User's Guide
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Legal and Support
- Radio Care
- Radio Overview
- Getting Started
- Home Screen Overview
- General Radio Operation
- 5.1 Selecting Zones
- 5.2 Selecting Channels
- 5.3 Mode Select Feature
- 5.4 Selecting the Power Level
- 5.5 Selecting a Radio Profile
- 5.6 Enabling and Disabling the Radio Alias
- 5.7 Adjusting the Display Backlight
- 5.8 Editing the Time and Date
- 5.9 Locking and Unlocking the Controls
- 5.10 Setting the Tones for Controls and Buttons
- 5.11 Setting the Voice Mute
- 5.12 Using the Time-Out Timer
- 5.13 Adjusting the Squelch Level
- 5.14 Conventional Squelch Operation
- 5.15 Using the PL Disable Feature
- 5.16 Digital PTT ID Support
- 5.17 General Radio Information
- Trunking System Controls
- Types of Radio Calls
- Emergency Operation
- Fireground
- Tactical Public Safety (Conventional Only)
- Man Down (Fall Alert)
- Secure Operations
- Scan
- Scan Lists
- Connectivity
- Location
- Mission Critical Geofence (ASTRO 25 Trunking)
- Contacts
- Recent Calls
- Sending Status
- Call Alert Paging
- Automatic Registration Service
- User Login Feature
- Text Messaging Service
- Monitor Feature
- Remote Monitor
- Transmit Inhibit
- Dynamic Regrouping (Trunking Only)
- Dynamic Zone Programming
- Zone-to-Zone Cloning
- Radio Kill
- Radio Inhibit
- Voice Announcement
- Site Selectable Alerts
- Additional Performance Enhancement
Chapter 9
Fireground
The portable Fireground Communications System is designed for deployment at an incident scene.
It consists of central components that provide on-scene and in building radio coverage, and enhanced
personnel accountability and monitoring:
• Your APX portable radios
• Incident Management Software
• Command Terminal
• Radio Frequency (RF) Modem (Conventional Only)
• Control Channel Radio (Trunking)
• Optional Data Radio (Trunking)
• Accountability Server (Trunking)
• DVRS (Optional)
If you have a critical situation, you can press the Emergency button, which activates an alarm on the
Incident Management Software at the command terminal.
The command terminal receives the following status updates from your radio:
• Turning the radio on and off
• Automatic response to Polling
• Response to Evacuation commands
• Pressing the PTT button to make voice transmission
• Sending an Emergency Alarm and Call
• Entering or exiting a Trunking Talkgroup
9.1
Entering Fireground Zone Channel (Conventional)
Prerequisites:
NOTE: If you are entering Fireground Trunking Talkgroup, ensure that the Fireground Trunking
Talkgroup is selected.
Procedure:
1 Cycle power your radio.
2 Press the Fireground Zone Channel menu item.
3 Listen for a transmission.
4 To call, press and hold the PTT button.
5 To listen, release the PTT button.
9.2
Responding to Evacuation Indicator
When you receive an Evacuation Indicator, the radio shows the following indications:
MN009363A01-AA
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