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GENERAL
WHAt IS LINKED CAPACItY PLUS?
Linked Capacity Plus is a new multi-site digital trunking system conguration for the MOTOTRBO platform. It leverages the high capacity of Capacity Plus with the wide area coverage capabilities of IP Site Connect. Linked Capacity Plus is intended to deliver a multi-site trunking solution that does not require the use of a separate hardware controller, making this an affordable high capacity, wide area trunking solution.

WHo ArE tHE tArgEt mArKEtS for LINKED CAPACItY PLUS?

Linked Capacity Plus is an ideal solution for utilities, transportation, public administration and hospitality and other operations-critical markets requiring a cost effective, medium capacity, wide area communications solution.

WHAt rADIoS ArE LINKED CAPACItY PLUS ComPAtIbLE wItH?

Linked Capacity Plus is currently compatible with our MOTOTRBO DP portables and DM mobiles. Support for our new MOTOTRBRO SL Series portables and DM4000 Series Mobiles is planned for a future release.

How DoES LINKED CAPACItY PLUS fIt wItHIN tHE MOTOTRBO PortfoLIo?
The MOTOTRBO platform was developed and has continued to evolve to meet the specic needs of group oriented and dispatch environments. MOTOTRBO delivers the ability to tailor a two-way radio solution into a conventional or trunked system to meet the needs of businesses. Conventional: Ideal for users who have approximately 200 users or less operating at a single site. IP Site Connect: With the ability to link up to fteen (15) repeaters, IP Site Connect is ideal for users with approximately 200 users or less who need to operate across a wide area. Capacity Plus: As a single-site trunking solution, Capacity Plus is ideal for customers with up to 1,200 users who need to operate at a single site. Linked Capacity Plus: Combines the benets of IP Site Connect & Capacity Plus. The system is capable of supporting up to 5 sites, with up to 6 trunked (voice/data) & 3 data revert repeaters per site supporting up to 254 local and wide area talkgroups.

How mANY rEPEAtErS & SItES ArE SUPPortED IN A LINKED CAPACItY PLUS SYStEm?
Linked Capacity Plus is capable of supporting up to 5 sites, with up to 6 trunked (voice/data) repeaters per site. In addition, up to 3 data revert repeaters per site can also be supported. Thanks to MOTOTRBOs TDMA technology, that gives up to 12 voice/data paths with an additional maximum 6 data revert paths.

DoES LINKED CAPACItY SUPPort mULtI-SItE oPErAtIoN?

Yes. Linked Capacity Plus supports up to ve (5) trunking sites. Additional trunking sites may be supported in future system releases.

IS LINKED CAPACItY PLUS ComPAtIbLE wItH otHEr MOTOTRBO moDES of oPErAtIoN?

MOTOTRBO subscribers can operate in a Linked Capacity Plus trunking system and in the same radio, support MOTOTRBO digital operation in Conventional, IP Site Connect or Capacity Plus systems.

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IS TELEPHoNE INtErCoNNECt SUPPortED oN LINKED CAPACItY PLUS?

Yes. Telephone interconnect is supported as part of the initial Linked Capacity Plus release. A single phone gateway repeater will allow you to initiate phone calls from one site and receive phone calls at any site. However, if you need to be able to initiate phone calls from multiple sites then you need at least one phone gateway repeater at each of these sites.

IS LAtE ENtrY SUPPortED IN LINKED CAPACItY PLUS?

Yes. Late entry to a call is supported in Linked Capacity Plus.

DoES A LoCAL groUP CALL KEY UP ALL rEPEAtErS, or oNLY KEY UP tHE rEPEAtErS wHErE tHE rADIoS ArE?
For a local group call, only the repeater where the initiating radio is located will key up.

WILL LINKED CAPACItY PLUS SUPPort roAmINg bEtwEEN SItES?

Linked Capacity Plus supports roaming between sites so subscriber radios will switch automatically to the relevant repeater as they move from site to site. This should not be confused with call hand-over which is not supported.

REPEATERS & PERIPHERALS

WHAt rEPEAtErS ArE SUPPortED IN A LINKED CAPACItY PLUS SYStEm?
Linked Capacity Plus supports all currently shipping MOTOTRBO DR 3000 and MTR3000 repeaters.

WHAt ArE tHE rEQUIrEmENtS for tHE rEPEAtErS to oPErAtE IN A LINKED CAPACItY PLUS SYStEm?
The MOTOTRBO repeaters require rmware version 1.9 or higher.

WItH LINKED CAPACItY PLUS, If oNE SItE HAS LESS rEPEAtErS AND IS fULLY oCCUPIED, wHAt HAPPENS wHEN A SItE trIES to SEtUP A mULtI SItE CALL?
For a wide area individual call, free channels only need to be available at the sites where the initiating and target radios are located. For a wide area group call, free channels only need to be available at those sites associated with the wide area group call (note: the sites associated with each wide area group call are statically dened by the repeater conguration). If the required sites for a given call are available the call setup goes ahead, otherwise the initiating radio provides a call fail indication.

WHAt tYPE of roUtErS ArE rEQUIrED?

All the repeaters at a site must be on the same LAN (i.e. behind the same Router and plugged to the same network Switch - the Router and the Switch could be the same device). It is strongly recommended that no other device should be present on the LAN. The router should be hair-pinning capable router, so that repeaters at the site of the Master can use the public IP address of the Master. For more advanced security, a router with VPN capabilities can be selected. However, a VPN router requires at least 50% more ISP bandwidth than a non VPN router. For information on system design considerations, see the System Planner on MOL.

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For AN EXIStINg MOTOTRBO SYStEm (CombINAtIoN of IP SItE AND CAPACItY PLUS) Do wE NEED to INCrEASE rEPEAtEr CAPACItY wHEN UPgrADINg to LINKED CAPACItY PLUS?
Linked Capacity Plus will require a rmware upgrade for the repeaters and portable and mobile radios. A software license will also need to be purchased for each voice / data (trunking) and data revert repeater. Some older repeaters may not have sufcient internal memory and will not be capable of being upgraded. In order to identify whether your repeater is capable of supporting Linked Capacity Plus, see the IP Repeater Programming Support section of the Release Notes in the MOL Resource Center.

SUBSCRIBERS
ArE NEw SUbSCrIbEr UNItS rEQUIrED for LINKED CAPACItY PLUS oPErAtIoN?
No. All current MOTOTRBO DP portable and DM mobile digital subscribers can support Linked Capacity Plus by upgrading their rmware to version 1.9 or higher.

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