XTS5000 P25 Scanning

[Julian1]

I work for a large agency in the southeast. I'm training to be a radio dispatcher... YEA!

They sent me home with an XTS5000 programmed to be a scanner only.

Push To Talk button disabled---good thing. I can select between scan and hold.

Wow! What a radio.

Could the channel selection also serve as PRIORITY for when scanning?


I am not a Moto technician, instead I am a Moto newbie.

Can an APX P25 Ph 2 be non affiliated? Could it contain different sites to which I could select?

Thanks so much for the posts - fascinating and I enjoy it.

Cheers!!

 

[Outerdog]

The answer to all of your questions is "yes" -- its all a matter of how the radio is programmed and what features are made available to the end users.

The channel selector serving as priority is referenced in the CPS (programming software) scan list configuration, Priority, User Select.

An APX can function the same way as the 5000 in terms of the PTT being disabled while affiliated. It can also scan unaffiliated using specific programming techniques. Again, accessed in the CPS. Sites can be user selectable as well.

Most of the features you're asking about are typically not made available to the end user in public safety for a variety of reasons -- and must be programmed through the programming software.

I think its fantastic that as a dispatcher, you want to have an understand of how things work under the hood. Stay focused on the task of listening to traffic and matching it up against your training. Don't worry too much now about the underpinnings.