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New Ver G2-G5 PPS 4.0 (V0.4.0.30) is out.

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I have an issue on V0.4.0.30.

When programming a P25 Trunking system, and setting a sub group as a 2-tone, the pager is recognizing it, but displays "Announcement" instead of the actual name I gave it in the PPS
 

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I have an issue on V0.4.0.30.

When programming a P25 Trunking system, and setting a sub group as a 2-tone, the pager is recognizing it, but displays "Announcement" instead of the actual name I gave it in the PPS

On your knob position where you have the sub group for 2-tone, Scroll down to where it says "Talk Group Option" and change "Announcement Group ID" from 0 to 1.
 

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Thats nice, thank you
Any chance you know what/why I the max for this is FFFF?
What else is this setting?

FFFF = 65535, the maximum number of talkgroups. On a system, FFFF is a "system call" talkgroup but for our purposes it's a wildcard which allows you to listen to everything active on a site without programming them all individually.
 

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FFFF = 65535, the maximum number of talkgroups. On a system, FFFF is a "system call" talkgroup but for our purposes it's a wildcard which allows you to listen to everything active on a site without programming them all individually.
Now I am confused even more..

Having it set to 1, allows me to receive announcements for only 1 TGID, or one subgroup within the TGID? and increasing the number would do what?
 

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Now I am confused even more..

Having it set to 1, allows me to receive announcements for only 1 TGID, or one subgroup within the TGID? and increasing the number would do what?

You should not need to mess with the Talk Group Option area unless your dispatchers use announcement groups or multi-select to page your agency. The Announcement Group ID is where the talkgroup ID of the actual Announcement talkgroup goes.

if you're programming the pager to receive pages on a trunked talkgroup, simply set it up as you would for regular trunked monitoring, but put only the dispatch (or paging) talkgroup in the Priority Talkgroup list. Leave the Non-Priority list blank, and don't put any other talkgroups in the Priority list. Then click the Sub Group Setting button; the box that pops up should show the talkgroup you've put in the Priority Talkgroup list, simply click on the Sub-Group List field, and check the box for the set of paging tones you wish to use.

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I haven't had a lick of trouble receiving pages on a P25 talkgroup when it's set up this way.
 

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Hello.
im behind things here. Just downloaded the new version. It read the pager. But I’m stuck on the E4 “exception error” loop. I will go back an comb through here again. But any help is appreciated!

is it worth the bother?

Thanks.
 
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