Motorola Astro Radio Software 68 81098e85 O Manual

							 
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to use that arises by operation of law in the sales of a product. 
Licensing Restrictions
 
The installation program used to install ASTRO™ Radio Service Software, INSTALL, is licensed
software provided by Knowledge Dynamics Corp., P.O. Box 1558, Canyon Lake, Texas 78130-1558
(USA). INSTALL is Copyright (c) 1987-1992 by Knowledge Dynamics Corp. which reserves all
copyright protection worldwide. INSTALL is provided to you for the exclusive purpose of installing
ASTRO Radio Service Software. Motorola is exclusively responsible for the support of ASTRO Radio
Service Software, including support during the installation phase. In no event will Knowledge
Dynamics Corp. provide any technical support for ASTRO Radio Service Software. 
Trademarks
 
 , Motorola, PAC-RT, and Private-Line are registered trademarks of Motorola, Inc.
ASTRO, Call Alert, Channel Scan, Conventional ASTRO, Digital Private-Line, FLASHport, HearClear,
MDC-1200, Quik-Call, Quik-Call II, SABER, SABER SI, Secure Clear, SECURENET, Sel Cal, Single Tone,
SMARTNET, SMARTNET ASTRO, SMARTNET DATA, SmartZone, Stat-Alert, and VRM-500 are
trademarks of Motorola, Inc.
PC XT and Personal Computer AT are trademarks of IBM Corp.
MS-DOS and Windows are trademarks of Microsoft Corp.
Copyright© Motorola 1990-1996. Printed in USA. All rights reserved. 
						

							 
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Foreword
 
This edition of the ASTRO™ Radio Service Software (RSS) user’s guide contains revisions and updates made 
in support of all ASTRO RSS bearing the Software Part Number 6085A, particularly ASTRO RSS version 
R05.00.00. Although the new RSS contains other changes, this update is primarily driven by the 
introduction of ASTRO System Release 3.0 and Motorola’s new ASTRO Digital Portable radio: the XTS 
3000.  
Note:   
Since the ASTRO SABER™ and ASTRO XTS 3000 classes of radio are internally and
ergonomically different models, they are not cross-clonable.   
In other words, the ASTRO Portable RSS  
CANNOT  
 be used to clone a SABER archive into a XTS 3000 and vice-versa.  
Below is a summary of the primary ASTRO Radio Service Software (RSS) enhancements and ASTRO radio 
feature support introduced in this new release of Motorola ASTRO (Portable/Mobile) RSS. Note that some 
of these features and enhancements are available on a Portable versus Mobile radio basis while others are 
common to both ASTRO radio types. Please also note that, with the exception of any identified RSS 
software enhancements, many ASTRO RSS field and screen introductions typically allow the 
programming of radio options. This means that the visibility of these fields in the RSS will depend on the 
capability of the particular ASTRO being programmed. Please consult your radio manual and/or refer to 
the appropriate sections of this user’s manual for a detailed description of the respective radio features.  
ASTRO Portable RSS only:  
ASTRO XTS 3000 radio models support.  
ASTRO Mobile RSS only:  
Support of Auxiliary Siren Switch as a Vehicle Interface Port (VIP) input.
Support of External Transmit Attenuator as a Vehicle Interface Port (VIP) output.
Improved Vehicular Repeater System–Expanded Protocol (VRS-EP).
Programmable Self-Test Alert Tone.
Support of Direct Status, Message and Mode on DEKs.  
ASTRO Portable AND Mobile RSS:  
Fully programmable MDC System Ack Pretime.
Programmable Trunking Transmit Deviation level.
Digital Common Air Interface (CAI) Operation.
ASTRO Conventional Talkgroups. 
						

							 
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Important Note on 
ASTRO SABER vs. ASTRO XTS 3000
 
About ASTRO XTS 3000
 
ASTRO XTS 3000 is an addition to the family of Motorola ASTRO Digital Portable radios. Like its 
predecessor the ASTRO SABER radio, the ASTRO XTS 3000 can be programmed using the ASTRO Portable 
Radio Service Software. Only a handful of subtle RSS feature field and screen differences are visibly evident 
between the two types of radios. These variations are noted in the appropriate screen views captured in 
this manual. Most of these variations are simply a result of differences in radio display and other physical 
characteristics between ASTRO SABER and ASTRO XTS 3000. 
Note:  
Please consult your ASTRO XTS 3000 radio User’s Manual directly for detailed information
on the features and capabilities of the new radio product. 
Programming ASTRO SABER Portables
 
As far as general usage is concerned, the revised ASTRO Portable RSS is no different from the one used to 
program pre-existing ASTRO SABER Portable radios. You should be able to program ASTRO SABER radios 
using this RSS just as you did with previous RSS versions. If you have no previous experience in 
programming an ASTRO SABER Portable radio, this manual will serve as an introduction and detailed 
reference on the use of this RSS. 
Programming ASTRO XTS 3000 Portables
 
Unlike ASTRO SABER models which have an “H04” model number prefix, ASTRO XTS 3000 models bear 
the “H09” prefix. There are, however, no special operations to be performed in order to use the ASTRO 
Portable RSS software to program ASTRO XTS 3000 models. Proceed with reading, programming and 
writing to the codeplug as you usually do with ASTRO SABER models, consulting the appropriate sections 
of this manual as necessary. 
Note:  
First time ASTRO RSS users should note that like the ASTRO SABER model, the ASTRO XTS 3000
model is a portable radio which  
MUST  
 be used with the Portable version of the ASTRO RSS.  
 Again, if you
are not familiar with the ASTRO RSS at all, reading this manual in its entirety should help you better
understand how to program an ASTRO radio. 
Cross-Model Cloning
 
Although both ASTRO XTS 3000 and ASTRO SABER radio models can be configured using the same 
(ASTRO Portable) RSS,  
they inherently belong to different radio model categories  
. Consequently,   
an 
ASTRO SABER radio or archive  
CANNOT  
 be cloned into an ASTRO XTS 3000 radio and vice versa.  
 Such cloning 
scenarios are NOT supported by the RSS and will be unsuccessful if attempted. 
						

							 
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Table of Contents
 
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1 - Getting Started  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7  
Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Using This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Assembling The Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
What’s On The RSS Diskettes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Installing The RSS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
The Banner Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Anatomy of a Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Navigating Through The RSS Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Anatomy of a Screen  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Complete Menu Mapping at a Glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Changing A Field Value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Configuring Computer Defaults from the RSS  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Retrieving RSS Version & Parts Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Exiting the RSS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Service Software Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Configure Paths and Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Setting Screen Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32  
2 - Basic Radio
Programming Tutorial  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35  
Programming a Basic 16-Channel ASTRO Conventional Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Desired Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  35
Major Decisions Involved  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  36
High-Level Programming Flow  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  36
ASTRO Button/Switch/Menu Item Defaults  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  37
Step-by-Step Programming Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  41
Programming a Basic ASTRO Trunked Radio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Desired Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  45
Major Decisions Involved  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  45
High-Level Programming Flow  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  45
Step-by-Step Programming Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  46
ASTRO SABER I Radio Button/Switch/Menu Item Defaults  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  46
ASTRO XTS 3000 I Radio Button/Switch/Menu Item Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  46
ASTRO SABER II Radio Button/Switch/Menu Item Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  47
ASTRO SABER III Radio Button/Switch/Menu Item Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  49
ASTRO XTS 3000 III Radio Button/Switch/Menu Item Defaults  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  49
ASTRO Mobile Radio Conventional/Trunking Button Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Cloning Radios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Exit the RSS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58  
3 - Service Menu Functions  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59  
Servicing the Radio Using the RSS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Menu Map  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Service Menu  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Controller Board Initialization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Transmitter Alignment Menu  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 
						

							 
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Reference Oscillator Alignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Transmit Power Alignment  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Transmit Deviation Balance (Compensation) Alignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Transmit Deviation Limit (Portables Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Transmit Current Limit Alignment (Mobiles Only)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Receive Alignment Menu (Portables Only)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Front-End Filter Alignment (Portables Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Receiver VCO Alignment (Portables Only)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76  
4 - Get/Save/Program Menu Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 
Menu Map  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Get/Save/Program Menu  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Reading Codeplug Data From Radio (Requires RIB)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Get Codeplug Data From Archive File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Clone Radio  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
MDC Data Cloning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
ASTRO ID  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
MODAT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Saving Codeplug Data to an Archive File. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Programming the Radio Codeplug (Requires RIB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Programming History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 
5 - Change/View Menu Functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 
Menu Map  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Change/View Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Radio Wide Configuration Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Radio Wide Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Radio Wide Secure Options  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Hardware Encryption Multikey  Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Software Encryption Multikey  Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Software Key Entry Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
More Multikey Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
OTAR Options  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Radio Wide Emergency Options  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
More Radio Wide Options  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Radio Wide Features Configuration Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Radio Wide Button Configuration (Mobiles Only)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Radio Wide Button Configuration (Portables Only)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Hand-Held Control Button Configuration (ASTRO SABER Portables Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Radio Wide Switch Configuration (Portables Only)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Radio Wide Switch Configuration (Mobiles Only)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Radio Wide Menu Item Configuration  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
DEK Button Configuration (Mobiles Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
VIP In (Mobiles Only). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
VIP Out (Mobiles Only)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Phone Configuration  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
DTMF Access/
Deaccess Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Dialing Options  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Radio Wide Scan Lists and Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Radio Wide Scan Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Radio Wide Display Options  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
PTT-ID Display Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Alarm Options (Mobiles Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
More Radio Wide Options (Mobiles Only)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Siren and PA Options (Mobiles Only)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
VRS Options (Mobiles Only)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 
						

							 
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VRS-EP Mode Steering (Mobiles Only). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Trunking Menu  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Trunking Radio Wide Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
SmartZone Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Voice-On-Control (VOC) Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Trunking Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Control Channel (800 MHz)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Channel Assignment Data -(for Other Band Trunking -UHF/VHF)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Control Channel (for Other Band Trunking - UHF/VHF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Multikey Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
ASTRO Options  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Trunking System Options  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Trunking One-Touch Button Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Trunking Status Alias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Trunking Message Alias  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Trunking Site Alias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Trunking Personality  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
WAC AMSS Failsoft  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Trunking Subfleets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Trunking Talkgroups  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Trunking Emergency Data Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Trunking Personality Options  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
SmartZone Preferred Sites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Trunking Call List Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Conventional Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Conventional Radio Wide Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Conventional Personality  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Conventional Secure Personality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Personality MDC Options  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Conventional Personality Phone Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
More Conventional Personality Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
ASTRO Conventional Personality Options  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
ASTRO Conventional Talkgroup Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
OTACR/OTACS (For ASTRO Portables Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Conventional Personality RAC Options  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
MDC Configuration Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
MDC Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
MDC System Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
MDC System Remote Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
MDC Call List Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
MDC Repeater ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
ASTRO Menu  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
ASTRO Radio Wide Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
ASTRO Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Soft ID. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
ASTRO System Options  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
ASTRO System Remote Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
ASTRO Call List  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
ASTRO Data Peripheral (Mobiles Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
ASTRO Conventional Talkgroups  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
MODAT  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Auxiliary Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
Singletone Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Singletone List  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Conventional Message Alias List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Conventional Status Alias List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Zone/Talkgroup Assignment  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310 
						

							 
iv 
6 - Print Menu Functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313 
Menu Map  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
Print Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
Radio Wide Configuration Print Menu  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Radio Wide Features Configuration Print Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
Trunking Print Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Conventional Print Menu  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
MDC CONFIGURATION PRINT MENU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320
ASTRO Print Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
Auxiliary Systems Print Menu  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322 
7 - File Maintenance Menu Functions  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323 
Menu Map  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
File Maintenance Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
Create Directory Path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
Delete Archive File  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326 
8 - FLASHport™ Upgrade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327 
Menu Map  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
FLASHport Upgrade  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328 
Appendix A - Computer-to-Radio Communication Error Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
Appendix B - TPL Frequencies and Codes  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
Appendix C - DPL Codes  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
AppendixD - ASTRO Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
AppendixE - Trunked Radio Personality Chart  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
AppendixF - Conventional Radio Personality Chart  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361 
						

							 
7 
Getting Started
 
1
 
Welcome to the ASTRO Radio Service Software application!
This Radio Service Software (RSS) manual is your guide to customizing and 
programming a variety of features into an ASTRO radio. Modern 
microprocessor chip technology used to manufacture this radio and the 
ASTRO RSS (a computer program, which when interfaced with a radio, 
electronically programs a radio) make it possible for you to personalize a radio 
with a unique set of features for each individual customer. No tools are needed.
The RSS computer program resides on the diskettes you received in the 
package with this manual. The radio’s customization and servicing is 
accomplished using an IBM 
®  
compatible computer with an 80386 or newer 
processor.  
Note: The alignment and troubleshooting sections of this manual
are intended for use by qualified communication technicians and
maintenance personnel only.  
Listed below are some of major features and functions of the ASTRO RSS: 
ASTRO RSS Programmable Features ASTRO RSS Service Functions  
Transmit (Tx) frequencies Reference Oscillator alignment
Receive (Rx) frequencies Transmit Deviation alignment
PL/DPL codes Transmit Power alignment
Signalling System parameters Replaced Power Amplifier calibration
Scan Lists and Scan options Replaced Logic Board calibration
Radio Button and Soft Key features Replaced RF board calibration
Phone Lists and options Controller Board Initialization
Call Lists and options Bit Error Rate Testing
Channel (customized) names Test Pattern Transmission
Volume and Tone levels
Channel attributes (personalities)
Power Level
Special Software option parameters
Radio Software Upgrades via FLASHport 
						

							 
8 
Prerequisites
 
To program radios using the RSS, we recommend a basic working knowledge 
of the following:  
•  
Microcomputers  
•  
The radio’s available features (Refer to the appropriate Radio Operator’s 
Manual.)  
•  
Your customers’ needs  
•  
MS-DOS operating system, version 5.0 or later
The ASTRO RSS requires a minimum of 510 kilobytes of free RAM to run. (The 
DOS CHKDSK command can be used to determine the amount of free RAM 
available on your computer.) DOS 5.0 is required. It is also strongly 
recommended that this RSS be run on an IBM 
®  
compatible computer with an 
80386 or newer processor with the following minimum configuration:  
•  
80386 CPU or higher  
•  
DOS 5.0 or higher (with DOS running in high memory)  
•  
4 Megabytes of RAM or greater
The installation program will determine if your system has an adequate 
amount of memory available (4M) and a 386 (or 486) CPU for extended 
memory operation. If these are present, the RSS will be installed.
The powerful features and extensive flexibility of new radio families require 
much more codeplug data validation than in the past. For complex 
configurations, it is recommended that the RSS be executed from a RAM disk. 
This will reduce execution time significantly. To configure your computer with 
a RAM disk, you need to modify your CONFIG.SYS file with a statement. The 
sample statement below is required to run the RSS in DOS 5.0:  
DEVICE=C:\DOS\RAMDRIVE.SYS 4096 512 1024 /E  
The following lines should also be added to the CONFIG.SYS file if necessary:  
device = c:\dos\HIMEM.SYS
device = c: \dos\EMM386.EXE OFF
Files = 30
Note:   
The DOS MEM command can be used to determine the amount
of available memory in your computer (i.e. type c:\dos\mem.   
The
location of MEM.EXE may differ on your machine  
.) If the command reports
3000K or more of available extended memory, you can run the ASTRO
RSS.