Livonia EDACS

[nfgpunk8888]

I have a RS Pro96 and when im listening to livonia the trunk ID always comes up with 38320 for everything and then when i go to save that id it tells me the id is invalid. What is the problem?

[macari77]

same problem here. No other experience with EDACS

[Jimmy252]

well firstly, to listen to an edacs, u need to dedicate a whole bank to it on the pro96.

-Lets say we use bank 0. Press program, function, trunk....and set bank 0 to EDACS.

- Then, u need to program the frequencies...***BUT*** do not program into channel "000".


(01) 866.71250 (02) 867.30000 (03) 867.78750 (04) 868.30000 (05) 868.82500

***Chronologically input the freqs....leave 000 blank, 001 you program the (01) freq that's above. 002 program the (02) freq that's above, 003 program the (03) freq that is above, and so on. So the only channels that should be programed are 001, 002, 003, 004, 005.

After that, you should be able to hit scan and it should work...

[nfgpunk8888]

Ok thanks Ill try that.

[Jimmy252]

yea, with EDACS, 99% of the time its programing errors, because it truly is one of a kind...not simply program the freq, there's a whole order thing to it.

And also, when you start listening...livonia PD dispatch is for some reason quiet on the 96. Not sure why, but ive met 4 other people who say LPD dispatch is very quiet, including myself (as in volume, its hard to hear). On our radios tho its just fine, so its gotta be something with the scanner. But yea, livonia is fun to listen to, i have two of their pursuits recorded onto my youtube page which is in my signature.

[Ray_Air]

I wish that system was just a little stronger. I can get it in my mobile 5 miles from my house, but from my house I get nothing but a CC so weak it won't lock.

ALso, I don't know what the deal is, but I haven't been able to get Ingham EDACS for months when I used to get it every night.

[macari77]

Originally Posted by Jimmy252

So the only channels that should be programed are 001, 002, 003, 004, 005.

After that, you should be able to hit scan and it should work...

So you dont need to program the Talk Groups?
what if you only was to listen to FD and not PD?

[macari77]

Whats the range of the Livonia EDACS?

[w8jjr]

Originally Posted by macari77

So you dont need to program the Talk Groups?
what if you only was to listen to FD and not PD?

Jimmy did a good job on how to setup the freq's
Just remember only 5 freqs in the bank you cant put anything else in it and nothing in 00

No you will still have to enter the talkgroups if you want to listen to only a few in closed mode

Here are the fire groups

784 Fire Marshal Fire Marshals (Arson Invest.) Fire-Talk
785 Dispatch Dispatch - Ch-1 Fire Dispatch
786 Secondary - Secondary - Ch-2 Fire-Talk
787 HEMS 1 H.E.M.S. Radio West, aka Livonia Medical Ch-1 Hospital
788 HEMS 2 H.E.M.S. Radio West, aka Livonia Medical Ch-2 Hospital
789 Fire Trainin Fire Training Fire-Talk
790 Command - 1 Command - 1 Fire-Tac
791 Fire "Chann Fire "Channel 3" Fire-Talk
792 Fireground - Fireground - 1 Fire-Tac
794 Fireground - Fireground - 2 Fire-Tac
796 Fireground - Fireground - 3 Fire-Tac
798 Fireground - Fireground - 4 Fire-Tac
799 Fireground - Fireground - 5 Fire-Tac
801 Tone Out for Tone Out for Station - 1 Fire Dispatch
802 Tone Out for Tone Out for Batallion Chief - 1 Fire Dispatch
803 Tone Out for Tone Out for Station - 3 Fire Dispatch
804 Tone Out for Tone Out for Station - 4 Fire Dispatch
805 Tone Out for Tone Out for Station - 5 Fire Dispatch
806 Tone Out for Tone Out for Station - 6 Fire Dispatch
2047 Tone Out Multi-Station Tone Out Fire Dispatch

[Ray_Air]

Originally Posted by macari77

Whats the range of the Livonia EDACS?

Going North once I get to M-5 and Pontiac Trail I start to lose it.

[w8jjr]

I can receive it at M59 - Rochester Rd with a ext 800 antenna

[dsw760]

The Livonia EDACS systems days may be numbered. A recent Free Press article Canton, Livonia optimistic about merging dispatch | Freep.com | Detroit Free Press
said that Livonia is in the process of replacing its radio system. Nothing was said about what type of new system was being considered. However, I did read somewhere that they would like to have it up and running by the end of 2010, that is if they can scrape up the money with projected city budget shortfalls.

[Jimmy252]

Originally Posted by dsw760

The Livonia EDACS systems days may be numbered. A recent Free Press article Canton, Livonia optimistic about merging dispatch | Freep.com | Detroit Free Press
said that Livonia is in the process of replacing its radio system. Nothing was said about what type of new system was being considered. However, I did read somewhere that they would like to have it up and running by the end of 2010, that is if they can scrape up the money with projected city budget shortfalls.

MPSCS is being looked at, but like you said...budget is a big problem now. Theyve been looking at MPSCS since 2004 i believe, but at this point i dont think anything is set in stone. Livonia has been trying to merge dispatches for a while...first with farmington hills, now canton. i think its a good idea and they should follow through. Farmington Hills has already proved it possible with dispatching both Farmington hills PD and FD, along with Franklin PD. Either way, it saves money and gets the job done.