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VX-P82x 2-tone decode

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nhfirefighter

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I recently picked up a Vertex VX-P821 radio for a decent price and was playing around with the 2-tone decode feature. I have no familiarity with programming this on the Vertex radios and have only done Motorola and Kenwood radios in the past. There seems to be several tables that need to be programmed to get this working properly, plus an on/off duty profile to keep it muted when you don't want to monitor traffic. I was wondering if anyone has a step-by step guide on setting this up or a sample codeplug with a working 2-tone decode profile you would be willing to share.

Thanks in advance for any assistance!
 

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I'll try to translate to Motorolese ;)
Signalling -> 2-Tone Table - Input the tones you want to use (A, B, C, D Long) Tone Group is your standard tone table freqs.
Signalling -> 2-Tone System Select what tone pairs you want to decode per
Signalling -> 2-Tone Decode - Select your tone pairs If you want multiple per channel check multiple boxes as I did. If you want 1 pair per channel check a single number box then move to No 2 and select another pair on 2-tone decode pair. Once you set up the QuickCall tone stuff, got to the main page and enter your TX/RX, PL/DPL. I've had issues with decode of paging tones with PL/DPL squelch, so I'd suggest CSQ if you set it to OffDuty (pager). On Duty it will make all the alert noises on a page, but you'll hear normal traffic.
Hopefully this helps. Let me know if I missed something, or it doesn't work. It's much easier to do than to write it up. :)
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Thank you! This was very helpful and allowed me to get things up and running. The only other issue I am having now is the offduty mode. I have a separate channel set up for this along with another system where “duty” is not checked. However I still hear all audio. Any thoughts on what step I might have missed?
 

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No problem. Regarding the Duty, my fault. Memory and software without an actual radio in front of me.
UNCHECK the box for Off Duty (mute/pager) check it for On Duty (hear everything). If that doesn't correct it let me know.


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nhfirefighter

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No problem. Regarding the Duty, my fault. Memory and software without an actual radio in front of me.
UNCHECK the box for Off Duty (mute/pager) check it for On Duty (hear everything). If that doesn't correct it let me know.


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Thanks, yes, I have done that, however I still hear all traffic on the channel I set up with this profile. Perhaps I need to program the channel differently as well?
 

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My decade of not dealing with the 4200 and 7200 special features is showing...
Try changing this from Both to just Open

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