Adding Talkgroups

Talkgroups are associated with a Customer and may not be shared between Customers. You can assign a maximum of 100 talkgroups to an account.

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 Users, Radio Systems, or both. Talkgroups do not consume a license. More than 16 Talkgroups may be assigned WAVE Users, but WAVE 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. You can search for the talkgroups by name.

Creating a Talkgroup

Use the following instructions to create a Talkgroup in WAVE.

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 a Customer Employee then you are already on 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. Select the Talkgroup Type.
   • Standard
     A Standard Talkgroup may be used by anyone.
   • Broadcast
     A Broadcast Talkgroup may be assigned to any user but only a Broadcaster assigned to that Talkgroup may transmit. Non-Broadcast Users assigned to a Broadcast Talkgroup can listen only.
   • Dispatcher
     A Dispatcher Talkgroup must be assigned to a Dispatcher User. Dispatcher Users communicate via the WAVE Dispatch application which runs through a browser. For more information see Adding WAVE Dispatch Users and Talkgroups.
6. If you want the talkgroup to be a large talkgroup, then select the Large Talkgroup check box in the edit talkgroup screen.
7. 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.
8. Click the green check icon when you are done.
   
   The new Talkgroup appears on the page.