DSD+ scr=EXTERNAL?

[rkillins]

Picking up a local unencrypted PD talkgroup on a new P25 Phase 2 system with DSD+ fastlane.
The event log displays:
Group call; TG=10005 Src = EXTERNAL

What does EXTERNAL mean? It's not an alias that I assigned.

 

[maus92]

Picking up a local unencrypted PD talkgroup on a new P25 Phase 2 system with DSD+ fastlane.
The event log displays:
Group call; TG=10005 Src = EXTERNAL

What does EXTERNAL mean? It's not an alias that I assigned.

"External" probably means the tg has an active patch from another system. For example, our state's DNR police has a legacy VHF system which patches some of its conventional repeater channels to its corresponding tg on the new statewide 700 TRS. The src= value is usually a RID which is likely not feature on the patched system.

 

[rkillins]

AHhh ... cool. Thanks for the explanation. As this system is in transition from an old system, it seems reasonable to think they have patched both systems together.

 

[Kazzaw]

I see this with a local system as well, one metro region is digitally encrypted however the remainder of the region isn't and is on analogue - anything coming through analogue comes up with an external tag (yes, running an encrypted TG patched voids the encryption on the analogue side)