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 RSSI
- 4.15 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 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™ VP600 Portable Radio Operating Manual 4-21
Radio-wide Features
Any button press will silence the Evac Alert tone but only a PTT press will cancel the
Evac Alert display message and exit the Evac Alert state. A Fire Responder subscriber
will only process one Evac Alert message every 60 seconds to avoid multiple Evac Alert
tones sounding. This feature makes use of the P25 Signaling Retry Attempts and Retry
Response Timer settings defined for the radio.
Evac Alert works in either simplex mode or through a repeater configured for data repeat
mode, both of which require a Responder and Commander radio. Currently the EFJohnson
infrastructure does not support the sending of Evac Alert messages so a Commander radio
is required.
The Audible RSSI can be programmed to provide the Fire First Responder an audible
indication when the RSSI drops below certain thresholds indicating a poor coverage area.
When enabled, the First Responder radio will measure RSSI at the beginning of a call and
may provide tone notifications after the call is over. The following provides the tones
heard in each RSSI range.
Table 4.3 RSSI Tones (Fire Ground Mode)
RSSI Level RSSI Indicator Bars Tone Heard
Above Good 3 or 4 bars No tone
Above Fair, Below Good 2 bars 2 beeps
Above OOR, Below Fair 1 bar 4 beeps
Below OOR “X” 4 beeps