AdvanceTec AdvanceCommunicator, User Manual

Using the Software

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Receiving Call Alerts

When you receive a Call Alert, the application logs it in the Activity Log and 
displays a flashing message at the top of the On-Screen Keyboard section, 
above the Alert button. The displayed message indicated the number of 
alerts received.

To dismiss the alerts message, click on it.

Making Private and Group Calls

To make Private and Group calls:

1

  Enter the Private ID or TalkGroup number into the Dial Box fields.

  You can enter the number:

•

 From the application 

Phone Book

•

 From the 

Activity Log

•

 By direct typing into the fields

•

 By using the 

On-Screen Keypad

•

 By using an assigned 

Turbo Dial

 button

2

  To talk, click and hold the 

PTT

 key of the 

On-Sceen Keypad

, -or-

  Press the PTT button at the front of the AdvanceCommunicator™ base, 

-or-

  Press the PTT button on the back of the AdvanceCommunicator™ 

handset, 

-or-

  Talk into the microphone at the front of the AdvanceCommunicator™ 

base.

3

  When finished talking, release the 

PTT

 and listen.

Note: 

During a Private or Group call, the Space key of the computer 
keyboard can also be used as a PTT button.

SMS Messages

Note:

  This feature depends on the availability of the MO SMS service 

from you cellular service provider.

Sending an SMS message from the phone, is a routine activity, but not 
a very convenient one to perform. The AdvanceTec Communicator 
application allows you to:

•

 Send SMS message to a single recipient

•

 Send SMS message to a predefined group of recipients

•

 Read and manage SMS messages received by the phone

Sending SMS message to a single recipient

The Sending SMS section, provides you with a simple interface, that allows 
you to send an SMS message of up to 70 characters, to any cellular phone.
To send SMS message:

1

  Into the 

Phone

 field, enter the phone number of the recipient, or 

import it from the application Phone Book, Activity Log.

Note:

  Clicking the icon next to the phone number in the Phone Book 

Record Details

, will enter the number to phone number fields 

of both the 

Dial Box

 and 

Sending SMS

 sections.

2

  At the next field, type your message.

Note:

  Note to the characters counter under the message field. This 

counter displays the number of characters left that can be 
added to the mesage.

3

  When finished, press 

Send

.