EFJohnson FM Portable Radio Intrinsically-Safe SMARTNET, SmartZone Conventional manual

1 7700 Series FM Port able Radio Intrinsically-Safe SMARTN ET ™ , SmartZone ® Conventional OPERA TING MANU AL[...]

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LAND MOBILE PRODUCT W ARRANTY - The manufacture r ’ s warrant y statement for thi s product is ava ilable fro m your pro duct supplie r or from t he E.F . Johnson Co mpany , 299 Johnson A venue, Box 1249, W aseca, MN 560 93-0514. Phone (507) 835-6222 . Copyright © 2000 b y the E.F . Johnso n Company The E.F . Johnson Company , which was fo unded[...]

SAFETY INFORMA TION 4 SAFETY INFORMA TION The FCC has adopte d a safet y standar d for huma n expos ure to RF e ner gy . Proper op erati on of thi s radio un der normal condit ions resu lts in user exposure to RF ener gy bel ow the Occ upational Safety an d Health Act and Fede ral Co mm unica tion C omm issi on li mits . W A RNING • DO NOT allow [...]

O THE R IMPORT ANT OPERA TING INFORMA TION 5 • DO NOT use acce ssori es that ha ve not bee n approved by the Fac tory Mutua l Corpo rat ion for u se wi th this trans ceiv er . NOTE: The abov e warnin g list is no t intende d to in clude all hazar ds that may be enco unter ed when usin g this rad io. This devi ce complie s with Part 15 of the FCC [...]

FEA TURES 6 FEA TURES General Features • 16 Zones wi th 16 Cha nnels per Zone (256 Chan nels T otal) • Home Zone Select • Radio-W ide Scan • T ime-O ut T i mer • LCD 8-Charac ter Alphan umeric Display wit h 12 S tatus Annuncia tors Con ventional Features • Channel Sc an with User Progra mmable Sca n List s • Priori ty Channel Sam plin[...]

T ABLE OF CONTENTS 7 T ABLE OF CONT ENTS SAFETY INFORMATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 OTHER IMPORTANT OPERATING INFORMATION . . . . . . 5 FEATURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 General Featur es . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

T ABLE OF CONTENTS 8 Conversati on Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Repeater Tal k-Around . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Power Output Select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Conventional Mode S canning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

OPTION SWITCH FUNCTIONS 9 OPTION SWITCH FUNCTI ONS The progr ammable opti on swit ches are AUX an d FCN on the si de panel a nd F1/F2 /F3 on 3-k ey models a nd F1/F2 /F3/*/# o n 15-ke y models as shown a bove. The availabl e functi ons for e ach ope rating mode and th e page on which e ach funct ion is desc ribed are l isted in th e follo wing tabl[...]

OPTION SWITCH FUNCTIONS 10 SM AR TNET /S MAR TZONE MO DE Switch Function See Page Backlight 17 Call A lert 44 Call Res ponse 41 Emerg ency 47 Home Zone 19 Keypad Lock 18 Message 45 Phone 41 Private Call 36, 39 Radio W ide Scan 21 Scan 21 Site Lock (SmartZone only) 50 Site Sea rch (Sma rtZone only ) 49 Sta tu s 46 To n e s O n - O f f 2 0 Zone 18[...]

CONTROLS AND DISPLA Y 11 CONTR OLS AND DISPLA Y T op P anel Contr ols On-O ff V olum e - T urning th is knob cl ockwise tur ns power on and set s the volu me level . T urning it countercl ockwis e to the de tent turns power of f. Channel Sel ect Switch - Sele cts up to 1 6 preprogr ammed channel s. Antenna Jack - Connec tion point for the antenn a.[...]

CONTROLS AND DISPLA Y 12 Side Contr ols AUX (Auxil iary) - Th is is a dealer progra mmable switch t hat ca n control various f uncti ons (see p age 9). W ith the lim ited key pad (3- key) ve rsion , it i s also the CLR key . P TT (Push -T o-T alk) - Th is swit ch is press ed to turn the tra nsmitter on. The red TX indica tor on the top pane l light[...]

CONTROLS AND DISPLA Y 13 Front P anel Ke ys (3-K e y Model) F1, F2, F3 - Ea ch of thes e keys can b e programmed b y your de aler to control a spec ific fu nction (s ee page 9). Thes e keys are also u sed in menus t o scro ll le ft ( ), scr oll righ t ( ), and for t he Enter ( ENT ) functi on. In addit ion, the t op key o n the side ( AU X ) functi[...]

CONTROLS AND DISPLA Y 14 Fr ont P anel Keys (15-K ey Model) 0 - 9 - These keys enter a number when ever nu mber entry i s req uired. F1 - Progr ammable by your deal er to cont rol a specifi c functio n (see page 9). F2 - Progr ammable by your deal er to cont rol a spe cific f unction. I n additi on, in menus, i t pro vides the Clear ( CLR) functi o[...]

CONTROLS AND DISPLA Y 15 Displa y The fo llowing i nformat ion is indic ated by the displ ay: Alphanumeric Display - Th is ei ght-char acter ar ea of the d ispla y indi- cates a lphanume ric messag es and fea ture s electio n inform ation. S - Indic ates tha t standar d scanning is enabl ed (see pa ge 20). S tandard and radi o wide scan ning ca nno[...]

GENERAL OPERA TION 16 - The conven tiona l monitor mod e is en abled (pa ge 26). P - The s elect ed c onve ntion al cha nnel is a pri ori ty cha nnel ( page 32). LO W - Low tr ansmit power is sele cted on a conventi onal chan nel (page 29) . BUSY - A busy sys tem or tr ansmit chann el is being de tecte d by the Busy Channel Loc kout feat ure (page [...]

GENERAL OPERA TION 17 The rela tive volume le vel can be deter mined by noting the posit ion of the i ndex on the On-Of f/V olume knob. T o enable a re fere nce ton e for setti ng the volu me, proce ed as foll ows: • If key pr ess ton es are enab led (s ee page 20), a sho rt ton e sounds when front p anel ke ys are pr essed. • If a con ventiona[...]

GENERAL OPERA TION 18 dealer to deter mine how you r swit ches have b een pro grammed. If no option s witch h as been programme d to contr ol a part icula r functi on, that functi on may not be a vailabl e or may b e in a fixed mod e. K eypad Loc k If the Keypad Lo ck option swi tch has be en prog rammed, th e keypad can be lo cked (d isabl ed) to [...]

GENERAL OPERA TION 19 Zone Select A zone is a group of u p to any 16 conventi onal and SMAR TNET/ SmartZone c hannels de fined by dealer programming. Up to 16 z ones can be progr ammed for a total o f 16 x 16 or 2 56 chann els. One use of zone s may be to s elect gr oups of cha nnels p rogrammed for operati on in dif ferent geogra phical ar eas or [...]

GENERAL OPERA TION 20 time, the tran smitter i s disa bled and a n inval id condit ion to ne sounds. Five sec onds befor e time-out occurs, a n alert t one sounds t o indica te tha t time-out is appro aching . The ti mer and tone are r eset by re leasi ng the P TT switch. One use of this fea ture is to prev ent a chan nel from bei ng kept busy for [...]

GENERAL OPERA TION 21 wide scanni ng is occurri ng, radio wid e scanning is automat ically di sabled and vice versa. More inf ormation o n these modes foll ows. Standard Scan ning S tandard scanning moni tors only channe ls th at are th e same t ype as that cu rrently selected . Therefor e, if a con venti onal channe l is sel ected, only conv entio[...]

GENERAL OPERA TION 22 • T o turn radio wide sca nning of f, press the Radi o W ide Scan option switch a gain. The icon is then no longer i ndica ted and “R WS OFF” is di splayed br iefly . • If the zone or cha nnel is ch anged whi le radio wide scanni ng, scannin g conti nues normal ly . Scan Resume Dela y When a messa ge is re ceived or t [...]

GENERAL OPERA TION 23 Determining Which Channels are in Scan List Channels in the st andard SMAR TNET/SmartZone a nd radio wi de lists are not i ndicated . W ith convent ional chan nels, the selec ted channe l is in t he curre nt scan li st if t he box icon (a round “ S ”) is indic ated in the up per le ft co rner of the displ ay . Nuisance Cha[...]

GENERAL OPERA TION 24 Conv entional Operat ion This is a non-t runked oper atio n mode which ac cesses independe nt radio c hannels (there is no a utomatic a ccess to several chann els as wit h trunked operatio n). Mon itoring before tr ansmit ting may not occur auto- matical ly in th is mode , so you may have t o manually monitor the channel befor[...]

CONVENTIONAL FEA TURES 25 CONVENTIONAL FEA TUR ES Intr oduction The fo llowing i nformation descr ibes feat ures unique to t he conven- tional operati ng mode (s ee brief descript ion on pre ceding page). Refe r to the pr ece ding “Gen eral O perat ion” sect ion fo r info rmat ion on fea tures common to all o perating modes, and to the SMAR TNE[...]

CONVENTIONAL FEA TURES 26 Auto matic C hann el Mon itori ng If the selected channel i s programmed f or Busy Chann el Lock out featur e (consul t your dealer), monitor ing is performed automatic ally . Refer t o the de scription o f thi s feature on page 27 f or more informati on. Manual Channel Mon itoring The automat ic monit oring jus t describ [...]

CONVENTIONAL FEA TURES 27 (approxi mately 1 s econd). Thi s functio n may be usef ul, for example, during weak signal condition s if inter mittent squ elching makes a message dif ficult to und erstand. Busy Channel Lock out The Busy Channel Locko ut fea ture (al so calle d T rans mit Disabl e On Busy ) auto mati cally disab les th e tra nsm itter i[...]

CONVENTIONAL FEA TURES 28 Call Guar d Squelc h Enable/Di sable T o disable Cal l Guard ( Selec tive) sq uelch so that all messa ges on the select ed or scanne d channe ls are hea rd, pres s the Normal/ Selec tive opti on switch i f prog rammed. Then to re-en able Cal l Guard sq uelch, pre ss the Normal/Se lecti ve switch again. When Call Guar d squ[...]

CONVENTIONAL FEA TURES 29 when the P TT switch is rele ased afte r the transmitt er has been disa bled. I f the P TT switch is press ed duri ng the pen alty t ime, th e time-out indicat ion occurs a gain. A beep sounds whe n the penal ty timer expires a nd the trans mitte r ca n then be ke yed. Con versation Timer A conversa tion ti mer can be pr o[...]

CONVENTIONAL FEA TURES 30 opposit e occur s with the low power sett ing. Wh en the low p ower is select ed on the c urrent channel, “LOW” is in dicat ed continu ously n ear the bott om of th e display . Pressi ng the High/ Low Power swit ch toggles the po wer setti ng. The new l evel i s fla shed i n the d ispla y whe n this swit ch is p resse [...]

CONVENTIONAL FEA TURES 31 Progr amming a Scan List When ful l keypad ( 15-key) mode ls, each o f the t hree sca n lists i s user pr ogrammable i f the Scan E dit opti on switch i s programmed and user pr ogramming of t he list is allowe d. Scan lis t programmin g is not availa ble wit h limited keypad (3- key) mode ls. Procee d as fo llows to progr[...]

CONVENTIONAL FEA TURES 32 • Priorit y channel (see f ollowing d escripti on) • Selected channel • Channel of a call i f the res ponse is mad e before s cannin g resumes Priorit y Channel Sampling General The prior ity c hannel sa mpling f eature en sures tha t when s tandard scannin g, message s on th e priori ty chan nel are not missed whil [...]

CONVENTIONAL FEA TURES 33 Standar d Con venti onal Calls S tandard convention al cal ls are c alls to o r from o ther mobil e units on th e select ed chann el. The p roper code d Call Gu ard signa ling (see page 27) may need t o be tr ansmitte d for t hem to rece ive you r call an d also fo r you to recei ve their c alls . Procee d as follo ws to p[...]

SMAR TNET/SMARTZONE FE A TURES 34 DTMF/ANI Signaling DTMF (Dual T one Multi-Fr equency) t ones can be genera ted manually or aut omaticall y for ANI (Aut omatic Number Identif ication ) and other purpo ses. The fol lowing options may be enabled by deal er programmin g for e ach convent ional channel: DTMF Keypad - Pres sing 0-9, * , or # on t he ke[...]

SMARTNE T/SMARTZONE FEA TURES 35 Standar d Group Call s S tandard group call s are between you a nd anot her mobile , group of mobiles, or a con trol sta tion (a r adio at a fixed lo catio n). Most cal ls you make will p roba bly be thi s type . Placing a S tandard Gr oup Call 1. T urn power on and s et the vol ume as de scribed on page 16. Sel ect[...]

SMAR TNET/SMARTZONE FE A TURES 36 Enhanced Priv ate Con versation Call s General Privat e call s allow you to pla ce a call to a s pecific mobile u nit. Either t he Enhance d Private Conv ersat ion™ or Priv ate Conve rsation I I™ modes may be p rogrammed depending o n the capab ilitie s of the r adio system. The Enhanced Pr ivate Conve rsati on[...]

SMARTNE T/SMARTZONE FEA TURES 37 Direct En try Method ( Full Key pad Models Onl y) 1. W ith a SMAR TNET/SmartZo ne channel selected , press and hold t he Privat e Call opti on swit ch until a tone sou nds (ap proximatel y 1 second). The las t ID ca lled is d isplayed, and the priva te call mode is indicat ed by “ C ” i n the up per part o f the[...]

SMAR TNET/SMARTZONE FE A TURES 38 • If the ca lled p arty answer s but th e radio syst em is bus y , four l ow tones sound and “BUSY” and “W AIT” ar e alter nately di splayed. Whe n the system i s no longer busy , the called party automatic ally responds . • If an out -of-ra nge cond ition exi sts or t he radio s ystem is no t in servic[...]

SMARTNE T/SMARTZONE FEA TURES 39 the cal l bac k tone (f our beeps ) is hea rd and your radi o auto maticall y start s tran smitting. Press the P TT switch to continue t he cal l. • T o ignore an in coming call , press t he CLR key or wait 20 secon ds until t he re curring un it call tone s tops so unding. NOTE: I f the CLR key is p r ogrammed fo[...]

SMAR TNET/SMARTZONE FE A TURES 40 2. Enter the in dex of the des ired ID if you know it or scrol l through the li st using th e and keys until you find th e desire d ID. Press t he CLR key to ca ncel the call. 3. P ress th e P TT switc h to init iate the ca ll. T he disp lay t hen ind ica tes the alias of the des tinat ion radio . W ait appr oximat[...]

SMARTNE T/SMARTZONE FEA TURES 41 Receiving a Priv ate Conv ersati on II Call Unit-t o-unit ca lls a re autom aticall y receive d if a SMAR TNET/ SmartZone c hannel is sele cted. Proce ed as fol lows: 1. When a c all is r eceived, a n aler t tone sou nds and the calle r ’ s voice is heard. W hile voic e is hear d, “ C ” is indicat ed in the u [...]

SMAR TNET/SMARTZONE FE A TURES 42 Lis t Entr y Met hod 1. W ith a SMAR TNET/SmartZo ne channel selected , momentaril y press the Phone opti on switch. The phone mode is indicat ed by the icon, and the displ ay indi cates t he al ias o f the l ast cal led tel ephone number if it is in y our phon e number lis t. Otherwi se, the last cal led tel ephon[...]

SMARTNE T/SMARTZONE FEA TURES 43 telepho ne number a nd the normal ringing or busy ton e is heard. Any of the fol lowing cond ition s may then oc cur . • After the ca lled part y answ ers, press the P T T sw itch to talk a nd releas e it to li sten. Y ou cannot talk and l isten at the same t ime b ecause the rad io can not trans mit an d rece ive[...]

SMAR TNET/SMARTZONE FE A TURES 44 3. T o end the call when the conversa tion is compl ete or at any oth er time, press t he CLR key . Also pres s the CLR key to ign ore an in coming c all and end it wit hout answeri ng. NOTE: If the CLR key is pr ogrammed for the Phone funct ion, it wil l not cl ear the cal l. Call Alert The Call Al ert™ fe ature[...]

SMARTNE T/SMARTZONE FEA TURES 45 2. Using t he 0-9 ke ys, ente r the 6-digi t ID of the unit yo u are calling. Press the key to era se the la st di git enter ed or pre ss th e CLR key to cancel the pa ge. 3. Press th e P TT swit ch or th e ENT key to send t he page. If the ente red ID is inva lid, “INV ALID” is momentari ly displayed and the pa[...]

SMAR TNET/SMARTZONE FE A TURES 46 1. Momentar ily pres s the Mes sage opti on swit ch. The a lias of t he last message s ent is di splaye d. 2. Enter t he inde x of the d esire d message i f you kn ow it or sc roll th rough the lis t using the and keys u ntil you fi nd the de sired messa ge. Press t he CLR key to ca ncel the message. 3. P ress th e[...]

SMARTNE T/SMARTZONE FEA TURES 47 Emergency Alar m and Emergency Call Emer gency alar ms and e mer gency cal ls ar e separat e functi ons that can be in dividual ly prog rammed on SMAR TNET/SmartZone chann els. The Emer gency optio n switch is require d to in itia te these featu res. An emer gency al arm is a spec ial da ta transmi ssion t o alert y[...]

SMAR TNET/SMARTZONE FE A TURES 48 When in the fa ilsoft mode, o peration is in the con ventional mode on a prepr ogramm ed fail soft channel. If a trans missio n is attem pted b efore a fails oft channe l is l ocated, a continuous tone s ounds un til the P TT switch is rel eased. Whe n the radi o system r eturns to norma l operat ion, th is conditi[...]

SMARTNE T/SMARTZONE FEA TURES 49 2. T o reset all talk and announce ment gro ups to norma l so th at only t he designa ted re grouping ch annel i s on the d ynamic group , manuall y select the designat ed regroupi ng channe l if you know it. If th is channel is not s elected or the re is no de signat ed regrou ping ch annel, all trans- missions occ[...]

MISCEL LANEOUS 50 Lock ing/Unloc king a Site It is so meti mes d esi rable to stay on t he cu rrent site regar dless of signal level . T o lock the radio on t he cur rent s ite so t hat it d oes not searc h for anot her , press th e Site Lock option switch (i f prog rammed). Th e displa y then momentari ly indi cates “LOCK x ” to i ndicate that[...]

MISCELLANEOUS 51 • The tran smitte r has bee n disa bled by the conver sation t imer (pag e 29). • An out-of -rang e conditi on exists (SMAR TNET/SmartZon e only) . • A transmis sion is be ing att empted bef ore the pena lty timer has exp ired (page 28) . • Dynamic re groupi ng has been e xited but the dyn amic re grouping chann el is st il[...]

MISCEL LANEOUS 52 Gur gle-Li ke T one • Dynamic re groupi ng has occur red (page 48). • Dynamic re groupi ng has occur red but t he regroup ing cha nnel is no t select ed (page 48 ). Four Low T ones (Bus y Sign al) • The radi o syste m is busy or a busy c ondition exists whe n making a telep hone call. Four Alte rnating Hi gh and Low T ones ?[...]

MISCELLANEOUS 53 operati ng ti me varies a ccordingl y . The char ge of the battery and ambie nt temperat ure also aff ect op erating t ime. NOTE: Be sur e to turn transc eiver power off bef or e r emoving the battery pack. Fail ur e to do so ma y r esult in the c urr ent setti ngs not bei ng save d in memory . Rechar ging Rechar ging is requi red [...]

MISCEL LANEOUS 54 Dealer Pr ogramming As noted s everal t imes in thi s manual, programmin g determine s the availa bility a nd spec ific oper ation of many featur es. This r efers to the programmin g perfor med by y our deal er when t he ra dio was s et up, n ot to any progr amming th at you can p erform. If a fea ture is c ontrolle d by a front p[...]

INTRINSICALL Y SAFE CLASSIFICA TION 55 T ransceiver Service If the trans ceiver be gins op erating i mproper ly , tr y turn ing power of f and then on agai n to reset the l ogic. Also make sure that the battery is fully c harg ed and i n good condi tion. If the tr ansceive r still does not operate proper ly , return it to your dea ler for servi ce.[...]

INTRINSICALL Y SA FE CLASSIFICA TION 56 Classifi cation of Hazar dous Areas (Division) Hazardous areas ar e classi fied as Divisi on 1 or 2 as s hown below . Since a Di vision 1 a rea is co nsider ed most haz ardous, a transc eiver approved for a s pecific Division 1 atmosph ere can al so be us ed in the same Divis ion 2 atmos phere. The i ntrin si[...]

INDEX 57 T ypical Hazard Group Class Acetylen e A I Hydrogen B I Ethylene , ethyl et her , cycloprop ane C I Gasoline , naphtha, b utane, p ropane, al cohol, D I aceto ne, benzol, natural g as Metal dus t includi ng aluminum, mag nesium, E II and the ir alloys Carbon bl ack, coa l or coke d ust F II Flour , star ch, or grai n dusts G II Ignita ble [...]

INDEX 58 Display Mo de Select 25 Divisi on Class ifications 56 DTMF/ANI Signaling 34 Dynamic R egrouping 48 E Emerg ency Alarms 47 Emerg ency Calls 47 Enh. Priv . Conversation Call Placing 36 Receiving 38 Enter Key 14 Extended Range Oper ation 54 F F1/F3 Switches 13, 14, 17 Failsoft Operation 47 FCN Switch 12, 1 7 Features Convent ional 6, 25 Gener[...]

INDEX 59 Priority Calls Conv 32 SmartNet 48 Priv . Conversation II Calls Placing 39 Receiving 41 Private Calls 36 Progr amming 54 P TT Switch 12 R Repeater T alk-Around 29 RX In dicat or 11 S Safety Information 4 Scan List 22 Channel Delete 23 Convent ional Mode 30 Determining Channels in 23 Progr amming 31 Radio W ide Scan Mode 22 Selecting 30 Sta[...]

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