G5 QCII Priority alert tones

[cinsu]

I feel like I'm losing my mind on this one. I am using a G5 VHF/800 and am having what I imagine is a programming issue. Yes, I have read the side bar. The system in this case is VHF conventional using QCII tones. What I am trying to do used to work fine prior to v2.

I have multiple tone pairs for multiple agencies that I work for.

• I have the correct tone pairs in the Conventional Group ID List. I would like "Tone 3" to be used when the pair for agency 1 sounds and "Tone 8" to be used when the pair for agency 2 is used. I have configured this with alert mode Tone & Vibrate and selected the Alert tone for each agency.
• Under Zone & Channel settings I have a selection for Selective Call. I have the tone pairs I have created under "Talk Group List". I see "Tone 3" and "Tone 8" under each respective agency tone pair. I have Priority selected for each as I also have several other tone pairs programmed as "off" so they get IDd but don't alert and another tone pair in Off Duty.

Initially I had priority alert tone under E11-2 set to none. With this the pager would not sound an alert for the QCII pairs I had selected Priority on. I changed this setting to Default Tone and now each agency alerts with default tone, not Tone 3 and Tone 8 as I have selected so now I'm confused, what is the point of having options for tones per QCII pair if it doesn't actually use that tone?

Ultimately I want to dynamically use on and off duty modes, with some QCII tone pairs in "Priority" mode with a different alert tone depending on the QCII pair. It seems as though I can't do that using the priority option?

On another note, while "off duty" and in selective call early this morning the pager opened squelch with no alert tone for a QCII pair that was selected as None in the Talk Group list.

 

[hazrat8990]

Since everything worked prior to upgrading, you definitely need to go back to the previous version of firmware. I have V1.35 if you need the installer file.

 

[jbeal18]

I'm having a similar problem. I have different tones for my department, one for EMS calls and one for fire calls. I programmed different tones alerts for each one so I can know the difference without even being near the G5. However they wont activate my G5 unless I have them set to Priority. At priority it only alerts each tone to the same pager tone at this extremely loud volume, not at the ones I have setup, and the volume to be controlled by knob. Any idea what I need to do to correct this problem, the wife is ready to smash my brand new G5 with a hammer!

 

[ebarnes1124]

I feel like I'm losing my mind on this one. I am using a G5 VHF/800 and am having what I imagine is a programming issue. Yes, I have read the side bar. The system in this case is VHF conventional using QCII tones. What I am trying to do used to work fine prior to v2.

I have multiple tone pairs for multiple agencies that I work for.

• I have the correct tone pairs in the Conventional Group ID List. I would like "Tone 3" to be used when the pair for agency 1 sounds and "Tone 8" to be used when the pair for agency 2 is used. I have configured this with alert mode Tone & Vibrate and selected the Alert tone for each agency.
• Under Zone & Channel settings I have a selection for Selective Call. I have the tone pairs I have created under "Talk Group List". I see "Tone 3" and "Tone 8" under each respective agency tone pair. I have Priority selected for each as I also have several other tone pairs programmed as "off" so they get IDd but don't alert and another tone pair in Off Duty.

Initially I had priority alert tone under E11-2 set to none. With this the pager would not sound an alert for the QCII pairs I had selected Priority on. I changed this setting to Default Tone and now each agency alerts with default tone, not Tone 3 and Tone 8 as I have selected so now I'm confused, what is the point of having options for tones per QCII pair if it doesn't actually use that tone?

Ultimately I want to dynamically use on and off duty modes, with some QCII tone pairs in "Priority" mode with a different alert tone depending on the QCII pair. It seems as though I can't do that using the priority option?

On another note, while "off duty" and in selective call early this morning the pager opened squelch with no alert tone for a QCII pair that was selected as None in the Talk Group list.

Have you had any luck with figuring this out?

 

[cinsu]

Have you had any luck with figuring this out?

No, I ended up needing to set up 2 different conventional group ID lists and manually switching between. On and off duty do not work in conjunction with the priority alert tone.