Status Bits.."Ignore" or "Yes"

[bonus1331]

Have always left the status bit option on the default which is to ignore. Recently had a group in a sytem cross patch which left me not able to monitor a TG. Changed that sytem to status bits to yes.
Any reason not to program every trunked system with status bits on?

 

[Jay911]

I find it useful if I'm listening to a Type I system in Type II mode and need to figure out what radios/talkgroups are in use.

Listening to a real Type II system, I cannot find any reason to turn status bits off. As you noticed, you'll miss traffic, not only with patches but also emergency activations, etc.

What I'd like to see is a radio which will finally recognize the different status bits and use them (i.e. alert when an emergency has been signaled, skip an encrypted xmission, etc etc etc)...

 

[DaveNF2G]

I thought "Ignore" meant, "Do not treat status bits as if they indicate separate talkgroups."

 

[Jay911]

I thought "Ignore" meant, "Do not treat status bits as if they indicate separate talkgroups."

Could very well be right. My bad..

 

[poltergeisty]

Does a 9600 baud moto. type II system use statues bits?

Isn't the statues bit an option for their radios to utilize?

Does a conventional digital system use some kind of statues bits? I heard something about -NACs- in the unitrunker post. This must be it I'm not sure?Boo!-Poltergeisty :-0

 

[SCPD]

Does a 9600 baud moto. type II system use statues bits?

The "status bit" - is a characteristic of Motorola 3600 baud control channels. This data is handled differently on P25 control channels.

 

[gpd_ma]

Toggling the Status Bit
Motorola talkgroup ID’s are sent as a 16-bit binary number. Normally, the last 4 positions in
the number are 0’s, which result in all talkgroups being equally divisible by 16. These last
four bits, however, can be used by the trunking system to indicate various status conditions.
For example, an emergency status could be indicated by setting the second-from last digit to
1. Talkgroup 33264, then would be sent on the system as 33266 when the radio triggered its
emergency status. By default, the BC796D ignores the last four digits of every talkgroup,
effectively rounding them down to the nearest multiple of 16 regardless of the status bits.
2:SCAN OPTION → 2:TRUNK → Select the bank → 0:STATUS BIT
1:ON
Talkgroups are rounded down to the next multiple of 16.
2:OFF
Talkgroups are not rounded down, so you can determine the value of the status
bits.