Adding Talkgroups

Talkgroups are associated with a Customer and may not be shared between Customers.

Talkgroups represent individual collections of WAVE Users and Subscribers (radio users). When a user transmits or sends a text message over a Talkgroup, all other users signed in to that Talkgroup receive the audio transmission or text message. Maps are also Talkgroup-specific and show only those users on the selected Talkgroup.

Talkgroups may be assigned to WAVE OnCloud Users, Radio Systems, or both. Talkgroups do not consume a license. More than 16 Talkgroups may be assigned WAVE OnCloud Users, but WAVE OnCloud Broadband clients can only activate up to 16 Talkgroups simultaneously. Broadband Users may determine which Talkgroups are active or inactive on their client.

About the Talkgroup Menu

When you mouse-over an existing Talkgroup, the group will change to show the existing Users assigned to that Talkgroup. Additionally, three icons appear at the top right corner of each Talkgroup.

Creating a Talkgroup

Use the following instructions to create a Talkgroup in WAVE OnCloud.

To create a Talkgroup

1. If you are a Partner or Partner Employee then click the name of the Customer to edit. If you are an Customer Employee then you are already in the Customer screen.
2. Click Talkgroups.
   The Talkgroup screen opens. All existing Talkgroups are listed.
3. Click the large plus icon to create a new Talkgroup.
   
4. In Talkgroup Name, enter a name for the new Talkgroup.
   
5. In the Select a radio system list, leave the selection as ‘None’ for a Broadband-Only Talkgroup, or select an existing Radio System if you are creating a Talkgroup that integrates with a Radio System. You can edit Talkgroups later if you need to add or remove a Radio System.
6. Click the green check icon when you are done.
   The new Talkgroup appears on the page.