ASTRO Systems

(Glossary)

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ASTRO is an APCO (Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials) compliant digital signaling protocol that is used by certain Conventional Systems, and therefore for certain Conventional - channels.

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The "ASTRO" selection is made in the Conventional System System Type field.

 

Conventional System are selected for Conventional Personalities from the ASTRO System field.

 

A personality's Rx Voice / Signal Type field must be set to "ASTRO" or "Mixed Mode".

DotYellow.png No matter if a personality's Rx Voice / Signal Type field is set to "ASTRO" or "Mixed Mode", and no matter if the Tx Voice / Signal Type is set to "Non-ASTRO", an ASTRO System must be selected in the ASTRO System field.