SDS200 PRIORITY SETUP

[ScanMaine]

I have a Simcast trunking system and I have that specific talk site or department that I want on a PRIORITY, how ever its not working for some reason. I know its something simple and if I go to that one channel the P comes on in the lower left corner?? I have tried Priority DND and P on

Any Help would be great, Thanks

 

[werinshades]

I have a Simcast trunking system and I have that specific talk site or department that I want on a PRIORITY, how ever its not working for some reason. I know its something simple and if I go to that one channel the P comes on in the lower left corner?? I have tried Priority DND and P on

Any Help would be great, Thanks

For a Trunking System, the Priority has to be set at the system level. Manage Favorites...(pick your Favorite List), Review/Edit System..Select System..Edit System Option..Priority ID Scan..ON.

What you set up was Conventional Priority. Keep in mind, Trunking Priority functions as DND Priority and doesn't "interrupt" active conversations, but instead "jumps" to your Priority talkgroup once a conversation has ended on the non-priority talkgroup. No setting at this time to change that.

 

[ScanMaine]

Ok I did all that but it still says priority scan no channel . 😂

 

[werinshades]

Ok I did all that but it still says priority scan no channel .

Menu...Priority Scan...Set Priority..Off.

You're seeing that because you don't have any Conventional Frequencies set as a Priority.

 

[ScanMaine]

Ok thanks I will try that

 

[ScanMaine]

Pretty sure I got it now 😂 thank you Sir

 

[ofd8001]

There are two different types of "Priority Scanning". One for conventional, the other for trunked.

It appears you have turned Priority Scan on in your Profile, which is for conventional (noting you are interested in the trunked version.) When that conventional priority is on, the scanner expects at least one channel to be marked for priority. If it can't see it, then the error message is generated, though the scanner keeps going.

For trunked, it is called Priority ID Scanning. You turn this on as a setting in the system options. You also need to mark one or more channels as priority. As noted previously, there is no pre-emption of ongoing transmissions to check for activity on a priority talkgroup. So priority in trunked systems isn't what most folks expect.