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In the analog spectra, you could assign almost anything to the DEKs, in the Astro Spectra, are you still able to do this, or is it alot more limited?

Such as?

I only used a DEK for a short time, but I think you were able to do everything the spectra did, and maybe a couple more astro specific items.

I was looking and all it seams you can assign the DEK buttons to are the siren controls, status, and message controls, I couldn't assign buttons that would usually be on the control head such as Site, Lock, delete, etc... to the DEK.

That's pretty much correct. I've got a DEK on my astro spectra, and I find it very useful because you can set each DEK button to be a preset for a particular zone/channel combination. (MODE setting).

Help file below:

SELECTIONS: AVAILABLE to the RADIO-USER WHEN:
Airh (Airhorn) When the Radio Wide, Siren Operation field is not set to “Disabled”, andwhen the HiLo Airhorn Tones field is enabled.
Chan (Channel) Always available.
Hilo When the Radio Wide, Siren Operation field is not set to “Disabled”, andwhen the HiLo Airhorn Tones field is enabled.
Man When the Radio Wide, Siren Operation field is not set to “Disabled”.
Mode (Direct Mode) When the Radio Wide, Extended DEK field is enabled.
MsgX (Direct Message) When the Radio Wide, Extended DEK field is enabled, andwhen the DEK Box Index field is set to a unique value (unassigned to other DEK MsgX buttons), andwhen a Message feature is enabled.
PA (Public Address) When the Radio Wide, Siren Operation field is not set to “Disabled”.
Sirn (Siren) When the Radio Wide, Siren Operation field is not set to “Disabled”.
StsX (Direct Status) When the Radio Wide, Extended DEK field is enabled, andwhen the DEK Box Index field is set to a unique value (unassigned to other DEK StsX buttons), andwhen a Status feature is enabled.
Unpr (Unprogrammed) Always available.
Wail When the Radio Wide, Siren Operation field is not set to “Disabled”.
Xrad When the Radio Wide, Siren Operation field is not set to “Disabled”.
Yelp When the Radio Wide, Siren Operation field is not set to “Disabled”.
Zone Always available.