Tyco P5300 - Manual

MM-008212-001, Rev. A 10 1 SAFETY CONVENTIONS The following conventions are used throughout this manual to alert the user to general safety precautions that must be observed during all phases of operation, service, and repair of this product. Failure to comply with these precautions or with specific...

MM-008212-001, Rev. A 11 2 SAFETY TRAINING INFORMATION The M/A-COM P5300 portable radio generates RF electromagnetic energy during transmit mode. This radio is designed for and classified as “Occupational Use Only,” meaning it must be used only during the course of employment by individuals aware of...

MM-008212-001, Rev. A 12 • As noted in Table 2-1, ALWAYS keep the device and its antenna AT LEAST 2.8 cm (1.1 inch) from the body and at least 2.5 cm (1.0 inch) from the face when transmitting to ensure FCC RF exposure compliance requirements are not exceeded. However, to provide the best sound qual...

MM-008212-001, Rev. A 13 3 OPERATING TIPS Antenna location and condition are important when operating a portable radio. Operating the radio in low lying areas or terrain, under power lines or bridges, inside of a vehicle or in a metal framed building can severely reduce the range of the unit. Mounta...

MM-008212-001, Rev. A 14 3.1.3 Aircraft • Always turn off a portable radio before boarding any aircraft! • Use it on the ground only with crew permission. • DO NOT use while in-flight!! 3.1.4 Electric Blasting Caps To prevent accidental detonation of electric blasting caps, DO NOT use two-way radios...

MM-008212-001, Rev. A 15 4 BATTERIES The P5300 series portable radios use rechargeable, recyclable Nickel Cadmium (NiCd), Nickel Metal Hydride (NiMH), or Lithium Ion (Li Ion) batteries. Please follow the directions below to maximize the useful life of each type of battery. Do not disassemble or modi...

MM-008212-001, Rev. A 16 CAUTION Always use M/A-COM authorized chargers and conditioners. Use of unauthorized chargers and conditioners may void the warranty. 4.1.3 Additional Information For more information regarding the proper care of portable radio batteries or establishing a battery maintenance...

MM-008212-001, Rev. A 17 Do NOT leave any M/A-COM rechargeable batteries in a charger for more than a few days. 4.4 CHANGING THE BATTERY PACK 4.4.1 Removing the Battery Pack Make sure the power to the radio is turned OFF. CAUTION Although the P5300 has been designed to tolerate changing the battery ...

MM-008212-001, Rev. A 18 4.4.2 Attaching the Battery Pack Make sure the power to the radio is turned OFF. 1. Align the tabs at each side on the bottom of the battery pack with the slots at the bottom of the battery cavity . 2. Push the top of the battery pack down until the latches click to attach t...

MM-008212-001, Rev. A 20 5 INTRODUCTION The P5300 series portable radio is available in two models: the P5350 Scan model with a limited 6-button front-mounted keypad and the P5370 System model with a 15-button DTMF front-mounted keypad. The 900 MHz P5300 portable radio delivers end-to-end digital vo...

MM-008212-001, Rev. A 21 6 OPTIONS AND ACCESSORIES Table 6-1 lists the Options and Accessories tested for use with the P5300 series portable radios. Refer to the maintenance manual or to M/A-COM’s Products and Services Catalog for a complete list of options and accessories, including those items tha...

MM-008212-001, Rev. A 23 7 USER INTERFACE This section describes the primary user interface; the buttons, knob controls, indicators, and display. Figure 7-1: P5300 Portable Radio

MM-008212-001, Rev. A 24 7.1 CONTROLS 7.1.1 Buttons and Knobs The P5300 portable radios feature two rotary control knobs, an emergency button, and a dual-position A/B switch located on the top of the radio (Figure 7-2). The Push-To-Talk (PTT) button and two option buttons are located on the side (Fi...

MM-008212-001, Rev. A 26 7.1.2 Keypad The front mounted keypad of the P5350 “Scan” model has six buttons and P5370 “System” model has 15 buttons. Refer to Figure 7-4: P5350 “Scan” Radio Front Panel and Figure 7-5: P5370 “System” Model Front Panel, respectively. Figure 7-4: P5350 “Scan” Radio Front P...

MM-008212-001, Rev. A 27 Alpha-numeric character entry is the function of most of the P5300 keypad keys in the OpenSky mode of operation. In addition, the (*) and (#) keys are also available. The function of each key is described in Table 7-1 and the following section. Table 7-1: P5300 Front Keypad ...

MM-008212-001, Rev. A 28 7.1.3 Display The P5300 display is made up of 3 lines. Lines 1 and 2 contain twelve alpha-numeric character blocks each. The 3 rd line also contains twelve blocks, each used to display radio status icons. If programmed, the display backlighting will illuminate upon power up ...

MM-008212-001, Rev. A 29 STATUS ICON DESCRIPTIONS Steady – transmit at low power. Appears in the 5th position of the display. If icon is not visible – transmit at high power. Steady – battery charge indicator (refer to Figure 10-4). Appears in the 12th position of the display. Flashing – Low battery...

MM-008212-001, Rev. A 30 Figure 7-8: Tri-Color LED 7.1.4 Tri-Color LED The Tri-Color LED changes color to indicate radio status and is visible from both the front and top of the radio (see Figure 8-2). In OpenSky mode only two radio states are reflected by the LED and the status they represent are: ...

MM-008212-001, Rev. A 32 8 OPENSKY OPERATION Once an OpenSky system has been selected from the available systems on your P5300 series portable radio, the characteristics described in the following sections will govern operation. 8.1 CONTROLS The P5300 portable radio features two rotary control knobs...

MM-008212-001, Rev. A 33 Table 8-1: Keypad Functions KEY FUNCTION Primary function: Acts much as an “enter” button to activate a selection. Secondary function: While in the “dwell display,” press repeatedly to scroll through and view status display (on 2 nd line) for current profile, caller, receive...

MM-008212-001, Rev. A 34 8.2 RADIO STATUS ICONS Status Icons indicate the various operating characteristics of the radio. The icons show operating modes and conditions and appear on the third line of the display (see Table 8-2). Table 8-2: Status Icons Descriptions Steady – Battery charge indicator....

MM-008212-001, Rev. A 35 8.3 TRI-COLOR LED Figure 8-2: Tri-Color LED The Tri-Color LED changes color to indicate radio status and is visible from both the front and top of the radio (see Figure 8-2). In OpenSky mode only two radio states are reflected by the LED and the status they represent are: Gr...

MM-008212-001, Rev. A 36 If necessary, contact radio system administration personnel for log-in assistance and/or radio-specific log-in instructions. 8.5 LOG OFF THE NETWORK The *0## command de-registers the radio. Typically, this is automatically performed when powering down the radio. Using this m...

MM-008212-001, Rev. A 37 TG a TG b TG c TG x TG y TG z TG d TG e TG f TG a TG d TG g TG h TG i TG = Talk Group Profile 1 Profile 2 Profile 3 Figure 8-3: Personality Structure Example 8.6.2 Talk Groups A talk group represents a set of users that regularly need to communicate with one another. There c...

MM-008212-001, Rev. A 38 8.8 ALERT TONES The P5300 radio also provides audible Alert Tones or “beeps” to indicate the various operating conditions (see Table 8-3). Table 8-3: Alert Tones NAME TONE DESCRIPTION Call Queued one low tone/two high tones Call queued for processing Call Denied three short ...

MM-008212-001, Rev. A 39 8.9 BASIC MENU STRUCTURE Table 8-4 illustrates the basic P5300 OpenSky menu structure. Menu items will vary depending upon system programming, radio hardware, and optional configurations. All menus except the dwell display menu can be turned off by network administration per...

MM-008212-001, Rev. A 41 8.10 KEYPAD FUNCTION COMMANDS (P5370 ONLY) To perform a command from the keypad, use the keypad commands in Table 8-5. Table 8-5: Keypad Function Commands *0 Log-off command: *0## (logs the user off the system). See Section 8.5 for additional information. Key presses: *1 Log...

MM-008212-001, Rev. A 42 8.14 STEALTH MODE For some users, it is important to be able to turn off the radio’s display lights and side tones, but not the radio traffic. For example, in covert operations, lights and sounds could inadvertently expose an otherwise unobservable radio user. For this purpo...

MM-008212-001, Rev. A 43 8.16 CHANGE OPERATING MODE 1. Press the or buttons to cycle through the menu until “Mode Menu” is displayed. 2. Press or to select the desired operating mode. 3. Press and use or to select Y or N. 4. Press again to make selection and return to the dwell display 8.17 RECEIVIN...

MM-008212-001, Rev. A 44 Lock out is a listening (receive) function and only blocks received calls on locked out talk groups. Lock out does not affect transmit capability. “No Scan” and “Lock Out” do not apply to recent emergency lock outs. Only talk groups in the active profile can be locked out, s...

MM-008212-001, Rev. A 45 The choice of scanning mode broadens or narrows the span of communications with all the groups in profiles you listen to, but does not affect your interaction with those groups you talk with. The scanning modes available for selection may be limited to a subset of the three ...

MM-008212-001, Rev. A 46 8.20.2.2 Duration of Scanning Mode Selections Scanning Mode selections survive power down. At startup, the radio defaults to the scanning mode of set during last use. The last selection made remains in effect until a new selection is made from the Scan Mode menu. 8.20.3 Scan...

MM-008212-001, Rev. A 47 If a Selective Call is attempted without registration, “No Priv” is displayed. 8.21.1 Manually Dialing a Selective Call (P5370 Only) 1. Enter *8, the User ID number of the user being called, and the # key (no dashes or spaces). Note that this feature must be enabled by the a...

MM-008212-001, Rev. A 48 8.21.3 Accepting a Selective Call 1. The radio will ring (like a telephone), indicating you are receiving a Selective Call. 2. Press the button to accept the incoming selective call. 3. “CONNECT” will appear in the display, followed by “Lim 10 Min.” “SEL CALL” and the alias ...

MM-008212-001, Rev. A 49 8.22.2 Sending a Message The sending process has three steps. First select the destination radio’s User ID, then select the alert message, and finally send the message. 8.22.2.1 Selecting a Destination Using the Keypad (P5370 Only) 1. Using the keypad, enter *7, the keys. At...

MM-008212-001, Rev. A 50 2. Press the key and or to select Y or N. 3. At the “Delete? Y” prompt, press the key. The message will be deleted. Received messages cannot be saved. 8.23 MAKING INTERCONNECT CALLS (P5370 ONLY) 1. Using the keypad, enter *9, followed by the telephone number being called, an...

MM-008212-001, Rev. A 51 No emergency audio (voice) transmission (hot-mic) capability available (per programming by system administrator) In addition to the Emergency Alert signal, the microphone goes hot for a predetermined length of time to allow for emergency audio (voice) transmission. The radio...

MM-008212-001, Rev. A 52 The emergency dismiss timer is cleared when the emergency is cleared. 8.24.4 Clearing an Emergency Call or Alert 1. When the emergency ends, press and hold the red emergency button for three to five seconds to clear the emergency alert and call while on the active emergency ...

MM-008212-001, Rev. A 54 9 EDACS OPERATION 9.1 TURNING ON THE RADIO 1. Power ON the radio by rotating the POWER ON-OFF/VOLUME knob clockwise. A short alert signal (if enabled through programming) indicates the radio is ready to use. Refer to Figure 7-2 for location of the POWER ON-OFF/VOLUME KNOB. 2...

MM-008212-001, Rev. A 55 EMERGENCY/ HOME BUTTON Automatically selects the pre-programmed Group/System by pressing and holding for a programmed duration. It can also be used to declare an emergency by pressing and holding for a programmed duration. The button must be pre-programmed for either operati...

MM-008212-001, Rev. A 57 9.3 DISPLAY The radio Display is made up of 3 lines (see Figure 9-3). Lines 1 and 2 contain eight alphanumeric character blocks and are used primarily to display system and group names. Line 1 also displays radio status messages. The 3rd line is used primarily to display rad...

MM-008212-001, Rev. A 58 9.4 RADIO STATUS ICONS Status Icons indicate the various operating characteristics of the radio. The icons show operating modes and conditions and appear on the third line of the display (see Table 9-2). Table 9-2: Display Descriptions Steady – “Busy” transmitting or receivi...

MM-008212-001, Rev. A 59 9.5 TRI-COLOR LED Figure 9-5: Tri-Color LED The Tri-Color LED changes color to indicate radio status and is visible from both the front and top of the radio (see Figure 9-5). The colors of the LED and the status they represent are defined below. Green: Receiving Red: Transmi...

MM-008212-001, Rev. A 60 MESSAGE NAME DESCRIPTION SYSC OFF System Scan Features Off Indicates the System Scan features are disabled. LOW BATT Low Battery Battery voltage has dropped to the point to where the radio is no longer able to transmit. The radio will still receive calls until the battery is...

MM-008212-001, Rev. A 61 9.8 ALERT TONES The P5300 radio provides audible Alert Tones or “beeps” to indicate the various operating conditions (see Table 9-3). Table 9-3: Alert Tones NAME TONE DESCRIPTION Call Originate one short mid-pitched OK to talk after pressing the push-to-talk button Call Queu...

MM-008212-001, Rev. A 62 Example: System: 1 = North Group: 1 = Group 1 2 = South 2 = Group 2 3 = East 3 = Group 3 4 = West 4 = Group 4 1. Press . (South is the currently selected system.) 2. Press . (Press 4 to select “West” system.) 3. Press . (West is the newly selected system.) 9.10 GROUP/CHANNEL...

MM-008212-001, Rev. A 63 5. Press twice to add as a Priority 2 group. 6. Press three times to add as a Priority 1 group. 7. Press to re-start scanning. 9.12 BACKLIGHT ON/OFF 1. Press to access the menu. 2. Press or to scroll through menu until “BCKLGHT” appears. 3. Press to select Backlight menu. 4....

MM-008212-001, Rev. A 64 9.16.1 Using the Menu Button 1. Press . 2. Using the or keys, scroll until the cursor ( > ) appears to the left of “TX POWER” in the display. 3. Press again to toggle between High and Low power. 4. “POWER = HIGH” or “POWER = LOW” will appear momentarily on the top line of...

MM-008212-001, Rev. A 65 Figure 9-7: Backlight Menu Item Selection Parameter 3. Press . The backlight menu item is activated. Line one shows the active menu item and its current parameter setting. Line two shows the currently selected system or group name (see Figure 9-8). Figure 9-8: Backlight Menu...

MM-008212-001, Rev. A 67 Table 9-5: Information Display RADIO ID XXXXXXXX LID in EDACS/EA In CONV it has no meaning. RAM SIZ RAM Size FLSH SIZ Flash Size RF BAND Frequency Band PERS VER Software Version DSP DATE Date DSP code was built. DSP TIME Time DSP code was built. DSP FEAT The DSP Features sup...

MM-008212-001, Rev. A 68 call or hang time is still active. Individual phone, all call, and emergency calls are transmitted clear if the digital mode is disabled or inoperative. If receiving an analog message trunked call, the radio responds in the analog mode during the hang time on the working cha...

MM-008212-001, Rev. A 69 9.19.2 Adding Groups to a Scan List P5350 Model Radio 1. Scan must be OFF to add/delete groups to/from the scan list. If the Scan icon is ON, press the key to turn Scan OFF. 2. Select the desired group using the Voice group selection knob and/or the or keys. If the selected ...

MM-008212-001, Rev. A 70 5. Press a third time to set the group to Priority 1. A is displayed on line three. The priority level selection sequence only advances the group to next higher priority level and stops at priority level 1. To select a lower priority level, the group must be deleted from the...

MM-008212-001, Rev. A 71 9.20 SCANNING TRUNKED SYSTEMS The radio can be programmed with the following System Scan features. These features are automatically enabled when the radio is powered ON. A key or menu option is also defined to allow the System Scan features to be toggled during radio operati...

MM-008212-001, Rev. A 72 signal quality of the control channel for each site in its adjacent scan list. (The signal quality metric used for the ProScan algorithm is based on a combination of both R eceived S ignal S trength I ndicator ( RSSI ) and Control Channel Verification (CCV) measurements.) Wh...

MM-008212-001, Rev. A 73 The volume of the ring is adjustable through the volume control levels. If a response is made by pressing the PTT to the call prior to the programmed call-back time-out, the call will automatically be directed to the originating unit. If a response is not made before the cal...

MM-008212-001, Rev. A 74 P5370 Model Radio 1. To select a pre-stored individual phone number, enter the individual call mode using the key. is displayed. Then scroll through the list of stored numbers using the or keys. 2. Press the PTT button; when the radio is clear to transmit, turns ON, turns OF...

MM-008212-001, Rev. A 75 Figure 9-11: Calls Received and Personality Lists The saved call list shows all ten storage locations. If no calls have been received, the saved call list will be empty and the pre-stored list will be available upon entering the individual call mode. When in the saved call l...

MM-008212-001, Rev. A 76 In half-duplex mode, only one person may talk at a time. The radio PTT button needs to be pressed in order to communicate to the individual called and released for the individual called to be heard. 9.23.2.2 Direct Dialing of Phone Calls (P5370 Model Only) 1. If the phone nu...

MM-008212-001, Rev. A 77 P5370 Model Radio 1. Follow the procedure in Section 9.23.2 to establish a connection to the telephone system or consult the system administrator for the procedure to access a dial tone on the trunked or conventional system. 2. Overdial numbers are transmitted using one of t...

MM-008212-001, Rev. A 78 entries will accept up to 5 digits. The phone call list entries accept a combination of up to 31 digits and pauses. 4. Press and hold the key until the display changes indicating that the number has been stored. Repeat steps 1-4 to store additional numbers, to change numbers...

MM-008212-001, Rev. A 79 9.25.2 Message Operation The following method can be used to transmit a Message using the Message Operation. 1. Press the key. 2. Press the corresponding pre-programmed 0 through 9 pre-programmed “message” key. If no message has been programmed for the selected number key, t...

MM-008212-001, Rev. A 80 however, either data or voice is selected transparently by the operator through normal usage of the radio. Data communications is not supported in conventional mode. The radios can be connected to a Mobile Data Terminal (MDT) or to a host computer. Any RS-232 compatible devi...

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MM-008212-001, Rev. A 84 10 CONVENTIONAL OPERATION The radio functions in the conventional mode when using conventional communications channels (non-trunked). 10.1 CONTROLS The radio features two rotary control knobs and an emergency button mounted on the top of the radio. Push-To-Talk and option bu...

MM-008212-001, Rev. A 85 10.1.2 Keypad The keys on the keypad have special functions and are labeled using a symbol or abbreviated word describing its primary function. Numeric entry is a secondary function of the keys. Each key is described in the following subsections. Figure 10-1: P5350 “Scan” Ra...

MM-008212-001, Rev. A 86 Figure 10-2: P5370 “System” Radio Front Panel KEY FUNCTION Primary Function: Allows the user to scroll through available systems, groups, or channels, depending on personality programming. Secondary Function: Changes the selection for an item within a list. Primary Function:...

MM-008212-001, Rev. A 88 Steady ( rotates clockwise) – scan mode enabled. Appears in the 9th position of the display. If icon is not visible – scan is disabled Steady – Channel Guard enabled. Appears in the 4th position of the display. If icon is not visible – Channel Guard is disabled Steady – Indi...

MM-008212-001, Rev. A 89 10.4 STATUS MESSAGES During radio operation, various radio Status Messages can be displayed. The messages are described below. MESSAGE NAME DESCRIPTION TALKARND Talkaround Indicates the radio is operating on conventional channels in talkaround mode (no repeater). LOW BATT Lo...

MM-008212-001, Rev. A 91 METHOD 3: (P5370 model radios only) Direct Access: Press to enter the group select mode. Press the numeric key mapped to the desired group. Press . The radio will move to the selected group. 10.9 MODIFY SCAN LIST 10.9.1 P5370 Model 1. Press to toggle scan OFF and verify is n...

MM-008212-001, Rev. A 92 10.12 CONTRAST ADJUST 1. Press to access the menu. 2. Press or to scroll through menu until “CONTRAST” appears. 3. Press to select Contrast menu. 4. Press or to adjust contrast setting from 1 - 4. 5. Press to select new contrast setting. 10.13 DECLARING AN EMERGENCY 1. Press...

MM-008212-001, Rev. A 93 10.16 MENU The Menu function accesses features that are not available directly from the keypad. The order and actual menu items available is configurable through programming. At radio power up, the menu item that is at the top of the menu list will always be displayed first....

MM-008212-001, Rev. A 97 Individual phone, all call, and emergency calls are transmitted clear if the digital mode is disabled or inoperative. If receiving an analog I-Call, the radio responds in the analog mode during the hang time. When using the *WHC* feature to respond to an I-Call (after the ha...

MM-008212-001, Rev. A 100 11 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE The Technical Assistance Center's (TAC) resources are available to help with overall system operation, maintenance, upgrades and product support. TAC is the point of contact when answers are needed to technical questions. Product specialists, with de...

MM-008212-001, Rev. A 101 12 BASIC TROUBLESHOOTING Use Table 12-1 as a troubleshooting guide if the radio is not functioning properly. If additional assistance is required, contact a qualified service technician or call M/A-COM at 1-800-528-7711. Table 12-1: Troubleshooting SYMPTOM POSSIBLE CAUSE PO...

MM-008212-001, Rev. A 102 BATTERY WARRANTY A. M/A-COM, Inc. (hereinafter "Seller") warrants to the original purchaser for use (hereinafter "Buyer") that nickel-cadmium and nickel-metal hydride batteries supplied by Seller shall be free from defects in material and workmanship, and sh...

MM-008212-001, Rev. A 103 WARRANTY A. M/A-COM, Inc. (hereinafter "Seller") warrants to the original purchaser for use (hereinafter "Buyer") that Equipment manufactured by or for the Seller shall be free from defects in material and workmanship, and shall conform to its published spec...