CONVENTIONAL MODE FEATURES
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Place and receive a Unit Call as follows:
1. To transmit a Unit Call, press the Unit Call option
switch or select the Unit Call menu parameter. The
alias (tag) of the last Unit Call is displayed.
2. If required, press the Up/Down switch to display the
desired call. The alias and ID of the calls that have
been programmed are alternately displayed.
3. Press and then release the PTT switch. Ringing is
then heard and “WAIT” displayed to indicate that
the mobile is being rung. To disable this ringing but
not the call, briefly press the PTT switch again.
Ringing occurs for 20 seconds or until the call is
answered, whichever occurs first.
4. When a Unit Call is received, two beeps sound (if
tones are enabled), and “Call Rcvd” and the alias or
frequency of the currently selected talk group are
alternately flashed.
In addition, the transceiver can be programmed to
display the alias of the talk group on which the call
is being received (if it is not the same as the selected
talk group) and/or the ID of the mobile placing the
call. The time each is displayed is programmable**
for 0.5-7.0 seconds or infinite.
5. To respond, select the Unit Call mode by pressing
the Unit Call option switch or selecting the menu
parameter. The following operation then occurs:
•
If a unit call has been programmed with the ID of
the calling mobile, it is automatically selected. A
response can then be made without changing the
selected channel.
•
If no Unit Call has been programmed with the ID
of the calling mobile, a response cannot be made
in this mode.
•
If the call timer times out (set by programming) or
the channel is changed before a response is made,
the unit call mode is exited.
5.16.6 CALL ALERT
General
The Call Alert™ feature* allows pages to be sent
and received on P25 conventional channels. Opera-
tion is similar to SMARTNET/SmartZone and P25
Trunked channels.
Answering a Page
1. When a page is received, five beeps sound and
“PAGE” is displayed. The ID of the mobile paging
you is stored as the last ID received.
2. To clear or ignore the page, press any option switch.
If the PTT switch is pressed, a group call is placed
on the selected channel.
3. To answer the page as a unit call (see Section
5.16.5), press the Unit Call option switch or select
that menu parameter and the alias of the mobile
paging you is displayed. Press the PTT switch and
respond. One of the following conditions then
occur:
•
If the mobile being called is on the air, ringing is
heard until the called party answers or for 20
seconds, whichever occurs first. If no answer
occurs within 20 seconds, a continuous tone
sounds and “NO ANS” is displayed.
•
If the mobile being called is not on the air, a
continuous tone is heard instead of ringing and
“NO ACK” is displayed.
4. When the call is finished or if it could not be
completed for some reason, end it by pressing the
Unit Call option switch or the F1 (Exit) key.
Initiating a Page
1. With a P25 conventional channel selected, momen-
tarily press the Call Alert option switch or select that
menu parameter. The alias of the last ID called is
displayed.
2. If required, press the Up/Down switch to display the
desired mobile. The alias of each number is
displayed.
*
This feature requires 51xx operating (Flash) software
1.8.0 or later and PCConfigure 1.19 or later.
**
This feature requires 51xx operating (Flash) software
1.9.0 or later and PCConfigure 1.20 or later.
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