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E.F. Johnson Company 5300 Series Operating manual - 53Xx Series Mobile

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    Digital/analog mobile radio operating manual 5300 s eries m obile r adio vhf/uhf/800 mh z a nalog and p roject 25 (d igital ) c onventional smartnet ® /s mart z one ® and p roject 25 t runked 13.6 vdc 10-50 or 50-100 watts (vhf); 15 watts (uhf) 10-35 watts (800 mhz) part no.: 242-53xx-xxx june 2003 ...

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    2 safety information safety information the fcc has adopted a safety standard for human expo- sure to rf energy. Proper operation of this radio under normal conditions results in user exposure to rf energy below the occupational safety and health act and federal communication commission limits. Warn...

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    53xx series mobile operating manual vhf/uhf/800 mhz analog conventional project 25 (digital) conventional and trunked smartnet ® /smartzone ® analog and digital copyright© 2003 by the efjohnson company the efjohnson company, which was founded in 1923, provides wireless communication systems solution...

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    4 table of contents table of contents safety information fcc exposure limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1 features 1.1 general features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 1.2 conventional features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 1.3 smartnet/...

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    Table of contents 5 5 smartnet/smartzone/p25 trunked features 5.1 introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 5.2 analog and digital operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 5.3 viewing unit id . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 5.4 standard gr...

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    6 features section 1 features note: the availability of many of the following features is controlled by factory coding of your trans- ceiver, installed options, and field programming. Refer to section 9 for more information. 1.1 general features • programmable for the following modes of operation: –...

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    Controls and display 7 1.4 project 25 trunked features • up to 256 talk groups programmable (channels select talk groups) • group and unit calls • emergency alarms to alert dispatcher of emergency conditions • emergency calls for high priority system access • failsoft operation on a predefined conve...

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    8 controls and display figure 2-2 rear panel jacks figure 2-3 front panel display remote control unit jack accessory jack antenna jack dc power jack optional telephone/special call channel encryption 10-character alphanumeric display zone no. Status display chnl no. Scan edit mode the display) can b...

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    Controls and display 9 as the channel frequency, id numbers, and status and error messages. Zone number - indicates the currently selected zone from 1 up to 16. A zone is a collection of channels that can be any combination of the conventional, p25 trunked, and smartnet/smartzone types. Channel numb...

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    10 general operation section 3 general operation 3.1 turning power on and setting volume 3.1.1 power on/off when power is turned on and off by pressing the on-off/volume knob. When power is turned on, the radio goes through a self test. When that is success- fully completed, the unit id is briefly d...

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    General operation 11 switch above the display and then press the first option switch above the display. Then release both switches and turn the select switch until the best contrast is obtained. This function times out in 3-5 seconds. Note: if the display appears blank or all icons are continuously ...

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    General operation 12 table 3-1 programmable option switch functions suggested key label function available in mode: see descript. In section: conv. Proj 25 trk smartnet smartzone tones alert tones on-off x x x x 3.11 bklht backlight on-off x x x x 3.3 alert call alert select x x x x 5.7 resp call re...

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    General operation 13 frequently used zone and channel. The transceiver is also programmed so that either the home or last selected zone/channel is automatically selected when power is turned on (see section 3.1). 3.10 power output select each conventional channel and smartnet/ smartzone and p25 trun...

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    General operation 14 vehicle ignition switch. When it is enabled, “horn on” is briefly displayed, and when it is disabled, “horn off” is briefly displayed. It defaults to the off mode whenever power is turned on. • if a power turn-off delay is programmed as just described, it is functional during th...

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    General operation 15 • to turn scanning off, press the scan option switch again. On conventional channels, this may also select another list, so several presses may be required (see section 4.11). Scanning is disabled when “scan off” is briefly displayed and is no longer indicated in the status disp...

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    General operation 16 2. The channel is then deleted and scanning of the remaining channels in the scan list resumes. 3. Deleted channels are added back into the scan list if any of the following events occur: • scanning is turned off and then on again using the scan switch. • transceiver power is tu...

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    General operation 17 on a list, “no edit” is momentarily displayed and it cannot be edited (conventional channels only). 4. Select the channel you want to add or delete by rotating the select switch. After the last channel in the current zone is displayed, the first valid channel in the next zone is...

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    General operation 18 include roaming (smartzone only), telephone*, private, and emergency calls, call alert ™ , and messaging. Either analog or digital signaling may be used. When a smartnet or smartzone channel is selected or the radio is powered up on one of those channels, it searches for a contr...

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    Conventional features 19 announcement group, emergency group, and other parameters unique to that talk group. A maximum of up to approximately 256 channels can be programmed with the preceding modes. These channels can belong to a single system or multiple systems. The maximum number is also limited...

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    Conventional features 20 1. To monitor the transmit frequency for activity before transmitting, briefly press the mon option switch. The display then indicates “mon” (see figure 2-3 on page 8) and the receiver unsquelches. 2. To monitor the receive frequency instead, press and hold the mon option sw...

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    Conventional features 21 band which starts at 300 hz. In addition, tones 11 (97.4 hz), 39 (69.3 hz), 40 (206.5 hz), 41 229.1 hz), and 42 (254.1 hz) are normally not used because they may cause interference with adjacent tones. A reverse burst is transmitted when the push-to- talk switch is released ...

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    Conventional features 22 4.7 conversation timer a conversation timer can be programmed on conventional systems in addition to the time-out timer (see section 3.8). This timer limits that total length of a conversation rather than just the length of each trans- mission as with the time-out timer. The...

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    Conventional features 23 2. When the emergency alarm is acknowledged, “ack rcvd” is briefly displayed and the emergency acknowledge tone (two beeps) sounds. This alert tone can be disabled if desired. Silent operation may also be programmed in which case no tone sounds and there is no indication tha...

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    Conventional features 24 4.11.4 priority channel sampling note: the following describes priority sampling when scanning conventional channels. Priority sampling when scanning smartnet/smartzone/p25 trunked channels is described in section 5.12.2. General the priority channel sampling feature ensures...

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    Conventional features 25 2. Select the channel that you want to be the priority channel using the select switch in the normal manner. If the channel is in a different zone, also select the appropriate zone. 3. Press the pri sel option switch and “priority” is briefly displayed to indicate that the s...

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    Conventional features 26 receive the call. A call is received on a channel if a selected or scanned channel is programmed with that id and the correct nac is detected (see following). Group ids can be any number from 0-65,535. Group id detect can be disabled by the normal/selective squelch function ...

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    Conventional features 27 response can then be made without changing the selected channel. • if no unit call has been programmed with the id of the calling mobile, a response may have to be made in the standard mode. • if the call timer times out (set by programming) or the channel is changed before ...

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    Conventional features 28 4.14.8 status messaging the status messaging feature* allows you to manually or automatically send your current status to your dispatcher on p25 channels. Up to eight status conditions can be preprogrammed, and they are identi- fied by an alias. If the status option switch i...

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    Conventional features 29 the eight-digit password must then be entered by rotating and pressing the select switch. After the correct password is entered, the parameters for that zone can be reprogrammed normally. 4.15.4 zone change parameter the “chng zone” menu parameter selects the zone containing...

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    Conventional features 30 the displayed code is stored after the last digit is programmed. If an invalid code is entered, a beep sounds, “invalid” is briefly displayed, and the editing mode continues to be selected. Tx code - selects the transmit codes the same as rx code above. Squelch control (proj...

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    31 smartnet/smartzone/p25 trunked features section 5 smartnet/smartzone/p25 trunked features 5.1 introduction an overview of the smartnet/smartzone and p25 trunked operating modes is located in section 3.19. The following information describes the features unique to these modes of operation. Refer t...

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    Smartnet/smartzone/p25 trunked features 32 5.4.3 receiving a standard group call calls are received on only the talk group and/or announcement group programmed for the selected channel (with scanning disabled). When the selected channel is programmed with both talk and announce- ment groups, only th...

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    Smartnet/smartzone/p25 trunked features 33 av ai la bl e w ith fu tu re re le as e 4. When the call is finished or is not answered, end it by pressing the call option switch and placing the microphone back on-hook. 5.5.3 placing a standard private conversation call 1. Momentarily press the call (pri...

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    Smartnet/smartzone/p25 trunked features 34 av ai la bl e w ith fu tu re re le as e • if the access is successful, a dial tone sounds and the dialed number is displayed and sent. Either ringing or a busy signal is then heard as with a standard telephone call. When the called party answers, press the ...

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    Smartnet/smartzone/p25 trunked features 35 call option switch and placing the microphone back on-hook. Initiating a page 1. With a smartnet/smartzone or p25 trunked channel selected, momentarily press the alert option switch. The tag (alias) of the last id called is displayed. 2. If required, rotate...

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    Smartnet/smartzone/p25 trunked features 36 5.10.2 emergency alarms an emergency alarm is a special data transmis- sion on the selected talk group that alerts a dispatcher of an emergency situation (an emergency tone usually sounds at the console). Proceed as follows to activate an emergency alarm: 1...

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    Smartnet/smartzone/p25 trunked features 37 tion, nuisance channels can be temporarily deleted as described in section 3.17.6. • each talk group is programmed to select one of the programmed scan lists or “no list” (scanning is disabled). If scanning is enabled and the selected channel does not permi...

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    Smartnet/smartzone/p25 trunked features 38 group only. If it is assigned as a normal talk group, normal transmissions are allowed. 5.14 smartzone and p25 trunking unique features 5.14.1 introduction as described in section 3.19.3, the smartzone ® mode provides wide area coverage by allowing roaming ...

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    39 miscellaneous section 6 miscellaneous 6.1 supervisory tones single beep (alert tone) • power was turned on and a successful power-up sequence occurred (see “turning power on and setting volume” on page 10). • the time-out timer is about to expire or the penalty timer has expired (page 11). • the ...

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    Miscellaneous 40 radio was set up, not to any programming that a user can perform. If a feature is controlled by a front panel option switch and that switch is not available, it is probably not available. An exception is keypad programming which can allow the user to reprogram several conventional c...

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    41 secure communication (encryption) section 8 secure communication (encryption) 8.1 general 8.1.1 introduction this transceiver may be equipped to provide secure communication on some or all channels. This feature encrypts the voice so that it can be understood only by someone using a transceiver e...

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    Secure communication (encryption) 42 the following calls require their own encryption key selection: emergency, failsoft, patch, telephone, private, and system-wide. 8.1.4 fips and non-fips modes fips 140-2 is a federal information processing standard that was recently approved by the united states ...

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    Secure communication (encryption) 43 transmitted in the clear mode (this is possible only if the channel is strapped to “switchable”) or the key must be loaded. 8.1.7 460 scrambling the 460 scrambling protocol is a proprietary transcrypt protocol that is compatible with the stand- alone scrambling o...

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    Secure communication (encryption) 44 what are encryption keys? An encryption key is a cryptographic variable that is required by the encryption algorithm to encrypt and decrypt voice or data. To maintain system security, these keys must be protected from disclosure and also periodically replaced or ...

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    Secure communication (encryption) 45 selves be encrypted by the currently active tek. There are keks unique to a subscriber unit (ukek) and common to a group (ckek). The other type of key is the traffic encryption key (tek) used to encrypt voice and data messages. Key id - this is a 16-bit (four hex...

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    Secure communication (encryption) 46 zeroize - the process of deleting all keys from a compromised subscriber unit to disable it. To make the unit functional again, the keys must be reloaded by the kvl. 8.2.3 encryption algorithms data encryption standard (des) - this is a symmetric key algorithm in...

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    Secure communication (encryption) 47 figure 8-2 key selection example keyset id 2 algorithm id update item (opt) time/date (opt) keyset name (opt) sln 23 sln 25 keyset id 1 algorithm id update item (opt) time/date (opt) keyset name (opt) key #21: key id 54 storage loc. Sln 24 sln 22 sln 21 number (c...

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    Secure communication (encryption) 48 • loading new keys • modifying keys • initiating keyset switch overs • modifying keyset attributes • deleting one or more keys to remove a radio from a cryptonet) • deleting all keys (zeroize) when a radio may be lost or compromised • determining if a radio is on...

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    Secure communication (encryption) 49 3. Enter the 8-byte ukek (overwrite = yes if requested) and load ckr 61440 into the radio. 4. Load the proper target rsi into the radio using the kvl. This should be decimally equivalent to xx xx xx in section . This step should not be needed if it is the first t...

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    Secure communication (encryption) 50 no ack - no response was received from the kmf in response to an identify request before time out occurred (approximately 30 seconds). Ack rcvd - an acknowledgement was received in response to an identify request. No service - a “no service” reply was received fr...

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    51 determining available options section 9 determining available options 9.1 general this manual describes the operation of all features that are currently available for the 53xx trans- ceiver. However, many of these features are optional and therefore may not be available in your radio. For example...

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    Determining available options 52 smartnet analog or digital operation with encryption encryption options - des and/or des xl (analog), des-ofb (digital) trunking options - smartnet trunking figure 9-1 pcconfigure radio options screen (53xx).

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    53 index 460 scrambling 43 a aes encryption 41 alias 11 alphanumeric display 8 analog and digital operation 31 ani signaling 25 antenna 2 b backlight 10 battery discharge 40 busy channel lockout 20 , 25 busy indicator 19 busy override 38 c call alert (p25 conv) 27 call alert (paging) 34 call guard s...

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    54 key select 42 lock (site lock) 38 message 27 monitor 9 msg (message) 35 normal/selective 20 otar rekey request 49 phone 33 , 34 pri sel (priority select) 25 prog (keypad programming) 28 resp (call response) 33 rta (repeater talk-around) 22 rws (radio wide scan) 15 scan 14 , 15 scan 23 scn ed (sca...

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    Part number 002-5300-008cd 6-03 printed in u.S.A..