Advanced Features
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Emergency Operation
The Emergency feature is used to indicate a critical situation.
If the
Top (Orange)
button is preprogrammed to send an
emergency signal, this signal overrides any other
communication over the selected channel.
Your radio supports the following Emergency modes:
•
Emergency Alarm
•
Emergency Call (Trunking Only)
•
Emergency Alarm with Emergency Call
•
Silent Emergency Alarm
Check with your dealer or system administrator for more
information on the programming of this feature.
Only
one
of the Emergency modes above can be assigned to
the preprogrammed
Emergency
button.
Note:
To exit emergency at any time, press and hold the
preprogrammed
Emergency
button for about a
second.
Man Down is an alternate way to activate the Emergency
feature on the condition the Emergency must be set up for this
feature to operate.
See
Man Down
on
page 69
for details.
Sending an Emergency Alarm
This feature allows you to send a data transmission, which
identifies the radio sending the emergency, to the dispatcher.
Note:
Emergency button press timer by default is set to 1
second. This timer is programmable from 0 – 6
seconds by a qualified technician.
Procedure:
1
Press the preprogrammed
Emergency
button.
2
The display shows
Emergency
and the current zone or
channel. A short, you hear a medium-pitched tone and the
LED blinks red momentarily.
OR
You hear the radio sounds a short low-pitched tone to
indicate the selected channel does not support emergency
and rejects to launch emergency mode. The display shows
No emergency
, if the selected channel does not support
emergency.
3
When you receive the dispatcher’s acknowledgment, the
display shows
Ack received
. You hear four tones, the
alarm ends, and the radio exits the Emergency Alarm mode.
OR
If no acknowledgement is received, the display shows
No acknowledge
. The alarm ends and the radio exits the
Emergency Alarm mode.
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