Can't Select PH2 For System Option In PPS

[KR7CQ]

Got a new phase 2 G4

Firmware: V1.00-T08

Newly downloaded PPS supposed to be for phase 2: V0.03.11 Beta09

After entering my information for a phase 2 system, when I hit the pull-down for protocol alias, I only see phase 1 as an option. What might I be missing here?

 

[BigWonton]

The protocol alias is a free text field that you can fill in with whatever you want. The protocol type I use is "P25 Trunking" and there is no option for differentiation of Phase 1 or Phase 2 in the list:

I'm also using PPS V0.3.11 Beta09

 

[troymail]

Correct - you can just program your information - Phase 1 or Phase 2 - doesn't matter - no special programming required.

 

[KR7CQ]

Thanks, I was just expecting to see Phase 1 and Phase 2 available for pull-down when working on a zone...but only see Phase 1. But that's all good, thanks for the clarification.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/1pkiie6onkjc450/Protocol Alias.jpg?dl=0

 

[troymail]

That's just an alias someone (whomever set up programming in your PPS) assigned to Protocol "P25 Trunking" (Tab D-3). That alias can be anything....

 

[KR7CQ]

Awesome, thanks as always.

 

[CanesFan95]

That's actually a good thing because on a local system, sometimes a talk group will be on Phase I and other times the same talk group can go phase II for some reason. If you had to program that in the pager, you might miss transmissions when it switches back and forth on the system. The fact that it will (apparently) figure it out automatically suggests you won't miss anything.

 

[APX8000]

Same as a subscriber radio.


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[KR7CQ]

Just wanted to do a quick update, reception on our lone phase 2 system (MCSO) is outstanding. Every simulcast (big county, many simulcasts) that I load into the G4 works from everywhere I've been so far. Scanners including the new SDS100 are lucky to latch onto one simulcast in this system if you move your scanner around just right. Of course, once you find the spot where your scanner gets reception, don't forget to mark the spot with tape so that you can listen to that system again in the future. Thank GOD for Unication.

 

[radio3353]

That's actually a good thing because on a local system, sometimes a talk group will be on Phase I and other times the same talk group can go phase II for some reason. If you had to program that in the pager, you might miss transmissions when it switches back and forth on the system. The fact that it will (apparently) figure it out automatically suggests you won't miss anything.

Yes, not uncommon for a system in transition from Phase I to II (thinking of Philadelphia, PA.)

 

[boatbod]

Yes, not uncommon for a system in transition from Phase I to II (thinking of Philadelphia, PA.)

Or indeed any time an older phase-1-only radio affiliates with a specific tgid that is normally phase 2.

In my local area our statewide system is typically in phase 2 mode for days on end. Sometimes however, a mutual aid company will come online during a big call and cause a dispatch channel or tac channel to fall back to phase 1.