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5.7.20.2
Sending Emergency Alarms with Call
This feature allows you to send an Emergency Alarm with
Call to a group of radios or a dispatcher. Upon
acknowledgment by the infrastructure within the group, a
group of radios can communicate over a programmed
Emergency channel.
The radio must be configured for Emergency Alarm and
Call to perform an emergency call after the alarm process.
1 Press the programmed Emergency On button.
The display shows Tx Alarm and the destination
alias. The Emergency icon appears.The green LED
lights up.
NOTICE:
If your radio is 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.
If an Emergency Alarm acknowledgment is
successfully received:
The Emergency tone sounds.
The green LED blinks.
The display shows Alarm Sent.
Your radio enters the Emergency call mode when
the display shows Emergency
and the destination
group alias.
If an Emergency Alarm acknowledgment is not
successfully received:
All retries are exhausted.
A low-pitched tone sounds.
The display shows Alarm Failed.
The radio exits the Emergency Alarm mode.
2 Press the PTT button to initiate a voice transmission.
The green LED lights up.The display shows the
Group Call icon.
3 Do one of the following:
Wait for the Talk Permit Tone to end and speak
clearly into the microphone if enabled.
Wait for the PTT Sidetone to end and speak
clearly into the microphone if enabled.
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