How to add in and modify a TGID
Sometimes an agency will allocate a new Talk Group (TGID), and you may wish to add this to your current data.
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By following these instructions, you can add or modify a current TGID.
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These instructions are for the UBCD436PT – UBCD536PT and USDS100.
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Some steps like how to add in text are not included here as these are readily available in the manual.
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Have your new TGID written down and its agency name or allocation.
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Power up your Scanner.
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Push the Menu button or pad.
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Set scan Selection will be highlighted.
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Scroll down the Menu and highlight Manage Favorties
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Push E.yes
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Scroll down your list of favorites until you find the one you wish to add in the TGID.
Once highlighted – Push E.Yes
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Review Edit System will be highlighted – Push E.Yes
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Scroll down the list and select the System you wish to add in the new TGID.
Highlight the System and push E.Yes
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Edit Name will be highlighted.
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Scroll down the menu and highlight Edit Department and push
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Departments are where the TGID’s are for different agencies.
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Find the agency that you wish to store the new TGID in.
Highlight the respective agency and push E.Yes
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For example – if the new TGID is for Fire and Rescue – select that Department.
Once you have selected the department it will be highlighted at the top of the screen and a new menu will be available to modify the contents.
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To add in a new TGID scroll down the menu and highlight Edit Channel and push E.Yes
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NEW CHANNEL will be highlighted. Push E.Yes
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Type in your new TGID number using the keypad. Once done push E.Yes
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Processing Please Wait will appear for a brief moment.
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The new TGID number will appear on the top of the Menu.
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Edit Name will be highlighted. Push E.Yes to allocate the number an ‘Alpha Tag’ so when the number appears during Scanning, it will have a name allocated to it.
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Edit Name will appear at the top of the screen and the first number of the TGID will be highlighted.
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Type in the new name for the TGID. (Read user manual for your model on how to enter an alpha tag)
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Once you have entered the name of the TGID – you can push E.Yes
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Processing Please Wait will appear briefly on the screen and then the previous menu will appear again.
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The only other option you may wish to select at this stage is the Set Service Type option.
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Scroll down the menu and highlight Set Service Type and push E.Yes
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From the Menu you can now select a Service Type that will be linked to your TGID.
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For example: if your TGID is a Fire agency – you could select one of the following.
Fire Dispatch
Fire-Tac
Fire-Talk
Once you have made your selection push E.yes
Previous menu will be displayed.
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This completes the basic changes required. You can now put the Scanner back into Scan mode and it will remember your changes.
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To return to Scanning mode:
UBCD436PT UBCD536PT - Push the System button.
USDS100 - Push the System button - (button directly above the '1' on the keypad).
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Meun Options - a quick guide
TGID – Talk group ID.
These TGID’s are also known as ‘Channels’.
A TGID are a series of numbers that that are allocated to each agency for use.
For example: 10101 is the TGID for Fire & Rescue NSW and is known as Channel 101 ME1
By default – only the TGID comes up on the screen unless you allocate it a name.
Giving the TGID a name makes it easier to see at a glance, who is talking.
Over time – new TGID’s may be allocate or the agency may change the name of the TGID number.
This is why it is sometimes necessary to add in or modify a current TGID number.
Departments
A department is where the TGID’s are stored.
Each Department can be given a different name.
For example Fire Police Ambulance.
If a TGID belongs to Fire & Rescue, it makes sense to store it in the department called ‘Fire’.
The Department name must be allocated by the user.
By default when you create a new department it will pre-populate itself as Department 1, Department 2 etc.
When creating a new Department – you can re-name that Department to reflect the user or agencies TGIDS you wish to store in it.
Edit Channel
This option is to add in a new TGID (remember a TGID is also known as a Channel) or modify a current TGID.
By default it will always have NEW Channel highlighted.
You can also modify an existing TGID by scrolling down the screen until you find the one you wish to modify.
Push E.Yes and follow the menu to either change the name of the current TGID or modify its Service Type.
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Set Avoid
This option lets you AVOID or ‘lock out’ a TGID.
Should you come across a TGID that is ‘annoying’ you can go to this option and AVOID it.
You have two options. Temporary Avoid – which locks it out until you turn OFF the Scanner and then turn it back on again – which release the TGID back into the Scan.
Permanent Avoid , which as the name states, locks it out until such time you manually go back into this setting and select ‘Stop Avoiding’ from the options.