9.2
Sending Emergency Alarms
This feature allows you to send a data transmission, which identifies the radio sending the emergency,
to the dispatcher.
Procedure:
Press the preprogrammed
Emergency
button.
Your radio shows the following indications:
• A tone sounds
• The LED blinks red momentarily
• The radio displays
Emergency
When you receive an acknowledgment from the dispatcher (and the central controller if you are in a
trunking system), your radio shows the following indications:
• A high-pitched tone sounds (Trunking only)
• The display shows
Acknowledge Received
• Four audio tones sound
• The alarm ends
• The radio exits the Emergency Alarm mode
9.3
Sending Emergency Alarms with Emergency Calls
Procedure:
1
Press the preprogrammed
Emergency
button.
• Your radio displays the confirmation message of a successful or unsuccessful
acknowledgment from the dispatcher.
• Your radio exits Emergency Alarm and enters the Emergency Call state.
2
Perform one of the following actions based on the type of emergency call:
Option
Actions
Emergency Call
a
Press and hold the
PTT
button.
b
Speak into the microphone.
c
To end the transmission and wait for a
response from the dispatcher, release
the
PTT
button.
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