What is the Status Bit?
The status bit is a piece of information encoded in the computer data stream designed to designate “special” communications such as encrypted or emergency signals. While such signals use unique trunking IDs, these are based on primary trunking ID assignments. So while the police dispatch ID might be 272, an emergency call on this ID might be 273 (272 + 1). The BC235XLT TrunkTracker would show all these signals with their unique trunking ID assignments so you could see 272 and 273. But the BC245XLT defaults to a different approach. It is aware of the the status bits which designate these “special” signals. By doing so, it is able to filter the unique ID and come up with the primary ID. So both the 272 and 273 IDs appear as 272. To make the BC245XLT operate like the BC235XLT, which does have its advantages, then the Status Bit function must be turned off. Once this is done, the radio will no longer filter the IDs and all unique IDs will be displayed.
