Motorola People Finder

[n9upc]

Looking for any and all information on a Motorola People Finder. In particular I am looking on how to change frequency and add features or change.

I was told that it is a GP300 based radio and that the freq might be programmable? This people finder also has the formats of: Two Tone, POCSAG Numeric, and GOLAY Num&Voice. I would like to also add POCSAG Alpha to it.

Any help would be great!

 

[W3DMV]

The company I worked for had a dozen people finders
in their factories. 25 years go? I programmed and serviced
the units which worked well.
These were 4 watt UHF units and I drove 100 watt amplifiers
with them. We used them for FM voice and paging.
Like all equipment, there were many versions and as I remember
they had E-Proms containing the basic information.
Ours were crystal controlled units, and based on the HT-60
hand held. There were other versions with with several other
hand held boards.
A few things from memory: Could do three or four different
types of paging formats and could hold about 100 pagers. This
info was programmed by using the people finder key pad.
It had a telephone interface so you could access the paging
input from a remote telephone.
Built in CW Id'er
Too many other options to remember
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You might provide the exact model number on the bottom of the unit.
This would help narrow down what you have. I can have a look to see
if my former employer still has any of the manuals laying around.

Note: The programming was protected by a pass word to give
you access to all the features. I think they came from the factory
with "7931" The pass word prompt was obtained by holding down
keys 1 & 9 while turning on the rear power switch.
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Very old unit but could be fun to tinker with.. Good luck

 

[n9upc]

Thanks for the reply and the model # is E34PFP0111AS

 

[W3DMV]

Got it. Will be a day or two before I can get into the plant
but will have a look and leave you know...