Fire Tone Out on BCD396XT

[paintballpro650]

In the fire toneout setup in the scanner it asks for the frequency of the tone out channel and then the two tones and their frequencies. I got my two tone frequencies no problem. My question is my fire dispatch is simulcast on analog on 154.1600. Should i use this as my frequency or is there a way to enter the new digital frequency? Since the system is a motorolla trunking system wouldnt that mean the digital frequenct is everchanging?

I'm in montgomery county, md if that means anything to anyone.

Thanks

 

[scannerfreak]

Use the 154.160

 

[tampatracker]

Welcome to RadioReference!

 

[paintballpro650]

Fire Tone out

Ok well does that mean tone out only works with conventional frequencies and cannot be use on motorolla or trunking systems? Also what is the modulation and attenuator what do they do and what do they mean. Also what is the Audio AGC?
I guess i'm confused becuase I think i have everything right but I havent gotten an alert in 48hrs. My stations slow but not that slow. Also when it asks for frequency could I use one of the 4 control frequencies? I mean in a system there are usually a handful of control frequencies and then many more talkgroup #'s I understand the talk group is everchanging but wouldnt fire always use one frequency in a digital trunking system?

 

[UPMan]

FTO only works with conventional frequencies.

 

[paintballpro650]

Fire Tone Out

Well then what good does that do you if everything is transitioning to digital? That doesnt really make sense. What about all the other parameters I previously mentioned?

 

[UPMan]

Tone-out is by definition analog tones on a conventional frequency. This is still in use by many agencies (like yours) to trigger station call-outs and personnel alerts.

ToneOutFor#Set AGC < UnidenMan4 < TWiki
SetModulation < UnidenMan4 < TWiki (FTO does not work well if the modulation you set does not match the modulation the agency uses)
TemplateSetAttenuator < UnidenMan4 < TWiki

 

[paintballpro650]

Fire tone out question

Can anyone answer the questions regarding all the other settings associated with FTO

 

[UPMan]

See the three links I provided at the bottom of my last message.