OPERATION
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with a standard call. All calls that follow are then
emergency calls and they occur on the emergency
talk group.
4. To exit the emergency mode, power must be turned
off and then on again.
2.7.11 FAILSOFT OPERATION
If a failure occurs in the SMARTNET/Smart-
Zone system so that it cannot be used, the transceiver
automatically enters the failsoft mode. When this
mode is selected, the display alternately indicates
“FAILSOFT” and the alias of the selected channel.
When in the failsoft mode, operation is in the
conventional mode on a preprogrammed failsoft
channel. If a transmission is attempted before a failsoft
channel is located, a continuous tone sounds until the
PTT switch is released. When the radio system returns
to normal operation, this condition is automatically
detected and normal operation resumes.
2.7.12 SMARTNET/SMARTZONE SCANNING
Scanning on a SMARTNET/Smartzone channel
is similar to the standard and radio wide scanning
described in Section 2.5. Each channel can be
programmed with a different scan list that includes up
to 16 channels, one of which can be a priority channel.
These scan lists are user programmable if the Scan
Edit option switch is programmed, and nuisance chan-
nels can be temporarily deleted (see Section 2.5.8).
Scanning is enabled/disabled by the Scan option
switch. In addition, channels can be programmed so
that scanning automatically starts whenever the
channel is selected. Scanning is temporarily disabled
and “
Scan
” turns off if a channel is selected that has
scanning disabled. Then when a channel is selected
again that permits scanning, it is automatically
re-enabled.
In addition to calls on channels in the scan list,
pages, private calls, and telephone calls are received
while scanning. Messages on the priority channel are
received while listening to lower priority messages.
However, private and telephone calls are not inter-
rupted by calls on the priority channel.
When responding to messages in the scan mode,
programming determines if the response always
occurs on the talk group of the call or the selected talk
group (if they are different). Transmissions occurring
at other times always occur on the selected talk group.
2.7.13 DYNAMIC REGROUPING
The dynamic regrouping feature allows a
dispatcher to switch users to a dynamically defined
channel to receive an important message. Dynamic
regrouping operates as follows:
1. When this command is received, the alternating
dynamic regrouping tone sounds, the transceiver
automatically changes to the regrouping channel,
and the display alternately indicates “REGROUP”
and the alias of the selected channel. All transmit-
ting and receiving then occurs on this channel.
2. To reset all talk and announcement groups to normal
so that only the designated regrouping channel is on
the dynamic group, manually select the designated
regrouping channel if you know it. If this channel is
not selected or there is no designated regrouping
channel, all transmissions occur on the dynamically
assigned group regardless of which channel is
selected, and the regrouping tone sounds each time
the PTT switch is pressed.
3. When regrouping is canceled by the dispatcher,
transceiver operation returns to normal.
2.7.14 SMARTZONE FEATURES
Introduction
As described in Section , the SmartZone
®
mode
provides wide area coverage by allowing roaming
between SMARTNET and conventional sites. Smart-
Zone operation is the same as SMARTNET with the
following additional features.
Determining Current Site
To determine the current radio site, momentarily
press the Site Search option switch (if programmed). If
currently registered on a site, “SITE x” is displayed,
where “x” is the site number. The display then indi-
cates the RSSI (Receive Signal Strength Indicator)
