Unication G-Series Voice Pager with Digital Trunked Scanner Feature

[policefreak]

Mine definitely does not do that. On the pager I tap the menu key > TRUNKING FREE SCAN > USER DEFINED SCAN LIST > Scroll to the list you want and select SCAN. It should go. Now when you created your settings in PPS did you click the SYNC button after connecting your pager? I believe you need to do that for your settings to take affect. You cannot just use the PROGRAM function as normal to change these settings in your pager.

 

[mharris]

I also press "Import" and "Sync" each time before writing to the radio.

 

[MonitoringDelCo]

I did click the sync button after connecting the pager and just did it again. Still nothing with the eventual reboot. I may try it from the start with a new profile.

 

[mharris]

I did click the sync button after connecting the pager and just did it again. Still nothing with the eventual reboot. I may try it from the start with a new profile.

That was going to be my next suggestion.

 

[MonitoringDelCo]

That was going to be my next suggestion.

I created a new profile and Ulis is working fine now.

Thanks!

 

[RRR]

I was referring to the others in reference to the playback of saved prior transmissions

 

[picscan]

I was referring to the others in reference to the playback of saved prior transmissions

I want to listen from the beginning, not the end, I don't want to have to press the little button 1000 times to start at the beginning of the recordings, why is that so difficult to understand? I want to go to a certain time without pressing the button 200 times to find a call. I don't want to listen to 500 calls to get to the one I want. A quicker scrolling is what I'm suggesting.

 

[MonitoringDelCo]

Trunking Free Scan – User Defined Scan List​

• In D7 > Trunking Free Scan > User Defined Scan List > Linked Talk Group ID > Select User Define Scan List – Link > Trunking System column, add a “System Alias” column or replace the WacnID and Systemid with the System Alias obtained from D2 > P25 Trunking System Setting > System Alias.
• In D7 > Trunking Free Scan > User Defined Scan List > Linked Talk Group ID > Select User Define Scan List – Link > Site List, add a “Site Alias” column or replace the “RFSS ID” and “Site ID” with the “Site Alias” obtained from D2 > P25 Trunking System Setting > Site List.
• In D7 > Trunking Free Scan > User Defined Scan List > Linked Talkgroup ID > Select User Define Scan List – Link > Site List, add the capability to select the site or sites the user wishes to monitor. Some systems may have more than 70 sites. If the user only needs to monitor two systems and two sites, there is no reason for the pager to make attempts to search the control channels and alternate control channels for the unneeded/unreachable sites. The time it takes the pager to find one system to the next system is too long even with just nine sites.
• In D7 > Trunking Free Scan > User Defined Scan List > Linked Talkgroup ID > Select User Define Scan List – Link > Control CH List, add the capability to select/deselect the Control Channels from the “Control CH List.” Some frequencies are alternate control channels, and if the user knows the current control channel and that control channel rarely changes, there is no reason for the pager to check the alternate control channel.
• The screen is always active. The screen should timeout as set in D7 > General Setting > Screen Timeout Setting.
• No automatic audio recording for talk groups. If the talk group is set for “Voice Storage” in D4 > Group & Group Call ID Setting > Voice Storage, then the audio should be stored.
• Once “SHod” is selected, the site being held is not visible as the information displayed on the screen is partially hidden behind the Scan List Alias and the soft key menu.

 

[RRR]

Trunking Free Scan – User Defined Scan List​

• No automatic audio recording for talk groups. If the talk group is set for “Voice Storage” in D4 > Group & Group Call ID Setting > Voice Storage, then the audio should be stored.

So, on Harris "Patched" Talkgroup pages (when multiple talkgroups, stored or not, are all activated at once, and assigned a 65XXX TG number) still won't record and be able to play back? Ridiculous!

Many calls are dispatched this way, I would wager to say a high majority of them are.

 

[MonitoringDelCo]

With the new beta test firmware, the Bose QC35 headphones will now pair with the G5. However, even though D7 > General Setting > BT Headset Setting > BT Headset Incoming Call Notification is not enabled, I still receive the cue tone at the beginning of a transmission and the "Call Ended" at the end of the transmission.

 

[gcopter1]

Wonder if Unication, would ever come out with a retrofit BT kit, to bring BT functionality, to current BT standards...

 

[picscan]

With the new beta test firmware, the Bose QC35 headphones will now pair with the G5. However, even though D7 > General Setting > BT Headset Setting > BT Headset Incoming Call Notification is not enabled, I still receive the cue tone at the beginning of a transmission and the "Call Ended" at the end of the transmission.

I'll be, I just paired my AirPods! I get a beep, beep beep tone in the beginning and do get the calls. It sounds great. Maybe I can change some settings and get rid of the tone. Thanks!

 

[pointman1177]

I'll be, I just paired my AirPods! I get a beep, beep beep tone in the beginning and do get the calls. It sounds great. Maybe I can change some settings and get rid of the tone. Thanks!

I cant get it to connect to my air pods, hopefully with some luck one day I can. I was however able to get them to pair with a pair of Sony WI-C300 headphones I usually use when working out! Thanks for the post!

 

[mharris]

Others have said the beginning and end beep(s) have returned with this beta. It was fixed it in earlier FW prior to Freescan beta.

Like Bill said, we really, really need a list of current, noted issues with this beta posted to the top of this thread so we aren't repeating ourselves.

 

[pbesselm]

I have set PGTL on a P25 phase 1 system (with 3 sites) and a P25 phase 2 system (with 3 sites). The pager does not receive on the two different systems. I can link/scan between two systems of same type, but I am having issues receiving between these two different systems. Any suggestions? Am I missing something? Also, any suggestions for TGID scan delay and site delay times?

 

[MonitoringDelCo]

I want to listen from the beginning, not the end, I don't want to have to press the little button 1000 times to start at the beginning of the recordings, why is that so difficult to understand? I want to go to a certain time without pressing the button 200 times to find a call. I don't want to listen to 500 calls to get to the one I want. A quicker scrolling is what I'm suggesting.

I believe that there is a fix that would satisfy users that share both of your concerns.

Message Playback in Pager​

• Keep the Play Key (A3) as it is.
• Add a soft key menu item (such as “Ply>”— preferably next to the “Play” key) that is with the other MBox items after selecting the MBox soft key. This soft key would enable the user to playback messages from the selected message to the most current.
• Change the functionality of the Navigation Key (A4) when in the MBox function. A single press downward and release will move the selection down one message. Holding the Navigation Key down for more than a specified time (1 second?) will move the selected message down a specified amount of messages (10? – possibly a selectable setting in PPS?).

Message Playback in the Message Backup Software​

In Message Management (C), make the following changes:

• When double-clicking a message, play that message. Note: Currently, the user has to select the message and then select the “Play” button.
• Add a “Play From Selected” or “Play>” button next to the “Play” button that would enable playback from the selected voice file to the most current voice file.

 

[MonitoringDelCo]

So, on Harris "Patched" Talkgroup pages (when multiple talkgroups, stored or not, are all activated at once, and assigned a 65XXX TG number) still won't record and be able to play back? Ridiculous!

Many calls are dispatched this way, I would wager to say a high majority of them are.

The calls can be recorded, they just will not be automatically recorded as when you are monitoring a Zone/Knob Position (if the talk group is set to record in D4 > Group & Group Call ID Setting > Voice Storage). When in the PTGL setting and while receiving a radio transmission, press the soft key with the white diamond to scroll to the next soft key menu and then press the soft key for "Rec." You must be quick because unless a radio transmission is in progress, the recording function can not be initiated. All radio transmissions will be recorded.

I would like the recording setting to also be an option in the PPS D7 > Trunking Free Scan > General settings. Otherwise, if radio traffic is minimal at the time the user initiates the PTGL scanning, it may be a while before the user receives radio traffic and can begin the menu process to initiate recording. Also, if the user leaves PTGL and later returns, the recording setup process must be repeated. The current way of enabling the recording would not be so bad if the user did not have to wait for radio transmissions to initiate the recording process.

To deactivate recording for the PTGL, the user must wait until a radio transmission is being received, press the soft key (white diamond) for the next menu, and then press the "Urec" soft key. This process should also be accessible even when no radio transmissions are occurring.

 

[bkramm]

I have only had my G5 for a little over a week but one feature I would like to see if you
want to change zones, like from Z8 to Z9 and you already are on Z8 that you don't have to step down from the first zone,
or am I to new and missing something? Only a suggestion and there seems to be a lot of demands for a
lack of a better term, but should be happy with what we get. Doesn't look like the G series was designed as a scanner
but seems to be what at lot of people want to make it one with all the feature requests.

 

[AdamHLG]

I have only had my G5 for a little over a week but one feature I would like to see if you
want to change zones, like from Z8 to Z9 and you already are on Z8 that you don't have to step down from the first zone,
or am I to new and missing something? Only a suggestion and there seems to be a lot of demands for a
lack of a better term, but should be happy with what we get. Doesn't look like the G series was designed as a scanner
but seems to be what at lot of people want to make it one with all the feature requests.

I have only had mine for a week as well and I love it! One way to address your comment might be programmable hard buttons (the buttons under the display) to re-assign those buttons, and to have a 'zone up' and 'zone down' button as options.

 

[picscan]

I have all Sheriff channels in knob 1 zone 1, then individual sheriff channels on knob positions 1-7 in that zone. Same thing with zone 2 police and zone 3 fire etc... On another, example zone 4, I have all those zones on separate knob positions 1-8 marked as "All" so I just turn the knob for different zones and that's where the hold comes in handy. I can listen to different zones without stepping down by turning the knob then press hold when I want to stop on a certain channel. If that makes sense. You can have 64 channels in each knob position, 8 different zones. The "hold" is only on the beta update though.