User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Radio Overview
- Controls & Display
- General Operation
- 3.1 Basic Operation
- 3.1.1 Turning Power ON and Setting Volume
- 3.1.2 Persistent Settings
- 3.1.3 Power-Up Password
- 3.1.4 Speaking into the Microphone
- 3.1.5 Display Backlight Control
- 3.1.6 Display Viewing Angle & Contrast Adjust (Standard Control Head Only)
- 3.1.7 Zone / Channel Display and Select
- 3.1.8 Setting Squelch Control
- 3.1.9 Zone Edit
- 3.1.10 Transmit Disable
- 3.1.11 Operation At Extended Range
- 3.1.12 Preventing Vehicle Battery Discharge
- 3.1.13 Cleaning the Control Head
- 3.1.14 Radio Service
- 3.2 Single Touch
- 3.2.1 Single Touch Buttons
- 3.2.2 Detailed Single Touch Operation
- 3.2.2.1 Conventional Unit Call
- 3.2.2.2 Conventional Call Alert
- 3.2.2.3 Conventional Status
- 3.2.2.4 Conventional Message
- 3.2.2.5 P25 Unit Call
- 3.2.2.6 P25 Call Alert
- 3.2.2.7 P25 Status
- 3.2.2.8 P25 Interconnect
- 3.2.2.9 SNSZ Unit Call
- 3.2.2.10 SNSZ Call Alert
- 3.2.2.11 SNSZ Status
- 3.2.2.12 SNSZ Message:
- 3.2.2.13 SNSZ Interconnect:
- 3.3 Radio Inhibit
- 3.4 Setting Squelch
- 3.5 Operating Modes
- 3.1 Basic Operation
- Radio Wide Features
- 4.1 Option Buttons
- 4.2 Menu Mode
- 4.3 Time-Out Timer
- 4.4 Home Channel Select
- 4.5 Power Output Select
- 4.6 Alert Tone Select
- 4.7 Ignition Power Down Duration
- 4.8 Horn Alert
- 4.9 Microphone Off-Hook Detect
- 4.10 Surveillance Mode
- 4.11 Public Address
- 4.12 Scanning
- 4.13 Scan Lists
- 4.14 Over the Air Programming
- 4.15 Over the Internet Programming
- 4.16 Auto / Unmute
- 4.17 Location Services
- 4.18 Emergency Alarm Receive Indicator
- 4.19 Kiosk Mode
- 4.20 Analog Noise Reduction
- 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 Talk-Around
- 5.8 Displaying Transmit / Receive Frequency
- 5.9 Emergency Alarm and Call
- 5.10 Conventional Mode Channel Scanning
- 5.11 Standard Conventional Calls
- 5.12 DTMF / ANI Signaling
- 5.13 Project 25 Mode Features
- 5.13.1 Digital Unit ID
- 5.13.2 Talkgroup ID
- 5.13.3 Network Access Code (NAC)
- 5.13.4 EFJohnson System Out-of-Range Indicator
- 5.13.5 EFJohnson System Automatic Registration
- 5.13.6 P25 Group Calls
- 5.13.7 P25 Unit Calls
- 5.13.8 P25 Conventional Telephone Calls
- 5.13.9 Call Alert
- 5.13.10 Call History
- 5.13.11 Messaging
- 5.13.12 Status Messaging
- 5.13.13 P25 Packet Data
- 5.14 Keypad Programming
- 5.15 Text Messaging
- SMARTNET / SmartZone / P25 Trunked Features
- 6.1 Analog and Digital Operation
- 6.2 Viewing Unit ID
- 6.3 Standard Group Calls
- 6.4 Unit Calls
- 6.5 Telephone Calls
- 6.6 Call Alert
- 6.7 Messaging
- 6.8 Sending Status Conditions
- 6.9 Emergency Alarm and Call
- 6.10 Failsoft Operation
- 6.11 SMARTNET / SmartZone / P25 Trunking Scanning Features
- 6.12 Dynamic Regrouping
- 6.13 P25 Radio Unit Monitor
- 6.14 SmartZone and P25 Trunking Unique Features
- 6.14.1 Busy Override
- 6.14.2 Site Trunking
- 6.14.3 Determining Current Site and Searching for a New Site
- 6.14.4 Locking / Unlocking a Site
- 6.14.5 Auto Site Search
- 6.14.6 P25 Wide Area Scan
- 6.14.7 Normal P25 and SmartZone Control Channel Hunt
- 6.14.8 Talkgroup Steering through System Access Permissions
- 6.14.9 Radio Information
- 6.14.10 Current Software version in the radio
- 6.15 P25 Trunking System Single Touch
- 6.16 P25 Messaging
- Secure Communication (Encryption)
- Data Features
- Tones & Error Messages
- Service Information
Draft 02 - Sep 1 2015
Viking Mobile Radio Operating Manual 5-35
Conventional Mode Features
If “Set R to R” is disabled:
• A text message can be received from radios on a digital channel with a repeater if
PCTextMessage is connected to that repeater (all radios must be dynamically registered
to the repeater)
• A text message can be received from a radio and PCTextMessage on a digital
conventional channel (if PCTextMesssage is connected to that repeater)
5.15.2 Receiving a Text Message
When a text message is received, a short alternating tone is sounded and the display
flashes “TEXT MSG” (Standard Control Head) or “Text Message” (Lightning Control
Head).
To view the message, press the assigned text message function button. The sender’s Unit
ID (or alias, if programmed) will be displayed for approximately one second. Following
this, the text of the message is shown.
Note Mobile radio with the Standard Control Head displays only capital letters, numbers, and
the following symbols: period, question mark, apostrophe, forward slash, and backslash.
Incoming message text is parsed to meet this requirement (i.e., lower case letters are
capitalized, and any character not meeting the requirement is replaced by space).
If the message is nine characters or less in length, the text will remain stationary on the
Standard Control Head. If the message is fifteen characters or less in length, the text will
remain stationary on the Lightning Control Head..
If the message is longer than ten characters, the text will scroll across the display.
• To pause scrolling, press the Select knob.
• If desired, adjust the message position by turning the Select knob.
• To resume scrolling, press the Select knob again
Note The message displayed is the message most recently received. To view messages received
earlier, refer to paragraph 5.15.3.
5.15.3 Viewing Previously Received Messages
To view previously received messages:
1 Press and hold the text message button, or select the text message menu item, and select
“View Msg”. The display will show “Message 1”, which is the most recent message
received.