HT1250 Quick Call-Alerts

[jfab]

In the CPS for the HT1250, in the "signaling config" menu, under the "call tone tag", there are options for 7 alerts. Are these 7 different audible alerts the radio will sound when a there is a tone and the radio un-mutes? If so, is there a way to hear what each alert sounds like so I can choose the one I want?

Thanks!

 

[Magnetsteve]

In the CPS for the HT1250, in the "signaling config" menu, under the "call tone tag", there are options for 7 alerts. Are these 7 different audible alerts the radio will sound when a there is a tone and the radio un-mutes? If so, is there a way to hear what each alert sounds like so I can choose the one I want?

Thanks!

Yes, as long as that option is selected in CPS where the user can configure it (I think, not really sure about the CPS part). But on my HT1250, you go to: Menu > Audio/Tones > Call Tone Tag. Then select which alert you want to edit (Call Alert or Selective Call) and from there you can hear and select the tone you want. I have a "pager" channel in my radio, when it is on that channel, it is silent until a the tone is recieved and then unmutes and alerts.

Hope this helps!

 

[jfab]

Yes, as long as that option is selected in CPS where the user can configure it (I think, not really sure about the CPS part). But on my HT1250, you go to: Menu > Audio/Tones > Call Tone Tag. Then select which alert you want to edit (Call Alert or Selective Call) and from there you can hear and select the tone you want. I have a "pager" channel in my radio, when it is on that channel, it is silent until a the tone is recieved and then unmutes and alerts.

Hope this helps!

That definitely helps. I've programmed quick call into an HT1000 before but this will be my first time with the 1250. Anything I should know that might be different than the 1000?

Thank you very much for your help!

 

[ocfd1205]

Call Alert

Along this same topic, just purchased the software and cable in order to program the ht1250s and pr860s for new channels and the upcoming narrowband switch.

We use two different handhelds, PR860 and HT1250. Both have qc2 i know. I just started into learning the software and would like to know if there is a way to set these up so there is a night mode where the radio is on, you don't hear all the other dispatch traffic but will alert when the two tones are received like a pager. Our dispatch dispatches 8 different departments on one main dispatch freq.

When we had out new base radio programmed, on channel 16 for instance we named it "night mode" and when on that channel, you here nothing unless it receives our tones.

Sorry if I sound redundant but the radio shop we had been using previously couldn't comprehend what we wanted to do or didn't know how.

Thanks,

Steve

 

[RKG]

Yes.

In essence, you program your "night alert" channel (we call it "Alert 1") for SelCall, using "AND" signalling unsquelch (which keeps out regular dispatch traffic), and auto reset w/carrier, with the reset timer set for something like 120 seconds. Scan has to be disabled on this channel (as scan interferes with QC timing.)

Radio remains quiet until it receives either its individual 2-tone sequence or a valid group tone sequence. At that point, audio opens and remains open until 120-second timer expires, with timer being reset on any dispatch within that time. User is supposed to switch to F1 before the timer expires to hear whatever he needs to hear.

 

[ocfd1205]

Awesome! Worked like a charm. Can't believe the radio shop didn't know that, hence why they lost our business. I knew they could, the ht1000s we used to use were setup like that i believe.

Thanks a ton!

 

[2009KVFD976]

Is there a way to have QCII work while its in scan mode?? And when its done with the call go back to scan mode automatically. I have all the settings where they need to be but if its scanning and we get paged out, i cant get it to tone out. And when it does, it stays on "call received"

 

[RKG]

Is there a way to have QCII work while its in scan mode?? And when its done with the call go back to scan mode automatically. I have all the settings where they need to be but if its scanning and we get paged out, i cant get it to tone out. And when it does, it stays on "call received"

1) Using scan to receive a QC-accessed channel is a crap shoot. If the tones start when your radio is one channel below the QC channel (so that it has to go through the whole scan list before it starts listening to the QC channel), it will "enter" the channel in the middle of the first tone and the timing is likely to be off. QC tone "decoding" involves not only the tone frequencies, but also the length of the tone and the length of the inter-tone delay (if any).

2) Assuming you are using the Sel Call function, once the tones are decoded the radio holds the channel (in what M sometimes calls "Monitor Mode") until the channel is "reset." Resetting used to be manual only, but some models have an "Auto Re-Set" function, which is basically just a timer. Once the timer runs out, the QC channel is "re-set" (i.e., goes back into silent mode and, presumably, triggers a "resume scan" state if the radio is scanning, though I can't be sure of last since I would never program a radio to be scan capable while selected on a QC channel).

 

[62Truck]

Well one thing I would do is have the radio parked on the quick call channel and have the scan list set to selected channel is first in the scan list and have selected channel as the priority 1 channel if that makes sense

 

[RKG]

Well one thing I would do is have the radio parked on the quick call channel and have the scan list set to selected channel is first in the scan list and have selected channel as the priority 1 channel if that makes sense

You could do that, and it would reduce the number of missed tone decodes. It would not eliminate them.

 

[2009KVFD976]

Yes. I leave it on our fire channel when it scanning. Every now and then i change to a different channel and scan the rest. It sometimes catches the tones and it goes off. (I guess i got lucky those times)

 

[2009KVFD976]

Our fire channel is on. My scan list 1, priority 1.

 

[SteveC0625]

It is possible that setting your scan for priority may block the non-priority channel from ever decoding tones. When the radio lands on an non-priority channel and begins to listen to tones, it will sample back to the priority channel several times during the tone transmission period. These interruptions may be enough to prevent the decoder from recognizing your tones and triggering the alert.

I have a number of Minitor V's set up for non-priority scan in both monitor and silent modes. They seem to be working well and I have not received any complaints of missed calls from the users.

I am setting up CP200XLS portables with this option as well, but again, not with priority scan

We've found that this whole idea only works in situations where the radio channels are fairly quiet. The busier that one or both of channels become, the more opportunity for the scan to land on the wrong channel at the wrong moment.

 

[2009KVFD976]

I have our fire channel set as priority 1. It opens up sometimes while its scanning. But as far as auto reset... I havent seen it on the rss we have but no big deal.

 

[62Truck]

I'd set selected channel as priority 1 and set scan list member two has priority channel two.