Interesting, thanks for all the info. So if I set my 396XT to ignore status bits and program TGID+1 as a priority all-call talkgroup, I should hear the all-call transmissions (unless the 396XT is capable of processing the status bit and automatically prioritizing all-call TG's?).
In Unitrunker, is there a way to prioritize these all-call transmissions?
Scanners don't automatically prioritize the ATGs. I believe if you set a scanner to "ignore" status bits, the scanner will treat TG+1 and TG to be the same. Realistically, at least in my experience, the ATG is never used for any other purpose (though I'm sure someone will come up with an example now, specifically because I've said that) so you could set an alert on that TG and leave your scanner set to ignore the status bit.
The status bit configuration in a scanner is a little confusing. IMO they should never have designed it that way, but that's for another discussion. When set to
IGNORE, the scanner will treat TG+1 the same as TG (and TG+3 the same as TG, and etc). Only if you set the status bit option to
YES will you see TG, TG+1, and TG+3 and etc displayed as separate TGs in the radio.
Professional radios don't display the status bits of individual TGs as separate TGs, like a scanner with Status Bit set to Yes does.
As for Unitrunker, it does recognize all the status bits on a Mot II system and displays them (IIRC) in a field at the extreme right of the frequency line/history display, but as to whether or not you can prioritize on that (I believe you're referring to using Unitrunker to play audio here, rather than just the trunk decoding), only Rick (Unitrunker) could answer that.