7.9.8
Sending an Emergency Alarm with Emergency Call
When and where to use:
This feature gives your radio priority access on a channel for conventional system, and to a talkgroup
for trunking system.
Procedure:
1
Press the preprogrammed
Emergency
button.
If successful, the display shows
EMERGNCY
on the current zone and channel. You hear a short,
medium-pitched tone and the LED blinks red momentarily.
The radio exits Emergency Alarm and enters the Emergency Call state when one of the
following scenarios occur:
• You receive the dispatcher acknowledgment. The display shows
ACK RCVD
.
• You receive no acknowledgment. The display shows
NO ACK
.
• You press the
PTT
button while in the Emergency Alarm mode.
If unsuccessful, 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.
2
Hold the radio vertically 1 to 2 inches (2.5 to 5.0 cm) from your mouth.
3
Press and hold the
PTT
button. Speak clearly into the microphone.
4
Release the
PTT
button to end the transmission and wait for a response from the dispatcher.
5
To exit Emergency Call, press and hold the preprogrammed
Emergency
button for about a
second.
Turning off the radio also cancels the emergency state.
7.9.9
Sending An Emergency Alarm and Call with Hot Mic
This feature allows you to send an Emergency Alarm and Call with hot mic to a group of radios.
When and where to use:
Your radio must be programmed for this type of operation.
When indirect PTT such as Hot Mic is activated, the audio transmission can be configured in CPS
to route the audio to the radio internal microphone, wired RSM microphone, or Bluetooth wireless
microphone.
Follow the procedure to send Emergency Alarms and Call with hot mic on your radio.
Procedure:
1
Press the preprogrammed
Emergency
button.
If successful, the display shows
EMERGNCY
on the current zone and channel. A tone sounds and
the LED blinks red momentarily.
The radio exits Emergency Alarm and enters the Emergency Call state when one of the
following scenarios occur:
• You receive the dispatcher acknowledgment. The display shows
ACK RCVD
.
• You receive no acknowledgment. The display shows
NO ACK
.
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