[TrunkCom] GRE folks

[Todd Hartzel]

On 18 Jun 2003 at 22:17, Brian J Cathcart wrote:
> Todd:
> 
> What model scanner are you using?  With the status bit function "on" you
> will receive all patched conversations, however not necessarily on the
> talkgroup you are expecting.   Example: 57360 and 8208 are cross-patched;
> you're monitoring 57360 and expect to see the conversation on 57363 but
> actually it appears (on the Trunk Tracker) on 8711.  The Motorola radios,
> on the other hand, hear the crosspatch on both talkgroups.  If you watch
> Trunker you'll see this happen a lot - the patch is created but shows up
> on only one of the talkgroups instead of both (the display log will show
> you what talkgroups are patched).  The Motorola radios handle this
> properly and hear the audio on both talkgroups, but the Trunk Tracker
> only passes audio through to one of the talkgroups (don't know why).  I'd
> be willing to bet that when the patches you describe occur, you'd find
> the conversation on the "other" talkgroup it's being patched with (it
> would be best to watch Trunker when this happens, that way you'd see
> which talkgroup the audio is being fed to).

Cross-Patched?  When did I mention anything about cross-patches.
The St Louis City Police have not used that feature in over two years.
Back then, the SODD & BOI were patched together.  And the INFO
A & INFO B talkgroups were patched.  But that was over two years ago.
The St Louis City Police do not do cross patches anymore.  The
feature is available on the Centracom Gold Elite Dispatch screens
as the folders 'Patch-1', 'Patch-2' & 'Patch-3', but again, not used anymore.

> 
> So, the status bit function does work, it just doesn't always show the
> conversation on the talkgroup you are expecting.  In Broward County, FL,
> the patches *usually* show up +3, +7, etc. but sometimes the audio is
> only heard on the "other" talkgroup it's patched to.  It sounds like St.
> Louis has theirs set up a little differently, however I would want to
> watch Trunker for awhile to see for sure what's happening.  You might
> find that when the APB goes out the conversation will appear on the same
> talkgroup every time (and you might not have that one scanning).
> 
> Hope that helps,
> 
> The Scanner Dude
> Brian J. Cathcart - KE4PMJ
> South Florida Frequency & Trunking Guide 7th Edition
> Available in both Printed and CD-ROM format
> 
> 
> P.S. Don't be surprised if the PRO-96 does the same thing.  GRE licensed
> some of the Motorola trunking features from Uniden beginning with the
> PRO-93.


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