Is there a way to scan/monitor all talk groups on a P25 trunking system. Can you set up a talk group with with lets say TG id's 0000 or 65535. This would eliminate the TG ID number limit for a knob position. I tried this and it did not work for me.
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Unication G5 Wild Card Scanning
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cpetraglia
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Go into menu on the pager and set monitor mode to on. This has to be done per system. It will receive any Phase I TG on the system just as a wild card. I have tried all the wild card entries discussed here. I don't believe they work for p-25 trunking.
Project25_MASTR
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Will potentially drive you crazy if encryption is in use.
jmontes77029
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I seen on the webinar video on YouTube and I believe it says to enter all f's for the sites. Can't remember exactly as the video is to long to figure out where he discussed it.
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cpetraglia
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I've tried it, it doesn't work. Monitor mode is it.
jmontes77029
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Yeah it is. I just seen that on the video.
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CanesFan95
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Does it let you program a delay hold time like 5 or 10 seconds before it resumes scanning? How many talk groups can you program in it and how many can you scan at a time?
cpetraglia
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There is no delay or TG hold at this time. The rest of the info is on the Unication website.
CanesFan95
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Well, that's a big bummer, cos that means it'll just keep jumping from one talk group to another as soon as the transmission ends. So you'll just get a random mixture of conversations like you're conventionally scanning a trunking system.
cpetraglia
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Or you program each of your favorite TGs to a different knob position. Put them all in position 1 and then switch when you want to follow a single TG. You have many zones that can be configured however you like.
In my opinion these radios are not the best for monitoring at home. For me the G5 is just for keeping tabs on what's going on in my city while I'm mobile. That's its strong suit, and it does that job extremely well. For that task I have one knob position with all the city's public safety dispatch channels. Then another with just talk groups of interest along my commute route. Then a single knob position for each police precinct dispatch, another knob for fire tacs, etc. It's true while monitoring all the city's dispatch channels it can sound pretty random, but when the shyt hits the fan somewhere my attention is quickly gotten. Then I just turn the knob to a more focused scan list. It's all about the programming. Yes I really, really wish it had scan delay. And talk group hold. And there remains the chance those features will be added in a future firmware release. But you can make it work pretty darn well right now without those.
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CanesFan95
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No scan delay might and up being a deal breaker for me.
I don't really see this option for monitoring all TG's in a specific system. Learned this by trial and error.
When you set up a knob position in a 'zone', there is a drop down in the first panel of 'zone & channel setting' (D-5 in the PPS) where you can select a 'receiving mode'. There are two for trunking, the first is 'trunking TG-scan' which only monitors those talk groups you have entered. The second is 'Trunking TG-monitor' which will monitor ALL the TG's in the system for that knob position.
When you set up a knob position in a 'zone', there is a drop down in the first panel of 'zone & channel setting' (D-5 in the PPS) where you can select a 'receiving mode'. There are two for trunking, the first is 'trunking TG-scan' which only monitors those talk groups you have entered. The second is 'Trunking TG-monitor' which will monitor ALL the TG's in the system for that knob position.
troymail
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True, but my comment might help someone (like me) who is just starting out with the G5 decide which mode they want. Especially when some of the instructions in the PPS don't reflect current configuration of the software.
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