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8.26.2
Receive an Interconnect Call
Press
,
, or
buttons to accept an incoming Interconnect Call.
8.27 EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS
The P7200 and P5200 portable radios are capable of sending an emergency alert and making emergency
calls on the network. The OpenSky system handles emergency calls with the highest priority, allowing
you or the people you serve to get needed help.
Emergency call and alert capability for a profile is configured by the system administrator.
The radio that initiates an
emergency alert
emits a signal of 3 distinct beeps that only goes
to the dispatch console.
Table 8-10: Emergency Calls vs. Emergency Alerts
EMERGENCY ALERT
EMERGENCY CALL
An Emergency Alert message is
sent to the dispatcher console. The
dispatch console plays an
emergency tone when it receives
the message.
An Emergency Alert message is sent to the dispatcher console. All
peers (radios and consoles) and the dispatch console play the
emergency tone whenever an emergency call is detected. An
emergency tone plays for each new emergency, or when a profile
is changed, (assuming there is an emergency on one of the talk
groups for the new profile).
If the orange LED is flashing rapidly, the radio is receiving an
emergency call. If the LED is flashing every ½ second, the
selected talk group is in the emergency state (although not
transmitting). If the selected talk group is in the emergency state,
an asterisk displays next to the talk group name.
No emergency audio (voice)
transmission (hot-mic) capability
available (per programming by
system administrator).
In addition to the Emergency Alert signal, the microphone goes hot
for a predetermined length of time to allow for emergency audio
(voice) transmission. The radio declaring the emergency has
channel access priority. Note that the User can also use the PTT
after the pre-determined hot-mic audio transmission, or during to
extend the initial hot-mic audio transmission.
8.27.1
Declare an Emergency Call or Alert
1.
Press the red emergency button on the radio to enter emergency mode. Emergency is raised after the
Emergency Raise Delay (configurable via programming). Default is 1 second.
The emergency behavior for the selected profile is configured by the network
administrator. This determines whether pressing the Emergency button sends an
Emergency Call or just an Emergency Alert. An Emergency Alert is always
part of
and
sent with
an Emergency Call.
If the active profile of the unit initiating the emergency is configured to Emergency Alert, the three-
beep emergency alert signal is sent only to the dispatcher console.
If the active profile of the unit initiating the emergency is configured to Emergency Call, the three-
beep emergency alert signal is sent to the dispatcher console and to all other radios within the selected
talk group. The default emergency talk group becomes the selected talk group. The display will
