CONVENTIONAL FEATURES
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3. If using the front panel controls, enter the telephone
number by rotating and pressing the Select switch.
The 0-9,
*
, #, and P (pause) characters can be
entered (# is displayed as a “+”). Numbers up to
sixteen digits (including pauses) can be entered, and
the number scrolls to the left in the display so that
the eight right-most digits are always displayed.
With the HHC, enter the number using the DTMF
keypad (a pause indicated by “P” is entered by
*
#).
4. Briefly press the PTT switch to send the access
code. A dial tone sound then be heard. Briefly press
the PTT switch again to send the digits.
5. Press the PTT switch to talk and release it to listen.
Since the radio operates half duplex, it is not
possible to talk and listen at the same time.
6. When the telephone call is finished or if it could not
be completed for some reason, end it by pressing the
PHONE
option switch again and placing the micro-
phone back on-hook. This sends the de-access code
which tells the system that the call is finished and
that the repeater can be released.
Answering a Telephone Call
1. When a telephone call is received, “ringing” similar
to a standard telephone is heard and “PHONE” is
displayed.
2. To answer the call, press the Phone option switch
and press the PTT switch to talk and release it to
listen.
3. When the call is finished, end it as in the preceding
step 6.
5.16.7 CALL ALERT
General
The Call Alert™ feature* allows pages to be sent
and received on P25 conventional channels. Opera-
tion is similar to SMARTNET/SmartZone and P25
Trunked channels.
Answering a Page
1. When a page is received, five beeps sound and
“PAGE” is displayed. The ID of the mobile paging
you is stored as the last ID received.
2. To clear or ignore the page, press any option switch.
If the PTT switch is pressed, a group call is placed
on the selected channel.
3. To answer the page as a unit call (see Section
5.16.5), press the
CALL
(Private/Unit) option
switch and the alias of the mobile paging you is
displayed. Press the PTT switch and respond. One of
the following conditions then occur:
•
If the mobile being called is on the air, ringing is
heard until the called party answers or for 20
seconds, whichever occurs first. If no answer
occurs within 20 seconds, a continuous tone
sounds and “NO ANS” is displayed.
•
If the mobile being called is not on the air, a
continuous tone is heard instead of ringing and
“NO ACK” is displayed.
4. When the call is finished or if it could not be
completed for some reason, end it by pressing the
Unit Call option switch or the F1 (Exit) key.
Initiating a Page
1. With a P25 conventional channel selected, momen-
tarily press the
ALERT
(Call Alert) option switch.
The alias of the last ID called is displayed.
2. If required, rotate the Select switch to display the
desired mobile. The alias of each number is
displayed.
3. Press the PTT switch and one of the following
occur:
•
If five beeps sound, the system received the page
and the paged mobile is on the air and received it.
The page mode is automatically exited.
•
If the system received the page but the called
mobile is not on the air, a single beep sounds and
*
This feature requires 5300 operating (ARM) software
1.22 or later and PCConfigure 1.20 or later.
