User's Guide

6.9.19.3
Sending Emergency Alarms
This feature allows you to send an Emergency Alarm, a
non-voice signal, which triggers an alert indication on a
group of radios. Your radio does not display any audio or
visual indicators during Emergency mode when it is set to
Silent.
Follow the procedure to send Emergency Alarms on your
radio.
1 Press the programmed Emergency On button.
You see one of these results:
• The display shows Tx Alarms and the
destination alias.
• The display shows Tx Telegram and the
destination alias.
The green LED lights up. The Emergency icon
appears.
NOTICE:
If programmed, the Emergency Search tone
sounds. This tone is muted when the radio
transmits or receives voice, and stops when
the radio exits Emergency mode. The
Emergency Search tone can be programmed
through CPS.
2 Wait for acknowledgment.
If successful:
• The Emergency tone sounds.
• The red LED blinks.
• The display shows Alarm Sent.
If unsuccessful after all retries have been exhausted:
• A tone sounds.
• The display shows Alarm Failed.
The radio exits the Emergency Alarm mode and
returns to the Home screen.
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