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MDC 1200 SYSTEM OPERATION
D
Transmitting a Radio Check Call
Rado check call allows you to determne whether the tar-
geted staton s turned on, wthn the communcaton range
and on channel wthout requrng any acton from the tar-
geted staton user.
q
Push
[MDC Call]
to enter the MDC menu selecton mode.
w
Select “
RADIOCHK
” usng
[CH Up]
or
[CH Down]
.
RADIOCHK
CALL
SC
CA
e
Push
[MDC Call]
agan to enter the transcever alas se-
lecton mode.
r
Select the desred alas usng
[CH Up]
or
[CH Down]
.
t
Push
[PTT]
to transmt the rado check call to the selected
staton.
• “
RDO CHK
” s dsplayed.
y
Release
[PTT]
.
• “
CHK ACK
” s dsplayed after recevng an acknowledgement
from the targeted staton.
• “
CHK FAIL
” s dsplayed f the targeted staton does not receve
the sgnal or send back an acknowledgement.
u
After a specfied tme perod has passed, the transcever
wll return to receve.
D
Transmitting a Status Message
Status Messagng allows you to send a pre-programmed
status message. There are 16 status codes that can be sent.
In addton, the transcever can send an MDC 1200 sys-
tem sgnal that causes the targeted staton to automatcally
transmt ts current status.
q
Push
[MDC Call]
to enter the MDC menu selecton mode.
w
Select “
STATUS
” usng
[CH Up]
or
[CH Down]
.
STATUS
CALL
SC
CA
e
Push
[MDC Call]
agan to enter the status message se-
lecton mode.
STATUS
STATUS1
CALL
SC
CA
Pre-programmed
status message
is displayed.
r
Select the desred status message usng
[CH Up]
or
[CH Down]
.
t
Push
[PTT]
to transmt the selected status message.
• “
STAT TX
” s dsplayed.
