396: Talkgroup Format

[seligman]

I screwed something up on my 396 which caused the talkgroup format to change. For example, 21152 now displays as 201-2.

How do I fix this?

 

[LEH]

It is obviously an EDACS system.

Go to the menu and select 'program system'
select the system that is 'messing up'
go to the 'edit sys option' and select it
go to the EDCS ID format and select

Your choices are AFS or Decimal. The AFS gives the ID in ###-# while decimal uses the #####.

Pick the one you want, which sounds like decimal.

Press 'scan' and see what happens.

 

[red8]

Sound like Motorola Type I hybrid, to me . But what do I know

 

[seligman]

The system is a Motorola Type II Smartzone. I don't have the frequencies configured as a Motorola system in the 396.

All of the talkgroup ID's displayed like normal until I changed something, but I have no clue what I did.

 

[jerk]

The system is a Motorola Type II Smartzone. I don't have the frequencies configured as a Motorola system in the 396.

All of the talkgroup ID's displayed like normal until I changed something, but I have no clue what I did.

Go into program, then the system, the options, then fleet map...
go to custom, set or change
block 0 =0
Block 1 = 0
Block 2 = 0
Block 3 =0
all the way to Block 7 set them all as zero, and that will solve your problem.

 

[LEH]

Sound like Motorola Type I hybrid, to me . But what do I know

Your guess is as good as mine. Though I haven't seen a hybrid system in a while which is why I didn't even think of it.

Still probably has a similar feature in the menus though.

 

[seligman]

Go into program, then the system, the options, then fleet map...
go to custom, set or change
block 0 =0
Block 1 = 0
Block 2 = 0
Block 3 =0
all the way to Block 7 set them all as zero, and that will solve your problem.

Thank you!

That fixed the problem.

 

[jerk]

Thank you!

That fixed the problem.

Great was not sure I listed all the steps in order, I did it off the top of my head. Glad it's working.