69 MOTOROLA MTC 3600

SMARTNE|' II+
THEORY OF OPERA110NS
BooKLEr 1-2
OF VO|_UNE 1: Nl'l'C 3600 OPERA11oNs 1999 MOTOROLA. INC.
68P80800X00-0 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 11/09/99 Pawnee um U.S.A. D 2.0
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CONTENTS
ABOUTTHlSBO0KLI:T
V\A-IOSHOULDUSETHISBOOKLET?.......................................................Ill
HOWTH|SBOOKl_ET|SORGAN|ZED

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MI'C36O0|NSMARTNETII+...........................................................1-2
l\/|'|'C3600SMARTNETll+OPTIcNs...............................................1-3
SMARTNETIHCALLINGFEATURES................................................1-5 CllAP1ER2:MTC 3600 HARD\NARE DESCRIP11ON THE|V|
TC36OOTRUNKlNGCONTROLLER..................................................2-2
CONNECTIONSTOOTHERSITEDEVICES............................................2-4 CONNECT|
ONSVV|TH|NTHE|V|TC3600.............................................27
|\/[3P750SYsTEMBoARD.......................................................2-8

TRANSITIONCARDS...........................................................2-19
DUALPOWERSUPPLYALARMCARD..............................................224 |V|
TC36OOTO6809COMPAR|SON......................................................2-25
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PRELIMINARY
D0.1CCNTENTS
ii 68P808OOXOO-O 4/30/99 PRELIMINARY D 0.1
ABOUT
Thisbooklet provides anoverviewofthe operatiors andcornponents of anl\/
[[C36(X) (l\/btorolaTrunkingController- 3600Baudcontrolchanne1). Thepurpose
ofthis booklet is to helpyoulearnthe basic operatiors andfeatures ofthel\/
[[C36(X) controller.
WHO SHQJLD USE THIS BOC}<LE|'?
This booklet addresses the following audiences:
l\/[[C3600custornerswhornanage andrnaintaintheir l\/[[C3600twowayradio
trunking systennor who use third party techniciars to rnaintain the systenn
Nbtorola systernintegrators who plan and execute the following
installations upgrades
conguration 0 rnaintenance
Nbtorola SystennSupport Center (SEC) technicians who support repair
techniciars.
l\/btorolas Customer Center for Systern Integration (CKSI) techniciars who
initially asserrble trunking systems received frornthe factory prior to shipment
to the custorrer.
l\/btorolas Systenn Integration and Testing (SH) personnel.

 l\/btorolaDepot personnel whorepair l\/lIC3600hardware.

68P808OOXOO-O 11/09/99 PHI iii
D 2.0SCOPE CHAPTER : ABOUT THIS BOOKLET
This booklet provides basic inforrnation on l\/[DC 36(1) logical operatiors and
plwsical cornponents. Youwill ndthis bookletrnosthelpful ifyouhave
alreadycornpletedthe training course, Basic Tiunldng and Basic ASTRO
Conceyats, which is available on CD- ROl\/I (Course l\Io. TRK100).
HON THIS BCX](LI:_|' IS ORGANIZED
This booklet contains the following
0 Chapter 1, l\/[[C 3600 Systern\/iew describes the howthe l\/lTC36OO
interacts with other systerndevices in a standalone Snnrtl\Iet 11+ trunked radio
systenn 0 Chapter 2, l\/HC3600 I-Iardware dacribes how the l\/[[lC3600
connects toother systerndevices anddescribes the l\/[[C3600 cornponents. It
also cornparesthel\/[[C3600toitsprecursor, the6809controller. 0 Index iv
68P808OOXO0-O 1 1/09/99 D 2.0
CHAPTER
The l\/HC3600 is a trunking radio systern controller that provides central site
controller functions for standalone Srrartl\Iet 11+ systems. These functions
include call processing channel resource allocation, and diagnostics.
Standalone S1nartNet 11+ systems neet theneedfor communication over a
single centralized geographic area such as industrial sites, schools, hotels, or
snall municipalities. The 1\/[[C 3600 supports the following SrnartNet 11+
systernfeatures: Upto28chanr1elswithoneoffourpossiblecontrolchannels 0
Systennl\/Ianager Terrrinal (Sl\/11) accessible directly through a PC or
l\/btorolas S1\/l1Access network rrnnagernant tool. (Youcanpurchase
S1\/l1Access separately or included with Site I_errsT1 0 Central Interconnect
Terrrinal (CIT) telephone interconnect 0 Redundant site controllers NOTE:
Thel\/l1C36(DsupportsType11trunl<ingonly Itdoesnotsupport Type I trunking
This chapter discusses the following topics: 0 l\/[TC 3600 in Srnart1\Iet 11+ 0 l\/
[[C360O SrnartNet 11+ C)ptions Srnartl\Iet 11+ Calling Features
68P808OOXOO-O 1 1/09/99 1 -1 D 2.0
MTC 3600 IN Sl\/l0RTNEl' ||+ CHAPTER 1: l\/ITC 3600 SYSTEM VIEW MTC 3600 IN
SMARTNET II+ ForastandaloneSrnartl\Iet11+system,
thel\/11C3600suppor'tsupto28channels. Channels1
4canbeusedaseithercontrolorvoicechannels. Channels528canonly beusedas
voice channels. Figure 1-1 shows thel\/l1C3600conguredinastandalone
Srnartl\Iet 11+ systern V V V Base Base Base Station Station Station Control
Central Interconnect Term nal (CIT) NOTE: The CIT option uses m the
same physical port as the SIVIT, and therefore provides its own SMT access.
FIGURE 1-1 IVITC 3600 IN A STANDALONE SMARTNET 11+ SYSTEM 1 -2
68P808OOXOO-O 11/09/99 D 2.0
THEORY OF OPERA'|'|ONS l\/ITC 3600 IN Sl\/VXRTNET ||+
MTC 3600 SMARTNET ll+ OP11ONS

The l\/HC3600 supports the followingSrnartl\Iet 11+ systernoptions:

Systernl\/Ianager Terrrinal (Sl\/11)
0 Telephone Interconnect
0 Redundant Controllers
SYSTEM MANAGER TERMNAL
The l\/[[C3600, as aSrrnrtNet 11+ central site controller, supports the
Systernl\/Ianager Terminal (Sl\/11) interface for rnanaging controller operations.
The Sl\/11 interface canbe runfrornapersonal compute connected to thel\/
[[lC3600usingterminal emulation software. Usingdialup access, the
Sl\/11interface canalsobe conguredas aremote rranagerrenct workstation
S1\/[[1 provides the following capabilities:
l\/bnitor base statiors and other systerndevices
0 Diagnostic reporting on systern devices
l\/hnage the Subscriber Access Control (SAC) and affiliation databa%
l\/bdify systennoperating pararreters For more specic inforrnationaboutSl\/
[l", refer to theZ\41C36OO Qaemtions andthe A411: 3600 SZ\41"Cbm11md
Revence booklets.
NOTE: l\/btorolas Sl\/[[Access is another methodfor accessingthe S1\/[F
interface. This I/\/1ndows NT application elirninates the need for terininal
emulationsoftware andcanbepurchasedseparatelyor as part of l\/btorolas Site
I_ensT1fhetwork nanagerrent tool. TELEPHGE INTERCOQBECT
Thetelephone interconnect ability supportedbythel\/[[C360O provides
alinkbetween a S1nartl\1et 11+ trunked radio systernand the public switched
telephone network (PSTN). It allows radio users to rnake and receive telephone
calls on tleir radios. Tle 1\/[[C3600 supports the Central Interconnect
Terrninal(C1T) telephone interconnect option For authorizedusers, thel\/[[lC36(I)
grantsthevoicechannel andthel\/bsterControl Board(l\/ICB)
oftheC11routesthevoicechanr1eltooreotsteleplx)relires. Tl*el\/[TC 3600
supports the following
calls initiated by a landline telephone to either a single subscriber radio or a
talkgroup 0 calls initiatedbya singled subscriber or talkgouptoalandline
telephone 68P808OOXOO-O 1 1/09/99 1 '3 D 2.0
MTC 3600 IN SIVIARTNET ||+ CHAPTER 1: l\/ITC 3600 SYSTEM VIEW
REDUNDANT CG\lTRO_LER
Asecondl\/[[C360O controller canbeiretalledas aredundant controller for

standalone S1nartl\Iet 11+ systems to prevent the loss of service resulting

froma controller failure. This redundant controller autorretically takes over site
control operations when the prinery1\/[[C36OO has failed ATBar
switchcombinedwitha Vega switchcontroller box provide tle switching The Vega
box receives alarrnindications from both controllers and determines when to
switch to the backup controller. V V V Base Base Base Station Station Station
Central Interconnect Term nal (CIT) E Control CIT CIT "'"k Base Vega Switch
Base '-'" Stations Controller Stations Alarms Alarrrs Active/Idle Adive/Idle N|'I'C
3600 MTC 3600 A Afliation Database Link 3 FIGURE 1 -2 REDUNDANT IVITC
36008 IN A STANDALONE SMARTNET 11+ SYSTEM 1 -4 68P808OOXOO-O 1
1/09/99 D 2.0