Emergency Communications - OpenSky P800 User Manual

Emergency Communications

Your radio can send out an Alert or place Voice Calls over
the entire network in an emergency. OpenSky handles
Emergency Calls and Alerts with the very highest priority,
giving you and the people you serve access to the help you
need no matter how much traffic the network is handling.
How to Place an Emergency Call
1.) Press the orange Emergency Button on your radio to
2.) You'll hear nothing, but other users will hear the
3.) At the same time, the network enables an Emergency
4.) Press the Push-to-Talk button to send your voice out
5.) All the radios in the Emergency Talk Group will
6.) When your emergency ends, your dispatcher must
send an emergency alert. You'll find the button just
above the Push-to-Talk button on the left panel (see
the Figure: Left Panel Components).
Emergency Alert signal, a distinctive 3-tone burst of
sound.
Talk Group.
over the emergency talk group.
hear your call and see the emergency talk group
displayed on their radio, overriding any other displays
that may have been active there.
clear the emergency call.
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