TRX-2 Change NXDN to P25

[mikecook317]

Hi everybody, I'm hoping for some TRX-2 advice! I've had my radio for about a year and a half, and aside from some things i accidentally caused to happen, she's been trouble free and given lots of good information and entertainment. This week, my city fire department changed from NXDN to P25. Naturally, I stopped hearing them, so I thought "no problem, I'll just fire up EZscan and fix her right up." I'm able to import my settings from the radio, and I can pull them up in "conventional frequencies." When I click on the column labeled "mode," a little drop down menu appears with different options but none of them are P25. The options offered are "AM, FM. NFM, AUTO, and DMR." But no "P25." If you can't tell, I'm a pretty low level user. I had Scanner Master program it for me when I bought it because I'm not very comfortable or knowledgable with the different systems and modes and stuff. Does someone mind to please take the time to advise me? What should I do to switch that channel over from NXDN to P25? Thanks, everybody!
--Mike

 

[VA3DBJ]

Select FM or NFM and under squelch mode, select NAC and then set the squelch NAC value.

 

[KevinC]

You need to change the "Channel Type" to "Analog/Project 25 Digital" I believe.

 

[RaleighGuy]

This week, my city fire department changed from NXDN to P25.

The big question is did they switch to a P25 trunked system or is it conventional P25? The suggestion made by @VA3DBJ is for conventional, if trunked you need to add it to the trunked tab.

 

[mikecook317]

Hey!! Thanks, man, that was fast. Uhhh, I hate to bother you again , but how do I determine the squelch value I need?

 

[mikecook317]

The big question is did they switch to a P25 trunked system or is it conventional P25?

Uh oh, I don't know, I'll have to dig around, I'm not sure where to find that information

 

[VA3DBJ]

If you set the squelch mode to search and if it is a single frequency/channel setup, the scanner will tell you what the NAC value is when it stops on that frequency. Then you can update the channel setting in EZ-Scan.

If it is a trunked system, you'll need to do some additional digging or if someone has DSDPlus, should be able to get more info.

 

[mikecook317]

If you set the squelch mode to search and if it is a single frequency/channel setup, the scanner will tell you what the NAC value is when it stops on that frequency. Then you can update the channel setting in EZ-Scan.

hey thanks again, I'm trying that now.

 

[tvengr]

What is your city, county, and state, and which agencies do you want to monitor?

 

[mikecook317]

Hi, thanks, that's Nicholasville, Jessamine CO, Kentucky
agency: Nicholasville FD, 460.600

 

[VA3DBJ]

Looks like someone has updated that frequency:

460.60000 465.00000 KCS314 RM 767 NAC NchvlFDDSP- Nicholasville Fire Dispatch P25 Fire Dispatch

 

[buddrousa]

Should that not be 460.60000 and 465.60000

 

[mikecook317]

Everybody, thanks for all the good advice, I got her running again and I can hear the FD again