Icom F3260 Series Manual

Manual is about: IDAS Technical Tips

Summary of F3260 Series

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    Idas™ technical tips “action of the tx / rx led” ic-f3160/f3260 series handheld radio and ic-f5060 series mobile radio.

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    Ttx-f3160/f5060-v1.0 2 foreword the subscriber radio for the nxdn tm idas tm multisite trunked system works slightly different than the radio for a conventional system. For example, it sometimes transmits a signal even if you do not press [ptt]. Or sometimes it does not transmit even if you press [p...

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    Ttx-f3160/f5060-v1.0 3 table of contents 1 introduction ………………..…………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 4 tx / rx led ..……………….……………………………………………………………………………………………………… 4 location of the tx / rx led ………………………………………………………………………………………………… 4 2 registering the radio ……………………………………………………………………………………………………...

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    Ttx-f3160/f5060-v1.0 4 1 introduction every idas tm transceiver has tx / rx led indicators showing the radio status to the operator. This is common with icom’s traditional analog fm radio or idas tm radios configured for conventional or trunked systems. The basic indications are described in the fol...

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    Ttx-f3160/f5060-v1.0 5 2 registering the radio the following timing chart and text explains the working theory of registration after you have turned on the radio. It takes approximately 10 seconds after you turn on the radio to complete the registration process, if there are no other radios trying t...

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    Ttx-f3160/f5060-v1.0 6 2 registering the radio (continued) ■ site id tx cycle (uc-fr5000) default value: 5 seconds selectable range: 3 to 10 seconds set the time interval to transmit the [site id] from the [collect repeater] and the [home repeater] of a multi-site trunked mode site. Use the default ...

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    Ttx-f3160/f5060-v1.0 7 3 standing by after the radio has successfully finished registering, it moves to a repeater assigned as the [home repeater] and enters the standby mode. Preprogrammed channel text is displayed on the radio’s lcd. The led blinks green every several seconds. The led blinking def...

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    Ttx-f3160/f5060-v1.0 8 4 receiving a call when the radio receives an incoming call from another radio in the same talkgroup, the led lights green and audio is heard from speaker. Depending on preprogrammed settings, the lcd backlight is turned on, beeps are heard from the speaker along with the inco...

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    Ttx-f3160/f5060-v1.0 9 4 receiving a call (continued) ■ ringer on receive (cs-f3160/f5060) default: off selectable options: null: ringer sound (or non sound) is retained even when the digital squelch opens. Off: ringer sound is turned off. Pi: 1 high ring sounds once. Pipi: 2 high rings sound once. ...

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    Ttx-f3160/f5060-v1.0 10 5 home repeater busy if the repeater assigned as the [home repeater] is occupied by another subscriber radio or other talkgroup than the one you belong to, the tx/rx led also lights green. However no sound is heard from the speaker, the lcd backlights are not turned on, and t...

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    Ttx-f3160/f5060-v1.0 11 6 initiating a call after the radio successfully finishes the registration, hold down the [ptt] to initiate a call. It takes approximately 320 milliseconds to establish a handshake to talk, if the radio is within the service area and there is no retry. Action of the tx/rx led...

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    Ttx-f3160/f5060-v1.0 12 7 call retry after holding down the [ptt] to initiate a call, if there is no acknowledgement from the repeater, the radio sends the [call request] again. If the retry count exceeds the number of attempted retries, the radio stops sending a [call request]. At the same time, an...

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