396XT & P25 Systems

[W2SJW]

Guys,

Just a quick question about how the 396XT handles P25 systems (this stems from a minor issue I was having using my new XT with Freescan).

Correct me if I'm wrong, but if you program a system as 'P25 Standard', you loose the ability to make these kind of changes via the unit's own menu system:

1 - The ability to set a system as 'CC-Only'.
2 - The ability to set a 'P25 Wait Time'.
3 - The ability to set the modulation format (always comes up NFM for the UHF systems here in NJ).
4 - The ability to set an 'End Code' preference.
5 - The ability to recognize status bits (I know that P25 systems do not use them).

I just want to make sure I'm not loosing my mind with this thing... :wink:

 

[UPMan]

Correct, P25 systems do not require any of those settings, so there are no options to set them.

 

[W2SJW]

Thanks for the fast reply, Paul!

I was getting concerned that when I was reading the unit back in to Freescan, those fields kept showing up blank!

One last question - if I have a Moto-II 3600 TRS that operates almost 100% in digital & I have those TGID's set as 'digital only', should I be leaving the 'P25 wait time' at 400ms, or can I go lower than that (I've noticed TGID's hanging on screen & not passing any audio for quite a few seconds)?

 

[UPMan]

P25 Wait time is ignored on channels flagged as either Analog or Digital Only.

 

[al95]

I hope upman answers rhe question asked on the next tread as fast as he answered this one for the BCD396T model scanner.