Motorola MotoTRBO Firmware Release 2.3 (November 2013)

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MOTOTRBO™ Software Release 2.3
Lubo Harizanov
&
Miguel Paz
November 15 , 2013

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FEATURES SUPPORTED
• Digital Voting
• Location and Registration in a single CSBK
• Radio Management R1.2
- EID Server Changes
- New Features
• Capacity Plus Enhancement
• Other Features:
- SL7000’s Telemetry Encode
- Flexible Rx List (Cap Plus & LCP)
- Work Ticket Management on XPR5000’s and XPR7000’s
- Permanent Bluetooth Discoverable Mode
- CPS Password Write Protection
- Repeater Configuration for Connect Plus
- Transmit Interrupt Support in Call Hang
- SL7580 800MHz
- Connect Plus on XPR5350, XPR5550, XPR7350, XPR7380, SL7550, SL7580,
SL7590

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DIGITAL VOTING

4. TYPICAL UNBALANCED INBOUND /
OUTBOUND SYSTEM
• In a typical configuration, a repeater is installed at a strategic location (e.g.
top of a hill, tall building). With a high powered transmitter, it’s transmissions
reach all subscribers operating in the service area, at an acceptable signal
strength level.
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• Portable and Mobile subscribers typically have considerably lower
transmitted power due to size and battery constraints.
• The repeater may not receive the transmissions from field subscribers – or
receive the transmissions at a signal strength that’s too low to provide
reliable communications.
The MOTOTRBO Digital Voting is a feature in R02.30.00 repeater
firmware to resolve the inbound / outbound coverage imbalance
in Digital Conventional, IP Site Connect, Capacity Plus & Linked
Capacity Plus (not Connect Plus)

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DIGITAL VOTING
SATELLITE RECEIVERS
• In a Digital Voting configuration, multiple Satellite Receivers
can be installed to relay remote subscriber transmissions to a
Voting Repeater.
• Satellite Receiver
- The Satellite Receiver is an RF Receive-only device used to extend
repeaters’ inbound range.
- When a Satellite Receiver receives an acceptable signal transmitted by a
subscriber radio, the signal will be relayed back to the Voting Repeater
over an IP link.
• Satellite Receiver Hardware:
- 32MB XPR8400 / XPR8380 and MTR3000 repeaters
- Firmware versions R02.30.00 onward

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DIGITAL VOTING REPEATER
• Voting Repeater
- Dual-duty TX/RX repeater also configured as Voting Repeater (no
external comparator needed).
- Voting Repeater “votes” on all the transmissions received (including its
internal receiver and all Satellite Receivers), based on the quality of
the transmission bursts.
- Voting Repeater selects the best received signal burst, based on the
signal-to-noise ratio, bit error rate and IP network quality.
- The voted result is then repeated over the air, and over IP to other
sites or applications.
- Voting is repeated continuously on every 60ms TDMA burst of the call
transmission.
• Digital Voter Hardware:
- 32MB XPR8400 / XPR8380 and MTR3000 repeaters
- Firmware versions R02.30.00 onward

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DIGITAL VOTING EXAMPLE
1. Subscriber call is received by several Satellite Receivers
2. Satellite Receivers forward the call bursts to the Digital Voter via IP
3. Voter compares all received voice bursts and picks the best one
4. Voter re-transmits the voice bursts over the air and via IP to other
sites and applications
VoVtointign g S iSteit e1 1
RRX X
RRXX
RRXX
````
SSiteit e2 2

8. NETWORK CONSIDERATIONS
• Satellite Receivers must be on different LAN from the Voting Repeaters, in all
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system configurations.
• One way network delay between the Voting Repeater and any of its Satellite
Receivers must be less than or equal to 40 milliseconds (ms).
• Network asymmetry between the Voting Repeater and any of its Satellite
Receivers must be less than or equal to 12ms .
(Time for data packet from Voter-to-Sat RX vs delay Sat Rx-to-Voter < 12ms
e.g. 21ms - 16ms = 5ms < 12ms).
• Typical distance between the Voting Repeater and a Satellite Receiver is
normally less than or equal to 90 miles (~145KM), so most of the business
grade IP networks should be able to meet the less than 40ms delay and 12ms
asymmetry requirement.

9. SATELLITE RECEIVER CONSIDERATIONS
• The max number of Satellite Receivers for a specific Voting Repeater at a
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site depends on the number of repeater sites and active RDAC / MNIS
applications.
* In general, for every 4 RDACs or data
applications included in the system, the
maximum number of satellite receivers is
reduced by 1.
For every voice application (e.g. voice
console) included in the system, the
maximum number is reduced by 2.
Number
of Sites
Max Number of Satellite Receivers
Per Voting Repeater
Per Site Supported*
1 7
2 6
3 5
4 5
5 5
6 4
7 4
8 4
9 3
10 3
11 3
12 3
13 2
14 1
15 0
Note: This is the Maximum number of active
satellite receivers at a time per repeater, Not
the Max number of the satellite receivers that
can be deployed per repeater.
If the system installer can measure the
inbound coverage and ensure that no more
than the specified maximum number satellite
receivers can receive a call, more satellite
receivers can be installed.

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DIGITAL CONVENTIONAL SINGLE SITE/
LOCAL CHANNELS
In a voting configuration for Conventional Single Site system or
for local channels, one Voting repeater may be deployed with up
to seven (7) satellite receivers.
• Voting repeater must have a static IP address and
be configured as an IP Master.
• Satellite Receivers register with that Master and
uses the Radio ID of that Voting Repeater as
reference.

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DIGITAL VOTING IN IP SITE CONNECT
(WIDE AREA CHANNELS)
• In an IPSC system with Wide Area Channels, it is not necessary for the
number of Satellite Receivers to be the same at each site.
• Satellite Receivers register with the IPSC Master and use the Radio ID of
the Voting Repeater as reference for the Voter to which to forward the
received call bursts.
Digital Voter Repeater
Satellite Receiver

12. DIGITAL VOTING IN CAPACITY PLUS
• In order to obtain the same Trunking Channel inbound/outbound coverage
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from channel to channel, each Trunking repeater should have a Satellite
Receiver at each Satellite Receiver location.
• It is recommended to place a Satellite Receiver for each Data Revert RF
Channel to achieve the same inbound/outbound coverage as the voice
channels (however, this is not a requirement).
• Satellite Receivers register
with the Capacity Plus
Master and use the Radio ID
of the Trunking/Voting
Repeater as reference for the
Voter to which to forward the
received call bursts.

13. DIGITAL VOTING IN LINKED CAPACITY PLUS
• For each Linked Capacity Plus (LCP) site, similar to Capacity Plus, in order
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to obtain the same Trunking inbound/outbound coverage from channel to
channel, each Trunked RF Channel should have a Satellite Receiver at
every Satellite Receiver location.
• It is recommended to place a Satellite Receiver for each Data Revert RF
Channel to achieve the same inbound/outbound coverage as the voice
channels (however, this is not a requirement).
• It is not necessary for the
number of Satellite Receivers
to be the same at different
LCP sites.
• Satellite Receivers register
with the LCP Master and use
the Radio ID of the
Trunking/Voting Repeater as
reference for the Voter to
which to forward the received
call bursts.

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DIGITAL VOTING CONSIDERATIONS
• If Digital Voting is enabled in a system with Enhanced GPS, some of the
window sizes cannot be used for GPS updates, otherwise the GPS data
may not be transmitted and received properly.
• Single Site system (Conventional Single Site, one site IPSC, Capacity Plus
or one site LCP) - all window sizes 5 to 10 may be used. If CSBK data is
enabled the window size must be 1 or 2
• Multisite IPSC or LCP,
- If IP delay between sites is 60 milliseconds, the window size must be 1
or 2 with CSBK data enabled, or 7 and higher for non-CSBK data calls.
- If IP delay is 90 milliseconds, the window size must be 1 or 2 with CSBK
data enabled, or 8, and higher for non-CSBK data calls.
• When Enhanced GPS is enabled in the system, the Satellite Receiver must
not be configured as a scheduler. “Enhanced GPS” section of the CPS must
be set to “None” for both slots.

15. DIGITAL VOTING REPEATER PROGRAMMING
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Digital Voter
1. Configure the normal repeater codeplug (Radio ID, IP Address, Channel
Frequencies, etc) for the specific system.
2. Enable the Digital Voting feature via EID license
3. Set the Voting Mode to Digital Voter.

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DIGITAL VOTING REPEATER
PROGRAMMING
Satellite Receiver
Use the Digital Voter codeplug as a template.
1. Change the Radio ID.
2. Set the Voting Mode to Satellite Receiver and enter the
corresponding Voter’s Radio ID.
3. Set the Link Type to Peer (if isn’t already).
4. Verify the system’s Master IP address and UDP port.
5. Set the Satellite Receiver’s Ethernet IP, Gateway IP,
Mask and UDP port, or select DHCP.
Note: In Capacity Plus or LCP systems, the Rest
Channel/Site IP is not necessary in the Satellite Receiver,
so keep the address 0.0.0.0
6. If the Voter codeplug was used as a template, the RF
Channel configuration should already be set. If not, add
and configure the RF channel.
Remember to set Enhanced GPS to “None” in the
Satellite Receiver.
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1
2
3
4
5

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DIGITAL VOTING MONITOR
& CONTROL VIA RDAC
RDAC can be used to monitor and control Digital Voting
• Voting status available via RDAC:
- Repeater Voting Enabled/Disabled
- Force Vote
- Voting Status for Satellite Receivers - including Signal Quality
Estimation: “Excellent”, “Good”, “Fair”, “Poor”, and “Bad/Rejected”
- Voting Status for Internal Receivers (of the Repeater) including SQE
- Satellite Receiver Alarms
• Controls available for Satellite Receivers
• Unit Enable / Disable
- Force Vote / Cancel
- Voting Status Update Rate (Normal - 3 sec. / Diagnosis - 1sec)
- Voting Log Turn On/Off
See “Digital Voting” on page 319 of System Planner for more details

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RDAC VIEW

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DIGITAL VOTING
FIRMWARE COMPATIBILITY
Digital Voter and Satellite Receiver:
32MB XPR8400 / XPR8380 and MTR3000 repeaters
Firmware versions R02.30.00 onwards
Subscribers:
XPR3000’s, XPR5000’s XPR7000’s, SL’s - R02.06.04 or later
(Released in February, 2013)
MOTOTRBO XPR4000’s and XPR6000’s - R01.11.02 or later
(Released in December, 2012)
Subscribers with older firmware will have degraded system access
(more frequent access denial), especially during peak usage parts of
the day.

20. DIGITAL VOTING LICENSES
The Digital Voting license is required ONLY for the
Voting Repeater. No Voting license is needed for the
Satellite Receivers
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HKVN4242 XPR Repeater Digit Voting List $1250
HKVN4243 MTR3000 Digit Voting List $1250
NOTE: In Capacity Plus and LCP configuration, the
Satellite Receivers must also be enabled for the
system to which they are being added.
HKLN4427 XPR Capacity Plus
HKVN4099 XPR Linked Capacity Plus
HKLN4439 MTR3000 Capacity Plus
HKVN4110 MTR3000 Linked Capacity Plus

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LOCATION AND REGISTRATION IN A
SINGLE CSBK

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CSBK WITH GPS
LRRP Packets can take
3-4 bursts
CSBK Enhancement will
compress the packet size and
make it into a single burst
CSBK – Control Signaling Block

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FEATURE SUMMARY
• Improves data communication performance and reliability by
using a data transmission method called “CSBK Data”.
• A single CSBK is used to transmit the ARS, GPS and XCMP
device raw data.
• The OTA transmission time is reduced to a single burst.
CSBK – Control Signaling Block
ARS – Automatic Registration Service
OTA – Over The Air

24. REQUIREMENTS FOR CSBK WITH GPS
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CSBK Enhancement will
compress the packet size and
make it into a single burst
 Only supported on Enhanced
Professional Tier of Subscribers
 Repeaters with 32MB Memory
required XPR 8400 / MTR3000
 MNIS required for windows size 1
 Conventional, IP-Site, Capacity
Plus, and LCP System only
supported (No Connect Plus)
Window Size Support Update Rate
1, 2 7.5s 15s 30s 60s 120s
5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 30s 60s 120s 240s 480s
Required for Window Size 1
or Multi-Site Systems
OR
Conventional
Or
Capacity Plus

25. REQUIREMENTS FOR CSBK WITH GPS
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130 Miles
Maximum

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EXAMPLES OF SYSTEMS USING CSBK
WITH MNIS REQUIRED
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IPIP--SSITITEE

27. CSBK GPS WITH SINGLE SITE SYSTEMS
AND WINDOW SIZE >= 2
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IP SITE CONNECT
Or
Capacity Plus
Conventional
or
Capacity Plus
Talk Around

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BENEFITS FOR CSBK WITH GPS
CSBK Enhancement will
compress the packet size and
make it into a single burst
 Increased Capacity
 Reduce Channel Collision Chance when
Requesting Window
Window Size Number of Updates per Minute per Slot
90% 75% 60% 45%
1 904 752 600 456
2 448 376 304 224
5 180 150 120 90
6 150 125 100 75
7 128 107 86 64
8 112 93 75 56
9 100 83 66 50
10 90 75 60 45

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PRACTICAL USE
904
Slot 1 for Voice Subscribers
Slot 2 for Enhanced GPS
1 Minute Updates

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PRACTICAL USE
112
Slot 1 for Voice Subscribers
Slot 2 for Enhanced GPS
7.5 Second Updates
Window Size 1

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REPEATER PROGRAMMING

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CONTROL STATION PROGRAMMING

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SUBSCRIBER PROGRAMMING

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SUBSCRIBER PROGRAMMING

35. TALK TO YOUR DEVELOPER TO SEE IF THE FEATURE
IS IMPLEMENTED
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USE OF THIS FEATURE WILL REQUIRE AN
ENHANCEMENT AT DEVELOPER END.

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SOFTWARE LICENSES SERVER
CHANGES

37. LICENSING SERVER MIGRATION
• Problem Statement: Software Licenses that are Registered via MOTOTRBO
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CPS become associated with the specific PC.
• Motorola Solutions is migrating to a New FlexNet server for all software
licensing to help address some of the drawbacks of the legacy licensing
server (i.e. radio licenses being tied to a specific PC).
• No need to track and remember which PC was used to register which radio
Serial Numbers, when using Radio Management (RM).
• All licenses can be managed within the Radio Management (RM) Server and
activated from any RM Client (IP Connection to RM Server required).
• No longer need to worry about losing the registration for a given Serial
Number if the hard drive crashed, as the licenses can be re-downloaded to
the RM Server (not in CPS).
Note: Even new Licenses Registered via CPS will continue to be associated
with the PC that registered them.

38. CUSTOMER IMPACT
• No New Software Feature Part Numbers needed.
• Radio & CPS application features will be migrated to new server licenses
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starting on November 21st.
• Any EID purchased after November 21st will require latest CPS 10.0 and RM
1.2 to Register / Activate all premium software features.
CPS will support backwards compatibility with Legacy
licenses and New (FNE) licenses for some time.
Radio Management (RM) can only use the New EID’s

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RADIO MANAGEMENT 1.2

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RM 1.2 NEW FEATURES
• Premium Software features support via
Radio Management (RM)
Actions > Manage > Licenses
- Quick View of radio fleets: Activated and
Available for Purchase features.
- Enter an EID and see a list of devices to Activate.
- All licenses are managed in the RM Server and
can be activated from any client (internet access
to the RM Server is required).
• Offline Programming (Wired only)
- Download Pending Jobs to a PC and process at
a location without internet access.
Programs > Motorola > RM Device Programmer
1. Click on Settings
2. Click on Advanced settings
3. Select pending Jobs and press Download
4. Disconnect from RM Server

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RM 1.2 NEW FEATURES
• Access control per component – RM Utility
- Programs > Motorola > RM Server > Utility
- Restricting certain services to work on a PC,
while connected to the RM Server.
- Example: Set up a machine at a customer
office, which can only run Device Programmer.
• Fill up/down in Grid – Excel-like functionality
- Auto-Fill down sequential Radio ID’s and Radio IP addresses, rather than
typing each one individually.

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CAPACITY PLUS ENHANCEMENT

43. CAPACITY PLUS ENHANCEMENT
• Prior to R02.30.00, Capacity Plus allows up to 6 trunked and 3 Data Revert
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repeaters.
• From software version R02.30.00 onwards: up to 8 Trunked and 4 Data
Revert repeaters can be set up in Capacity Plus.
• Going forward, ALL Capacity Plus repeaters must be R02.30.00 or later
• R02.30.00 is NOT compatible with any prior releases.
• The Rest Channel IP address must also be configured using a valid subnet IP
address where the system resides, and cannot be left as 0.0.0.0
Reminder:
• Linked Capacity Plus: All repeaters must be R02.20.12 or later
R02.20.12 is NOT compatible with any prior releases.
• IP Site Connect: It is recommended that all repeaters be on the same
firmware, but not required.
Compatibility is supported up to 3 prior releases (R02.20.02)
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OTHER FEATURES

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OTHER FEATURES
• Flexible Receive (Rx) List
- Only supported in Capacity Plus and
Linked Capacity Plus in XPR3000’s
XPR5000’s, XPR7000 and SL Series.
- Allows users to Add / Remove up to 16
Talkgroups to an RX List, which they
want to monitor, from radio Menu.
- User can Enable / Disable the
expanded list of monitored Talkgroups
via a Programmed Button.
- The Flexible RX list Talkgroups will be
monitored in addition to RX list
programmed into the channel personality.
- Users can reply to a call received from a Talkgroup in the
Flexible RX List, within the call hang time (talkback scan).
- Imitate Scan On/Off and user Scan list Edit in Capacity Plus and LCP.

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OTHER FEATURES
• Telemetry Command Encode in SL Series
• Job Ticket Management on XPR5000’s & XPR7000’s
- Follows the implementation from the SL models, but UI has been
adapted to follow XPR5000’s & XPR7000’s display size

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OTHER FEATURES
• Permanent Bluetooth (BT) Discoverable Mode
- Premium Software (EID) feature that set’s Bluetooth “Always On Mode”
on XPR7000’s and SL7000’s.
- For use with Indoor Location Bluetooth receivers.
- Bluetooth Audio and Data are not available while “Always On Mode” is
active
- Compatible with a wired audio accessory.
- Only enabled in CPS (Not via Front Panel).
NOTE: User can not disable BT via Front Panel when Permanent
BT Discoverable Mode is Enabled.
HKVN4249 – combined Bluetooth Data & Discoverable license
New

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OTHER FEATURES
• Repeater configuration for Connect Plus
New Repeater CPS configuration mode will be
dedicated to Connect Plus system support
(separate from IPSC mode of operation).
• Transmit Interrupt Support in Call Hang
Support Data over Voice Interrupt and Remote Voice Dekey CSBK's during
Call hang time. This change is made on XPR and MTR repeaters.
• Password Read-Write Codeplug Protection
- The same password used for Read, will also be required to Write.
- The feature will not be supported Radio Management, multi-unit cloning
or Remote Repeater Programming mode in this release.

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OTHER UPDATES
• AAH81VCN9NB2AN - SL7580 806-870M 2W ENG FKP GOB
- Orders can be placed after November 4th
- Shipments start on November 25th
• CONNECT PLUS on XPR7350, XPR7380, XPR5350, XPR5550, SL7550,
SL7580, SL7590
- Orders for factory loaded Connect Plus can be placed now.
- Shipments start at the end of November

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Q&A