HT1550 QCII CPS Help Needed

[rmiles]

Re-posting since I originally posted it in the wrong forum.

I found one post http://batboard.batlabs.com/viewtopic.php?t=37050 which read that you could program a HT1550XLS to

Remain silent until an alert is received

But the thread never specifies how to do this. I have a VHF HT1550XLS set up for three separate QCII systems. All three alert fine. However, I want this radio to behave the same way a MT1000 does when it's programmed for QCII. Is this possible? What setting need to be enabled/disabled for the HT1550 to operate in this manner? Sometimes I want the radio to remain silent, until an alert comes thru, like a weather alert. And other times, I want to hear everything and also the alerts, but be able to easily silence the radio into standby mode.

[Mfire39]

Set the QCII system for "And" muting, and program the monitor button for silent monitor. Then when your on the channel with the QCII, press and hold the monitor button until the speaker appears on your display and stays there. This puts the radio into sticky permanent monitor mode allowing you to hear all traffic. This will also defeat any PL you have on the channel.

When you want to "mute the radio again, just give the monitor button a short press and it will disable permanent monitor.


-Marc

[rmiles]

Thanks, Marc. I’d not considered that option, and it will work for what I described, in a round about way. I was hoping to find out if there is a definitive way to set the option up the same way as on a MT1000. For those that don’t know, or I’m not describing it correctly for, I’ll make another attempt.

The MT1000 can be programmed with QCII on a specified channel. When you monitor that channel you hear everything and also the alerts. If the three position scan/squelch switch is set to PL, you hear everything until you press the monitor button, which places the radio into standby mode, like a minitor pager. Then you’ll only hear the alerts, until you switch to CSQ. If the switch is set to CSQ, you hear everything, including alerts, and the monitor button changes nothing. Scan is scan and not compatible with QCII alerting. If I remember correctly, the same is true for the Jedi series radios.

The HT1550 will allow QCII alerting while scanning. But I’ve not been able to figure out how to place it in standby mode when parked on a single channel. Perhaps it cannot be programmed in the same fashion as the MT1000, and Marc’s plan is the only way to accomplish this. I’m not sure if this suggestion will work while scanning.

[HumHead]

The HT1550 (and all of the other Professional Series models) can do exactly what you want.

Things you will want to set up:

1) The QCII signaling System:
___a) Set up your correct call format under the Basic tab, and enter your tones under the Individual Tones tab.
___b) Under the Call Alert / Sel Call tab:
_____A) set Call Alert Type to Call Alert w/Voice. This will cause the radio to beep and then allow the audio to be heard. If set to straight Call Alert, the radio will alert, but not pass audio.
_____B) The Call Alert LED option will cause the top LED to double blink amber when a call is received, until the radio is reset.
_____C) The Alert Tone Auto Reset option causes only one set of alert beeps to be issued for each alert. If it is diabled, the radio will continue to beep every few seconds until reset. Handy if you are away from the radio, but problematic because it cuts out the RX audio.
_____D) If the Auto Reset Timer Type is set to Manual, the radio will remain in open monitor mode until reset. If Auto w/o Carrier Override is selected the radio's RX audio will automatically reset after a pre-defined time eriod, regardless of activity. If Auto w/ Carrier Override is selected, the radio's RX audio will remain open and reset after a period of channel inactivity.

2) In the Conventional Personalitysignaling tab, set the RX signaling system to the appropriate QCII system. To make it work as a pager, set the Signaling Squelch to "And" to require both valid carrier and signaling decode. If you are on a channel with PL/DPL, and PL/DPL is sent with your tones (many systems strip it), you can enable the PL/DPL required for Data option. If you are not certain that PL/DPL is sent with the tones, leave it disabled. On a CSQ channel, the option will be unavailable.

To monitor the channel without a call being received, briefly press the PTT to release the signaling squelch. To close the squelch again, or to reset a received call, briefly press the Monitor button.

Hope that helps!

[rmiles]

Thanks Hum! I had everything set properly except the for the Signaling Squelch to "And". All the channels are CSQ. Seven for the weather. I want it to go off for weather alerts, as well as the local fire company. I'll let you know how it works!

[rmiles]

Well, your suggestion worked great, I got it set up just like you wrote and everything worked, until I tried to scan. The channel programmed with QCII won't unmute unless it receives a call alert. This means I won’t be able to hear radio traffic on that channel unless there’s an alert. That's great for the weather channels, but bad for the local fire stuff. Any idea how to get around this hurdle? I looked thru the scan list settings, but nothing jumped out at me.

[HumHead]

If you set the Siganling Squelch to "or" it will unmute for all traffic that satisfies the squelch rule -OR- the signaling rule, while alerting on the appropraite tone sets. If you set it to "and", it will remain muted until the appropriate tones are received, simultaneously satisfying both the RX -AND- signaling squelch rules.

If you want to follow "and" rules sometimes, and "or" rules at other times, you will just need to create two different conventional personalities.