Status indicators and Audible alerts
The LED indicates the current status of the radio and if an external speaker is connected
to pin 9 of the DB-15, audible tones can be heard under certain fault conditions. The
details are shown in the table opposite.
Status
Description
LED colour
Audible tone
(if speaker fi tted)
Normal
Power ON
Green-Orange-red
Busy channel
Orange
Correct Call
(with SAT)
Green
Transmit
Red
Warning
Busy channel lockout
Green
fl
ashes
beep tone
Time out time
Green
fl
ashes (ptt active)
Red LED extinguishes
(serieal cmd)
5 secs before TOT
1 Green
fl
ash
beep tone
Errors
EEPROM error
1 Orange
fl
ash
Out of lock
Continuous Orange
fl
ashes
Comms error with
module
Green LED
fl
ash
Transmit hang
on time
Single beep tone
Wrong model
programmed
After “Power ON sequence -two
extra Orange
fl
ashes.
Program
Read Mode
Red LED
fl
ashes
Write mode
Green LED
fl
ashes
Squelch
program
mode
Initial data load
Green-Orange-Red
Open squelch mode
Three Green
fl
ashes
Close squelch mode
Two Green
fl
ashes
Save squelch mode
One Green
fl
ash
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