Edit Talk Group ID

To determine whether the information on this page applies to your scanner, see the tags at the bottom of the page.

All Talk Group IDs must be in the proper format for each system type.

Motorola Type I Systems

Enter the Talk Group ID in the following format:

 BFFF-SS 

• B = Block # (1 digit)
• F = Fleet # (2-3 digits)
• S = Sub-Fleet # (1-2 digits)

Press the decimal key to enter the hyphen.
(If you try to enter a hexadecimal TGID for a Type I system, the scanner treats the entry as a decimal number.)

Motorola Type II Systems

• Decimal format: Enter the TGID in numbers only, up to 5 digits
• Hexadecimal format: up to 3 characters

Select the first Hex character (0 through F), then move the cursor to the right and select the second character. Press yes when you're finished.

P25 Single Frequency Systems (BCD396XT and BCD996XT only) or Standard System Trunk Site

• Decimal format: Enter the TGID in numbers only, up to 8 digits
• Hexadecimal format: up to 6 characters

Select the first Hex character (0 through F), then move the cursor to the right and select the second character. Press yes when you're finished.

EDACS Wide or Narrow Systems

AFS format

Enter the Talk Group ID in the following format:

 AA-FFS 

• A = Agency # (00 - 15)
• F = Fleet # (00 - 15)
• S = Sub-fleet # (0 - 7)

Press the decimal key to enter the hyphen.
Leave the Fleet or Sub-Fleet # empty to treat it as a wildcard (any Sub-Fleet within that Fleet). For example, "15-" will match all TGIDs for Agency 15. "15-04-" will match all TGIDs for Agency 15, Fleet 4.

I-Call and Unit ID channels (Motorola, P25 (BCD396XT and BCD996XT Only), or EDACS)

Enter the Talk Group ID in the following format:

 i{ID number} 

I-Call Notes:

• Press the decimal key to enter the lower-case i, then enter the ID number.
• To monitor all iCalls in ID Scan mode, enter the iCall wildcard i0 in decimal or i in HEX.
• To keep from hearing any iCalls in ID Search mode, enter the iCall wildcard in a channel, then lock out that channel.

• To monitor Unit IDs, you must turn on the global Unit ID setting (Menu --> Settings --> Unit ID).
• Other channel attributes (alerts, etc) will not be applied to Unit ID channels.

LTR systems

Enter the Talk Group ID in the following format:

 AHHUUU 

• A = Area Code (0 or 1)
• H = Home repeater (01 - 20)
• U = User ID (000 - 254)

Press the decimal key to enter the hyphen.
Leave the User ID empty to treat it as a wildcard. For example, "1-15-" will match all User IDs for Area Code 1, Home repeater 15.