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I would have to double check but I think a system around here has a Police ATG and a Fire ATG on the same system. If this is the case, then, yes, it is possible.
Yes, you can do this as its dependent on the radio's programming. The actual operation of an ATG is done by the radio. All the system knows is the TG ID can operate as an ATG.
The ATG ID must be a unique ID not used for a standard TG. The way you associate an ATG with regular TGs is with the personality programming in the radio. When you create the personality you enter the ATG ID on the mail personality screen, you then go to the TG menu (sorry, my terminology is off it's been a while) and enter in the TGs hex IDs (up to 15) you want associated with the ATG from the main personality screen.
When the radio is parked on a talkgroup it looks for both the ATG ID associated with that TG's personality and the specific talkgroup the radio is parked on (in addition to scanned talkgroups which have no ATG/personality connection).
I am quite familair with ATG's but can't seem to make 2 of them work, when a talkgroup has to be able to be brought into either one of them. When you set this up in SAC on the AFF table as soon as you tag the TG as an ATG it removes all TG's that were affiliated to the 1st ATG created.
Dale, try either the "SmartNet" mailing list or "Trunking Forum" on Yahoo's groups. Those guys should have some better insight since there are more sys admins there.