Sending An Emergency Alarm - Motorola APX 8000 3 User Manual

Note
To exit emergency at any time, press and hold
the preprogrammed Emergency button for
about a second.
The radio operates in the normal dispatch
manner while in Emergency Call, except if
enabled, it returns to one of the following:
Tactical/Non- The radio sends
Revert emergency alarm and/or
make emergency call on
the current selected
channel.
Non-Tactical/ The radio reverts to the
Revert for preprogrammed
Conventional emergency channel to
system send alarm and/or make
emergency call.
Non-Tactical/ The radio reverts to the
Revert for preprogrammed
Trunking emergency talkgroup to
system send alarm and/or make
emergency call.
Man Down is an alternate way to activate the
Emergency feature on the condition the Emergency
must be set up for this feature to operate.
See Man Down

Sending an Emergency Alarm

This feature allows you to send a data transmission,
which identifies the radio sending the emergency, to
the dispatcher.
Note
Emergency button press timer by default is set
to 1 second. This timer is programmable from
0 – 6 seconds by a qualified technician.
Press the preprogrammed Emergency button.
One of the following scenarios occurs:
• The display shows Emergency on the current
zone and channel. You hear a short medium-
pitched tone and the LED blinks red
momentarily.
• The radio sounds a short low-pitched tone to
indicate that the selected channel does not
support emergency and rejects to launch
emergency mode.
BETA
on page 93 for details.
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