Talkgroup Id's

[jmt48601]

I recently purchased a Uniden Bcd396xt and was working on programming it today. I went to add the talkgroup id's in one of our cities and I noticed instead of the usual 4 to 5 numbers long id's there was only 3 numbers. I was wondering if that would still work or is there some numbers missing?

 

[N8IAA]

I recently purchased a Uniden Bcd396xt and was working on programming it today. I went to add the talkgroup id's in one of our cities and I noticed instead of the usual 4 to 5 numbers long id's there was only 3 numbers. I was wondering if that would still work or is there some numbers missing?

If you are speaking of the HEX, or DEC TGID's, most all of us use the HEX, which are typical for scanner users. The DEC version is what is used in the actual public service radios. The scanner will take both, but then, you are duplicating the ID's.
HTH,
Larry

 

[jmt48601]

I was programming using the DEC version.

 

[N8IAA]

I was programming using the DEC version.

I didn't see any three digit ID's for Saginaw county. What TGID's were you particularly speaking of?
Larry

 

[jmt48601]

Its actually where I work . The city is Warren. This is what comes up when I googled for the talkgroups. I couldnt find anything in the regular database. Warren Public Safety Project 25 System Trunking System, Warren, Michigan - Scanner Frequencies

 

[Spitfire8520]

You should be fine with programming short talkgroup IDs. It really depends on the system radio techs who decide how talkgorup IDs should be setup. Some systems start off with talkgroup ID 1 and go up from there, others have some kind of system wide numbering scheme that has additional numbers. In the end, you're plugging in a talkgroup to listen to that has been predetermined in some manner and it won't really matter if the TG is 5 digits or 1 digit.

 

[N8IAA]

Its actually where I work . The city is Warren. This is what comes up when I googled for the talkgroups. I couldnt find anything in the regular database. Warren Public Safety Project 25 System Trunking System, Warren, Michigan - Scanner Frequencies

OK. So it's not the MPSCS system. You should be good to go on the three digit TGID's.
Larry

 

[DickH]

I was programming using the DEC version.

DEC talk groups in Motorola systems start at 16 and go in steps of 32 up to 60000 or so; 16, 48, 80, 112, etc.

 

[mikewazowski]

DEC talk groups in Motorola systems start at 16 and go in steps of 32 up to 60000 or so; 16, 48, 80, 112, etc.

No, they go up in steps of 16.

Motorola used to suggest that odd numbered talkgroups be used (1, 3, 5, etc) so the Priority Monitor feature could work properly. However, most systems do not use this feature so they use both odd and even.