Does the "connect tone" given in the Database play a role in programming the control channels into a Pro-96? or does the connect tone not matter to programming it?
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For the purposes of programming a scanner, the connect tone has no relevance. It only has relevance when programming a Motorola radio for transmitting purposes.
slicerwizard
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So one has to wonder what purpose it serves in the database?
RKG
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The "connect tone" serves two functions.
First, it allows the group or private call initiating unit to bring up the assigned voice channel repeater, and confirms that his radio has made the switch from control channel to voice channel.
Second, in systems programmed for Message Trunking or PTT-ID Trunking formats, it allows other units selected on the same talkgroup to key up the voice channel repeater without obtaining a successive voice channel grant.
First, it allows the group or private call initiating unit to bring up the assigned voice channel repeater, and confirms that his radio has made the switch from control channel to voice channel.
Second, in systems programmed for Message Trunking or PTT-ID Trunking formats, it allows other units selected on the same talkgroup to key up the voice channel repeater without obtaining a successive voice channel grant.
None, I'd say. I typically add it just for completeness as far as system details goes.slicerwizard said:
Though on the other hand people bring new systems online could use it to get an idea what other system operators are running. And like RKG hinted to, it keeps a radio which has no business on the system from passing audio on a voice channel.
slicerwizard
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Since SmartZone systems can (and many do) use multiple connect tones, the database, with its single connect tone field per SysID, doesn't really provide completeness. For those systems, it actually provides misinformation.wayne_h said:
I'd advise them to check for themselves. They'd find that 782D doesn't use 105.88, for example.
My comment asked what good CTs were in the database, not what purpose CTs serve; you're echoing a reason not to have them. Having said that, I really don't have a problem with them being listed, since CTs really aren't a system security feature.
For site specific connect tones they go in the site's information page.slicerwizard said:
Why are there eight then?
RKG
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slicerwizard said:
Technically, you cannot have multliple connect tones in a "pure" SmartZone system. The reason is that the connect tone is programmed as a "system" parameter, and in a "pure" SmartZone system, the subscriber addresses a single "system" and, therefore, always sends the same connect tone. Indeed, the beauty of SmartZone is that the subscriber can limit himself to a single "system" and doesn't need to change channels or zones as he moves about the service area.
To be sure, one can listen to or talk over a SmartZone system with subscriber equipment programmed for SmartNet II operation (i.e., no "wide area"). In this case, each SZ "zone" is treated as a separate system, and must be manually selected by the subscriber. And I know this is done in some places. However, at this point, you have defeated the SmartZone advantage, and so I wouldn't call it a "SmartZone system."
RKG
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wayne_h said:
Fellow is correct: connect tone is no more a "security" function than PL. Rather, its function is to permit a receiver (in this case, the voice channel receiver) to discriminate between traffic intended for it and other traffic.
In addition, since voice channels are basically FB2 repeaters, FCC regulations require that they be tone guarded against unintended activation from co-channel or adjacent channel emissions.
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