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'''ProVoice''' is MA/Com's (formerly Ericsson) implementation of [[IMBE]] digital modulation for radio communications. It is ''not'' [[APCO-25]] compliant, but does use the same [[IMBE]] [[vocoder]] developed by [http://www.dvsinc.com/ DVSI Inc]. The technical difference between ProVoice and the APCO Project-25 standard is how error correction and modulation is provided to transmit the data.
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'''ProVoice''' is Harris' implementation of [[IMBE]] digital modulation for radio communications. It is ''not'' [[APCO-25]] compliant, but does use the same [[IMBE]] [[vocoder]]. [[AEGIS]] was a predecessor of ProVoice on EDACS Systems.
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EDACS ProVoice systems use the [http://www.radioreference.com/digital/dig/edacs-norm.wav MA/Com EDACS control channel].
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==Can This Mode Be Trunktracked?==
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*Apart from using an actual ProVoice radio, this mode can be copied by:
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** The Uniden [[BCD436HP]] with version 1.10.02 firmware or better
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** The Uniden [[BCD536HP]] with version 1.10.02 firmware or better
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***[http://info.uniden.com/twiki/bin/view/UnidenMan4/ProVoice? ProVoice Announcement and Instructions (for both the 436 and 536)]
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** The Uniden [[BCD325P2]] with version 1.07.06 firmware or better
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** The Uniden [[BCD996P2]] with version 1.07.06 firmware or better
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***[http://info.uniden.com/twiki/bin/view/UnidenMan4/DigitalMobileRadioUpgradeforBCDxxxP2 Instructions for the upgrade] (note: for both the 325P2 and 996P2)
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** Uniden's [[SDS100]] and [[SDS200]] supports ProVoice upgrade (option to upgrade visible in the menu)
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** [[Digital Speech Decoder (software package)|DSD]] or [[DSDPlus]] using a discriminator-tapped scanner or Software Defined Radio (SDR). See the bottom of the [[Digital Speech Decoder (software package)|DSD]] article for known working setups.
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==Related Links==
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*[[EDACS]]
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*[[EDACS Provoice Digital Systems (Police/Fire)]]
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There is also an older type of digital communications for EDACS Systems, which goes by the trade name [[AEGIS]].
 
  
San Antonio, Texas, and the State of Florida are using or are in the process of building ProVoice [[EDACS]] systems with [[ESK]]. Cecil County, Maryland utilizes a VHF Pro-Voice system which does not use ESK, but rather a different format of EDACS where any analog transmissions can't be monitored by any commercial scanner.
 
  
EDACS ProVoice systems use the [http://www.radioreference.com/digital/dig/edacs-norm.wav MA/Com EDACS control channel].
 
  
There is no scanner available today that can monitor EDACS ProVoice Digital voice.
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[[Category:RR Glossary]]
[[Category:RR Glossary]]<br/>
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[[Category:Database Glossary]]
[[List of Provoice Digital Systems (Police/Fire)]]
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[[Category:Professional Radios Glossary]]
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[[Category:Receivers Glossary]]
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[[Category:Scanners Glossary]]
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[[Category:Signal Analysis and Decoding Glossary]]
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[[Category:Trunktracking Glossary]]

Latest revision as of 19:22, 5 February 2019

ProVoice is Harris' implementation of IMBE digital modulation for radio communications. It is not APCO-25 compliant, but does use the same IMBE vocoder. AEGIS was a predecessor of ProVoice on EDACS Systems.

EDACS ProVoice systems use the MA/Com EDACS control channel.


Can This Mode Be Trunktracked?

Related Links