Sending An Emergency Alarm - Motorola APX 1000 User Manual

The radio operates in the normal dispatch
manner while in Emergency Call, except if
enabled, it returns to one of the following:
Tactical/Non-
Revert
Non-Tactical/
Revert for
Conventional
system
Non-Tactical/
Revert for
Trunking
system

Sending an Emergency Alarm

This feature allows you to send a data transmission,
which identifies the radio sending the emergency, to
the dispatcher.
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English
The radio sends
emergency alarm and/or
make emergency call on
the current selected
channel.
The radio reverts to the
preprogrammed
emergency channel to
send alarm and/or make
emergency call.
The radio reverts to the
preprogrammed
emergency talkgroup to
send alarm and/or make
emergency call.
Note:
The default timer of Emergency button press
to activate Emergency is 50 milliseconds. This
timer is programmable from 50 – 6200
milliseconds by a qualified technician.
Press the preprogrammed Emergency button.
One of the following scenarios occurs:
•
The display shows Emergency and the current
zone or 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. The display shows No
emergency, if the selected channel does not
support emergency.
When you receive the dispatcher's acknowledgment,
the display shows Ack received. Four tones sound,
the alarm ends, and the radio exits the Emergency
Alarm mode.
If no acknowledgement is received, the display shows
No acknowledge. The alarm ends when the timer