40 Basic operation
Activating lone worker
To turn the lone worker feature on and off:
■
Press the assigned function key.
The message
Loneworker activated
(or
Loneworker
deactivated
) appears in the display.
Your radio may be programmed so that lone worker is active
as soon as your radio is turned on.
Responding to a lone worker prompt
When the lone worker
user activity
timer expires, the
message
Loneworker awaiting
appears on the display
and you hear a low-pitched beep.
Alternatively, there may not be any visible or audible
indication that the
user activity
timer has expired.
■
Press any key, turn the volume control, briefly press the
on/off key, or press the PTT key. This resets the lone
worker
user activity
timer.
If you are unable to respond, the
user response
timer
begins to count down. You now have less than
two minutes to respond before the radio automatically
sends an emergency call or enters emergency mode.
■
Press any key, turn the volume control, briefly press the
on/off key, or press the PTT key. This resets the
user
activity
timer.
If you are unable to respond, the radio sends an
emergency call or enters emergency mode.
Pressing a function key to reset the user
activity or user response timer
When a function key is used to reset either the
user activity
or
user response
timer, the programmed action for the
function key is also activated. For example, if you press the
lone worker function key to reset either timer, then lone
worker is turned off.
