Installation Guide

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Glossary
This glossary contains an alphabetical listing of terms and their definitions that are applicable to
portable and mobile subscriber radio products. All terms do not necessarily apply to all radios, and
some terms are merely generic in nature.
Analog Refers to a continuously variable signal or a circuit or device designed to handle such
signals.
Band Frequencies allowed for a specific purpose.
Customer Programming Software (CPS) Software with a graphical user interface containing
the feature set of a radio.
Default A pre-defined set of parameters.
Digital Refers to data that is stored or transmitted as a sequence of discrete symbols from a finite set;
most commonly this means binary data represented using electronic or electromagnetic signals.
Digital Private-Line (DPL) A type of digital communications that utilizes privacy call, as well as
memory channel and busy channel lock out to enhance communication efficiency.
Dispatcher An individual who has radio-system management duties and responsibilities.
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Regulates interstate and international
communications by radio, television, wire, satellite and cable in all 50 states, the District of Columbia,
and U.S. territories. It was established by the Communications Act of 1934 and operates as an
independent U.S. government agency overseen by Congress. The commission is committed to being a
responsive, efficient and effective agency capable of facing the technological and economic
opportunities of the new millennium.
Frequency Number of times a complete electromagnetic-wave cycle occurs in a fixed unit of time
(usually one second).
General-Purpose Input/Output (GPIO) Pins whose function is programmable.
Global Navigation Satellite System GNSS uses satellites from the GPS, GLONASS and
BeiDou systems.
Global Positioning System (GPS)
- It includes Satellite Based Augmentation System (SBAS).
- Method of location based on reception of multiple satellite signals by a device on the
ground or in an airplane.
Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS)
BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS)
- Chinese Satellite Navigation System.
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