SCNP25 Radio

Communications
System

User Manual

SCN Communications

V2.0 | v6.9 | SCNA1701D

Contents
Starting the Radio ....................................................................................................... 3
Using the Radio – Mobile ............................................................................................ 4
Using the Radio – Portable .......................................................................................... 5
Receiving a Radio Call.................................................................................................. 6
Sending a Radio Call .................................................................................................... 7
Emergency Operation.................................................................................................. 8
Selecting Channels and Zones ..................................................................................... 8
Scan Operation............................................................................................................ 8
Troubleshooting Issues................................................................................................ 9
Error Codes .......................................................................................................... 9
Default Keybinds ....................................................................................................... 10

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Starting the Radio
To start the radio, press the Display Radio hotkey. The default hotkey is the
Backslash (“\”) key. This can be rebound at your convenience.
Once the Display Radio key has been pressed, the radio will begin its boot sequence.
You will see two versions flash quickly on the screen, and all three LEDs (all three
colors, on a portable radio) will turn on in quick succession. Once the radio is booted
and usable, an audible “BEEP” alert will be heard.
On the first startup of the radio, you will be prompted to allow access to your
microphone. Press F8, then click “allow” at the bottom of the screen. This only needs
to be done once per server. A screenshot of this is displayed below.

If the radio does not start within about 5 seconds, or an ERR code appears on the
screen, refer to “Troubleshooting Issues”

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Using the Radio – Mobile
This section will go over the usage of the Mobile version of the SCNP25 Radio.
Mobile radios are used in vehicles, aircraft, and boats – for the version used outside of
vehicles, see the Using the Radio – Portable section.
The mobile radio has 5 actionable soft buttons on the bottom of the screen,
along with a power button, home button, emergency button, and D-Pad. To interact
with any buttons, press the Focus Radio hotkey (Default “[“).

1. Line 1 – Current Zone: The current zone the user has selected
2. Line 2 – Current Channel: The current channel the user has selected
3. Home Button: Pressing the home button will send the radio to the home
channel (Zone 1, Channel 1)
4. Power Button: Pressing the power button will turn the radio off.
5. Channel/Zone DPad: Pressing the Up/Down buttons changes the current zone of
the radio. Pressing the Left/Right buttons changes the current channel of the
radio.
6. Emergency Button: If configured, the Emergency button will broadcast an
Emergency call. More information in the Emergency Operation section.
7-11. P1-P5: Programmable soft-buttons that correspond to the P1-P5 labels on the
screen. Pressing these buttons will have the effect of the screen button.

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Using the Radio – Portable
This section will go over the usage of the Portable version of the SCNP25 Radio.
Portable radios are used outside of vehicles – for the version used inside vehicles, see
the Using the Radio – Mobile section.
The portable radio has 3 actionable soft buttons on the bottom of the screen,
along with a power knob, channel knob, zone knob, and Emergency button. To interact
with any buttons, press the Focus Radio hotkey (Default “[“).

1. Line 1 – Current Zone: The current zone the user has selected
2. Line 2 – Current Channel: The current channel the user has selected
3. Zone Knob: Pressing this “knob” will go up a zone
4. Emergency Button: If configured, the Emergency button will broadcast an
Emergency call. More information in the Emergency Operation section.
5. Power Knob: Pressing the power knob will turn the radio off.
6. Channel Knob: Pressing this knob will go up a channel
7-9. P1-P3: Programmable soft-buttons that correspond to the P1-P3 labels on the
screen. Pressing these buttons will have the effect of the screen button.

10. Home Button: Pressing the home button will send the radio to the home
channel (Zone 1, Channel 1)
11. Channel/Zone DPad: Pressing the Up/Down buttons changes the current zone
of the radio. Pressing the Left/Right buttons changes the current channel of the
radio.

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Receiving a Radio Call
When receiving a radio call, the radio will activate several features.
The multifunction/orange LED will glow continuously, indicating the radio is
receiving traffic.
The screen will change to display the speaking user’s Subscriber ID, which is
unique to that user.
The RSSI display will also change to the Incoming Call icon.

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Sending a Radio Call
To send a radio call, first ensure the channel is not currently active. Check for an
“ID:” display on the main display of the radio, an orange LED, or the “Rx” icon in the
RSSI spot on the display. Once you have verified the channel is not busy, press the
Push-to-Talk keybind (Default: “F3”). The radio will quickly flash the red LED, indicating
the system talk request is being sent. Once the talk request is approved, the radio will
play the Talk Permit tone, and the red LED will turn on solid, indicating the radio is
transmitting.
- If the radio emits the “Bonk” tone, and displays “Busy”, the channel is currently
active, and the radio user should wait for the channel to become clear before
attempting to talk.
- If the radio emits the “Bonk” tone, and displays “Out of Rng”, the radio is
currently operating in Out of Range mode. Move to a better communications
location, or use a mobile radio, to ensure call is successfully sent.
- If the radio emits the “Bonk” tone, and displays “Tx Denied”, the radio is not
correctly affiliated with a channel, or has been inhibited. Refer to Radio
Troubleshooting for further details.
- If the radio emits the “Bonk” tone, and displays “Rx Only”, the current channel
has been marked as “Receive Only” in the radio codeplug. The radio user may
not transmit on this channel. See your system administrator for additional
information.

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Emergency Operation
If the radio user experiences an emergency, and the system has been properly
configured, they may use the “Emergency” button to indicate to all radio users that
they are in a distressed state. When an emergency is activated, all radios on the same
channel will receive an emergency tone, and the display will indicate an emergency call
was received. Additionally, the radio user will receive a periodic, 15 second reminder,
indicating that the channel is under an emergency condition. When the radio user who
activated the emergency button transmits, all other users receive an audible alert,
indicating that the person transmitting was the one who activated the emergency.
Additionally, the display will change from ID:[number] to EM:[number] to indicate this.
Only one emergency may be active at a time. The originating user may reset the
emergency state, or it may be reset by a system dispatcher.

Selecting Channels and Zones

Channels and Zones are how the specific channels the radio uses are stored.
When the radio powers up, it displays the Home channel and zone. Zones can store
any number of channels, and are generally organized by the agency or purpose of the
channels. Changing between zones always resets the channel to the first channel in
that zone. When a user is on the last/first channel or zone, and goes up/down, they
will roll over to the first/last channel or zone. For example, if you are in zone 1 and go
down a zone, you will end up in the last zone in the radio.

Scan Operation
Users may activate Scan by pressing the soft-key set to [Scan]. Once Scan is
active, the radio will receive on any channels in the current Scan List. Scan Lists are set
on a per-codeplug basis. Users may move between scan lists by pressing the Scan
Select [Sn Sel] soft button. For more information on which channels are in scan lists,
please contact your System Administrator.

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Troubleshooting Issues
Error Codes
Below is a table of all error codes as of v4 of the SCNP25 firmware.
Code Description
FAIL 01-01 The radio middleware failed to respond. This is likely an installation issue.
Contact your System Administrator for assistance.
FAIL 02-01 The radio firmware failed to respond. This is likely an installation issue.
Contact your System Administrator for assistance.
FAIL 03-01 An internal error has occurred in the radio firmware.
Contact your System Administrator or SCN Communications for assistance.
FAIL 04-01 The radio has received an invalid codeplug. The codeplug must be repaired by a System
Administrator. Contact your System Administrator for assistance.
FAIL 05-10 The radio is unable to connect to the system due to an internal failure. Contact your System
Administrator for assistance.
FAIL 07-02 The radio has been inhibited by a System Administrator. This is usually done when the subscriber unit
is reported lost/stolen. Contact your System Administrator for assistance.
Tx Denied The radio is not properly affiliated to the channel, or the system disallows transmission on the
channel for the given subscriber. Change channels to and from the channel to attempt to re-affiliate.
If the problem persists, contact your System Administrator.
Aff Denied The given subscriber ID is not allowed to affiliate to this channel. Contact your System Administrator
for assistance.
Reg Denied The given subscriber ID is not allowed to register to this system. Contact your System Administrator
for assistance.
BUSY Received when attempting to transmit – the channel is currently busy. Wait for the channel to
become clear, and re-try the transmission.
Rx Only Received when attempting to transmit – the channel is receive only.
Out of Rng Received when attempting to transmit, affiliate, or register to the system. The attempted action has
failed due to a lack of connection to the system. Move to an area in the coverage zone of the system,
and re-try the previous action.

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Default Keybinds
All keybinds can be remapped in the Keybinds menu under FiveM. Several other
keybinds are also available with no default mapping.

1. Show Radio: Displays/Hides radio

2. Focus Radio: Allows the mouse to interact with the radio for 5 seconds.
3. Push-To-Talk: Allows the radio user to make a transmission
4. Emergency: Triggers the Emergency operation, if configured.

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