E.F. Johnson Company 5100 Series Operating manual - 51Xx Series Portable

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    Digital/analog portable radio operating manual 5100 s eries p ortable r adio vhf/uhf/800 mh z p roject 25 c onventional smartnet ™ /s mart z one ® 7.2 vdc, 1 and 5 watts (vhf); 1 and 4 watts (uhf); 1 and 3 watts (800 mhz) part no. 242-51xx-xxx first issue may 2002 supersedes: part no..

  • Page 2: Safety Training Information

    2 may 2002 part no. 002-5100-100 safety training information safety training information warning this radio produces rf electromagnetic energy when transmitting and is designed and classified for “occupa- tional use only”. Radio equipment with this classifica- tion must be used only during the cours...

  • Page 3: 51Xx Series Portable

    51xx series portable operating manual vhf/uhf/800 mhz project 25 (digital) and analog smartnet ™ /smartzone ® copyright© 2002 by the e.F. Johnson company the e.F. Johnson company, which was founded in 1923, provides wireless communication systems solutions for public safety, government, and commerci...

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    4 may 2002 part no. 002-5100-100 table of contents table of contents safety training information . . . . . . . . . . . 2 features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 general features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 conventional featur...

  • Page 5: Features

    5 may 2002 part no. 002-5100-100 features features general features • the following operating modes are programmable: – conventional analog – conventional project 25 (digital) – smartnet ™ /smartzone ® trunked • up to 500 channels/talk groups programmable • zone select • large graphic display with b...

  • Page 6: Controls And Display

    6 may 2002 part no. 002-5100-100 controls and display controls and display figure 1 front panel controls speaker display dtmf keypad option keys microphone dtmf keypad model limited keypad model up/down sw menu/option keys f1 = exit in various modes: f2 = select/menu enable front panel controls note...

  • Page 7

    Controls and display 7 may 2002 part no. 002-5100-100 top panel controls figure 2 top panel controls multi-function indicator - indicates the following conditions: steady red - transmitter keyed. Flashing red - low battery in receive mode. Steady green - carrier detected in receive mode. On-off/volu...

  • Page 8: General Operation

    General operation 8 may 2002 part no. 002-5100-100 display figure 4 graphical display the front panel display is shown above. Icons are typically shown in the upper part of the display and text messages in the lower part. The default icons are as follows: - when the scan or the scan list edit mode i...

  • Page 9

    General operation 9 may 2002 part no. 002-5100-100 power-up password the power-up password feature prevents unau- thorized use of the transceiver by locking the keypad on power up until the proper password is entered. This feature is enabled or disabled by programming. When it is enabled, “enter psw...

  • Page 10

    General operation 10 may 2002 part no. 002-5100-100 to lock the keypad, simply press the keypad lock option key. Then to unlock the keypad again, press and hold this key until a tone sounds (approxi- mately 1 second). With dtmf keypad models, the dtmf keys can also be totally disabled by programming...

  • Page 11: Radio-Wide Features

    Radio-wide features 11 may 2002 part no. 002-5100-100 transmit on a channel fixed in the “secure” mode by programming, “sec only” is displayed and trans- mitting is not permitted. Conversely, if the “secure” mode is selected and the channel is fixed in the “clear” mode, “clear only” is displayed and...

  • Page 12

    Radio-wide features 12 may 2002 part no. 002-5100-100 4. Press the up/down switch to highlight the desired mode. Then select the f2 key to select that mode. 5. To step back to the previous level or exit the menu mode, press the f1 (clear) key. Time-out timer the time-out timer disables the transmitt...

  • Page 13

    Radio-wide features 13 may 2002 part no. 002-5100-100 home zone select if the home zone option key or menu parameter is programmed, it can be used to quickly select the preprogrammed home zone. The transceiver is also programmed so that when power is turned on, the home or last selected zone is auto...

  • Page 14

    Radio-wide features 14 may 2002 part no. 002-5100-100 scan resume delay when a message is received or transmitted while scanning, there is a delay before scanning resumes. The delay after receiving a call prevents another message from being received before a response can be made. The delay after tra...

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    Radio-wide features 15 may 2002 part no. 002-5100-100 selecting a scan list conventional operation - the scan list is user select- able if the scan (list) select option key or menu parameter is programmed. Otherwise, it is a fixed list. Changing a list with this option key or menu param- eter is tem...

  • Page 16: Conventional Mode Features

    16 may 2002 part no. 002-5100-100 conventional mode features conventional mode features introduction an overview of conventional operation is located on page 10. The following information describes the features unique to conventional operation, both analog and digital (project 25). Refer to the prec...

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    Conventional mode features 17 may 2002 part no. 002-5100-100 tone (nac) - if the detected call guard or nac (project 25) squelch coding is incorrect, the trans- mitter is disabled when the ptt switch is pressed. If busy channel override is permitted by programming, it is possible to transmit when th...

  • Page 18

    Conventional mode features 18 may 2002 part no. 002-5100-100 does not key. When the penalty timer expires, a beep sounds and the transmitter can be keyed. Conversation timer a conversation timer can be programmed on conventional systems in addition to the time-out timer described on page 12. This ti...

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    Conventional mode features 19 may 2002 part no. 002-5100-100 changing the priority channel if a priority channel is associated with the current scan list, it can be permanently changed using the priority option key or menu parameter as follows. 1. Make sure scanning is disabled ( icon not displayed)...

  • Page 20

    Conventional mode features 20 may 2002 part no. 002-5100-100 or the f2 key. If talk group selection has been disabled on the channel by programming, “no list” is displayed, a tone sounds, and no change occurs. Unit calls unit calls (also called individual calls) can be placed to a specific radio on ...

  • Page 21

    Conventional mode features 21 may 2002 part no. 002-5100-100 on the keypad programming parameters is located in the following sections. Figure 6 keypad programming menu flow- chart zone password each zone can be programmed so that the correct password must then be entered before system or channel pa...

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    Conventional mode features 22 may 2002 part no. 002-5100-100 conv timer - selects the conversation timer. Press the up/down switch to decrement/increment the timer in 30-second steps, or disable it by selecting 0 seconds. When the desired value is displayed, store it by pressing the f2 key. Channel ...

  • Page 23: Smartnet/smartzone Features

    23 may 2002 part no. 002-5100-100 smartnet/smartzone features smartnet/smartzone features introduction an overview of the smartnet/smartzone operating mode is located on page 10. The following information describes the features unique to the smartnet and smartzone modes of operation. Refer to the “r...

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    Smartnet/smartzone features 24 may 2002 part no. 002-5100-100 private (unit-to-unit) calls general private calls allow calls to be placed to a specific mobile unit. Either the enhanced private conversa- tion™ or private conversation ii™ modes may be programmed depending on the capabilities of the ra...

  • Page 25

    Smartnet/smartzone features 25 may 2002 part no. 002-5100-100 • if your transceiver does not have the proper encryption key, “keyfail” is displayed and the call must be made in the clear mode by pressing the clear/secure option key (if strapped to switch- able). Otherwise, load the correct key. 4. W...

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    Smartnet/smartzone features 26 may 2002 part no. 002-5100-100 • if the system is busy when a response is made, “busy” is displayed and the busy tone sounds. Placing and receiving telephone calls the telephone call feature allows telephone calls to be placed and received over the public telephone sys...

  • Page 27

    Smartnet/smartzone features 27 may 2002 part no. 002-5100-100 • if your transceiver does not have the proper encryption key, “keyfail” is displayed and the call must be made in the clear mode (use the clear/ secure option key or menu parameter). 4. When the telephone call is finished or if it could ...

  • Page 28

    Smartnet/smartzone features 28 may 2002 part no. 002-5100-100 messaging the messaging feature allows preprogrammed messages to be sent to a dispatcher. Up to 16 messages can be preprogrammed, and they are identified by an alias. If a message option key or menu parameter is programmed, messages are s...

  • Page 29

    Smartnet/smartzone features 29 may 2002 part no. 002-5100-100 “emergncy” is indicated in the display for 3 seconds. 2. To place the emergency call, manually press the ptt switch and begin speaking as with a standard call. All group calls which follow are then emer- gency calls (private, telephone, a...

  • Page 30: Supervisory Tones

    Supervisory tones 30 may 2002 part no. 002-5100-100 smartzone features introduction as described on page 10, the smartzone mode provides wide area coverage by allowing roaming between smartnet and conventional sites. Smart- zone operation is the same as smartnet with the following additional feature...

  • Page 31

    Supervisory tones 31 may 2002 part no. 002-5100-100 • an out-of-range condition exists (smartnet/ smartzone only). • a transmission is being attempted before the penalty timer has expired (page 17). • dynamic regrouping has been exited but the dynamic regrouping channel is still selected (page 29). ...

  • Page 32: Index

    32 may 2002 part no. 002-5100-100 index index a accessory connector 8 alert tone 14 antenna connector 8 b backlight 10 battery 8 busy indicator 17 busy override 31 c call alert (paging) 28 call guard squelch 18 channel display 10 channel select 10 channel switch 8 conventional mode 11 conversation t...

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    Index 33 may 2002 part no. 002-5100-100 selecting a scan list 16 site id (smartzone) 31 site locking/unlocking 31 smartnet mode 11 smartzone mode 11 speaker 7 squelch code select 18 squelch, setting 11 standard calls (conventional) 20 standard calls (smartnet/ smartzone) 24 status messages (smartnet...

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    Part number 002-5100-100cd 5-02hph printed in u.S.A..