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hey yall ive got a pm400 as a base station for my first aid squad. my question is does any1 know if im able to do self paging of department tones on it. example would be we would like to put a special message out wiht out having to call our headquarters to do so. we also have a cdm 1250 and wondering if it can do the same thing
 

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The PM400 will handle two tone encoding. However, it would have to be the same tones everyone's pagers/radios are already setup to listen for or you'd have to reprogram everything.

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hey yall ive got a pm400 as a base station for my first aid squad. my question is does any1 know if im able to do self paging of department tones on it. example would be we would like to put a special message out wiht out having to call our headquarters to do so. we also have a cdm 1250 and wondering if it can do the same thing
In addition to the PM400, the CDM1250 will also do two tone encoding.

No matter which radio you use, they'll require a bit of operator training after the radio is re-programmed.
 

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thankyou for the help guys. do you know exactly how i go about programming the radio for? i do have the cps and i have played around with it but never had to program radio to send tones over the air
 

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Steve if you can send me the cdm1250 info to that would be awesome as I would like to be able to do it on both radios as they are in 2 different buildings
 

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Steve if you can send me the cdm1250 info to that would be awesome as I would like to be able to do it on both radios as they are in 2 different buildings
I just checked my notes, and I never wrote up QC-II encoding for the CDM's. Not to worry, because it's almost identical. Just follow the Commercial Series notes. The tab names may be slightly different, but the process is pretty much the same.

If you get stuck, let me know.

EDIT TO ADD: Double check the operator's manual for both radios to write up instructions for the users on sending out an alert. It's easy but not intuitive.
 

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Steve if I read that correct I can only do 1 set of tones per personality
 

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ok i am attempting to program radio now. last question i have for now is tone a freq/tone b freq is that 1 set for my tones cause each tone we have has 2 numbers per tone also how do i know what the code is for the tones
 

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ok i am attempting to program radio now. last question i have for now is tone a freq/tone b freq is that 1 set for my tones cause each tone we have has 2 numbers per tone also how do i know what the code is for the tones
Why not post what you think your tones are and we'll help decipher them.
 

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ok i am attempting to program radio now. last question i have for now is tone a freq/tone b freq is that 1 set for my tones cause each tone we have has 2 numbers per tone also how do i know what the code is for the tones
If you have the tones, you don't need the code. If you have the code, you don't need the tones. The software fills in automatically.

Please post your tones so we can help you further.
 

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these are the tones that are in our pagers. primary tones 732.1/1036.0 and all call tones 1343.4/2074.1. also do i have to put those in both the quickcall under signaling as well as quickcall under the call tab
 

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these are the tones that are in our pagers. primary tones 732.1/1036.0 and all call tones 1343.4/2074.1. also do i have to put those in both the quickcall under signaling as well as quickcall under the call tab
Signalling is for receiving. Call is for transmitting.

Set up up one system under Signalling. Then setup two calls under Call. One for each pair of tones. Label them however you like. Link them both to the same quick call-II system.

I thought my notes on doing this were pretty clear and easy to follow. Am I wrong?
 

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they were just a little confusing for me cause i didnt totally understand the tone freq part
 

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hey steve if i send you copy of code plug could you tell me if i did it correct
 
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