Using Remote Kill To Kill Another Radio; Using Direct Kill To Kill Your Own Radio; Radio Inhibit - Motorola APX 5500 User Manual

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Advanced Features
2.13.2.1

Using Remote Kill to Kill Another Radio

When and where to use: Remote Kill allows you to render another radio inoperable by sending an
over the air command using the menu on your radio.
Procedure:
1 or to Kill.
2 Press the Menu Select button directly below Kill.
The display shows Enter Password.
3 Use the keypad to enter your Tactical Inhibit Encode Password.
4 Press the Menu Select button directly below OK .
The display shows the radio Contact IDs.
5 Perform one of the following actions.
• or to the required ID.
• Press the Menu Select button directly below LNum to go to the last number dialed.
• Use the keypad to enter the required ID.
• Press the Menu Select button directly below Send to initiate command.
If the receiving radio received the command, your radio display shows Ack received.
If the receiving radio does not have encryption key to decrypt the received encrypted command,
your radio display shows Dec fail.
If the receiving radio is powered off or already killed, your radio display shows No Ack.
Once the receiving radio received the command, its screen turns blank, the killed radio is inoperable.
2.13.2.2

Using Direct Kill to Kill Your Own Radio

When and where to use: Direct Kill allows you to make your own radio inoperable.
Procedure:
Press and hold the programmable button (2-dot) then press the Orange button until the display
turns blank and becomes inoperable.
2.14

Radio Inhibit

This feature allows the system administrator to put a radio into a non-functional state when the radio is
missing or in an unknown hand. The radio stays in this state regardless of its power changes.
NOTICE:
If the radio has Inter-system roaming capability, the system administrator is able to put the radio
into a non-functional state when missing radio roamed to another system.
The radio can only be uninhibited by receiving an uninhibited command from the system
administrator.
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