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
2-10 Viking Portable 600 Radio Operating Manual
Controls and Display
Under certain environmental conditions (such as in cold and/or dry areas), electrostatic
discharge (ESD) can cause the display to go blank. Pressing and holding the “Up” button
for at least three seconds will reset the display and restore its normal operation.
2.4.1.1 RSSI Threshold Indications
In conventional mode only if programmed, the user can see the signal strength of the last
call displayed as a signal strength indicator icon. At the start of every call, the radio will
take an RSSI measurement and set a corresponding signal strength indicator icon. The call
must be long enough for a full measurement (40 ms) or the measurement will be ignored.
The signal strength indicator icon from the last call will stay displayed until a new call is
received. The icon signifies the strength of the last received call not the current signal
strength. If the radio goes out of range because it did not receive a beacon within the
Inactivity Duration, it will automatically set the signal strength indicator to Out Of Range.
BATTERY_3 Conventional/P25/
SN/SZ
Indicates that the battery is between 60%
and 80% of its capacity.
BATTERY_4 Conventional/P25/
SN/SZ
Indicates that the battery is between 80%
and 100% of its capacity.
LOCK_OUT Conventional/P25/
SN/SZ
Indicates that the radio has keypad lockout
enabled.
SURVEILLANCE Conventional/P25/
SN/SZ
Indicates that the radio has surveillance
mode enabled.
Table 2.4 RSSI Threshold Indicators
RSSI Range Portable Icon
No Measurement Taken
< Out of Range
Out of Range > Fair
Fair > Good
Good > Excellent
> Excellent
Table 2.3 Display Icons
Icon Name protocol(s) Description
Preliminary Draft 3/9/12