CDM1250 Help!

[radios4bill]

Hello Group; I need help with programming on a Motorola CDM 1250. In the menu it shows "SCAN ALL GROUPS" but it is shaded out? I need differant channels in each group to scan. It will only scan channels in group (1) one no matter what group I am in? Can enyone help? Thanks, Bill

[Josh]

Hello Group; I need help with programming on a Motorola CDM 1250. In the menu it shows "SCAN ALL GROUPS" but it is shaded out? I need differant channels in each group to scan. It will only scan channels in group (1) one no matter what group I am in? Can enyone help? Thanks, Bill

scan can be complicated. Try and make sure that the conventional personality is selected to a scan list, (other than scan-1), set it up in a zone, and select the channel you want into a scan list.

I don't know what "scan all groups" could mean, except talk-groups, meaning a trunked version of the radio, the CDM1250 is a conventional radio, and the shaded out boxes mean that the option is unavailable for that radio, probably because of it being a trunked feature. But perhaps the mentioned tips above can help you get squared away.


-Josh

[SD70MAC]

The scan option you are refering to is ALL GROUP SCAN. This is used to scan trunking talk groups in LS ,LS+, or XLS versions which your radio must not be. As far as I know the CDM1250 will only scan 16 at a time. An HT1250 can be set from the front panel to scan channels from differant zones but still no more than 16 and most people have the scan list so screwed up you have to fix it via CPS. An EX600XLS I believe will scan 99 channels in 1 zone !

[nmfire10]

It's kind of annoying. You have to do certain things in certain orders to get anything to flow.

First you have to make all the personalities and make sure you have them exactly how you want them.

Then you have to make the scan lists. If you only have one scan list, it's simple. If not, you'll be spending more time on it. Remember (like WRITE DOWN) what scan list is for what.

Then you go back to the personalities and tell each personality which scan list to use. If you have it set for list 3, when you push the scan button while on that channel, it uses scan list 3.

I have mine setup so the general traffic channel for each agency uses a "general scan list" that has everything. If I go to an agency's direct or tac channel, it uses a scan list that has only that agency's channels in it.