CondorRDS Menus

CondorRDS has two types of menus, normal and context.

Normal Menus

Normal menus appear on the menu bar across the top of the CondorRDS window. Each menu contains commands that relate to the menu name. For example, the Radio menu contains commands used for getting some information about the radio connected to your computer.

Context Menus

Context menus are menus containing commands that are related to currently selected object appearing when you click the right mouse button.


MPT1327 Prefix

MPT1327 Prefix is a number from 0 to 127.

MPT1327 Address consists of Prefix and Ident.


MPT1327 Ident

MPT1327 Ident is a number from 2 to 8100.

MPT1327 Address consists of Prefix and Ident.

Other Special Ident Values are allowed.


MPT1343 Prefix

MPT1343 Prefix is a number from 200 to 327.

Important Formula:

Mpt1343Prefix = Mpt1327Prefix + 200


Base Ident

Base Ident is an Ident of the first unit or group in a fleet.

Base Ident must always be an even number.

A fleet always consists of even number of units or groups.

The smallest fleet is two units or groups.


Max Ident
Max Ident or

Highest Ident

Max (Highest Ident) is an Ident of the last possible unit or group in a fleet.

Because fleet size is always even and Base Ident is always even, Max Ident is always an odd number.

Important Formula:
FleetSize = MaxIdent – BaseIdent + 1


MPT1327 Address

MPT1327 Address identifies an object in the trunking network: a radio unit, a group of radio units, or a gateway to PSTN or PABX.

MPT1327 Address is a pair of numbers: Prefix and Ident.

If you want to enter an MPT1327 Address in CondorRDS, you must enter / (slash) followed by 3-digit Prefix and 4-digit Ident.

For example address Prefix=3 and Ident=27 will look as follows: /0030027

See also MPT1343 Address


MPT1343 Address

MPT1343 Addressing is a uniform way of addressing trunking network objects (radios anf groups of radios) and external networks such as PSTN and PABX. It relies on our common telephone dialling skills and allows dialling shorter numbers to contact the most frequently used addressess.

MPT1343 has several types: Unit Address, Group Address, PSTN Number and PABX Number.

Generally, you will use MPT1343 Addresses in CondorRDS.
Other types of addresses are used to access special services of the system.

See also MPT1327 Address


Unit Address

Unit Address is an address of a single radio. Full address format is PPPFFFFNNN, where PPP is an MPT1343 Prefix,, FFFF is a Unit Fleet Number and NNN is a Unit Number.

Example:

2012001305 is a full unit address of radio 305 that belongs to Prefix 201 and fleet 2001.
If your radio is in the same prefix as radio 2012001305, you can address it as 2001305.
If your radio is in the same prefix and the same fleet as radio 2012001305,
you can address it as 305.


Unit Fleet Number

Unit Fleets are organized so that radio units of personnel with related tasks belong to the same fleet. For example, all drivers of police cars of a police station should be in one fleet, this will allow them to use only Unit Numbers to contact each other.

Besides, proper fleet planning will minimize unauthorized radio traffic because a person must know a fleet number to make an inter-fleet call.

Fleet Numbers from 2001 to 4999 are used for organizing radio units.

Important Formulas:
FleetNumber = 2000 + ( BaseIdent / 2 )
BaseIdent = ( FleetNumber – 2000 ) * 2
please remember that BaseIdent is always an even number.


Group Fleet Number

CondorRDS can make calls to all groups in all group fleets specified by Fleet Numbering Plan.

A radio unit belongs to only one group fleet and thus can make calls to all groups within this fleet only or, if caller knows other group fleet numbers, to the known groups in the known group fleets.

Group Fleets help to reduce unauthorized or unwanted group calls.

To make a group call withing the group fleet of you radio, you will need to dial or enter only Group Number.

Fleet Numbers from 5000 to 6049 are used for organizing groups of radios.

Important Formulas:
FleetNumber = 2000 + ( BaseIdent / 2 )
BaseIdent = ( FleetNumber – 2000 ) * 2
please remember that BaseIdent is always an even number.


Unit Number

If unit fleet is not greater than 70 radio units and the administrators of trunking network don’t expect it to grow over 70 then they will use 2-digit unit numbers from 20 to 89, otherwise they will use 3-digit unit numbers from 200 to 899. The big fleet of units can contain up to 700 radio units.

In CondorRDS number of digits in unit numbers is specified in each record of the Fleet Numbering Plan for the trunking network.

Important Formulas:

UnitIdent = UnitFleetBaseIdent + UnitNumber – 20   (for 2-digit unit numbers)

Or

UnitIdent = unitFleetBaseIdent + UnitNumber – 200   (for 3-digit unit numbers)


Group Number

If group fleet is not greater than 10 groups of radios and the administrators of trunking network don’t expect it to grow over 10 then they will use 2-digit group numbers from 90 to 99, otherwise they will use 3-digit group numbers from 900 to 999. The big fleet of groups can contain up to 100 groups of radios.

In CondorRDS number of digits in group numbers is specified in each record of the Fleet Numbering Plan for the trunking network.

Important Formulas:

GroupIdent = GrpFleetBaseIdent + GroupNumber – 90   (for 2-digit group numbers)

Or

GroupIdent = GrpFleetBaseIdent + GroupNumber – 900   (for 3-digit group numbers)


Group Address

Group Address is an address of a group of radios. Full address format is PPPFFFFNNN, where PPP is an MPT1343 Prefix, FFFF is a Group Fleet Number and NNN is a Group Number.

Example:

2015000920 is a full group address of group 920 that belongs to Prefix 201 and fleet 5000.
If your radio is in the same prefix as group 2015000920, you can address it as 5000920.
If your radio is in the same prefix as group 2015000920 and is programmed for group fleet 5000, you can address the group as 920.


PSTN Number

To make a PSTN telephone call in CondorRDS you must enter 0 (zero) followed by telephone number (from 3 to 30 digits).

Examples:
03053240123 will call 305-324-0123

01-800-CALL-ATT will call 18002255288


PABX Number

To make a PABX telephone call in CondorRDS you must enter 8 (eight) followed by telephone extension number (from 3 to 30 digits)

Example:
8385 will call PABX extension number 385


Special Ident Values

There are certain Ident values used in conjunction with Prefix 000, that allow addressing special services of the trunking system or network:

•	Prearranged PSTN Numbers.

•	System-Wide Calls.


Prearranged or Preset PSTN Numbers
Prearranged PSTN Numbers or

Preset PSTN Numbers

Up to 15 PSTN Numbers can be preset in the trunking system. These PSTN numbers are available for all the subscribers. To call a preset PSTN number you must enter an MPT1327 Address from /0008121 to /0008135.


System-Wide Addressing

Prefix 000 and Ident 8191 can be used to make a system-wide call.

The address /0008191 allows you to make a system-wide call in CondorRDS.


MPT1343 Fleet Numbering Plan
MPT1343 Subscriber Numbering Plan

Each radio unit or group of radios belongs to a certain prefix and fleet. The information about prefixes and how fleets are organized in those prefixes is called MPT1343 Fleet Numbering Plan.

Each record in MPT1343 Subscriber Numbering Plan, describing either a unit fleet or a group fleet, consists of: Prefix, Base Ident, Max Ident, number of digits in Unit Number or Group Number, name of fleet and some descriptive comment or note about fleet.


CondorRDS 2.0 Overview

General Purpose

CondorRDS is designed for radio dispatcher operations in standard MPT1327 Radio Trunking networks. It must be connected to a standard MAP27 radio (such as Motorola GP1200/GM1200) in order to send/receive messages, calls and send dynamic regrouping commands.

Database

The radio dispatching data is stored in Microsoft Access database. It allows, in addition to database functions provided by CondorRDS, to create custom reports and other data-related customizations using any of Microsoft Office applications and any other software package that can access data using MS Jet Engine ODBC driver or Microsoft Data Access Objects.

Individual, Group and Other Addresses in Database

The user can add, edit and remove individual subscriber addresses and group addresses.

Usually addresses are stored in MPT1343 format – PPPFFFFNNN – in which PPP stands for MPT1343 Prefix, FFFF is MPT1343 Fleet number and NNN is two- or three-digit unit/group number. When a radio is connected the user can use short addresses like NNN, FFFFNNN to address individuals and groups within the same prefix.
(Note: Administrators can choose among MPT1343 Subscriber Numbering and ACTIONET Subscriber Numbering)

Besides, CondorRDS supports:

•	MPT1327 Addresses entered using /PPPIIII format where PPP is MPT1327 Prefix (a number from 0 to 127) and IIII is MPT1327 Ident (a number from 2 to 8100 or other special values like 8121-8135, 8191).

•	PSTN and PABX telephone numbers (e.g. 03053240123 will call PSTN number 305-324-0123; 8923 will call PABX extension number 923).

•	15 Prearranged (or preset) PSTN telephone numbers addressed from /0008121 to /0008135.

•	System-wide calling addressed as /0008191.

MPT1343 Subscriber Numbering Plan in Database

Each radio unit belongs to a certain prefix and radio fleet. The information about other prefixes and how fleets are organized in those prefixes is not available to the radio. This means that, when a radio receives a message or a call, which comes from other fleet or prefix, it has no way of showing a proper MPT1343 address on its display.

That is why the MPT1343 Subscriber Numbering Plan is defined and used. The user must add prefix and fleet organization data (MPT1327 Prefix, Base Ident, Fleet Size, etc.) at least for one fleet – that is the fleet of his own radio. Additional plan records will describe which groups are used in the system and other fleets of individual subscriber units.

Status Message Codes and Meanings

There are 32 possible status codes that can be sent and received. The user can assign two meanings for one status code – outgoing status code meaning and incoming status code meaning.

All sent and received status messages are stored in the database of CondorRDS.

On/Off Duty Feature

If this feature is enabled then the dispatcher has to assign two status codes – one to report “on-duty” status and the other one to report “off-duty” status. The individuals, which are off-duty, are not displayed in the “Individuals” window of CondorRDS. The ones that have sent “on-duty” status message to the dispatcher immediately become visible in the list. Whenever somebody sends “off-duty” message, he is removed from the list in the window.

Text Messages

The user can send 7-bit ASCII or 8-bit ASCII text messages. If 7-bit ASCII message is less or equal to 25 characters, it is sent out as one MPT1327 Single Segment Transaction or Short Data Message, otherwise it is sent out as MPT1327 Multiple Segment Transaction or Extended Data Message. Maximum size of such a message is 100 (7-bit) ASCII characters. If 8-bit ASCII message is less or equal to 22 characters, it is sent out as one MPT1327 Single Segment Transaction or Short Data Message, otherwise it is sent out as MPT1327 Multiple Segment Transaction or Extended Data Message. Maximum size of such a message is 88 (8-bit) ASCII characters.

All sent and received text messages are stored in the database of CondorRDS.

Voice Calls

CondorRDS can make and receive individual and group voice calls, PSTN telephone calls, PABX telephone calls, system-wide calls. Priority and emergency calls are supported.

For easy operation a headset with microphone is recommended. Push-to-Talk can be activated by clicking space on the keyboard or by mouse.

The date and exact times of all made and received calls are stored in the database of CondorRDS.

Operating Conditon and Network Information

Operating Condition (current radio field strength and status of the radio) is displayed on the status bar of CondorRDS. For diagnostic reasons Network Information (Channel Number, System Identity Code) can be inqueried and displayed on the status bar.

Two Classes of User

“Admins” is a class of users who can change status message settings, reset other user’s passwords and manage list of addresses and Fleet Numbering Plan. “Dispatchers” are not allowed to do that – they can only do normal dispatcher tasks like status and text messaging, calling and dynamic regrouping.

Dynamic Regrouping

Each radio unit that supports DR can belong to up to 16 groups at the same time. Thus there are 16 positions in the memory of a radio. Each position contains the address of a group and the alphanumeric label of a group. Whenever a group call happens radio looks in all of the 16 positions to find whether it belongs to that group. If it does belong then it accepts the call showing the group label on its display.

CondorRDS can send special regrouping commands that change any of group addresses stored in memory of a remote radio. This allows to move or to add a remote individual subscriber to any group and then to remove him from any dynamic group. Applications of dynamic regrouping are numerous – from taxi to security services in buildings, delivery trucks and warehouses, allocating different tasks to a selected group of subscribers and more.


How to get quick help
Quick Help Tip

In most of the windows, you can notice a quick help button [image] in the upper right corner. To get quick help, click this button and the click any item in the window to get help about this item. Another way of doing it – click and hold down the mouse button on any item in the window and then press F1 to get help about this item.


Workgroup Information File

You must select the workgroup information file that contains security data about users and groups of the Microsoft Access Database that you’re going to use with CondorRDS. This file has .MDW extension.


Click this button to bring up a window that helps you to find the workgroup information file.


Database File

You must select the Microsoft Access database file that contains CondorRDS data. This file has .MDB extension.


Click this button to bring up a window that helps you to find the database file.


You must select the serial port of your computer to which the MAP27 radio is connected.


You must select the baud rate of the serial port, it must match the baud rate of the MAP27 radio. The recommended value is 9600.


If you want to hear a beep when the message or call arrives, tick this box.


When you’re finished with the settings please press this button to save them. If you’re logged on now the port and the database settings will take effect when you log out and log on again.


Enter your current password here.


Enter your new password here.


Enter your new password again here to verify. If text in New Password and Verify New Password doesn’t match, you can’t change the password.


Press this button to make the password change.


Shows the list of users that allowed to access CondorRDS. If you want to see all the users, make sure that Look For field is empty and press Find.


To look for particular user or users, please enter the name or the part of it in this field and press Find.


Press this button to find users specified in Look For field. It will show all the users if Look For field is empty.


Press this button to modify user properties and/or reset user password.


Press this new button to add a new user.


If the user’s system crashed and the user is still marked as logged on, you can “unlog” this user.


Press this button to delete the selected user.


Enter the user name here.


Enter the user’s callsign. It must be not longer than 14 characters. Callsign is like a nickname or a short name of the user used by the radio community.


Select the user’s group. Usually it is either Admins or Dispatchers.

Admins have rights to manage Users, Fleet Numbering Plan, Address Directory and Status Messages plus all the rights of Dispatchers.

Dispatchers have rights to use normal dispatch functions like calling, messaging, regrouping and SCADA operation.


Enter the user’s password here.


To verify that password is entered correctly, enter it here again.


When you finish entering new user’s properties, press this button to add the user.


If you want to go back to the user list, press this button.


If you want to discard entered text in all the fields, press this button.


When you finish modifying the user’s properties, press this button to apply the changes.


If the user forgot the password, you can reset the password by pressing this button. The user will be able to log on with blank password.

It is recommended that the user changes the password right away to avoid access violations.


Tick this box to allow dynamic regrouping operations for the user.


This is a fleet plan: the list of all the fleets stored in the database.


Enter the name of the fleet here.


MPT1327 Prefix ranges from 0 to 127. MPT1343 Prefix is calculated by adding 200:
PMPT1343= 200 + PMPT1327


Enter MPT1343 Prefix of the fleet here. Range is 200 to 327. MPT1327 Prefix will be calculated for you.
PMPT1327 = PMPT1343 - 200


Fleet Base Ident (BI) is always an even number ranging from 2 to 8100
FN = 2000 + BI / 2


Enter Fleet Number (FN) of the fleet here. FN ranges from 2001 to 6050.
Base Ident (BI) will be calculated for you.
BI = ( FN - 2000 ) * 2


Maximum Ident (MI) is always an odd number. Fleet Size (FS) is related to MI as follows:
FS = MI – BI + 1


Enter Fleet Size (FS) here. Fleet size must be an even number and not less than 2. Maximum Ident (MI) will be calculated for you.

MI = BI + FS – 1, where BI = ( FN – 2000 ) * 2


Select numbering of the fleet. It is either 3-digit or 2-digit. Naturally, unit fleets of more than 70 units can not be 2-digit and group fleets of more than 10 groups can not be 2-digit.

2-digit numbering allows fleet units from 20 to 89 and groups from 90 to 99.

3-digit numbering allows fleet units from 200 to 899 and groups from 900 to 999.


Enter your comments about the fleet here.


Press this button to retrieve the unit fleet information right out of your radio. This saves some time.


Press this button to retrieve the group fleet information right out of your radio. Unfortunately, the radio doesn’t give you all the data. You will need to enter Maximum Ident or Fleet Size.


Press this button to start entering new unit or group fleet.


Press this button to save the fleet data in the database.


Press this button to discard the changes that you started to make to the fleet data.


To delete the selected fleet, press this button.


When you finish updating the fleet numbering plan, click this button. CondorRDS will become aware of new or changed fleets.


This is an address directory: the list of all the individual radio units and the groups.


Type in name, address or some partial name or address here. Then press Enter. It will try to find some matching groups and/or users.


Press this button to add an Individual to the address directory. Individual is an address of an individual radio unit.


Press this unit to add a Talkgroup to the address directory. Talkgroup is an address of group of radio units.


Press this button to edit the selected entry in the list.


To delete the selected address in the list, press this button.


When you finish working with the address directory, press this button to close it. All changes will be reflected in the main window of CondorRDS.


Enter callsign of an individual or a group here. It must be not longer than 14 characters. Callsign is like a nickname or a short name of the individual used by the radio community.


Enter address of an individual or a group here. MPT1343 and MPT1327 addresses are supported, besides you can enter Prearranged PSTN numbers, PABX and PSTN numbers. Please see Help for more information about addressing.


Enter name of an individual or a subscriber here.


Tick this box to indicate that this individual or group can participate in dynamic regrouping.


Select a position (1-16) in memory of a grouped radio where the group address will be stored.


You can enter some additional information here if you want.


When you finish entering or changing entries in this window, click this button.


This is the list of all the status messages.


Select a status code here. It is a number from 0 to 31.


Press this button to save the status message.


Here, type in the message that you want to see when the selected status code is received.


Here, type in the message that you want to see when the selected status code is sent.


Tick this box to enable processing of On/Off Duty status codes.


Select the status code that will be used to report that units are on duty.


Select the status code that will be used to report that units are off duty.


Click this button to save On/Off Duty processing options.


When you finish working with Status Message options, click this button.


Select a status message from the list on the left and click this button to start editing it.


Select a status message from the list on the left and click this button if you want to delete this status message.


ACTIONET Numbering Model

Depending on the total number of subscribers in the system, one of four numbering models can be chosen. The smallest model operates within a single prefix only, and requires no more than 5 digits to access any radio within the system. In larger systems, more prefixes have to be catered for and the length of the dialled number in an interfleet call becomes larger.


ACTIONET Fleet Partition Parameter (FPP)

FPP determines the number of large and small fleets. FPP can take the range 0..10.


Miniaturization Extent Parameter (MEP)

This parameter determines the number of minifleets (and small fleets) which are available for a given prefix. MEP shows how many of the small fleets are divided into minifleets. The number of minifleets is 30*MEP.


ACTIONET Subscriber Numbering configuration parameters are saved in the database when you press Save. Caution! These parameters must be only changed by a qualified administrator who knows exact values of these parameters for the corresponding ACTIONET trunking network.


All changes are cancelled when you press Cancel button.


Choose MPT1343 Subscriber Numbering.


Choose ACTIONET Subscriber Numbering.


When you press Set button, the program makes a final warning of caution and then stores your subscriber numbering preference in the database. To activate the chosen numbering you must log out and then log in again.


Cancel button discards your choice and closes the dialog box.


User Management,
Setting Up Single-User or Multi-User Dispatch Center

Configuring a one-machine / single-user dispatch center

You must change password of user “admin” for additional security.

You can add additional users belonging to “dispatchers” group if you want to designate other operators to access this machine with lower access level.

For example, you want to be able to change address book settings and to perform other administrative tasks, but you want other users only to make calls, regrouping and messaging.

Configuring a multi-user dispatch center

Basically, you will need to do the same as above.

Besides, you must relocate the database files (one .MDB file and one .MDW file) to a shared network file location. Originally the empty database files are located in "\Program Files\Common Files\condor-rds-data".

Managing Users

The user list

Shows the list of users that allowed to access CondorRDS. If you want to see all the users, make sure that “Look For” field is empty and press Find.

Look for

To look for particular user or users, please enter the name or the part of it in this field and press Find.

Find

Press this button to find users specified in “Look For” field. It will show all the users if “Look For” field is empty.

Modify

Press this button to modify user properties and/or reset user password.

New

Press this button to add a new user.

Unlog

If the user’s system crashed and the user is still marked as logged on, you can “unlog” this user.

Delete

Press this button to delete the selected user.

Adding a user

User Name

Enter the user name here.

Callsign

Enter the user’s callsign. It must be not longer than 14 characters. Callsign is like a nickname or a short name of the user used by the radio community.

Member Of

Select the user’s group. Usually it is either Admins or Dispatchers.

Admins have rights to manage Users, Fleet Numbering Plan, Address Directory and Status Messages plus all the rights of Dispatchers.

Dispatchers have rights to use normal dispatch functions like calling, messaging, regrouping and SCADA operation.

Password

Enter the user’s password here.

Verify Password

To verify that password is entered correctly, enter it here again.

Allow Dynamic Regrouping

Tick this box to allow dynamic regrouping operations for the user.

Add

When you finish entering new user’s properties, press this button to add the user.

Close

If you want to go back to the user list, press this button.

Clear

If you want to discard entered text in all the fields, press this button.

Modifying a user

User Name

You can’t change the user name.

Callsign

Enter the user’s callsign. It must be not longer than 14 characters. Callsign is like a nickname or a short name of the user used by the radio community.

Member Of

Select the user’s group. Usually it is either Admins or Dispatchers.

Admins have rights to manage Users, Fleet Numbering Plan, Address Directory and Status Messages plus all the rights of Dispatchers.

Dispatchers have rights to use normal dispatch functions like calling, messaging, regrouping and SCADA operation.

Reset Password

If the user forgot the password, you can reset the password by pressing this button. The user will be able to log on with blank password.

It is recommended that the user changes her password immediately to avoid access violations.

Allow Dynamic Regrouping

Tick this box to allow dynamic regrouping operations for the user.

Apply

When you finish modifying the user’s properties, press this button to apply the changes.

Close

If you want to go back to the user list, press this button.


Install CondorRDS
Installation Notes

Database files are in MS Access 97 data format. They will be installed as shared files, that means that if you uninstall the software they will still remain on disk (you should choose to keep shared files when the uninstall program prompts you). You will not loose your operational data by uninstalling the software. For that reason the data files are not installed under the CondorRDS program folder. They will appear in folder \Program Files\Common Files\condor-rds-data

Run Setup.exe from disk1 to install the software.

•	There could be warning messages that some files can't be overwritten due to sharing violation - this means those files are already present and used by the system, just click Ignore.

•	Installation program runs a subprogram that installs Monotype.com® typeface on your computer. This subprogram might prompt you to reboot computer, please ignore this prompt and select not to reboot, because you must wait untill main installation procedure is over.

•	Installation program might ask you to reboot computer.

•	Make sure that HASP® Hardware License Key is plugged in your parallel port.

•	Default database user is "admin" with blank password.

•	When you first run the software from Start menu, go to Settings and set up your serial port (recommended baudrate is 9600) and specify locations of the database files. The default database files are located in subfolder "\Program Files\Common Files\condor-rds-data". In case of multi-user system, you can copy database files to a network shared folder. Then instead of local database files you can select these network-located database files in the settings.

•	Make sure that no modem is configured to use the same serial port.

•	After you're done with Settings you can logon.

•	Default Subscriber Numbering is MPT1343. You can choose the numbering in Admin menu. Choices are: MPT1343 or ACTIONET.

•	Depending on your choice of Subscriber, you must configure either MPT1343 Subscriber Numbering Plan or ACTIONET Subscriber Numbering, so that software is able to convert MPT1327 Idents into proper Subscriber Numbers and vice versa. To do it, you must go to Admin menu.


Set Settings

Workgroup Information File

You must select the workgroup information file that contains security data about users and groups of the Microsoft Access Database that you’re going to use with CondorRDS. This file has .MDW extension.

Database File

You must select the Microsoft Access database file that contains CondorRDS data. This file has .MDB extension.

Serial Port

You must select the serial port of your computer to which the MAP27 radio is connected.

Baud Rate

You must select the baud rate of the serial port, it must match the baud rate of the MAP27 radio. The recommended value is 9600.

Beep

If you want to hear a beep when the message or call arrives, tick this box.

Save

When you’re finished with the settings please press this button to save them. If you’re logged on now the port and the database settings will take effect when you log out and log on again.


Logon

Name

Enter your user name here.

Password

Enter your password here.

Exclusive

If you tick this box, the logon will be exclusive. That means that no other user will be able to connect to the database. Exclusive logon option will work only for members of Admins group.

This is useful when you need to make some important data updates and want to prevent other users from interfering.

Logon

Press this button or Enter to logon.

Cancel

If you do not want to logon, click this button.

You’ll still be able to go to settings and update them if needed.


Change Password

Old Password

Enter your current password here.

New Password

Enter your new password here.

Verify New Password

Enter your new password again here to verify. If text in “New Password” and “Verify New Password” doesn’t match, you can’t change the password.

Change

Press this button to make the password change.


Select Subscriber Numbering

You must choose which of the Subscriber Numbering schemes you are going to use.

MPT1343 Subscriber Numbering is the most popular, that is why it is chosen by default for you.

ACTIONET Subscriber Numbering is also supported, you must choose it if your radio trunking network is ACTIONET.

When you change your numbering scheme, you make all the subscriber numbers, stored in the database, invalid. Normally, you should do it when you are setting everything up.

After all the configuration work is over, you will hardly ever find yourself clicking around in this dialog box.


MPT1343 Subscriber Numbering Configuration
Configure MPT1343 Subscriber Numbering Plan

Fleet Name

Enter the name of the fleet here.

Fleet Type

Select the fleet type: it is either unit fleet (individuals subscriber numbers) or group fleet.

Prefix

MPT1327 Prefix ranges from 0 to 127. MPT1343 Prefix is calculated by adding 200:
PMPT1343= 200 + PMPT1327

MPT1343 Prefix

Enter MPT1343 Prefix of the fleet here. MPT1327 Prefix will be calculated for you.

PMPT1327 = PMPT1343 - 200

Base Ident

Fleet Base Ident (BI) is always an even number ranging from 2 to 8100
FN = 2000 + BI / 2

Fleet Number

Enter Fleet Number (FN) of the fleet here. Base Ident (BI) will be calculated for you. For units, fleet numbers start from 2001. For groups, fleet numbers start from 5000.

BI = ( FN - 2000 ) * 2

Max Ident

Maximum Ident (MI) is always an odd number. Fleet Size (FS) is related to MI as follows:
FS = MI – BI + 1

Fleet Size

Enter Fleet Size (FS) here. Fleet size must be an even number and not less than 2. Maximum Ident (MI) will be calculated for you.

MI = BI + FS – 1, where BI = ( FN – 2000 ) * 2

Digits

Select numbering of the fleet. It is either 3-digit or 2-digit. Naturally, unit fleets of more than 70 units can not be 2-digit and group fleets of more than 10 groups can not be 2-digit.

2-digit numbering allows fleet units from 20 to 89 and groups from 90 to 99.

3-digit numbering allows fleet units from 200 to 899 and groups from 900 to 999.

Comments

Enter your comments about the fleet here.

Get Unit Numbering From This Radio

Press this button to retrieve the unit fleet information right out of your radio. This saves some time.

Get Group Numbering From This Radio

Press this button to retrieve the group fleet information right out of your radio. Unfortunately, the radio doesn’t give you all the data. You will need to enter Fleet Size.

New

Press this button to start entering new unit or group fleet.

Save

Press this button to save the fleet data in the database.

Undo

Press this button to discard the changes that you started to make to the fleet data.

Delete

To delete the selected fleet, press this button.

Close

When you finish updating the fleet numbering plan, click this button. CondorRDS will become aware of new or changed fleets.


ACTIONET Subscriber Numbering Configuration
Configure ACTIONET Subscriber Numbering

The configuration of fleets in an ACTIONET trunking network is defined by the following three parameters: Numbering Model, Fleet Partition Parameter (FPP) and Miniaturization Extent Parameter (MEP).

There are three types of fleets in ACTIONET: large fleets, small fleets and mini fleets.

Each large fleet = 700 individual subscribers and 99 groups.

Each small fleet = 70 individual subscribers and 10 groups.

Each mini fleet = 22 individual subscribers and 4 groups.

Numbering Model

Four numbering models are defined:

SMALL – for networks that only use prefix 0.

MEDIUM – for networks with prefixes ranging from 0 to 9.

LARGE – for networks with prefixes ranging from 0 to 99.

EXTRA LARGE – for networks with prefixes ranging from 0 to 127.

Selection of numbering model affects lengths of dialed interfleet subscriber numbers.

Fleet Partition Parameter (FPP)

FEP defines how the MPT1327 ident space is divided between large and small fleets. Note that small fleets can be even more sub-divided into mini fleets.

FEP ranges from 0 to 10. Number of large fleets (700 units and 99 groups) is equal to FEP.

A small fleet is always comprised of 70 units and 10 groups.

Miniaturization Extent Parameter (MEP)

This parameter determines the number of mini fleets (and small fleets).

MEP shows how many of the small fleets are divided into mini fleets.

The number of mini fleets is 30*MEP.

MEP ranges from 0 to 10-FPP.

Given the relationship between FEP and MEP, it follows that number of small fleets is
100-10*(FEP+MEP)


Manage Address Directory
Address Directory

Address Directory

This is an address directory: the list of all the individual radio units and the groups.

Look For

Type in name, address or some partial name or address here. Then press Enter. It will try to find some matching groups and/or users.

Add Individual

Press this button to add an Individual to the address directory. Individual is an address of an individual radio unit.

Add Talkgroup

Press this unit to add a Talkgroup to the address directory. Talkgroup is an address of group of radio units.

Edit

Press this button to edit the selected entry in the list.

Delete

To delete the selected address in the list, press this button.

Close

When you finish working with the address directory, press this button to close it. All changes will be reflected in the main window of CondorRDS.

Callsign

Enter callsign of a a group here. It must be not longer than 14 characters.

Address

Enter address of a group here. MPT1343 and MPT1327 addresses are supported.

Dynamic

Tick this box to indicate that this group can participate in dynamic regrouping.

Position

Select a position (1-16) in memory of a grouped radio where the group address will be stored.

Note

You can enter some additional information here if you want.

Add / Update

When you finish entering or changing entries in this window, click this button.

Callsign

Enter callsign of an individual here. It must be not longer than 14 characters. Callsign is like a nickname or a short name of the individual used by the radio community.

Addess

Enter address of an individual here. MPT1343 and MPT1327 addresses are supported, besides you can enter Prearranged PSTN numbers, PABX and PSTN numbers. Please see Help for more information about addressing.

Name

Enter name of an individual or a subscriber here.

Dynamic

Tick this box to indicate that this individual can participate in dynamic regrouping.

Note

You can enter some additional information here if you want.

Add / Update

When you finish entering or changing entries in this window, click this button.


Organize Status Messages

Status Message List

This is the list of all the status messages.

Status Code

Select a status code here. It is a number from 0 to 31.

Set

Press this button to save the status message.

In Text

Here, type in the message that you want to see when the selected status code is received.

Out Text

Here, type in the message that you want to see when the selected status code is sent.

On / Off Duty Codes Enabled

Tick this box to enable processing of On/Off Duty status codes.

On Duty

Select the status code that will be used to report that units are on duty.

Off Duty

Select the status code that will be used to report that units are off duty.

Apply

Click this button to save On/Off Duty processing options.

Close

When you finish working with Status Message options, click this button.

Edit

Select a status message from the list on the left and click this button to start editing it.

Delete

Select a status message from the list on the left and click this button if you want to delete this status message.


Do Dynamic Regroup
Dynamic Regrouping

Concept

Each radio unit that supports Dynamic Regrouping (“DR”) can belong to up to 16 groups at the same time. Thus there are 16 positions in the memory of a radio. Each position contains the address of a group and the alphanumeric name of a group. Whenever a group call happens radio looks in all of the 16 positions to find whether it belongs to that group. If it does belong then it accepts the call showing the group names on its display.

Certain assumptions

It doesn’t make sense to have same group address in more than one memory position of a radio unit.

Using Address Directory to specify which groups are dynamic

Go to Address Directory in Admin menu. Press Add Talkgroup. Type in the name of a group, the address. Check dynamic. Select position. Press Add button. This will be reflected in the list of talkgroups in “dynamic groups” sublist.

For example, if you create dynamic group “Sentry 15” with address 915 and position 1, that means that whenever you regroup a radio unit into this group, address 915 will be recorded at position 1 of this radio.

Setting a default group

You need to select a default dynamic group to be able to regroup units from the list of Individuals with just one click of “Regroup” button on the toolbar.

Select a group in the list of dynamic groups. Go to Regrouping menu and click Set Default Dynamic Group.

You will see a red asterisk * near that dynamic group.

Whenever you need a different default group just follow the same steps again with a different selection.

Regrouping a radio from the list of Individuals

Make sure you have set a default dynamic group.

Select a radio unit in the list of Individuals and click “Regroup” on the toolbar or in Regrouping menu.

As a result, if regrouping is successful, this unit will appear in Dynamic Groups under the default group.

Regrouping a radio between dynamic groups

Go to Talkgroups. Select a unit, which belongs to one dynamic group. Drag and drop it onto the other dynamic group. As a result, if regrouping is successful, this unit will move from the original group to the destination group, if they have the same position numbers, otherwise, if they have different position numbers, the unit will be added to the destination group and will remain with the original group.

Setting a group’s name

If you select a unit in the dynamic group and click “Upload Group Name” on the toolbar or in Regrouping menu, the group’s alphanumeric name will be sent to that radio.

If you select a dynamic group and click “Upload Group Name” on the toolbar, the group’s alphanumeric name will be sent to all the radios that belong to that group.

It is obvious that sending name to a group rather then to an individual saves a lot of time.

Important note

It has been noticed that after receiving the group’s alphanumeric name over the air, the radio stops responding to calls and messages for approximately 3-5 seconds. It seems it takes this time to “burn” this data into its memory.


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Work in Main Window

 Resizing Panes. Move mouse pointer over the border between View Pane and Message Log. Mouse pointer should change into resize indicator as you see on the picture. Hold mouse button and slide it left or right to achieve desired position of the border, then release mouse button.

Sending a Status Message

Select an address that you want to call from Talkgroups View or from Individuals View. Or you can type any supported type of address right into the Address box. Then you can select any status message from the drop-down list below the address or just type in any number from 0 to 31.

Click Send button when you’re ready to send the status message.

Sending a Text Message

Select an address that you want to call from Talkgroups View or from Individuals View. Or you can type any supported type of address right into the Address box. Type your text message under the address.

•	7-bit. If you select [image], then you can send text message as short data message of up to 25 characters (ASCII 7-bit). If you type more than 25 characters, CondorRDS will try to send your text message as extended data message of up to 100 characters.

•	8-bit. If you select [image], then you can send text message as short data message of up to 22 characters (ASCII 8-bit). If you type more than 22 characters, CondorRDS will try to send your text message as extended data message of up to 88 characters.

Click Send button when you’re ready to send the text message.

Making a Voice Call

Select an address that you want to call from Talkgroups View or from Individuals View. Or you can type any supported type of address right into the Address box.

•	Emergency Call. Click [image] to set up this call as Emergency Call.

•	Priority Call. Click [image] to set up this call as Priority Call.

•	Call or Broadcast. If you click “Allow dialog” [image], called party or parties will be able to talk to you. Otherwise called party or parties will only be able to listen to you, which makes this call a broadcast.

When you’re done with the call settings, click Send button to make a call.
Also all these call options are available via Messaging menu.
When you are receiving or making calls, you will see a pop-up window allowing you to activate Push-To-Talk (PTT) function of the radio unit.

StatusBar

The status bar tells you important things about the software and the radio. If you move the mouse pointer over different panes of the status bar and hold it for couple of seconds over each of the panes, you will see pop-up descriptions of the panes.
The following is shown in the panes from left to right:

•	Version. The software version number of CondorRDS. If you double-click it, it will bring up “About” window.

•	Last diagnostic or error message. Here, you will see different messages from CondorRDS. Besides, if you go to Radio | Network Information menu, it will show the System Identy Code and the Channel Number.

•	Operating Condition. If you see Ø – that means the radio unit is “locked” into the network. If the radio unit has failed to “lock”, it will show ×. You can check current Operating Condition by double-clicking this pane or going to Radio | Operating Condition menu.

•	Field Strength. Here, it shows the last measurement of the field strength. You can check current field strength by double-clicking this pane or going to Radio | Operating Condition menu.

•	Your Callsign. Tells your callsign. If you double-click this pane, CondorRDS will try to update radio numbering information. This also can be done via Radio | Numbering Info menu. You will need to update Numbering Info, if you replaced your radio without logging off.

•	Address of Your Radio. Prefix, Fleet and Number of your radio. If you double-click this pane, CondorRDS will try to update radio numbering information. This also can be done via Radio | Numbering Info menu. You will need to update Numbering Info, if you replaced your radio without logging off.

•	Current Date.

•	Current Time.

View Menu

•	Fullscreen. Toggles size of the window from normal to fullscreen and back to normal.

•	Show Log Data as Text / Hex. Sometimes it is useful to see text messages in the message log in hex format.