User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Features
- Controls and Display
- General Operation
- Radio-wide Features
- 4.1 Viewing Radio Information
- 4.2 Option Keys / Buttons
- 4.3 Feature Enable / Disable
- 4.4 Menu Mode
- 4.5 Function Recall
- 4.6 Time-Out Timer
- 4.7 Home Channel Select
- 4.8 Power Output Select
- 4.9 Alert Tone Select
- 4.10 Surveillance Mode
- 4.11 Scanning
- 4.12 Global Positioning System (GPS)
- 4.13 Radio Service
- 4.14 Fire Ground Mode
- Conventional Mode Features
- 5.1 Monitoring Before Transmitting
- 5.2 Monitor Mode
- 5.3 Busy Channel Lockout
- 5.4 Call Guard Squelch
- 5.5 Penalty Timer
- 5.6 Conversation Timer
- 5.7 Repeater Talkaround
- 5.8 Displaying Transmit / Receive Frequency
- 5.9 Emergency Alarm and Call
- 5.10 Conventional Mode Scanning
- 5.11 Standard Conventional Calls
- 5.12 ANI Signaling Options
- 5.13 Project 25 Mode Features
- 5.13.1 Digital Unit ID
- 5.13.2 Talkgroup ID
- 5.13.3 Network Access Code
- 5.13.4 Out of Range (EFJohnson Conventional) Indication
- 5.13.5 Automatic (EFJohnson Conventional) Registration
- 5.13.6 P25 Group Calls
- 5.13.7 Talkgroup Scan
- 5.13.8 P25 Unit Calls
- 5.13.9 P25 Conventional Telephone Calls
- 5.13.10 Call Alert
- 5.13.11 Call History
- 5.13.12 Messaging
- 5.13.13 Status Messaging
- 5.13.14 P25 Packet Data
- 5.14 Keypad Programming
- 5.15 Text Messaging
- 5.16 Fire Ground Mode
- SmartNet / SmartZone / P25 Trunked Features
- 6.1 Analog and Digital Operation
- 6.2 Standard Group Calls
- 6.3 Private (Unit-To-Unit) Calls
- 6.4 Telephone Calls
- 6.5 Call Alert
- 6.6 Messaging
- 6.7 Sending Status Conditions
- 6.8 Emergency Alarm and Call
- 6.9 Failsoft Operation
- 6.10 SmartNet / SmartZone / P25 Trunked Scanning Features
- 6.11 Dynamic Regrouping
- 6.12 SmartZone and P25 Trunking Unique Features
- 6.13 Zone Password
- Messages
- Secure Communication (Encryption)
- Data Features
- Service Information
6-2 Viking Portable 600 Radio Operating Manual
SmartNet / SmartZone / P25 Trunked Features
6.2.1 Placing a Standard Group Call
To place a Standard Group call:
1 Turn power on and set the volume as described in Section 3.1, Turning Power On and
Setting Volume. Select the channel programmed for the talkgroup you want to call (see
Section 3.3, Zone and Channel Select).
2 If the talkgroup is programmed for encryption and is not strapped to Clear or Secure,
select the desired mode by pressing the Clear/Secure option button or selecting that
menu parameter. The status cannot be changed if the talkgroup is strapped to Clear or
Secure. When you change to Secure mode, the display will briefly display the Key
Alias assigned to this encryption key. Refer to Section 8.3, Clear / Secure Strapping for
more information.
3 Press the PTT switch and begin talking. An optional talk permit tone may sound to
indicate when talking can begin. Events that may occur are as follows:
- If in the secure mode and your radio is not programmed with the proper encryption
key, “Key Fail” is displayed and the call must be made in the clear mode or the proper
key must be programmed.
The user hears the key fail tone, and will not be allowed to transmit until secure
mode is disabled or the proper key is loaded to the radio.
- If the busy tone sounds and “Busy” is displayed, the system is busy. Release the PTT
switch and wait for the call back tone to sound. Then press the PTT switch within
three seconds.
- If a continuous tone sounds and “Out of Rng” is displayed, you may be out-of-range.
Drive closer or away from shielding objects and try again.
- If your unit ID is denied, the radio will not affiliate and is denied system access if the
Unit ID is not programmed on system.
- If an attempt is made to change an analog call from the clear to secure mode and there
is no available secure channel, “No Secure” is flashed, an error tone sounds, and the
call is terminated. (SmartNet Only)
- If an attempt is made to change an analog channel from the secure to clear mode,
“Sec Only” is displayed, an error tone sounds, and the call is terminated.
- If the secure mode is selected by the Secure/Clear option button or menu parameter
and an attempt is made to transmit on a channel strapped as clear, “Clear Only” is
displayed and the transmission is denied. Likewise, if the clear mode is selected and
the channel is strapped as secure, “Sec Only” is displayed and the transmission is
denied.
Preliminary Draft 3/9/12