[TrunkCom] GRE folks

[Wayne M H]

On Thu, 19 Jun 2003 07:15:22 -0500, "Todd Hartzel" <toddh@brick.net>
wrote:

>On 18 Jun 2003 at 22:17, Brian J Cathcart wrote:
>> Todd:
>>=20
>> 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.

"Cross-patching" or not, both patching and MSELs operate in the same
manner over the CC. Just the TG incrementation changes. So your point
is irrelevant. He was trying to make a point in relation to his
example. Not every system operates like St Louis does.

-Wayne