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
Viking Portable 600 Radio Operating Manual 5-9
Conventional Mode Features
In the P25 conventional mode, a special P25 emergency data transmission is sent, and in
the conventional analog mode, an analog signalling packet is sent (both are programmed).
Refer to Section 5.12.3, "MDC1200 Compatibility" for information on MDC1200
Emergency Alert.
For an Emergency Alarm:
• The DTMF Emergency ID is sent.
• The MDC ID is sent with the emergency bit set.
• The Five Tone ID is sent with the fifth tone being status type emergency.
• GE Star ANI is sent.
• Two Tone Encoder is sent.
• No special action is done with the single tone.
Proceed as follows to send an emergency alarm:
1 If required, select a channel of a system on which Emergency Alarms are enabled and
then press the Emergency option button or select that menu parameter. The radio then
automatically transmits the emergency alarm.
2 Either Normal or Silent operation can be programmed. With Normal operation, the red
LED lights, the emergency tone sounds, and “EMERGENCY” flashes in the display.
“EMERGENCY” continues to flash until the alarm ends. If “Silent” is programmed,
none of these indications occur. If “No Receive Activity During Emergency” is
programmed, receive audio, the front panel LED, and receive icons are disabled in the
receive mode.
3 When the emergency alarm is acknowledged by the dispatcher, “Ack Rcvd” is briefly
displayed and the emergency acknowledge tone (two beeps) sounds. This alert tone can
be disabled if desired, and does not occur if Silent operation is programmed.
Retries will occur automatically for conventional analog and MDC. No emergency
acknowledgement is expected from the system. Retries will continue until a
programmed count of retries is reached.
4 The emergency alarm mode is exited when radio power is cycled or by pressing and
holding the Emergency option button.
5.9.2 Emergency Call Alert
This feature notifies a user when an emergency call is being made on their selected P25
Conventional Talkgroup.
Preliminary Draft 3/9/12