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Motorola ASTRO APX User Manual Supplement

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Digital Portable Radios
User Guide Supplement
for Front Panel Programming
680XXXXXX-A

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  • Page 1 ® ASTRO Digital Portable Radios User Guide Supplement for Front Panel Programming 680XXXXXX-A...
  • Page 2 Preface Before operating your radio, please review the "Product Safety and RF Exposure Compliance" section in the front of your Radio User Guide. Be sure to retain this publication for future reference.
  • Page 3 Computer Software Copyrights The Motorola products described in this manual may include copyrighted Motorola computer programs stored in semiconductor memories or other media. Laws in the United States and other countries preserve for Motorola certain exclusive rights for copyrighted computer programs, including, but not...
  • Page 4 Motorola, except for the normal non-exclusive license to use that arises by operation of law in the sale of a product.

  • Page 5: Frequency Programming Restrictions

    Frequency Programming Restrictions • the radio may only be programmed for those frequencies that the radio user is permitted to use. • Programming of frequencies should be done only by authorized service personnel. • Radio operation on unauthorized frequencies is a violation of the federal law.
  • Page 6 An operational procedure, practice, or condition, etc., which may result in injury or death if not carefully observed. An operational procedure, practice, or condition, etc., which may result in damage to the equipment if not carefully observed. Note: An operational procedure, practice, or condition, etc., which is important to emphasize.

  • Page 7: Table Of Contents

    Front Panel Programming ....4 Initiate the FPP Feature....6 Glossary ........8 MOTOROLA, MOTO, MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS and the Stylized M Logo, and ASTRO are regis- tered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. All other product or service names are the property of their respective owners.
  • Page 8 Notes APX - FPP SUPPLEMENT...

  • Page 9: Getting Started

    Getting Started Introduction Your radio provides the ability to edit and program several operational features using the front panel keypad. Front Panel Programming (FPP) covered in this manual, can only be programmed/ reprogrammed when the radio is ordered with the FPP option. A special Advanced System Key (ASK) is also needed.
  • Page 10 Before attempting Front Panel Programming as described in this manual: • Familiarize yourself with the your radio. • Remove the universal connector seal if it is attached to the radio. • Install the ASK to the computer. • Install the Customer Programming Software (CPS) on the computer.

  • Page 11: Programming Feature Operation

    Programming Feature Operation The radio can be programmed in three ways: • Front Panel Programming (FPP) using the front panel controls of the radio. • Cloning the radio zone and channel information for one or more zones; that is, copying zone and channel information from one radio to another radio.

  • Page 12: Front Panel Programming

    Front Panel Programming Front Panel Programming (FPP) allows the authorized service personnel to change the following parameters from the front panel controls of the radio: • Tx/Rx Frequency • Tx/Rx Coded Squelch (PL/DPLNAC) • Receive Channel Analog / Digital / Mixed designation •...
  • Page 13 There are two methods to program a channel within a zone. Either: • Select the zone and channel through the radio interface, and then initiate the FPP feature. • Initiate the FPP feature, and then select the zone and channel (see the procedure starting on the next page).

  • Page 14: Initiate The Fpp Feature

    Initiate the FPP Feature • Connect the radio to the computer. • Load the CPS software with the ASK installed. • Via the CPS software enable the FPP feature. A password will then be needed to be keyed in. • On the radio, browse to the FPP menu to access the FPP setup.
  • Page 15 APX - FPP SUPPLEMENT 7...

  • Page 16: Glossary

    Glossary This is a list of terms used in this User Guide supplement. Analog An RF signal that has a Signal continuous nature rather than a pulsed or discrete nature Channel A group of characteristics such as transmit/receive frequency pairs, radio parameters, and encryp- tion encoding.
  • Page 17 Digital An RF signal that has a Signal pulsed or discrete, nature, rather than a continuous nature. Front Panel The provisioner is capa- Program- ble of changing ming (FPP) channel/zone names, channel frequency, code, digital/analog operating modes, and bandwidth. Network NAC operated on digital Access channels to reduce voice...
  • Page 18 Prepro- A software feature that grammed has been activated by a qualified radio technician. Private A sub-audible tone that is Line (PL) transmitted such that only receivers decoding the tone will receive it. Program- A radio control that can mable have a radio feature assigned to it.
  • Page 19 Talkaround Bypass a repeater and talk directly to another unit for easy local unit-to-unit basis. Target The radio that is the target Radio of a cloning operation. Zone A grouping of channels. APX - FPP SUPPLEMENT 11...
  • Page 20 MOTOROLA, MOTO, MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS and the Stylized M Logo, and ASTRO are registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. All other product or service names are the property of their respective owners. ©2012 Motorola Solutions, Inc. All rights reserved.