Brevard County, Florida EDACS

[W4EHS]

I have a question regarding the programming of the Brevard County, Florida system into the XL200P radio. I'm trying to determine the best approach for entering the frequencies for the North, South, and beach systems.
Should I program all of the frequencies listed for the three systems as one large frequency block, or is it more appropriate to enter the three systems independently? My initial assumption is to include all frequencies as one system. However, I'm also considering whether it might be sufficient to program only the control channels for each system.
Could you please provide guidance that could assist me with the correct programming for this system for the XL200P?
Thank you for your help.

 

[ElroyJetson]

The North, Central, and South systems must be programmed as their OWN systems.

EDACS uses Logical Channel Number assignments. LCN.

You create the north system trunked list, as per the database, and enter all channels IN ORDER. If you get the order wrong, the radio will miss calls.

Create the central and south systems the same way.

They MUST be separately programmed.

Get the site numbers wrong, and the radio won't hear traffic.

All sites within each simulcast system are identical. So you don't have to worry about the fact that there are eight or nine actual
sites, just the three.

Be ultra careful to turn off auto login and turn off TX permission and Calls permission on EVERY talkgroup.

If your radio is not provisioned for EDACS, it will not HEAR the EDACS system....depending on which firmware version is loaded into the radio. Yes, that's true.

 

[W4EHS]

The North, Central, and South systems must be programmed as their OWN systems.

EDACS uses Logical Channel Number assignments. LCN.

You create the north system trunked list, as per the database, and enter all channels IN ORDER. If you get the order wrong, the radio will miss calls.

Create the central and south systems the same way.

They MUST be separately programmed.

Get the site numbers wrong, and the radio won't hear traffic.

All sites within each simulcast system are identical. So you don't have to worry about the fact that there are eight or nine actual
sites, just the three.

Be ultra careful to turn off auto login and turn off TX permission and Calls permission on EVERY talkgroup.

If your radio is not provisioned for EDACS, it will not HEAR the EDACS system....depending on which firmware version is loaded into the radio. Yes, that's true.

Thank you! for you reply and insight!

 

[ElroyJetson]

Picking a LID: There's no answer that isn't wrong. You're going to pick one. Avoid low numbers and very high ones near the top range of available LIDs. I just close my eyes, tap out a few numbers, and make no effort to remember the number I picked. Random.