Draft 02 - Sep 1 2015
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Viking Mobile Radio Operating Manual
SMARTNET / SmartZone / P25 Trunked Features
6.5.1
Placing a Telephone Call
To recall from a list:
1
With a SMARTNET/SmartZone/P25 channel selected, momentarily press the Phone
option switch, soft button (Lightning Control Head only), or select the menu parameter.
The alias of the last called telephone number is displayed.
2
If required, rotate the Select switch to display the desired number. The alias of each
number is displayed.
3
Press and then release the PTT switch. Refer to the bulleted list following Step 3 in
direct entry instructions below for events that may then occur.
4
When the telephone call is finished or it could not be completed for some reason, end it
by pressing the Phone option switch and placing the microphone back on-hook or by
pressing the appropriate exit button.
To make a direct entry from the menu (scroll down to select direct entry), or by using front
panel controls or the keypad on the Digital Keypad microphone:
1
Select the menu parameter, press the soft button (Lightning Control Head only), or
press the PHONE option switch until a tone sounds (approximately one second). The
alias of the last called telephone number is displayed if it is in the phone number list.
Otherwise, the last ten digits of the last called telephone number are displayed. The
phone call mode is indicated by
in the display for the Standard Control Head. This
mode is indicated by a
for the Lightning Control Head.
2
If using the front panel controls, enter the telephone number by rotating the select
switch, pressing F3 (Standard Control Head) or right on the Navigation pad (Lightning
Control Head) to advance the cursor. The F2 button (Standard Control Head) or left on
the Navigation Pad (Lightning Control Head) can be used to move the cursor back to
correct an entered number. The 0-9, the
*
, #, 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 ten right-most digits are
always displayed. With the Digital Keypad microphone, enter the number using the
DTMF keypad (a pause indicated by “P” is entered by
*
#).
3
Press and hold the PTT switch. Events that may occur are as follows:
- If the access is successful, a dial tone sounds and the dialed number is displayed and
sent. Either ringing or a busy signal is then heard as with a standard telephone call.
When the called party answers, 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).
Each time the PTT switch is released, a go-ahead tone is sent to the landside party to
indicate when they can respond. To dial a number after the connection is made, press
