Transmit Inhibit - Motorola APX4000 XH User Manual

When smart PTT is enabled in your radio, you cannot
transmit on an active channel.
If you try to transmit on an active smart-PTT channel,
you hear an alert tone, and the transmission is
inhibited. The LED lights up solid yellow to indicate
that the channel is busy.
The following table shows the variations of smart
PTT:
Mode

Transmit Inhibit

on Busy
Channel with
Carrier
Transmit Inhibit
on Busy
Channel with
Wrong Squelch
Code
Quick-Key
Override
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English
Description
You cannot transmit if any traffic
is detected on the channel.
You cannot transmit on an active
channel with a squelch code or (if
secure-equipped) encryption key
other than your own. If the PL
code is the same as yours, the
transmission is not prevented.
Your radio must be
preprogrammed to allow you to
use Quick-Key Override. This
feature can work in conjunction
Mode Description
with either of the two above
variations. You can override the
transmit-inhibit state by quick-
keying the radio. In other words,
two PTT button presses within
the preprogrammed time limit.
Transmit Inhibit
This feature is available for APCO 25 trunking, Type II
trunking and Conventional operations for all APX
radios.
When Transmit Inhibit feature is enabled, the radio
stops all transmission including voice and data. The
radio could receive messages but not replying the
acknowledgement request of the received message.
User could physically control the transmission of the
radio especially during operation in hazardous
environments with this feature. An environment is
considered hazardous when the power emitted by the
radio power amplifier could initiate an explosion or
other dangerous reactions.
When the Transmit Inhibit feature is disabled, the
radio functions according to its normal operations.