Paging Question On Trunked System

[northwoodsradio]

I recently purchased a G5, and I love it! I have it setup for our tones to alert on VHF and we use a 800 trunked system for communications. Question I have is our VHF paging system is patched 24/7 to our fire main and the tones come across on a talkgroup. Is there a way to have our tone when it comes across that talkgroup alert the same way it does on VHF? Just thought I would ask if that’s an option or not.

 

[Spitfire8520]

I believe the G5 only has the ability to do selective call with P25 systems. I have not found a way of scanning a TG and having it alert when it receives the correct tone like it does in conventional monitor mode. There are also some cases where the tone feature does not work on P25 based on some of the other forum posts on this feature.

You should be able to program the tones under P25T Sub-Group ID using the same group as your VHF tones. After you do that, you can setup a knob with Trunking TG-Scan and use the Binding Feature: Sub-Group Feature. I would suggest enabling the Delay N Function and setup a delay, especially if your dispatch does not air the information immediately after toning out. You can then scroll down to Talk Group List, add the dispatch talkgroup, and then access and enable the appropriate Sub-Group Settings right below that list.

 

[northwoodsradio]

Thank you! I will give it a try here!

 

[emtLarmy15]

It can alert when in monitor mode. You set the thing up just like you would in selective call for p25 but check the “alternatives” box at the top of the tone list.