User's Manual

14221-1400-2000

cannot find a network channel. The radio can also be manually connected to a V-TAC as indicated with

the *61# and *62# commands, each determined by the system administrator in the radio configuration.

8.33.4.1 Manually Accessing the XCOV Mode

1. Press *61# to manually access XCOV mode.

P5570 Model Radios

2. Press *60# to disconnect from XCOV mode.

1. Press

All P5500 Model Radios

or until the Client Mode menu appears.

2. Press

or until XCOV is displayed.

3. Press

to confirm mode selection. The radio reverts to the dwell display and the V-TAC icon is

displayed.

8.33.5

When using the XCOV-TG mode, up to thirty (30) client radios can connect to the V-TAC. However,

unlike XCOV, radios connected using XCOV-TG are limited to communicating only on the XCOV-TG

talk group and emergency communications. Advanced features such as selective calling and mobile data

operations are not available to the XCOV-TG connected clients.

Use XCOV-TG Mode

The talk group used for XCOV-TG communications is the talk group that was selected at the V-TAC

when it entered XCOV-TG mode. Before a radio can connect to the V-TAC, the talk group must be

selected on the P5500. If this talk group is not provisioned in the radio’s personality, the radio cannot

connect to the V-TAC via the XCOV-TG mode. While connected to the V-TAC via XCOV-TG, a

different talk group or profile cannot be selected.

When a portable radio is connected to the V-TAC via XCOV-TG, the V-TAC forwards only the network

voice traffic on the XCOV-TG talk groups.

8.33.5.1 Manually Accessing the XCOV-TG Mode

For the Extended Coverage for a talk group mode (XCOV-TG), a portable radio user is granted access

and connects to the V-TAC by simply selecting the same Talk Group that the V-TAC had selected when

it entered the XCOV-TG mode. Contact the system administrator for questions regarding these aspects.

During XCOV-TG mode operations, the V-TAC will not disconnect portable radios connected to it. A

portable radio user must manually disconnect from the V-TAC by pressing *60 # on the radio’s keypad.

However, if the V-TAC is switched out of the XCOV-TG mode, all portable radios will be automatically

disconnected from the V-TAC. The radios will continue to look for another V-TAC until manually

disconnected (*60#).

• Press *62# to manually access XCOV-TG mode.

P5570 Model Radios

• Press *60# to manually disconnect XCOV-TG mode.

1. Press

All P5500 Model Radios

or until the Client Mode menu appears.

2. Press

or until XCOV-TG is displayed.