Operator's Manual

C-5000 Operator’s Manual
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Performing an OTAR
• Ensure you are on the HOME PAGE, and the cursor is on the line of the radio you wish to select and an OTAR
capable channel is also selected.
• Press the OTAR button. The following illustrates the display when the OTAR button was pressed with radio 1
under cursor control.
1 ENTER=START OTAR
2
φ
φφ
φ
..1 TACTICAL-001
• Press the ENTER button to initiate the OTAR process. The status of the OTAR will be displayed on the radio’s
display line. Status messages include “OTAR REQUESTED”, “OTAR IN PROGRESS”, “OTAR
ABORTING”, “OTAR COMPLETE”, and “OTAR FAILED”. The following illustrates the display with an
OTAR in progress.
1 OTAR IN PROGRESS
2
φ
φφ
φ
..1 TACTICAL-001
• When the OTAR is finished, the display will indicate its success or failure. The following illustrates the display
after a successful OTAR.
1 OTAR COMPLETE
2
φ
φφ
φ
..1 TACTICAL-001
• Press the HOME button to acknowledge the completion of the OTAR and return to normal HOME PAGE
operation.
• Normal OTAR operations take 10 – 30 seconds depending on signal strength and channel availability.
The OTAR process can be aborted by pressing the HOME button while the “OTAR IN PROGRESS” message is
being displayed. Doing so will send the abort command to the digital transceiver, and display a status message like
the following.
1 OTAR ABORTING
2
φ
φφ
φ
..1 TACTICAL-001
The OTAR process will automatically time-out after 2 minutes of unsuccessful OTAR attempts.
NOTE: