If an acknowledgement is not received from the recipient’s radio, you will have the option of either canceling or resend-
ing the request.
Status Request
Notice
This feature is only available on P25 conventional channels.
You can find out what another radio user is currently doing by asking their radio to send you a status update.
To send a status request:
1. Press
Menu
and select
Services
>
Status request
.
2. Select the status request recipient from the list.
3. Press
Send to
.
A message showing the destination appears in the display.
The LED glows red briefly. If the request was successful, a message showing the status appears in the dis-
play.
If an acknowledgment is not received from the recipient’s radio, you will have the option of either canceling or
resending the request.
Status Update
You can inform another radio user of your current status by sending them a status update, for example, ‘At scene’.
You may be able to send the status update to a predetermined person or talkgroup, or to a person of your choice.
If you are on a P25 trunk channel, you can send your status to any other radio on a trunk channel on the same net-
work.
If you are on a P25 conventional channel, you can send your status to any other radio on the same conventional chan-
nel.
When you send a status message, you are also
setting
your status, which the dispatcher may be able to check by
‘interrogating’ your radio. You can change your status at any time by selecting another status message and sending it.
See
To send a status update:
1. Press
Menu
and select
Services
>
Status update
.
2. Select the required status message from the list.
3. Press
Send to
or
Select
.
A message showing the destination appears in the display.
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