder of msg after removing the lt ccc gt command value WXS lt SAME Message gt One code at a time WXT 1050Hz Detect lt decoded description gt If present how the radio SW interpreted the msg PSR 500 User Manual Page 121 Frequency Range 25 0000 26 9600 MHz 26 9650 27 4050 MHz 27 4100 29 5050 MHz 29 5100 29 7000 MHz 29 7100 49 8300 MHz 49 8350 54 0000 MHz 108 000 136 9916 MHz 137 000 137 995 MHz 138 000 143 9875 MHz 144 000 147 9950 MHz 148 000 150 7875 MHz 150 800 150 8450 MHz 150 8525 154 4975 MHz 154 5150 154 6400 MHz 154 6500 156 2550 MHz 156 2750 157 4500 MHz 157 4700 161 5725 MHz 161 6000 161 9750 MHz 162 0000 174 0000 MHz 216 0025 219 9975 MHz 220 0000 224 9950 MHz 225 0000 379 99375 MHz 380 0000 419 987500 MHz 420 0000 450 000000 MHz 450 00625 469 99375 MHz 470 00000 512 00000 MHz 764 00000 766 996875 MHz 773 00000 775
110. h is best for most general purpose weather alert monitoring purposes A list of event codes can be found at this web site http www weather gov os eas_codes shtml Each SAME location event code storage location can be configured for Entry ON OFF and Lockout ON OFF When a SAME location event code storage location is set for Entry ON the radio will process the SAME location event code that is stored there When a SAME location event code storage location is set for Entry OFF that SAME location and event code will be ignored When a SAME location event code storage location is set for Entry ON and Lockout ON the radio will process the SAME location event code that is stored there and will lock out the specified event code A SAME location event code storage location set for Entry OFF and Lockout ON will not be processed because Entry is set to OFF In case of a conflict e two identical codes and events are entered and one is locked out the locked out entry will take precedence SAME Entry Examples Using the Dallas County TX example above SAME Entry 1 Code 048113 Event Entry ON Lockout OFF SAME Entries 2 10 Code kkkkkk Event Entry OFF Lockout OFF PSR 500 User Manual Page 82 The above entry for 048113 will receive all SAME messages for 048113 SAME Entry 1 Code 048113 Event Entry ON Lockout OFF SAME Entry 2 Code 048113 Event RWT Entry ON Lockout ON The above com
111. hat are located where your family lives in another When you travel to visit your family you can no longer hear the Scannable Objects assigned to your home Scan List so you disable that Scan List and enable the Scan List that contains the channels and talkgroups that are in use in your family s town By trunking system It is possible to assign any combination of object types to any Scan List However you may wish to assign TGRP objects associated with specific trunked radio systems to specific Scan Lists so you can easily enable or disable monitoring of each system by enabling or disabling the associated Scan List By object type It may be desirable to segregate object types by assigning them to specific Scan Lists For example you can assign a group of LMIT or SRVC searches to a single Scan List and easily activate or deactivate searching on those objects by enabling or disabling the associated Scan List You may wish to place your wildcard TGRP group call or private call objects in a separate Scan List By application You can group objects by their application For example you may wish to place all law enforcement related objects for your area in one Scan List all fire and rescue objects in another and all business related objects in yet another Scan List Racing fans may wish to group objects for different cars drivers teams and tracks into separate Scan Lists By Favorites The Favorites FAV Scan List is a powerful tool tha
112. hat most likely applies to the active frequency as the search proceeds And again we recommend that you give the LMIT object a name in the Tas field so that you can easily find or identify it later To create a new LMIT object press PGM to place your scanner into Program Mode then press the HEI softkey then press the SECH softkey to view the available Search types then press the LIMIT softkey Use the data entry methods you have already learned for CONV and TGRP object setup to specify the FrLa and FrHi limits and provide a name for your search in the Tas field When finished press the Gaue softkey to store your LMIT search as a new object Once your LMIT object is saved you can use it while scanning or launch the LMIT search by itself by pressing the GR H softkey note that we are referring to the SICH softkey and not the SRCH PSR 500 User Manual Page 49 key on the keypad after navigating to the LMIT object in Manual Mode When the LMIT search stops on an active frequency the display will appear as follows Scanlist Object ID Signal strength Object type Search direction z Zeromatic off Z Zeromatic on I L OUT off flash l temp L OUT on L perm L OUT on Receive mode and frequency shows found CTCSS DCS or P25 NAC code d delay off D delay on Adds found Changes Creates new frequency to receive CONV object frequency mode in default lockout list Scan List based on found frequency Press the PSE key
113. he Detailed Menu Reference So if all of this makes sense to you then you should proceed and enter the required data for the system you wish to monitor to make a new TSYS as you create your TGRP If not please refer to the TGRP section of the Detailed Menu Reference so that you will understand which TSYS parameters are required for the type of trunked radio system you wish to monitor The first time you make a TGRP for a particular trunked radio system you must also create a TSYS that contains the system parameters associated with that trunked radio system Once you create a TSYS object for the trunked radio system you can use PSR 500 User Manual Page 38 the TSYS object over and over again without having to re enter all of the system data Assuming that you have already entered one or more CONV objects which we recommend you do prior to attempting the entry of the slightly more complicated TGRP object you should press the PGM key to place your scanner into Program Mode then press the HEL softkey then press the GE softkey Your radio display should appear as follows In the same way as with the CONV object this menu of TGRP parameters can be scrolled up and down to access and enter or change the various parameters associated with a trunking talkgroup For the purpose of this example we will assume that you wish to create a TGRP object for a Motorola Type II 800 MHz trunked radio system which is one of the more common types
114. he battery charger circuit is active and does not provide positive indication that the batteries are actually being charged Batteries will not charge unless the yellow battery holder is used A V Menu position and search direction indicators Understanding the Keypad Your PSR 500 features an easy to understand backlit keypad with 34 keys that are used to control and program the radio Figure 5 highlights the various keys and their basic functions Softkeys Na ei s E Five Way Pushbutton Pad EF Q2 L 2 D e Operational Keys Keypad SERA PQRS TUV WXYZ DELAY e e ee e Figure 5 Keypad layout Softkeys F1 F2 F3 activate function shown in the LCD display immediately above the softkey Five Way Pushbutton Pad d gt a v keys are used for navigation while browsing objects and menus SEL key activates data entry fields and toggles Scan List selection in object menus FUNC SEL activates context sensitive help in menus Numeric Keypad Used for data entry of frequencies talkgroup IDs and alphanumeric labels Used while scanning 1 9 and 0 toggle Scan Lists 1 10 on and off FUNC 1 9 and 0 toggle Scan Lists 11 20 on and off PSR 500 User Manual Page 24 Operation Keys FUNC activates alternate key functions FUNC key operation is very intuitive typically it amplifies the keypress that follows it A activates backlight FUNC A locks keypad MAN Places scanner in Manual Mode
115. his is a police dispatch talkgroup and we would like to use the name POLICE DISPATCH for the tag Scroll to the Tas field and press the SEL key on the 5 way pushbutton pad Using the text entry methods that you have previously employed for naming your PSR 500 User Manual Page 41 CONV and TSYS objects name your new talkgroup POLICE DISPATCH 71 F 63 0 53 L 43 I 23 32 E 31 D 43 I 74 71 21 81 i 23 42 T askana Press ENT or DOE to store the name then press GH to store the TGRP as a new object As with the other object types there are many other parameters you can edit for the TGRP but for now that s all you have to do to start monitoring traffic on that TGRP To add more TGRPs on the same system follow the same steps above this time specifying the TSYS that you just created To create TGRPs on a different system follow the steps above specify a NEW system and provide the correct parameters for that system as shown above As a reminder here are a few important points to remember about monitoring trunked radio systems and about TGRP objects in particular With regard to trunked radio systems it is important to note that a system cannot be scanned If one wishes to monitor radio traffic on a trunked radio system one must create a TGRP object A TGRP object includes the parameters for a trunked radio system so that it will operate properly Trunking system TSYS parameters are stored as
116. i Site Use the 4 keys to select OFF Stat or Roam When set to OFF the scanner will find the first usable control channel in the control channel list and use it until it is no longer usable When set to t al ionary the scanner will track the system using any control channel in the list that is usable When set to Foarm the scanner will attempt to locate and use the best possible control channel and ignore others until the control channel is no longer usable then it will locate a new best control channel to use When Mfulti Sitle ROAM the scanner will always attempt to lock on to control channels where the decoding quality is greater than the Threshold Hi setting and will PSR 500 User Manual Page 67 search for new control channels when the decoding quality of a control channel drops below Threshold Lo setting and if no new control channels are available that meet the Threshold Hi criteria the scanner will seek the best control channel to use and continue checking periodically for a new control channel that meets the Threshold Hi criteria When Multi Sitle STHT the scanner will track the system using every usable control channel in the control channel list Press the GE softkey to save your changes to the TSYS parameters then press the HUE softkey again to use the scanner You should experiment with the different Multi site modes and the threshold settings to find a combination that works best for your location Keep
117. ible Alarm is selected the selected alarm will play at the beginning of each transmission on the TGRP object or anytime the scanner stops for activity on the TGRP object while scanning 105 Eau On or Off Skwarn On or Off When On the TGRP object is a member of the Favorites Scan List When On the CONV object is a member of the Skywarn Scan List Delas On or Off Delas Time 1 200 x 100 mS Audi oBoost On or Off Hit Count Numeric value PSR 500 User Manual Page Controls whether a Delay is used to wait for reply traffic after a transmission on the TGRP Sets the amount of time in 100 millisecond intervals for the wait for reply delay if Delay is On e g 20 2 seconds Applies a 6 dB boost to audio levels when the object is active Increments each time a transmission is received on the SWPR object Global Hit Counts must be set to ON Press the F1t softkey to reset to 0 106 TSYS Menu Reference The TSYS menu is used when creating new Trunking System objects or editing existing Trunking System objects All menus are shown in the scanner s display as a three line window that can be scrolled up or down to access the various different parameters The active parameter is always the middle parameter and is indicated by a flashing The entire TSYS menu is shown below TSYS Parameter Options MOT 800 900 MOT VHF Tupe UHF P25 MANUAL P25 Sek AUTO EDACS STD EDACS NAROW LTR Tas Alpha numeric
118. ifferent areas One of the most useful resources on the Internet are discussion forums devoted to specific radio models Frequently you will find other users who are willing to answer questions or help you solve problems with your scanning equipment In many cases a simple Web search using Google or other popular Internet search tools will help you find web sites and discussion forums where you can read more about the PSR 500 ask questions and share your experiences with other PSR 500 users For starters we recommend www radioreference com where you will find a discussion forum dedicated to the PSR 500 along with dozens of other scanning discussion forums devoted to the scanning hobby We also suggest groups yahoo com Search the Yahoo Groups for PSR 500 and join groups that include active discussions related to the PSR 500 And be sure to visit www greamerica com frequently for important news software updates and information about exciting new GRE Scanning Receiver products and accessories Finding Frequencies and Trunked System Information Research is an important part of the scanning hobby Before you can listen you must first figure out what you want to listen to and then perform the research necessary to obtain the conventional frequency or trunked radio system information needed to program your radio Sometimes a simple Web search using Google or other popular Internet search tools is all that you need to get started
119. ignals Sleek compact case design with large speaker is designed for one handed operation and ease of use Overview of the Object Oriented User Interface Background Long time scanner enthusiasts probably remember the days before microprocessors became common in everyday consumer devices Back then scanners had very limited capabilities A typical scanner was able to scan between 2 and 10 frequencies and relied on plug in crystal elements for each frequency that a user wished to scan Scanning activity was typically shown ona row of incandescent or LED indicators These indicators would show scanning operation in progress as the scanner moved from one channel to the next looking for activity and would indicate the active channel when activity was found Pushbuttons or switches were used to skip or lock out undesired channels The scanning row of LEDs or incandescent indicators seemed to PSR 500 User Manual Page 10 personify the hobby at the time and it was quite an experience to see the light show from multiple radios in a well equipped scanner shack Early microprocessor controlled scanners eliminated the need for crystals and increased the number of channels that could be scanned Without keypads and numeric or alphanumeric displays these early microprocessor controlled radios still relied on the traditional row of lights to show scanning activity A row of switches was used to enter binary code to store individual frequencies I
120. ill be shown on the display and stored automatically when you press TOF to create a new CONV object Dedicated TUNE mode also displays information about trunking control channels and trunked voice channels it finds while tuning through the RF spectrum The following information is displayed for the various trunking modes Trunked Mode Analysis Display Motorola 3600 baud control stat DID ssss SLL channel where qq decoding quality of the control channel data SID System ID and S Site Number P25 9600 BPS control channel where qq decoding quality of the control channel data N NAC W WACN SYS System ID R RFSS and S Site Number PSR 500 User Manual Page 75 Trunked Mode Analysis Display EDACS control channel where qq decoding quality of the control channel data S Site ID h H not home site is home site s S not SCAT site is SCAT site a A not Aux CC is Aux CC LTR home repeater HN bn A HH GGG where HR the home repeater number of the tuned frequency A HH GGG the Area Home Repeater and Group ID of the LTR talkgroup Motorola analog voice channel YE Leslie where IsTGID shows the decoded talkgroup ID data from the lowspeed data stream Please note that the analog lowspeed data protocol does not provide error correction and some false VC IsTGID readings should be expected You may wish to use the PSR 500 s Tune LED feature to obtain a visual indication of signal strength using the tri color
121. in mind that the threshold settings are only available when Multi Site Foam is selected Multi site functionality is not available in EDACS or LTR trunking NOTE It may be necessary to change the values used for Threshold Hi and Threshold Low in the TSYS object to optimize Multi site Roam performance LTR Home Repeater AutoMove Priority Scan LTR Home Repeater AutoMove takes the guesswork out of programming LTR trunking systems when the home repeater order is not known By default LTR Home Repeater AutoMove is turned off and is controlled in the individual TSYS objects To enable LTR Home Repeater Automove access the menu for the desired TSYS then scroll down to the last item in the menu Autoltawe HS Use the 4 keys to toggle AutoMove HRs on or off for the selected TSYS then press the Gaue softkey to save your changes When AutoMove HRs is turned on you may enter the LTR system frequencies in any order and the PSR 500 will automatically move the frequencies to the proper home repeater slots as transmissions are received on the system Your PSR 500 scanner features Priority Scan operation for CONV and TGRP objects When Priority Scan is active PSR 500 User Manual Page 68 increased priority is given to objects that have their Priority mode set to OH Turning Object Priority On or Off Priority for CONV and TGRP objects can be toggled on or off using the following methods Press the PRI key when the scanner stops
122. ion on the CONV channel Sets the amount of time in 100 millisecond intervals for the wait for reply delay if Delay is On e g 20 2 seconds Controls Digital AGC function for the CONV channel Alternative DSP decoding algorithm May help reception on some systems Applies a 6 dB boost to audio levels when the object is active Increments each time a transmission is received on the SWPR object Global Hit Counts must be set to ON Press the F1t softkey to reset to 0 104 TGRP Menu Reference The TGRP menu is used when creating new Trunking Talkgroup objects or editing existing Trunking Talkgroup objects All menus are shown in the scanner s display as a three line window that can be scrolled up or down to access the various different parameters The active parameter is always the middle parameter and is indicated by a flashing The entire TGRP menu is shown below TGRP Parameter Scar Liste TSS L Out Priopites LEID Hode LED Color Latch LED Back lishi Alarm Options On or Off for Scan Lists 1 20 New or previously stored trunking system object TSYS Decimal hex or AFS depending on TSYS type Group or Private Alpha numeric text On or Off On or Off Solid or Flash 0 7 On or Off On Off or Flash None Chirp Hi Lo Alert Ring 2 Chirp Fast Hi Lo DTMF PSR 500 User Manual Page Description Sets membership in Scan Lists Use 4 keys to scroll through Sca
123. l GRE America Inc warranty all parts of each new product to be of sound design good material and workmanship and will repair or exchange any parts proven to be defective under normal use at no charge for a period of 12 months from the date of sale to the end user GRE America will correct defects There will be no charge for labor for a period of 12 months from the date of original sale except as provided below Overtime premiums and or expedited handling and shipping costs must be paid by the owner An enclosed Warranty Card is included with each unit of purchase We request the Warranty card be filled and return back to GRE America to validate the Warranty of your purchase along with Proof of purchase or you may also register online using the link below Online Product Registration is also available at http www greamerica com register Warranty Limitations This warranty does not apply to equipment or parts that have been subject to accident abuse incorrect service alterations service by non authorized service personal misuse A copy of the purchase receipt must be supplied or validated Warranty Registration must be on GRE database either by mail or through online when requesting for service Equipment must be sent to GRE America at the owner or dealer s expense and will be returned via surface carrier at no cost to the owner This warranty is strictly limited to the terms indicated herein and no other warranties or reme
124. l RCIP that is suitable for use with a PC application designed to provide a remote control and display capability The ideal PC application should provide a means by which a user can interact with a visual representation of the scanner s keypad and display Remote Control Mode is active at all times and does not require that the radio be placed in any special remote mode in order for it to be used The basic remote control command response format is as follows lt STX gt lt msgCode gt lt msgData gt lt ETX gt lt sum gt where lt STX gt is an ASCII Start of Text symbol 0x02 lt msgCode gt Is the code that represents the command or response message type lt msgData gt is the data that accompanies a command or a response lt ETX gt is an ASCII End of Text symbol 0x03 lt sum gt is the sum of all bytes before sum but not including lt STX gt and is sent with every command and response for error checking The following commands are supported in the RCIP PSR 500 User Manual Page 115 Get Status Get LCD Command STX A ETX lt sum gt Response STX A lt mode gt lt sq gt lt battL gt lt battH gt lt rssiL gt lt rssiH gt lt zmL gt lt zmH gt lt ledR gt lt ledG gt lt ledB gt lt freqL gt lt freq2 gt lt freq3 gt lt freqH gt lt rxMode gt ETX lt sum gt NOTE lt battH gt is ORed with 0x80 when on external power sq bit 0 RF Squelch state bit 1 Unmute
125. l non trunked frequencies use the same user interface elements Additionally we include limit and service search configurations and Spectrum Sweeper configurations as Scannable Objects This means that it is possible to create edit group scan and delete service and limit searches and Sweeper configurations using the same methods that are used when working with trunked talkgroups and conventional channels Object Oriented Scanning also lends itself quite well to the collector hobbyist model we describe above Object Oriented Scanning makes it very easy for newcomers to the hobby or the radio to start off with a small collection of scannable objects and expand their collection as needed later Object Oriented Scanning makes it easy to group Scannable Objects in Scan Lists a powerful and flexible grouping system Object Oriented Scanning makes it easy to search for new frequencies or talkgroups to monitor and add them to existing or new Scan List PSR 500 User Manual Page 14 groups Object Oriented Scanning makes it very easy to delete or deactivate objects and Scan Lists that you do not want to listen to including a powerful temporary lockout mode that allows you to zero in on activity associated with a specific incident then restore your desired configuration when the incident is over Finally Object Oriented Scanning makes it exceedingly easy for the scannist to enjoy the collection of channels and talkgroups they have programme
126. matically select the default mode based on the frequency you enter when MODE is set for AUto In most cases it will not be necessary to change this We also recommend that you label your CONV object by giving it a name in the TAG field This will make it easier for you to find the CONV object later and identify it when the scanner stops to monitor activity Enter your CONV object by following these steps As we mentioned above a brand new radio will launch into Program Mode when it is first turned on which allows for creation and editing of Scannable Objects If this is the first time you have turned on your radio you should see these softkey labels at the bottom of your screen Crt a nE Les Bes sin f Panni Basen sun Bunn If not press the PGM Program key now Press the HEN softkey to begin entry of a new object Press the COMM softkey to begin entry of a CONVentional Channel object Your scanner s display should read as follows Now take a moment and study the display You will notice that the V icon is active Its purpose is to indicate that you are at the very top position of the menu for a conventional channel object and there are more parameters that can be accessed if you scroll down We also see three new softkeys en fl a es L The Gaue softkey will save your new CONV object to the file system when pressed but don t press it yet The Exit softkey PSR 500 User Manual Page 35 aborts the cre
127. mission on the SWPR search Sets the amount of time in 100 millisecond intervals for the wait for reply delay if Delay is On e g 20 2 seconds When on enhances the scanner s ability to lock on to the actual center frequency of a search hit instead of an adjacent frequency SWPR works by quickly sweeping the RF spectrum in 1 MHz increments to find nearby strong signals If the 1 MHz sweep indicates that activity is present in the 1 MHz range SWPR sweeps that range to find the source Sets search direction used when SWPR object is active Increments each time a transmission is received on the SWPR object Global Hit Counts must be set to ON Press the F1t softkey to reset to 0 114 Appendix A Remote Control Protocol RK NOTE GRE provides Memory File Format CCDump Protocol PC IF Clone Protocol and Remote Control Protocol Specifications the Specifications AS IS for the convenience of scanning hobbyists and programmers who wish to develop software applications for use with the PSR 500 Use of the Specifications shall be AT YOUR OWN RISK GRE does not provide Memory File Format CCDump Protocol PC IF Clone Protocol and Remote Control Protocol technical support Should you require assistance with the Specifications we encourage you to visit one of the many PSR 500 User Group forums on the Internet By using the Specifications you agree to these terms The PSR 500 includes a simple remote control interface protoco
128. mm outer 1 7mm inner plug Its center tip must be set to positive and its plug must fit the scanner s PWR DC 9V jack Using an adaptor that does not meet these specifications could damage the scanner or the adaptor A WARNING Always connect the DC adaptor to the scanner before you connect it to the power source When you finish disconnect the adaptor from the power source before you disconnect it from the scanner To power the scanner using a DC adaptor connect the plug into the scanner s PWR DC 9V jack Plug the other end of the DC adaptor into your vehicle s cigarette lighter socket PSR 500 User Manual Page 32 running you might hear electrical noise from the engine while NOTE If you use a cigarette lighter power cable and your vehicle s engine is WM scanning This is normal PSR 500 User Manual Page 33 Creating Your First New Objects When the scanner is first turned on after it is unpacked you are working with a clean slate You will notice that your scanner tells you this The scanner is in program mode and is ready for you to enter the first Objects into the memory The scanner prompts you to Press HEN Lo create objects You will also notice that there are three pushbutton keys beneath the display and above each button in the display a label that indicates the current function of these three keys These keys are called softkeys and they function much like the softkeys on many Automatic Teller Machines Th
129. n Lists Use SEL key to toggle Scan List membership A 2 next to the Scan List number indicates that the object is mapped to that Scan List To enter a new trunking system use the 4 keys to scroll through the stored systems until NEW appears then press SEL to enter the parameters for the new TSYS To use a trunking system that you have previously entered use the 4 keys to scroll to the desired system The digital address of the talkgroup or individual radio ID on the trunked radio system Use Group for talkgroup ID Private for individual radio ID The alphanumeric display name for the TGRP Use the standard text entry method or QTXT to name the object Permanent lockout for the TGRP Also accessed by pressing FUNC L OUT while the scanner is stopped on the TGRP object Turns Priority Mode on or off for the TGRP object Controls whether the ALERT LED flashes or remains on solid when the ALERT LED is used Sets LED color to 0 7 as defined in the GLOB menu By default O LED Off 1 Red 2 Yellow 3 Green 4 Cyan 5 Blue 6 Magenta 7 White Normally the ALERT LED is active only while the object is receiving a transmission When Latch is on the ALERT LED will remain lit after the transmission is complete unless overridden by a subsequent object that is also using the ALERT LED Controls whether the backlight should be on off or flashing while the object is active Sets the Audible Alarm for the TGRP object When an Aud
130. n an object is locked out traffic is not received on that object until it is unlocked even if the object is mapped to more than one Scan List Locking out an object locks it out radio wide until it is enabled by toggling the lockout setting Four types of lockout functions are available in the PSR 500 temporary lockout permanent lockout search lockout and talkgroup lockout Temporary Lockout Temporary lockout locks out an object until the scanner is turned off When the scanner is powered on again all objects that have been temporarily locked out are restored PSR 500 User Manual Page 61 By default the L OUT key activates temporary lockout when pressed If desired you can change the function of the L OUT key in the SLOE radio wide settings by pressing PGM then the DL OD softkey Scroll to the TLO FUMC La setting and press the gt key to toggle the setting to VE to have the L OUT key function as a permanent lockout instead of temporary lockout To apply temporary lockout to an object press the L OUT key while the scanner is stopped on that object during scan operation or navigate to an object using the 5 way pushbutton pad while in Manual Mode or PGM mode and press the L OUT key The lowercase l in the display flashes to indicate that temporary lockout is applied to the object Flashing I indicates temporary lockout is active If you wish to remove temporary lockout from a single object navigate to
131. n some later models a punch card or metal comb was used to load the binary code The true predecessors of today s modern scanning receivers are those first radios to use a numeric keypad to store frequency information and control the radio and numeric LCDs to show the programmed information and display the status of the radio The row of lights was replaced with a row of zeroes or other display elements in the LCD to show scanning activity As it became possible to increase the memory capacity of these microprocessor controlled scanners designers started looking for ways to organize this expanded memory to make operation easier for users This lead to the typical bank channel memory organization that is still used in many scanning receivers today This design works well when scanning conventional non trunked frequencies Trunking presented new challenges for designers Early trunking scanner designs operated in trunking or conventional mode but not both at the same time Because programming for trunked systems includes many parameters not normally used in conventional radio scanning it was necessary to design a completely separate user interface for entering trunking parameters and scanning trunked systems Soon after the first early models were released new multi scanning receivers appeared that allowed users to scan different combinations of trunked systems or conventional channels simultaneously Trunking scanners soon earned
132. n the group And to type the letter C simply press 2 then 3 to select the third letter in the ABC group To enter numbers in alphanumeric text fields press 1 first then the number you wish to type To enter punctuation press 0 first to see the first set of punctuation then press the number key that corresponds with the position of the desired punctuation mark in the set Press the period key to enter a SPACE While using Standard Text Entry the FUNC key serves as a shift key For letters uppercase text is typed by default and you can PSR 500 User Manual Page 90 shift to lowercase by pressing the FUNC key before entering a character For punctuation the FUNC key accesses a second set of punctuation marks The shift action of the FUNC key remains active until it is pressed again Use the 4 keys to move the cursor to the desired location in edit fields Press FUNC 4 or FUNC gt to move the cursor to the beginning or end of an edit field respectively Use the CL key as a backspace key to erase characters before the cursor and press FUNC CL to clear the entire field The PSR 500 character set and corresponding entry codes are provided below for reference Pressing FUNC to toggle the shift lock status will produce lower case characters for letters anda second set of punctuation marks for special characters For brevity lower case letters are not shown in the table below Vv EECH EE EH EE EECHER EH EC EECH
133. nning Alternatively you may press MAN to monitor an active object Although PSE and MAN both stop the scanner on the active object there are some small differences in how they operate PSE pauses the scanner but keeps the scanner in scan mode resulting in faster stop start operation MAN stops scan mode completely and allows you to browse the file system to select other objects to monitor While the scanner is Manual Mode you can browse through the stored objects in your scanner and select one object to monitor Use the and keys on the 5 way pushbutton pad to scroll through the objects assigned to the current Scan List The and d keys on the 5 way pushbutton pad are used to browse up and down through the Scan Lists respectively Only Scan Lists that contain objects are shown when browsing A quick low high wrap beep is played when the scanner reaches the last occupied Scan List and wraps back to the beginning When the scanner is stopped on a TGRP while scanning or paused in Manual Mode the display will appear as follows Indicates reception of Signal strength of control channel when talkgroup trunking control channel je not active signal strength of voice channel data when talkgroup is active Scanlist Object ID Shows Scn instead of Scanlist when stopped whle scanning Object type Shows Talkgroup p priority off ID when P priority on talkgroup is not L OUT off active shows flash l temp L OUT on v
134. nu With the Eritrs field selected press on the 5 way pushbutton pad to turn the entry on PSR 500 User Manual Page 84 Scroll to the Cade field and press on the 5 way pushbutton pad to enter a SAME location code Use the keypad to enter a SAME code NOTE The PSR 500 supports entry of Extended SAME codes which can include numbers and letters The text entry mode is used to enter both numerical SAME codes and extended SAME codes To enter a numerical SAME code simply precede each number in the SAME code with 1 For example to enter SAME code 048113 press 10 1418111113 Scroll to the Event field Note the current default of which will allow all messages for the specified SAME location code We recommend that you leave the event code with to receive all alerts Scroll to the Tas field We suggest that you enter a tag name here that corresponds with the SAME location code that you have entered Press on the 5 way pushbutton pad to edit the tag name and use the standard text entry method to enter your tag Using our Dallas County example you would enter the following 31 21 53 53 21 74 3 lt Space gt 23 C 63 82 Li 62 H 81 T 93 i n Fe Scroll to the Hlarm field Note that you can specify different alarm sounds for this SAME entry We recommend that you use the default setting here for general purpose weather alerting Scroll to the Losk out field Note that Lockout is currently
135. o EXIT 4 Press ENT The scanner displays Initializins the File System Please lait wan Then File System Initislized Lo Defaults Press ana keg 5 Press any key on the keypad to proceed The scanner will next display DL OD EEPROM ares Initialized Lo det aultz Press arra keg 6 Press any key on the keypad to proceed The scanner will reboot with file system and global parameters reset to factory defaults PSR 500 User Manual Page 98 Detailed Menu Reference Your PSR 500 scanner uses GRE s exclusive Object Oriented User Interface which features a powerful menu system that is used to configure the various Scannable Objects that your scanner is capable of receiving The PSR 500 design also includes a Global Settings GLOB menu that provides unprecedented control over the radio wide settings used throughout your scanner This section of the manual provides detailed information about all of the menus and menu parameters Each menu parameter features a UF 11 softkey that can be used to restore the value to the factory defaults This can be very useful if you make a change to a parameter but do not like the result parameter Press FUNC SEL to view help for the selected parameter Press SEL to exit help HINT Remember that context sensitive help is available for every menu then can t remember how to make it right again Each parameter includes a DF LL softkey which when pressed restores the factory def
136. object Controls whether the ALERT LED flashes or remains on solid when the ALERT LED is used 113 SWPR Parameter LED Color Latch LED Back lishi Alarm Eau Options 0 7 On or Off On Off or Flash None Chirp Hi Lo Alert Ring 2 Chirp Fast Hi Lo DTMF On or Off Description Sets LED color to 0 7 as defined in the GLOB menu By default O LED Off 1 Red 2 Yellow 3 Green 4 Cyan 5 Blue 6 Magenta 7 White Normally the ALERT LED is active only while the object is receiving a transmission When Latch is on the ALERT LED will remain lit after the transmission is complete unless overridden by a subsequent object that is also using the ALERT LED Controls whether the backlight should be on off or flashing while the object is active Sets the Audible Alarm for the SWPR object When an Audible Alarm is selected the selected alarm will play anytime the scanner stops for activity on the SWPR object while scanning When On the SWPR object is a member of the Favorites Scan List Atter Delad Delas Time Zeromatic Srecial Search Dir Hit Count On or Off On or Off 1 200 On or Off On or Off Up or Down Numeric value PSR 500 User Manual Page When on applies 20 dB of attenuation to all hits received on the SWPR search Useful in areas where interference from nearby strong signals is present Controls whether a Delay is used to wait for reply traffic after a trans
137. occur approximate five minutes before the batteries are completely depleted and is indicated by a flashing battery icon approximately two flashes per second in the top row of the LCD display and an audible low battery alert every 30 seconds NOTE Actual timing of low battery warnings will depend on the age and condition of the batteries you are using Battery Charge Indicator Your scanner provides an indication when the internal battery charge circuit is active The battery icon briefly flashes approximately once every second when the radio is connected to external power and the internal battery charger circuit is active WM NOTE The internal battery charger circuit active indicator provides an indication that the battery charger circuit is active and does not provide positive indication that the batteries are actually being charged Batteries will not charge unless the yellow battery holder is used Listening Safely To protect your hearing follow these guidelines when you use headphones Set the volume to zero before putting on headphones With the headphones on adjust the volume to a comfortable level Avoid increasing the volume once you set it Over time your sensitivity to a volume level decreases so volume levels that do not cause discomfort might damage your hearing Avoid or limit listening at high volume levels Prolonged exposure to high volume levels can cause permanent hearing loss Traffic Safety We
138. of trunked radio systems in use If this is not the case we encourage you to refer to the Detailed Menu Reference section of this manual for more information that applies to the type of TSYS you wish to monitor Scroll the display by pressing the down arrow once so that the flashing cursor is highlighting the TSYS field then press the SEL key in the center of the 5 way pushbutton pad Your radio s display should appear as follows We are entering a new Motorola Type II 800 MHz system so we can leave the TF field as is It s a good idea in fact a REALLY good idea for reasons you will see as you proceed to give your TSYS a unique name Press the down arrow key once PSR 500 User Manual Page 39 to scroll to the aer field then press the SEL key and enter a name for the system using the methods previously described for naming your CONV object We will use the tag ft Steer for this particular example in the documentation 61 ff 93 i lt space gt 74 93 LI 74 ai T 32 61 eee P If necessary use the decimal period key or the CL key to delete any unnecessary characters and press the HUE softkey to save your TSYS name Next scroll to the Fresmencies field to begin entering the control channel frequencies for the f Ler trunked radio system Press the SEL key and at the LO field you should enter the first control channel frequency for your Motorola trunked radio system Simply key in the frequenc
139. oice channel L perm L OUT on frequency when d delay off talkgroup is D delay on active Name of talkgroup alternates with TSYS name TSYS softkey provides direct access to TSYS analysis and TSYS object When the scanner is stopped on a conventional channel while scanning or while paused in Manual Mode the display will appear as follows PSR 500 User Manual Page 45 Signal strength Scanlist Object ID Shows Scn instead of Scanlist when stopped whle scanning Object type p priority off P priority on I L OUT off flash l temp L OUT on L perm L OUT on d delay off D delay on Receive mode and frequency shows found CTCSS DCS or P25 NAC code when using code search feature Name of conventional channel If programmed CTCSS DCS or P25 NAC code Browsing Objects The 5 way pushbutton pad makes it easy for you to browse the stored objects in your PSR 500 when in Manual or Program modes Press MAN or PGM then use the 4 gt a keys on the 5 way pushbutton pad to move around in the scanner s memory as follows a navigates up through the objects assigned to the current Scan List v navigates down through the objects assigned to the current Scan List d navigates up through the active Scan Lists in the radio gt navigates down through the active Scan Lists in the radio Advanced Startup Topics Congratulations Now that you have mastered the creation o
140. otorola Inc EDACS and ProVoice are registered trademarks of MA COM Inc LTR is a registered trademark of E F Johnson Inc The IMBE voice coding Technology embodied in this product is protected by intellectual property rights including patent rights copyrights and trade secrets of Digital Voice Systems Inc This voice coding Technology is licensed solely for use within this Communications Equipment The user of this Technology is explicitly prohibited from attempting to decompile reverse engineer or disassemble the Object Code or in any other way convert the Object Code into a human readable form U S Pat Nos 5 870 405 and 5 517 511 2007 General Research of Electronics All Rights Reserved Table of Contents ee Et en EE 7 BO AUU eege 8 Overview of the Object Oriented User Interface ccccccccceessseseeeeseeeees 10 BACK QrOUN Gh iwicic sissitiasiencsccdeandierdewtwestasnsecdoisiannvacneuentaerauasnastdduenesauenduuuenis 10 What is Object Oriented SCanning seseeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeees 14 A Few Things To Remember about Object Oriented Scanning 15 Abt THIS MANU d a r e a Aaa a aea aAa Aaea aa TeL aE Aaa 16 Object abbreviations used in this COCUMENT ssesseeeeeeeeeeeeeeneeees 16 te 16 SVS sscecessacacaey tus A A A A T 16 CON UE 17 LMT E 17 ENEE Ee 17 SO WV Er a tee be 17 The FCC Wants You To KinOW ccccssseeeeeeeeeenseseeeeeeeeeeeneeeeneeeeeessseeneaeeeeeneees 17 S
141. ou travel V Scanners are also useful for backing up your configurations Once you have main memory configured the way you like it you can save it to a V Scanner where it will remain untouched until you delete overwrite or recall it Then if you happen to make a mistake while using your main memory that you cannot fix you can recall the backup data and start again NOTE V Scanner storage is not unlike working with a hard drive on a personal computer You save active scanner configurations called working or main memory to a V Scanner storage folder for later use and you recall stored scanner configurations from a V Scanner storage folder to main memory when you want to use them If you recall a configuration from a V Scanner storage folder and use it in main memory any changes you make while using the configuration will not automatically be transferred to the configuration data stored in the V Scanner storage folder You must save your changes back to that folder location if you want to preserve them for later use When you load a new configuration into main memory the contents of main memory are overwritten and lost unless you save your main memory to a V Scanner storage folder first Once the configuration data in main memory has been overwritten it cannot be recovered there is no Undo function V Scanners provide a capability that is similar to having a computer with scanner programming software available
142. perations pager services and wireline telephone and telegraph service providers It is legal to listen to almost every transmission your scanner can receive However there are some transmissions you should never intentionally listen to These include e Telephone conversations cellular cordless or other means of private telephone signal transmission e Paging transmissions e Any intentionally decoded scrambled or encrypted transmissions PSR 500 User Manual Page 18 According to the Electronic Communications Privacy Act ECPA you are subject to fines and possible imprisonment for intentionally listening to using or divulging the contents of such a transmission unless you have the consent of a party to the communication unless such activity is otherwise illegal This scanner has been designed to prevent reception of illegal transmissions This is done to comply with the legal requirement that scanners be manufactured so as to not be easily modifiable to pick up those transmissions Do not open your scanner s case to make any modifications that could allow it to pick up transmissions that are illegal to monitor Doing so could subject you to legal penalties We encourage responsible legal scanner use In some areas mobile use of this scanner is unlawful or requires a permit Check the laws in your area It is also illegal in many areas to interfere with the duties of public safety officials by traveling to the scene of an
143. quency searches as objects your scanner provides fast access to dedicated frequency search modes that allow you to execute searches or run the Spectrum Sweeper without having to go through the process of setting up and saving a search object This is handy for those times where you need to runa search quickly Dedicated search modes do not create new search objects or use previously created search objects Using Dedicated Spectrum Sweeper SWPR Mode Dedicated SWPR mode lets you access and run the Spectrum Sweeper easily and quickly Press FUNC SCAN while in the Manual Program or Scan Modes to access the Spectrum Sweeper dedicated mode PSR 500 User Manual Page 72 Signal strength Search direction Receive mode and frequency shows found CTCSS DCS or P25 NAC code z Zeromatic off Z Zeromatic on L OUT off flash l temp L OUT on L perm L OUT on Stalker sub bands disabled d delay off D delay on Adds found spcl Special Creates new CONV or frequency to Stalker off TSYS TGRP object in frequency SPCL Special default Scan List lockout list Stalker on based on found while stalking locks out entire frequency Band softkey 1 MHz toggles all segment if bands or more than 5 police fire individual only lockouts in that segment s NOTE When a signal is being received the Band softkey F1 changes to FrL O You can access the Band softkey by pressing FUNC F1 when the F1 key function is FrL O Operation of the dedic
144. re should be a strong focus on ease of use The radio should do as much work as possible for the user A brand new hobbyist should be able to begin using the radio quickly with minimal frustration There should also be enough advanced features and functionalities to satisfy the most sophisticated expert users e The user interface should be intuitive Interactions with the radio should be standardized to the extent possible For example the same basic methods should be used whether adding a new conventional channel or adding a trunked talkgroup e The scanner should include efficient memory usage Bank channel designs result in much wasted memory Memory should be allocated as it is needed for new Scannable Objects Our engineers realize that our scanners are used by a wide variety of users with varying levels of experience and expertise These include amateur radio operators scanner hobbyists fire buffs railfans public safety professionals volunteer firefighters news and media organizations and most importantly everyday people who just want to know what is going on around them All of these users share a few things in common about the way they use scanning receivers First they all follow the same basic PSR 500 User Manual Page 12 process when configuring and programming the radio for use Second all have one or more collections of frequencies talkgroups or other things they listen to As our engineers studied the s
145. rite Scannable Objects and a Skywarn Scan List Although Scan Lists may seem similar to the banks that are used in older bank channel scanner designs you will find that they are much more powerful and flexible than banks The number of objects that can be grouped in a Scan List is limited only by the scanner s memory and single objects can be members of multiple Scan Lists without creating duplicate versions of those objects and manually placing them in each Scan List where you want them included You can also mix and match different object types in Scan Lists as you see fit Feel free to group your objects in the manner that best suits your listening style If you choose to group your objects by geographical area and find that the best set of Scannable Objects for your area includes a mix of trunked talkgroups and conventional channels go right ahead and put them all in the same Scan List There are no limitations as to the type of objects that can exist together in the same Scan List How you group objects in Scan Lists is entirely up to you Here are some examples of how objects can be grouped Geographically You may wish to group your Scannable Objects according to the areas where they are used For example assume that you PSR 500 User Manual Page 55 routinely travel to another town to visit family You can assign the channels and talkgroups for fire and police services around your home to one Scan List and those t
146. rmation for most public safety military and local government communications systems The RadioReference Discussion Forums Where over 120 000 members discuss radios scanning trunking decoding antennas specialty radio topics and location specific information The RadioReference Wiki The most comprehensive reference source of radio communications reference information the de facto encyclopedia for the radio communications community FOR ONLY 7 50 A QUARTER RADIOREFERENCE COM ALSO PROVIDES PREMIUM SUBSCRIPTIONS WHICH ENTITLES PAID MEMBERS ACCESS TO The RadioReference com Web service to allow software applications to program a scanner directly from the RadioReference Database PDF Downloads of database information for easy printing MyRR personalization for keeping track of your local information Special database searches to make finding radio communications data easier COME SEE WHY WE ARE THE 1 RESOURCE FOR THE RADIO COMMUNICATIONS COMMUNITY PSR 500 User Manual Page 138
147. s The active parameter is always the middle parameter and is indicated by a flashing The entire GLOB menu is shown below Note that some GLOB parameter changes do not take effect until the GLOB menu is saved HINT You can restore all GLOB settings to their defaults without affecting your programmed objects or V Scanners Power cycle the radio then press 0 then 2 during the welcome message display Press ENT to confirm the GLOB parameter reset GLOB SE Paramater Options Description CONTRAST 1 7 Sets LCD contrast Use 4 keys on 5 way pushbutton pad sem SEL Enters sub menu to set Welcome Message text display Clone Send SEL Press SEL to send data using clone mode Controls the ALERT LED and Audible Alarm behavior Both allows the LED and Tone Tone Alert Mode Both Tone Light Off allows the audible alarm only Light allows the LED only Off deactivates the ALERT LED and Audible Alarm feature Sound Hode Key or Stlth Controls all radio beeps Kew Beers On or Off Controls key beeps Lett Hode Nom Key Ignre On Guth Controls the backlight operation Horml Normal uses the backlight key on the keypad Fe activates the backlight when any key is pressed Ignore activates the backlight when a key is pressed and that key s normal function is ignored if the backlight is off when it is pressed On causes the backlight to remain on all the time SL Uh Steath disables the backlight PSR 500 User Manual Page
148. s ready to go without any changes In its default configuration the SWPR object will sweep through all of the important land mobile radio bands and look for strong signal activity from nearby transmitters As you become more familiar with SWPR operation you may wish to include or exclude some bands in your sweeps to check other frequency ranges or to limit the amount of time the scanner spends sweeping frequency ranges where local transmitter activity is less likely This will soeed up operation and when used while scanning will allow the radio to return to scanning for activity on CONV TGRP and other enabled objects To create a new SWPR object press PGM to place your scanner into Program Mode then press the HEI softkey then press the SECH softkey to view the available Search types then press the SUPE softkey By default the SWPR parameters are set for a general purpose sweep of all important land mobile radio bands Optionally you may wish to toggle the Tore field from All Bands to Public Safety by pressing on the 5 way pushbutton pad When Public Safety is selected the frequency sweep will be limited to those frequency ranges typically used for Public Safety communications Note that other radio services also use these ranges so don t be surprised if you occasionally hear activity that is not Public Safety related The sub bands are defined as follows 25 54 MHz VHF Low Band 108 1387 MHz VHF Aircraft Band 137 174 MHz V
149. seeeeeees 71 ALERT LED with Audible Alarm Examples csssseeeeeeeees 71 Dedicated Search MOG cccccsssseeceeeeeseseeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeeeenseenneees 72 Using Dedicated Spectrum Sweeper SWPR Mode 72 Using dedicated TUNE MoOde ccccceceeeeseeeeeeeneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeneeees 74 Using dedicated Limit and Service search modes 76 LMIT Search MOG yvciesssissssniecnccasssntsentiennepeed end dentvesstensesdavietexeecses 76 Using dedicated SRVC MOde cccccseseseeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeeeeneeeeeeees 77 Using Weather Mode ccccsssseeeeeeeeseeseseeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseneaeees 79 Weather Radio MOG Gisicicccisictsctncecciscctssesacacsdsiancncuecsisedavanseweccdanens 80 Weather Priority MOe ccceseseeeeeeeeeeeeesseeeeeeeeeeeseeeeseneeees 80 SAME Standby Mode cccccccsssseeeeeeseseeeeeeeeeeeeeessneeeeeeeeesseeenees 81 SAME Entry EXAM ples eva scsistesitvsnntcaceicianinascasadateanvaneweusivanncantent 82 Entering SAME Location and Event Codes cccceeeees 83 Activating SAME Standby Mode s sseecceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeees 86 Using V Scanner Storage sccccccccssseeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeeeeeeeesseeeneees 86 Saving Main Memory To A V Scanner Foldet sssssssssseeeeees 88 Loading A Stored V Scanner Folder To Main Memory 88 Erasing V Scanner FOlders ccccsssseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeeeeneees
150. sition of the squelch control for future reference Once the squelch setting is complete you may press PGM to exit TUNE mode Set the battery type if necessary By default your new scanner is configured to use standard alkaline batteries Specifying the proper type of battery is necessary for proper operation of the low battery detection feature and also enables the charge circuit if you are using rechargeable batteries If you are not using alkaline batteries you should change the battery type by following these steps 1 Press the PGM key 2 Press the F3 key which should show the label LOE immediately above it in the LCD display 3 Press the nine times or until the middle line of the display reads Batlieruwi Alkaline 4 Press the 4 or to select the type of batteries that are installed in the radio Use Alkaline for standard alkaline batteries Hi Cad for nickel cadmium rechargeable batteries and HiH for nickel metal hydride rechargeable batteries 5 Press the F1 key the HUE softkey to save your battery settings to the radio s configuration memory Low Battery Warning Your scanner will provide two warnings when the batteries are low The first warning will typically occur approximately 15 to 30 minutes prior to the point where the batteries are completely PSR 500 User Manual Page 28 depleted and is indicated by a solid battery icon in the top row of the LCD display The second warning will typically
151. sociated trunked radio system Wildcard TGRP objects allow you to quickly find and store new or unknown talkgroups on a trunked radio system When a Wildcard TGRP object is mapped to an active Scan List and scanned all talkgroup traffic on the system is monitored and you have the option to save or lock out new talkgroups as they appear You may wish to save your TGRP object as a Wildcard with no further changes If so just press the GH softkey to store your new TGRP as a wildcard By default it will take the tag name of ID Wild ad HINT Wildcard objects are easier to find and change later if you include an abbreviated name for the system in the tag field If you would rather store a TGRP object for a specific talkgroup ID on MySystem just press the number keys to enter the talkgroup ID of the desired talkgroup then press the ENT key or the DOE softkey to store the ID trunking systems that support these call types Simply change the Tuper field from Group to Private A Wildcard TGRP object with the TF field set to Private will monitor all Private Individual Calls seen on the system or you can specify a radio ID to watch for in the ID field HINT TGRP objects are also used to receive Private Individual Calls on You ll want to scroll down two more clicks to the Tas field and enter an easy to remember name for your talkgroup that corresponds with its purpose on the trunked radio system For this example let s assume that t
152. t can be used to quickly narrow or expand your scanning profile In addition to the normal Scan List map each Scannable Object menu includes a FAV yes no item When FAV is set to YES the object is a member of the Favorites Scan List in addition to the other Scan Lists that it is mapped to in the normal Scan List map When you press the FAV key the radio suspends scanning of all objects in the radio except for those that are set to FAV YES in their object menus PSR 500 User Manual Page 56 You can also add any object to the FAV Scan List by pressing the FUNC key then FAV while the object is active during SCAN mode or while parked on the object in MAN and PROGRAM mode It is also possible to clear the FAV Scan List completely by pressing PGM then the LOE softkey then scrolling to down to the Clear FAL menu item Press the SEL key to set FAV NO for all objects press the E gt softkey to confirm the action then press the gt a softkey to save your changes For example you may wish to leave the FAV Scan List empty and add your favorites while scanning by pressing FUNC then FAV when objects of interest are active This can be useful during a major event where you wish to quickly isolate objects of interest by pressing FUNC FAV when they are active then pressing FAV to scan only those objects The Favorites Scan List is also useful to group objects that are very close to where you live so that when you press the FAV key
153. tant stations Reposition radio for best reception Attenuator in use on weak signals Check performance with and without attenuator activated use setting with best reception Strong signal overload from nearby transmitter s Check performance with and without attenuator activated use setting with best reception Loose or defective antenna Inspect antenna and connectors land correct any problems found Incorrect modulation mode selected Ensure that the proper modulation mode is selected for ithe type of system that is being monitored Scanner will not power on The keypad does not work AC or DC power supply not properly connected Check connection to AC or DC power source Dead batteries Replace or recharge batteries The scanner may need to be initialized Follow steps below to initialize ithe scanner Scanner will not scan when SCAN key is pressed Possible birdie frequency programmed ighten squelch apply attenuator ior lock out the birdie frequency The scanner may need to be reset or initialized Follow steps to reset reinitialize ithe scanner following this table No channels programmed or only one channel programmed or all channels locked out Ensure that the scanner has more than one channel programmed and enabled for scanning SQUELCH control is not adjusted properly Turn SQUELCH control clockwise until scanning resumes The scanner
154. tary air frequencies Groups are as follows 0 108 118 MHz Navigation 1 118 137 MHz Civilian Voice 2 138 150 MHz Military Voice excludes 2m Amateur 3 225 400 MHz Military Voice Ham Searches amateur radio frequencies Groups are as follows 28 0 29 7 MHz 10m Band 50 54 MHz 6m Band 144 148 MHz 2m Band 222 225 MHz 1 25cm Band 420 450 MHz 70cm Band 902 928 MHz 33cm Band 1240 1300 MHz 23cm Band DIRON CB Searches the citizen s band radio frequencies Marine Searches the VHF FM marine radio band FRS GMRS MURS DOT STAR F G MURS Searches the FRS GMRS MURS DOT and STAR radio frequencies PSR 500 User Manual Page 78 Search mode Signal strength Search direction Receive mode and frequency shows found CTCSS DCS or P25 NAC code z Zeromatic off Z Zeromatic on d delay off Sub bands D delay on disabled Adds found Creates new frequency to CONV object frequency in default lockout list Scan List based on found frequency Use the numeric keypad to toggle the sub bands on and off while searching Press the or keys on the 5 way pushbutton pad to change the search direction Press the Fr L O softkey to add a found frequency to the lockout list Press the TOR softkey to create a new CONV object using the found frequency Using Weather Modes Your PSR 500 also functions as a powerful weather alert receiver There are three modes of weather alert operation available to
155. telephones beyond the company s PBX This is where trunking technology is applied Engineers study the needs of the company and its employees to determine the number of connections required to support the company s requirements In this example a total of 50 outside lines may be provided to support the 500 employees who work at the site again based on the principle that not all users will need to communicate at the same time These outside lines are shared and assigned to users automatically by the PBX on an as needed basis If the engineers have done their jobs right the number of outside lines that are provided will be adequate for almost all circumstances Rarely if ever should a user in the building not have access to an outside line when needed and the number of lines available is not overkill such that money is wasted on unneeded excess capacity In radio trunking works in a very similar way Instead of each radio user or user group having their own dedicated radio channel a small group of radio channels is shared amongst a PSR 500 User Manual Page 126 large number of radio users or user groups In a typical trunked radio system 20 radio channels can support the radio communications needs of a few thousand users Instead of dedicating individual radio channels to specific user groups trunked radio systems utilize special temporary virtual channels called talkgroups Each talkgroup has a digital address that id
156. tery holder belt clip USB PC IF cable AC to DC external power adapter Memory backup No backup battery required utilizes non volatile EEPROM memory PSR 500 User Manual Page 125 Appendix E About Trunked Radio Technologies In communications trunking is defined as the sharing of a small number of communications resources amongst a large number of users Trunking is based on the basic principle that not all users will need to communicate at the same time The best example of trunking in communications is the typical telephone private branch exchange or PBX which is used in many businesses hospitals schools and other organizations to provide desktop telephone service to the people who work at a specific building or site A traditional PBX might consist of the individual telephones on the desktops in the building the PBX switching equipment and various connections to the public telephone switched network or PSTN Consider a large office facility for a company with 500 employees each one with a telephone on their desk Using their telephone and the PBX it is possible for any employee to call another employee s extension in the office building and it is possible for any employee to make an outside call to any other telephone anywhere in the world It would certainly be cost prohibitive for each of these employees to have an individual outside telephone line just so they could get dial tone and make calls to other
157. the limits for a scanning receiver pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable PSR 500 User Manual Page 17 protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures e Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna e Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver e Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful interference 2 This device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation Scanning Legally Your scanner covers frequencies used by many different groups including police and fire departments ambulance services government agencies private companies amateur radio services military o
158. then the FUNC key then the D UD softkey then scrolling to the CCDump menu item If necessary turn CCDump off by pressing the left or right arrow key then press the 584e softkey to save the setting The following describes the CCDump message format for the supported modes lt Msg Type gt T lt xxxx gt lt CC data gt lt Expanded CCDump description gt lt Msg Type gt always 3 ASCII chars WXS WX SAME WXT WX 1050Hz tone P25 M36 LTR EDW EDN lt XXXX gt the hexadecimal representation of the TSYS s File System ID for WXS and WXT this is the current Wx Chan 0 6 if in TUNE mode AAAA lt CC data gt the osw from the CC The format necessarily depends on the system type P25 lt X1 gt lt X2 gt lt X3 gt lt X4 gt lt X5 gt lt X6 gt lt X7 gt lt X8 gt lt X9 gt lt XA gt lt XB gt lt XC gt lt X1 gt lt XC gt 12 2 digit hexadecimal bytes from the last msg M36 lt cmd gt lt dir gt lt id gt PSR 500 User Manual Page 120 lt cmd gt 3 digit 10 bit hex command value lt dir gt direction bit lt id gt 4 digit 16 bit hex id value LTR lt RR gt lt A gt lt GG gt lt HH gt lt III gt lt FF gt lt RR gt repeater on which the msg was received lt A gt area lt GG gt Goto In Use repeater lt HH gt Home Repeater lt III gt Group ID lt FF gt Fr Repeater EDW lt W gt lt ccc gt lt ppppppp gt lt W
159. tops for activity on the SRVC object while scanning When On the SRVC object is a member of the Favorites Scan List Modul St Lon Atter Delad Delas Time eronat ic Search Dir Hit Count AM FM NFM AU On or Off On or Off 1 200 On or Off Up or Down Numeric value PSR 500 User Manual Page Modulation setting for the SRVC search In most cases AU will work fine Use AM to override and force AM modulation FM to force FM modulation NFM to force narrow FM modulation When on applies 20 dB of attenuation to all hits received on the SRVC search Useful in areas where interference from nearby strong signals is present Controls whether a Delay is used to wait for reply traffic after a transmission on the SRVC search Sets the amount of time in 100 millisecond intervals for the wait for reply delay if Delay is On e g 20 2 seconds When on enhances the scanner s ability to lock on to the actual center frequency of a search hit instead of an adjacent frequency Sets search direction used when SRVC object is active Increments each time a transmission is received on the SWPR object Global Hit Counts must be set to ON Press the 11 softkey to reset to 0 112 SWPR Menu Reference The SWPR menu is used when creating new Spectrum Sweeper objects or editing existing Spectrum Sweeper objects All menus are shown in the scanner s display as a three line window that can be scrolled
160. trunked frequency used for radio communications CONV objects are used to store the parameters for any radio channel that is not a part of a trunked system For example if you want to monitor specific VHF marine channels they should be programmed as CONV objects If you want to monitor your favorite amateur radio channel it should be stored as a CONV object If your police or fire department uses a channel or channels that are not trunked but part of a plain old radio system they should be stored as CONV objects LMIT is used to represent a Search Range or Limit Search Object LMIT objects contain the parameters necessary for the radio to search a range of individual frequencies between a lower and upper limit frequency SRVC is used to represent a Service Search Object SRVC objects are further divided into Public Safety Aircraft Amateur CB Marine and FRS GMRS MURS DOT SRVC objects are similar to LMIT objects but are preprogrammed to search all frequencies associated with the selected service For example selecting the Amateur SRVC search will search selected amateur radio frequency ranges in the VHF and UHF portions of the radio spectrum SWPR is used to represent a Spectrum Sweeper Object SWPR objects contain the parameters necessary for the radio to rapidly sweep a range of radio spectrum for strong signals from nearby transmitters The FCC Wants You To Know This equipment has been tested and found to comply with
161. ty to store over 1 800 conventional channels trunking talkgroups search configurations and Spectrum Sweeper objects in any combination providing ample capacity for more sophisticated hobbyists and professionals while keeping the database size manageable for beginners GRE s Exclusive V Scanner Technology Allows you to save complete radio configurations within the radio for recall into main memory as needed in the field This is similar to having a laptop computer and programming software available anytime You can use V Scanners to store configurations for different geographical areas or usage styles Twenty one V Scanner Folders are provided each capable of storing over 1 800 objects Total memory capacity of main memory combined with V Scanners is over 37 800 objects SKYWARN Storm Spotter Functionality Instant access to frequencies used by storm spotter networks You can monitor storm conditions as they occur and become aware of dangerous PSR 500 User Manual Page 8 conditions before the media or emergency management officials are able to announce them to the general public SAME and All Hazards Weather Alerting Your scanner can operate in dedicated Specific Area Message Encoding SAME weather alerting mode and alert you to severe weather and other hazards in the specific area s that you select or your scanner can check your local NOAA weather frequency periodically even while scanning and alert you when an All Hazards
162. up or down to access the various different parameters The active parameter is always the middle parameter and is indicated by a flashing The entire SWPR menu is shown below SWPR Parameter oprons an EE E On or Off for Scan Lists 1 20 Tare All Bands or Pub Safety Sub harcds vk SEL Tas Alpha numeric text Laut On or Off LEID Hode Solid or Flash PSR 500 User Manual Page Description Sets membership in Scan Lists Use 4 keys to scroll through Scan Lists Use SEL key to toggle Scan List membership A next to the Scan List number indicates that the object is mapped to that Scan List Use 4 to select All Bands or Public Safety All Bands covers the entire frequency range of the scanner Public Safety covers frequency ranges commonly used for public safety communications Sub bands are available when using SWPR in All Bands or Public Safety mode In All Bands the sub bands are defined as follows 25 54 MHz 108 137 MHz 137 174 MHz 216 300 MHz 300 406 MHz 406 470 MHz 470 512 MHz 764 806 MHz 806 869 MHz 896 1300 MHz ONO ON EE In Public Safety the sub bands are defined as follows 0 33 4 46 5 MHz 1 151 170 MHz 2 453 467 MHz 3 764 806 MHz 4 851 869 MHz The alphanumeric display name for the SWPR object Use the standard text entry method or QTXT to name the object Permanent lockout for the SWPR search Also accessed by pressing FUNC L OUT while the scanner is stopped on the SWPR
163. uring process You may notice these variations when using the White LED color setting LED COLOR amp or when comparing one PSR 600 to another You can compensate for these slight variations by fine tuning the Red Green Blue RGB LED settings for each color See the COLOR settings in the GLOB menu in Detailed Menu Reference section at the end of this manual Audible Alarm and ALERT LED Settings Each object you create has the following ALERT LED and Audible Alarm settings LED Made Solid or Flash controls whether the LED remains on solid or flashes when the object is active LED Color amp sets the color of the LED By default color 0 is used for LED off You can change the LED colors in the Global Settings menu Latch LED keeps the LED on after activity on the object is finished This is useful in cases where you need to know if an object was active while you were away from the scanner Backlisht OFF Ors Flash controls whether the backlight remains off comes on solid or flashes when the object is active Alarm Hone Chirp Hi Lo Alert Fire 2 Chire Fast Hi Lo DIE are used to set audible alarms that play each time activity is found on the object ALERT LED with Audible Alarm Examples Here are some examples of when you may wish to use the ALERT LED with Audible Alarm capability PSR 500 User Manual Page 71 e You have programmed a Talkgroup Wildcard in for a trunked radio system you monitor in order to find new
164. y the PSR 500 can detect the DCS code that is in use on a transmitter and will allow you to store the code value with a CONV object when a DCS transmission occurs It is possible to hear this tone if you listen with headphones DCS sounds like a low purring in the background of a voice transmission P25 NAC P25 NAC stands for Project 25 Network Access Code NAC is a part of the APCO Project 25 digital radio standard and works much like CTCSS or DCS to block undesired transmissions from a receiver Project 25 voice information is sent as a series of data packets and each packet includes the NAC that has been configured in the transmitter A receiver can be programmed to unmute and play a voice transmission only when the packets from the transmitter include the correct NAC Your scanner operates in the same way Like CTCSS and DCS it can detect the NAC that is in use on a transmitter and will allow you to store the code value with a CONV object when a P25 transmission occurs PSR 500 User Manual Page 130 Appendix G Finding More Information Learning About Scanning and your PSR 500 In recent years the Internet has become a powerful tool for both experienced and novice scanning hobbyists There are many online discussion forums dedicated to the scanning hobby In these discussion forums you will find users helping other users with questions about radio systems scanning receivers antenna setups and frequency listings for d
165. y find and use the nearest tower site Each tower site includes a number of channels One of these channels is used for control channel data and the remaining channels are used for voice traffic As a user moves away from the coverage of one site their radio will search other control channel frequencies for a better site to use Your PSR 500 includes a Multi site feature that can enhance the operation of the scanner when monitoring Multi site systems Multi site can be enabled by editing the trunking system TSYS parameters for a Motorola or P25 system Multi site can be set to Off Stat Stationary or Roam By default Multi site is set to OFF The ROAM setting is ideal for those times when you are driving around in the service area of a networked trunked radio system as it allows the radio to find and use the best tower sites as you move in and out of the coverage footprints of different sites The STAT ionary setting is ideal for those times when you are not moving and are within range of more than one tower site as it will allow you to monitor traffic from any tower that you are within range of To activate Multi site mode on a Motorola or P25 networked system follow these steps Press PGM then navigate to a talkgroup on the networked multi site system using the 4 gt a keys Press the EDIT softkey then press the CLIFF softkey Scroll down to the T item and press the SEL key to edit the TSYS parameters Scroll to Mult
166. y including the decimal point and press the ENT key or the DOME softkey to store the control channel frequency Press the key and repeat this step to add any other control channels used by the system Typically a Motorola trunked radio site or system will have one active control channel and three backup control channels You need only enter the active control channel for the scanner to track the system but if the system switches to a backup control channel the scanner will not receive traffic unless the frequency for the backup control channel has been entered Once you have finished entering the control channels press the SALE softkey then press the SAUE softkey again This will store the new TSYS into memory and return you to the TGRP parameter entry Your display will now appear as follows PSR 500 User Manual Page 40 Notice that the system name has changed to reflect the name you chose when you were entering the parameters for the trunking system As you enter this TGRP and other TGRP objects for this system you will just specify the system name here So the TSYS parameters for a system need only be entered once You simply specify the already entered TSYS as needed when building more TGRP objects for the same system Scroll down one click to the I field Note that by default the trunking talkgroup ID is set to Wi ld ar Wildcard is a special type of TGRP object that allows you to monitor all talkgroup call traffic on the as

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