Motorola MotoTRBO Firmware Release 2.4 (November 2014)

MOTOTRBO Release 2.41

MOTOTRBOTM

SOFTWARE RELEASE 2.4 TRAININGPCT1010

LUBO HARIZANOVMOTOTRBO PRODUCT PLANNER


New Features in this Release

• User Selectable Audio Profiles• Trill Enhancement• Text to Speech Voice Announcement• IMPRES Over-the-Air (OTA) Battery Management • Event and Distance Driven Location Updates• Pre-Configured Target ID for Telephone Calls

• Clear to Send Audio Mute in Digital Mode • Screen Backlight Enhancements • Switch Auto between Assessor and Speaker • Hide Sing-in Pin on Home Screen• Disable Bluetooth via CPS• DMR Tier 2 Interoperability Features• Multi Button PTT & Channel Steering• Repeater Narrow IF Filter • Rest Channel Time-Out-Timer• Repeater Diagnostic Enhancement• Mobile Handheld Control Head


USER SELECTABLEAUDIO PROFILES


The User Selectable Audio Profiles provide radio users with greater flexibility to optimize the audio experience for specific operating environments and to better accommodate personal listening preference.

User Selectable Audio Profiles

Audio Ambience - based on work environment:• Default – original radio settings• Loud – enables Noise Suppressor and increases speaker loudness by around 8dB,

so the radio is easier to hear over surrounding noise• Work Group – enables AF Suppressor and disable AGC, to minimize feedback

loops, when a group of radios are near to each other.

Audio Profiles - based on listening preferences:• Default - original radio settings • Level 1, Level 2, and Level 3 are intended to • compensate for noise-induced hearing loss that • is typical for adults in their 40’s, 50’s, and 60’s or over.• Treble Boost for a brighter or high pitched sound• Mid Boost for a more nasal sound• Bass Boost for a deeper sound

Selections can be made from each category independently. Users are encouraged to select the profile which sounds best to them.


Menu > Utilities > Radio Settings > Audio Ambience

Menu > Utilities > Radio Settings > Audio Profiles

The Audio Profiles selection are made using CPS or Radio Menu (display radios)

General Settings > Audio Profile

NOTE: For Non-Display and Numeric only Display radios, Audio Ambience and Profile settings can only be changed via CPS

User Selectable Audio Profiles - Configuration

CPS Programming

Radio Menu


Radio industry standard AMBE2 vocoder recognises the sounds made by the human voice and converts them to a set of highly-optimised codes.

Algorithm does not reproduce well the Trill (rolling “r”) sound in Latin languages and transforms it into a flattened “r” which has been described by some as “drunk speech”.

Additional audio processing is applied in the transmitting radio to enhance the sharpness of the rolling “r” so speech is clearer and more intelligible.

Trill Enhancement

General Settings >Audio Profile

Menu >Utilities >Radio Settings >Trill Enhance

CPS Programming

Radio Menu


TEXT TO SPEECHVOICE ANNOUNCEMENT


Voice announcement in 2nd Generation MOTOTRBO radios can audibly convey information to the radio user, when the radio display is not easily accessible. Professionally recorded or user recorded files can be loaded into the radios via CPS

Text to Speech Voice Announcement

• 27 languages and country accents: Arabic (1), Cantonese (1), English (7), French (2), German (1), Hungarian (1), Italian

(1), Japanese (1), Korean (1), Mandarin (1), Polish (1), Portuguese (2), Russian (1), Spanish (4), Swedish (1) and Turkish (1)

• Mutually exclusive with pre-recorded standard voice announcements• Supported in both Analog and Digital operation• Custom dictionary for accurate readout of abbreviations and industry specific terminology available in the MOTOTRBO CPS

Text to Speech generates the voice announcement using a speech algorithm in the MOTOTRBO subscriber for Channel and Zone names, Button functions, Text Messages and Job Tickets


FeatureStandard Voice Announcement

Text-to-Speech Voice Announcement

Channel Alias AnnouncementYes

(128 Channels Maximum)Yes

(Unlimited)

Zone Alias AnnouncementYes

(20 Zones Maximum)Yes

(Unlimited)

Programmable Button Announcement Yes Yes

Voice Announcement Priority Yes Yes

Enable / Disable via Menu or Button

Yes Yes

Multiple Language support User Recorded Yes

Text Message content readout No Yes

Job Ticket content readout No Yes

Text to Speech Voice Announcement Comparison

Text-to-Speech Premium Voice Announcement License:HKVN4281A - Text to Speech for CH ZONE PB TM JT


The Voice Announcement allows for choosing between the pre-recorded voice message or Text to Speech voice generator

At the bottom of the Voice Announcement section are choices for Language, Features and Section to define the pronunciation of common Acronyms

Buttons can be assigned to Replay the last message and turn the Text to Speech ON/OFF

Text to Speech Voice Announcement

CPS Programming

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IMPRESTM OVER THE AIRBATTERY MANAGEMENT


Device Monitor

Individual Battery DetailsBatteries Grouped by Age

Battery Management

Customizable Reports Examples:


Battery Fleet Management supports automatic collection of battery information over the air while the radios are in use.

Without OTA With OTA

Battery Management Overview


Step Action

1 The Battery Fleet Management Application (BMA) starts empty.

2 Within a few hours after a radio powers up, it registers its current battery over the air with the Battery Management Application

3 BMA checks if the battery has been registered before

If the battery has… Then…

never been registered with the BMA before

the BMA creates a new record for the battery and reads its battery data over the air

been registered with the BMA

the BMA checks the last time the battery’s data was read.

If it has… Then…

NOT been recently read

BMA reads the battery data over the air

been recently read no action is taken

The radio does not register an IMPRESTM battery while in a charger.

Battery Management How it works


Battery Management application (BMA) communicates with the radio system through an IP Data Gateway in either of two ways:

2. Control Station Radio

ComponentsBattery Management

IP

Server & Proxy running MNIS

Client 1

IP

IP

NEWORKNETWORK

Server

Proxy 1 Client 1

IP

IP IP

IP

NETWORK NETWORK

1. Motorola Network Interface Service (MNIS)


Subscriber configuration for over the air battery data

collection

ConfigurationsBattery Management

• The radios must be programmed with the radio address of the IP data gateway used by the BMA

• Over the air battery management must be enabled on the Channel that the IP data gateway is monitoring.

MNIS or a control station:

• Must have a unique radio ID• Must use confirmed data calls• OTA battery management messaging

does not revert, so IP data gateways should not monitor revert channels.• OTA messaging uses the MOTOTRBO IP data service therefore, all pre-requisites and limitations of the standard IP data service apply to battery management.

IP Data Gateway configuration for over the air battery data

collection


There are two timers that may require adjustments for optimal performance:

• Battery Data Refresh Timer - controls the time between battery data reads (default value is 21 days)

• Radio Hold Off Timer (RHOT) - controls how long after power up the radio waits before registering with the BMA (random time between 30 min. and Radio Hold Off Timer value).

Large radio fleets should use larger RHOT to minimize message collisions and congestion during shift changes, when many radios power up within a short period of time

Battery Management System Level Optimization


Automatic collection of battery information over the air is supported in the following system architectures:

• Direct Mode (12.5e and 6.25e)• Single Site Repeater• IP Site Connect• Capacity Plus• Linked Capacity Plus• NOT Connect Plus

Battery information collection over the air is supported in the following radios when equipped with IMPRESTM batteries:

XPR7550, XPR7580 XPR7350, XPR7380, XPR3300, XPR3500

Battery Fleet Management license required HKVN4036 required

Battery Management Architecture and Radios supported


EVENT AND DISTANCE DRIVEN LOCATION UPDATES


Event Driven Location Updates

• Input pins can be General Purpose or Telemetry

• Different location information is available, depending on data type used:

Standard DMR data format – on scheduled (EGPS) and non-scheduled channel can support: longitude, latitude, altitude, Pin Status, time stamp, speed, direction, etc.

Single CSBK data format – only EGPS channel can support latitude, longitude, Pin Status and time-stamp (non-EGPS does not support Pin Status or time stamp)

Event Driven Location UpdatesWhen the status of a device connected to the rear pins of a MOTOTRBO radio changes, the radio sends a location update with a time stamp and Pin number status update to a 3rd party Location Tracking Application.

• Available via the control station or MOTOTRBO Network Interface Service (MNIS)

• On non-EGPS channels it’s recommended to use Confirmed Data.

School Bus Tracking

Snow Plow Tracking


• Standard DMR data format - on both scheduled channel (EGPS) and non-scheduled channel can support longitude, latitude, altitude, radius, speed, direction, etc.

• Single CSBK data format - only on EGPS channel can support latitude, longitude, speed horizontal, direction horizontal and time-stamp

• Single CSBK data format - on non-EGPS channel can only support latitude and longitude.

• Available via a control station or MOTOTRBO Network Interface Service (MNIS)

•On non-EGPS channels it’s recommended to use Confirmed data

Distance Driven Location Updates

Location update is triggered when the distance traveled by a radio from the last update, exceeds specific values defined in the location application.

Different location information is available, depending on data type used:


Event Driven Location Updates

Cable Types:• Portable: Generic, Telemetry or Motorola

Solutions• Mobile: Motorola Solutions (default)

GPIO Physical Pins:Telemetry VIO or Generic InputNote: For Telemetry VIO, set the Action as output command because output commands monitor Input pin status

GPS Report:When the Active Level of a pin is met, the GPS report will be triggered if the radio has received the Event Driven LRRP request from location application

CPS Programming


Event Driven Location Update - Considerations

The GPIO Triggered Event Driven and Distance Driven Location Updates are not sent periodically like interval GPS update, therefore:

•GPIO triggered event driven update - location report cannot be guaranteed if two events are triggered within 200ms.

•Distance Driven Location Update - recommended to use 100 meters or larger distance between updates

Supported Systems:6.25e Direct Mode Single Site ConventionalIP Site ConnectCapacity PlusLinked Capacity Plus

Please check with your Location Tracing application provider to verify that their application is ready to capture the GPIO pin changes and set Distance Driven update parameters.

32MB Memory


MULTI-BUTTON PUSH TO TALK (PTT)& CHANNEL STEERING


• Multi-Button PTT from peripheral device • Each button press reverts to a designated channel and Keys up the radio• Up to 7 PTT buttons on a single accessory

Example: • Radio PTT button: Key-up selected channel• PTT1: call Dispatch• PTT2: call a Supervisor• PTT3: call Maintenance• PTT4: etc

Multi-Button PTT & Channel Steering

WARNING: MBPTT accessories are not provided by Motorola Solutions. MBPTT accessories must be built by the users or 3rd party vendors. A reference design for a MBPTT accessory is available upon request from Motorola.


Multi Button PTT Premium License:HKVN4280A - Multi Button PTT with CH Steering

Multi-Button PTT Configuration

Configure the Accessory tab in CPS as follows:

Index MBPTT 3(Pin #12)

MBPTT 2 (Pin #5)

MBPTT 1(Pin #4)

Index 1 0 0 1

Index 2 0 1 0

Index 3 0 1 1

Index 4 1 0 0

Index 5 1 0 1

Index 6 1 1 0

Index 7 1 1 1

(0 = “Not Asserted” 1 = Indicates “Asserted”)

Multi-Button PTT is only supported in Digital Direct or Single site configuration, not IPSC, Capacity Plus, LCP or Connect Plus Multi-Button PTT channels may not have a Scan list enabled


ADDITIONAL FEATURES IN RELEASE 2.4


Phone System enabled MOTOTRBO repeaters can be set up to connect a phone user to a default Private Call, Group Call or All Call

Procedure:

• Phone user dials a phone patch box that’s linked to a radio system repeater

• Repeater sounds a tone to prompt the user to enter the target ID (Slot # and Radio ID)

• Caller can provide the target ID to set up a call to a particular radio or talkgroup within 3 seconds after the tone

• If the phone user does not enter any digits within 3 seconds, the radio system will automatically connect to the pre-configured Call ID

System configurations: Conventional Single Site,

IPSC, Capacity Plus and LCP

One default target ID per repeater: the target can be an individual Radio ID, Group ID or an All Call.

Pre-Configured Target ID for Telephone Calls


Clear to Send and Audio Mute in Digital Mode

RX Audio Mute: • GPIO input pin• When pin is active - radio ignores all incoming audio and stays muted• RX Audio can be muted when multiple radios are used in close proximity

. When used in conjunction Clear to Send and RX Audio Mute can allow one radio to be Muted while the other one is Transmitting, to avoid Audio Feedback loops.

Clear to Send and Audio Mute GPIO pin functions are now supported in digital mode on MOTOTRBO Enhanced tier mobiles.

Clear to Send:• GPIO output pin• Set to Active while the radio is keyed up and transmitting Voice, Data, Emergency

Alarm or CSBK • Coordinate transmissions to not key up over ongoing call


Screen Backlight Enhancements

• The display Backlight timer of Entry and Enhanced tier MOTOTRBO portable radios can now be customized to allow users to configure when the light turns ON and how long it remains active.

Choices: 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 40, 50, 60 seconds and Infinity (∞) (Infinity does not apply to SL)

General Settings > Backlight

Set the default radio Backlight operation

Menu > Utilities Backlight (Menu) - user can change the Backlight Auto setting via the Radio menu.

Backlight Timer (Menu) user can change the

Display Light Timer duration via the Radio menu.

CPS Programming


Switch Audio between Accessory and Speaker

Supported Models: MOTOTRBO Entry and Enhanced tier portables

Supported Systems: All System Configurations

A programmable button can be assigned to toggle audio between internal (Radio Speaker) and external speaker (Accessory Speaker).

Heavy-Duty Headset

CPS Programming

Example: Employees use radios with heavy duty headsets in a high noise environment. While on lunch break, pressing the button allows them to hear the audio from the radio’s speaker without repeatedly connecting / disconnecting the headset from the radio.


Hide Pin on Home ScreenDisable Bluetooth via CPS

Hide Sign-in Pin on Home Screen: • Hide the Person Identifier (PIN) when logging into a

job ticket application

• Prevent PIN from displaying anywhere else after enter

• Radio shows ‘Logged in’ When Secure Sign in ID is selected

Disable Bluetooth via a CPS checkbox and remove the Bluetooth selection from the radio Menu.


IF filter is used to reduce the interference from the adjacent channels in the

repeaters. There are 2 selections:

1. Narrow IF filter improves Adjacent Channel Selectivity (ACS) by 3 - 4 dB,

but degrades the sensitivity by 0.5 dB. Select Narrow IF filter when adjacent

channel separation is 12.5 KHz (digital channels only)

2. Wide IF filter is recommended for most deployments. Analog and DMR

channels use Wide IF filter by default.

Repeater Narrow IF Filter

Refer to the System Planner for more details.


Rest Channel Time-Out-Timer

Rest Channel Time-Out-Timer controls how long a repeater keeps its Rest Channel role in the absence of a new call activity before moving the role to another repeater in multi channel Capacity Plus and LCP System.

See the Adaptive Rest Channel Rotation (ARCR) section of the System Planner for more details.

NOTE: Rest Channel Time-Out-Timer rotates the rest channel through all preference level repeaters in round-robin manner, whereas the incoming calls mechanism selects higher preference channels more often than lower preference channels.

The Repeater Rest Channel Time-out-Timer starts as soon as a repeater assumes the Rest Channel role.

• During normal system operation: Rest Channel will move before the Rest Channel TOT expires.

• During a low call traffic hours:The Rest Channel TOT will time out more often and move the Rest Channel

• Shorter Rest Channel TOT (2 minutes) will lead to faster Rest Channel rotation with:• better resilience to failure and interference • minor impact to battery life • minor delay in call access time during forced rest channel switching period


REPEATER DIAGNOSTICSENHANCEMENT


REPEATER DIAGNOSTICS - Overview

Repeater Diagnostics System (RDS) is a new function in the repeater software that detects and keeps track (counts the number of occurrences) of software alarms, to provide more troubleshooting information from live systems and reduce the time to fix system malfunction issues. RDAC is used to control RDS and retrieve the diagnostic log information from the repeaters.

•RDS operates in all system configurations: Conventional Single Site, IPSC, Capacity Plus, LCP and Connect Plus

• Applicable to MOTOTRBO 32 MB Repeaters (MTR3000 and XPR8400)

Prior to Release 2.4, Repeater Diagnostics, Alarm and Control (RDAC) application monitored hardware alarms, RSSI, power levels, repeater state, repeater control of enable and disable, change channels, etc.


Category Alarm Name Alarm Description

Environment Interference type 1 & 2 Inbound and outbound interference Indicates the capacity of the system has been reduced.

Link Establishment Indicates whether the IP linkage between repeaters are stable or not. Monitors how often a Repeater peer leaves and rejoins the system. If it is unstable, the call may drop.

OTA/IP LEV Indicates if a call is dropped and re-established after a while, due to subscriber moving out of coverage, unstable IP link, interference, etc.

Color code/CRC/MFID failure

The burst received by repeater has a wrong color code, Co-channel interference, unauthorized access

Network cable status Indicated if network cable, Router or Switch connection is not stable, issues such as repeater drop and call drop may occur.

RTP failure Indicates that a call burst dropped over the IP link due to package lost or large IP delay.

TRT/TRART failure/collision

Subscriber initiated the first TX but failed to send the second TX to repeater in call setup procedure, due to possible interference, timing issue, coverage issue, etc., so the call setup fails.

Configuration DHCP error Repeater can’t contact with DHCP server or can’t get dynamic IP address from DHCP server.

Gateway can’t be reached

Repeater can’t contact with the gateway, due to configuration issue in repeater or router, so it can’t communicate with other repeaters via IP.

REPEATER DIAGNOSTICS - RDS Software Alarms


RDAC CONFIGURATION FOR RDS LOGS


DMR TIER 2 INTEROPERABILITY


DMR Tier 2 - Text Message Format

DMR Tier 2 text messaging format for individual and group messages for radio to radio only (Direct and Repeater mode)

Text Messaging option of “Proprietary” or “DMR Standard” can be selected per channel

Subscriber Unit can…

What?

receive both DMR and Motorola Proprietary text messages regardless of the text message option chosen in the CPS

initiate or forward

text messages only in the format pre-configured in the CPS

reply to text messages in the received format regardless of text message option chosen in the CPS

Motorola Text Messaging supports the following (not supported by DMR Standard format): •Application layer acknowledgements - confirmation that the text message was received, when the end point is not a radio (consoles, PC app, etc) •Message numbering – acknowledgement of multiple text messages from the same source•Email gateways


Select Header Compression… If…

DMR All Radios and Repeaters are firmware 02.40.00 or later

MSI The entire fleet of Radios and Repeaters are Motorola devices AND some devices have firmware prior to R02.40.00 to ensure backward compatibility.

None Header Compression is not recommended (e.g. long data messages)

DMR Tier 2 – Header Compression

System Configurations: Conventional Single Site, IPSC, Capacity Plus, LCP and Connect Plus

DMR Tier 2 UDP/IPv4 Header Compression provides improved retry reliability.

DMR and MSI header compressions are not interoperable.


DMR Tier 2 - Summary

System Configuration Options:

Whenever possible, DMR Header Compression should be selected for improved reliability.

When DMR Text Messaging is selected, DMR Header Compression must always be selected.

DMR Header

Compression

MSI Header

Compression

DMR Text Messaging Yes Not Recommended

Motorola Text Messaging

Yes Yes


MOTOTRBO MOBILE HANDHELD CONTROL HEAD (HCH)


Designed for vehicles with limited spacefor mobile installations

• Transceiver can be mounted remotely• User has control of all radio functions

PLMN7131 kit consists of:• handheld control head and clip• radio adapter module• 5.9 ft long coiled cord (can stretch to 9.8

ft)

PMKN4174 extension cable adds 16.4 ftand gives the user flexibility to moveInside and outside the vehicle (deliveryvan, ambulance, utility truck, etc)

Compatible only with Color display mobile

Operates in all system topologies,including Connect Plus

Mobile Handheld Control Head (HCH)


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MOTOTRBO HAND HELD CONTROL HEAD (HCH) Item No. Description

1 LED INDICATORS - Red2 LED INDICATORS - Yellow3 LED INDICATORS - Green4 CHANNEL UP5 CHANNEL DOWN6 POWER BUTTON7 PROGRAMMABLE SIDE BUTTON 1*8 PUSH-TO-TALK (PTT) BUTTON9 PROGRAMMABLE SIDE BUTTON 2*

10 PROGRAMMABLE SIDE BUTTON 3*11 5-LINE COLOR LCD (132x90 ) DISPLAY12 MICROPHONE13 PROGRAMMABLE FRONT BUTTON P1*14 MENU/OK BUTTON15 VOLUME BUTTON DOWN16 PROGRAMMABLE FRONT BUTTON P3*17 PROGRAMMABLE FRONT BUTTON P4*18 FULL KEYPAD19 VOLUME BUTTON UP20 SPEAKER21 BACK/HOME BUTTON22 PROGRAMMABLE FRONT BUTTON P2*23 4 WAY NAVIGATION BUTTON

Item No. Description 1 PROGRAMMING PORT2 HANDHELD CONNECTOR PORT


1. HCH will take exclusive control of volume, so accessory “volume control” is NOT supported, regardless of CPS selection

2. Mobile Microphone Port is not available with HCH, so the following are NOT supported:

• Front Data Accessory and Front PC & Audio in Radio Menu

• USB Human Input Device (HID) for Barcode scanner, etc.

3. Dual Functionality Rotary Knob – NOT supported

4. for HCH mode uses “Welcome Image” bitmap with 132 pixel (width) x 90 pixel (height) size(vs standard Mobile 160 x 72 )

CPS – Features NOT supported


• MOTOTRBO Feature Catalog

MOL > Co-Branding Wizard

• PCT1011 - MOTOTRBO Firmware Release 2.4 Webinar Recording

Learning Management System (LMS) http://learning.motorolasolutions.com

• Accessory and Radio Spec Sheets updates with the Handheld Control Head content

• MOTOTRBO Handheld Control Head Web page

Coming in January 2015 - short feature Videos for: Text to Speech; Audio Profiles and Trill Enhancement; MOTOTRBO Handheld Control Head and OTAP Battery Management

Additional Resources

http://learning.motorolasolutions.com/


QUESTIONS?

• User Selectable Audio Profiles• Trill Enhancement• Text to Speech Voice Announcement• IMPRES Over-the-Air (OTA) Battery

Management • Event and Distance Driven Location Updates• Pre-Configured Target ID in Telephone Calls

• Clear to Send Audio Mute in Digital Mode • Screen Backlight Enhancements • Switch Speaker• Hide Pin on Home Screen• Disable Bluetooth via CPS• DMR Tier 2 Standard Features• Multi Button PTT • Repeater Narrow IF Filter • Rest Channel Time-Out-Timer• Repeater Diagnostic Enhancement• Mobile Handheld Control Head


MOTOROLA, MOTO, MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS and the Stylized M Logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Motorola Trademark Holdings, LLC and are used under license. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. © 2014 Motorola Solutions, Inc. All rights reserved.

THANK YOU!


SUPPORTED LANGUAGES

Pre-Recorded Voice Announcement

Text-To-Speech Voice Announcement

Language Country Gender (Number of

Voices)

No Yes English Australia M (1), F (1)

No Yes English Great Britain M (2), F( 2)

No Yes English India F (1)

No Yes English Ireland F (1)

No Yes English Scotland F (1)

No Yes English South Africa F (1)

Yes Yes English United States M (1), F (3)

No Yes French Canada M (1), F (2)

No Yes French France M (1), F (2)

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