PX-888D SOFTWARE USER’S MANUAL

Date: April 2008 version: 1.0

(Note: PX-888D software can program PX-888A and PX-888D, but PX-888A software can program
PX-888A only)

A) Open PX-888D(V3) software，you will see that as follow,

Picture 1
Click Edit/Product Information，you will see that as picture， you can select PX-888D
from TYPE，then select the frequency you want：136– 174MHZ、350 – 390MHZ、400 –
470MHZ。Click OK to confirm。

B) Programe the channel information（Channel Information）

1）RX/TX FREQUENCY: input frequencies of transmitting or receiving, the frequency
step are 2.5KHZ(LOW)、5KHZ(MIDDLE)、6.25KHZ(HIGH)。
2）QT/DQT DEC、QT/DQT ENC: QT/DQT(CTCSS/DCS) DECODE AND ENCODE
3）CHANEL NAME: To edit the alphanumeric channel name。
4）POWER： high power and low power。
5）W/N： wide band(25khz) and narrow band(12.5khz)
6）SCAN ADD, you can program the channel to scan list
7）PTT ID : There are four types to send the ANI CODE
①OFF：no ANI code sent.

②EOT：Send at the end of the transmit

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 ③BOT ：Send at the beginning of the transmit

④BOTH：Send both in the beginning and in the end

8）BUSY LOCK：NO、CARRIER ONLY and QT/DQT TONE.
Note: When select QT/DQT as busy lock, radio can transmit if carrier and tone are
same separately, radio cannot transmit if carrier is same but the tone is different.
9）OPT SIGNAL：DTMF、MSK、2 - TONE。
10）MORE: Add something for OPT SIGNAL。
C) OPTIONAL FEATURES
Click OPTIONAL FEATURES，you will see OPTIONAL FEATURES dialog box as
follow,

图2
1) BACK LIGHT
① OFF：BACK LIGHT is closed whenever you are operating or not。
② AUTO：BACK LIGHT is on the state of AUTO. It will be ON when operating and
OFF after stopping operating in 30 seconds.
③ ON：BACK LIGHT work all the time。
2）BACK LIGHT COLOR.
There are three types to select：purple, orange and blue.
3）DISPLAY MODE
There are three types of CHANNEL MODE.
☆CHANNEL MODE:

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 4) FREQUENCY MODE

You can press VFO/MR to switch between Channel Mode and Frequency Mode.
Hold down ENTER and turn on the power, the radio can enter or exit the double channel
mode.
5) Double Channel Mode

A CH – 013：This channel can both receive and send.

CH – 010：This channel can receive only.

CH – 013：This channel can receive only.

B CH – 010：This channel can both receive and send.
You can press MENU+PTT to switch between A and B.
4）KEY LOCK
MANUAL：User can lock or unlock the buttons by the keypad。
AUTO：The keypad will lock by itself if you have no operation in 30 seconds，you
should hold on the ”*”key to unlock the keypad.
5）PRIORITY CHANNEL
You can select one channel from 1 to 128 channels，if you select the fifth channel to be
priority channel，it will scan the fifth channel always then other channels, for example:5-2，
5-3, 5-4, 5-5, 5-6…….
6）VOX GAIN LEVEL
You can set the VOX GAIN LEVEL from 0 to 9 rank。
7）FREQUENCY MODE：ON/OFF
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 When the frequency mode is off，the radio will only show the Channel Mode，not show
the frequency mode.
8）KEYPAD LOCK(different with Keylock)
If you select this function, only PTT、SIDE KEY and channel selector are available. All
other keys are disabled. (you can also long press and hold “*”and “#”)The difference
between KEY LOCK and KEYPAD LOCK is that you can’t enable pressing the buttons by
keypad ，you have to use the software to disactive that.
9）BATTERY SAVER：it means you open this function if you select it .
10）SCRAMBLER ACTIVATION：It means you open the scrambler function if you select
it.
11）BEEP：The keypad will sound alert tone if you select this。
12）SCAN MODE
①TO（Time-operated scan）：The radio will lock on a busy channel for a period of 5
seconds then continue scanning other channels.
②CO（Carrier-operated scan）：The radio will stop scanning when receive a signal
then keep on the same frequency until there is no activity.
③SE（search scan）：the radio stops on a busy channel and exits the scan mode.
13）SQUELCH LEVEL：0-9 adjustable
14）SETP：5K/6.25K/10K/12.5K/25K
15）TIME-OUT TIME
The range of TX limited time is OFF-270S. If you select the 30S, the radio will stop
transmitting after 30 seconds transmitting.
16）VOICE ANNUNCIATION：OFF、CHINESE、ENGLISH.
17）PTT ID
①DISPLAY PTT ID：It will display the PTT ID on radio’s screen when transmit if you
select this。
②PTT ID TYPE：DTMF、MSK
③BEGINNING TRANSMIT（set the PTT ID at the beginning of transmit）
④END TRANSMIT （set the PTT ID at the end of transmit）

D) DTMT
Click DTMF，you will see DTMF dialog box，
1） ENCODE，as follow,

图 3.1
DTMF SPEED：Transmit DTMF speed
FIRST DIGIT DELAY TIME:
FIRST DIGIT TIME:
* AND # DIGIT TIME(MS):
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 SIDE Tone:
2）DECODE as follow,

图 3.2
ID CODE: Radio’s ID, the ANI code of DTMF
GROUP CODE:
STUN ACTIVATION：The radio hasn’t been killed if you select this.
STUN CODE:
STUN CODE RESPONSE:
Two types：TX INHIBIT,TRANSCEIVER INHIBIT(BOTH TX & RX INHIBIT).
3）CALL LIST

Pic 3.3
E) MSK
Click MSK，you will see the picture as follow

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 图4
Each radio get only one ID CODE.
F) 2-TONE
Click 2-TONE，you will see TONE dialog box，click ENCODE，you will see the picture

图 5.1
THE FIRST DELAY TIME
THE SECOND DELAY TIME
LONG TONE DELAY TIME
TONE INTERVAL TIME
TX RISE DELAY TIME
SHOUT BEEP TONE
Click DECODE，you will see that as picture as follow,

图 5.2
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 Pleas note the first delay time, the second delay time and tone interval time should be
same separately on Encode and Decode.
The tone1 fre and tone2 fre on ENCODE must be same as those(A tone, B tone) on
DECODE

examples
Two pieces of two way radios was programmed as follow,

图6
一、Channel Information
The two pcs two way radio can communicate when both the frequency and the Opt Signal
are the same.
2） BUSY CHANNEL LOCKOUT
☆When we select the CARRIER ONLY, if the first radio is calling the second radio on
channel 1, the second radio only can receive but not transmit on this channel.
☆when select QT/DQT TONE
①If the value of the two radio (QT/DQT DEC and QT/DQT ENC)are the same，the
first radio are transmitting on channel 2, and the second radio not only receive but also
transmit on this channel.。
②If only one of the value (QT/DQT DEC and QT/DQT ENC) is different，then when
the first radio is transmitting on Channel 2, the second radio can only receive but not
transmit on this channel.
3）Power
☆Switch the synthesis test equipment to TX SET, when we select the low power we will
see 0-2（W）from the equipment. When we select the high power we will see above 4 w
from the equipment. You can change the power as follow,
①high power: click the menu bar [PROGRAM] then HIGH POWER DEBUG, you will
see ,

图7
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You can adjust the high power from 1 to 250 by the scroll bar, you also can see PWH199
from the LCD of the radio.
②low power: click the menu bar [PROGRAM] then LOW POWER DEBUG, you will see ,

图8
You can adjust the high power from 1 to 200 by the scroll bar, you also can see PWH60
from the LCD of the radio.
3)PTT ID （We can press PTT key to send PTT ID directly，it will sound“dadada du”）
☆OFF：no send
☆EOT：send at the end of the transmiting
☆BOT ：send at the beginning of the transmiting
☆BOTH：both send at the beginning and the end of the transmiting
Click the menu bar [EDIT] then OPTIONAL FEATURES, you will see

Pic 9
We can use the PTT ID frame on picture 9 to set how to display the PTTID ,same as
press“MENU+0”，then press ENTER to set if show the ANI or not

二、TONE（TONE FUNCTION SAME AS SQUELCH FUNCTION）

The radio will exit the tone call by itself and soud “dong long”if you didn’t press PTT to
transmit during 30 seconds after sending tone to call.
A、B、C correspond to the key：
MENU A ENTER B VFO/MR C
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☆2-TONE：Select the channel got two tone（Channel4），press the side key 2 to make the

two tone call 。It will sound if receive the correct 2 –tone.
●2-TONE set
Click the MENU [EDIT]/TWO TONE，then click ENCODE to picture10，click
DECODE to picture11.

图 10 图 11
You can enter the frequency from 300HZ to 3 KHZ in TONE1 FRE and TONE2 FRE on
picture10,the time you set to the Encode should correspond to the time set to the Decode.

☆ MSK：Select the channel got the MSK（Channel5），press key side 2 to use the MSK

call。It will sound if receive the correct 2 –tone

☆ We can use the MSK tone to get the function of selective call.
Click channel5/MORE to picture12，click [EDIT]/MSK to jump picture13， Suppose we have
two radio which got the tone information as follow

pic12 pic 13
picture12, the CALL 3 in the dialog box corresponde to the NUM3 on picture13，we can call
only when receive the CALL LIST 3 sent by another radio. So we can set
the content on picture 12 and picture 13 to get the function of selective call.
☆ DTMF：
● Operate：①Select the channel got DTMF（Channel6），press key side 2 until
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 display“CALL ？”on LCD,then press the shortcut key to call DTMF code
②Press ENTER key to display“DTMF IN ---”，enter the ID CODE ，then
press PTT key。
●We can get the function of single call, multi-call, group call by DTMF. Click
[EDIT]/DTMF，then click DECODE to jump picture14，click CALLIST to jump picture15

Pic 14 pic 15
① Single Call：Suppose NO.1 radio to call NO.2 radio，this channel got
DTMF，press side key 2，it will display“CALL ？”on LCD，then press shortcut
key which have set to be the code of other body’s，you can call NO.2 radio。

NO.2 radio will sound at that time，then NO.2

radio will send response code to NO.1 radio.

② group call：picture14，ID CODE is 1002

GROUP CODE is B

And group code is 1BBB，so if only the first code is 1 in group B will ring. Group

Call：as picture 14,ID CODE is 1002

GROUP CODE is B

Group Code is BBBB，no matter what is the ID CODE，if only GROUP CODE is
B, it will respond。
③ Stun Activation

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 c
Pic 16
④ Operate：A. Press PTT key to enter the STUN CODE of another radio，the
radio will be stunned activation once received the correct stun code; B.
press”ENTER”key to enter the stun code of another radio then press PTTkey,
the radio will be stunned activation once received the correct stun code.
⑤ TX inhibit；Transceiver inhibit，TX inhibit，the radio been stunned activation
can not transmit. Transceiver inhibit,the radio been stunned activaton can
not transmit and receive.
⑥ Side Key（Click Menu [Edit] to set）
a) Option Signaling Call
b) Emergency Call
c) Send 1750HZ signal
d) Squelch Off Momentary
Note：SIDE KEY not only got one function of above but also got the function as follow：1）
Press MENU+SIDE KEY 2 to enter FM Radio Receiver；2）Hold on MENU+SIDE KEY
2,open the power to open the Self-Programming mode；3）SIDE KEY 2 stand for “D”. When
we use the tone call ,we should set the side key to be Option signaling Call first.

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