Sending An Emergency Alarm; Sending An Emergency Call (Trunking Only) - Motorola ASTRO APX O5 User Manual

If the Orange button is preprogrammed to send an
emergency signal, this signal overrides any other
communication over the selected channel.
Your radio supports the following Emergency modes:
• Emergency Alarm
• Emergency Call (Trunking Only)
• Emergency Alarm with Emergency Call
• Silent Emergency Alarm
• Special Considerations for Emergencies
Check with your dealer or system administrator for
more information on the programming of this feature.
Only one of the Emergency modes above can be
assigned to the preprogrammed Emergency button
or the Emergency footswitch.
Note:
To exit emergency at any time, press and hold
the preprogrammed Emergency button for
about a second. This timer is programmable
from 0 – 6250 milliseconds by a qualified
technician.
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Sending an Emergency Alarm

This feature allows you to send a data transmission,
which identifies the radio sending the emergency, to
the dispatcher.
1 Press the preprogrammed Emergency button.
A tone sounds and the display alternates
EMERGENCY and the home display. A dispatcher
acknowledgment ACK RECEIVED display follows.
For trunking system, the radio also sounds a high-
pitched tone that indicates the alarm has been
received by the trunked system's central
controller.
2 Press and hold the EMERGENCY button or the
PTT button to return to normal operation.

Sending an Emergency Call (Trunking Only)

This feature gives your radio priority access to a
talkgroup.
1 Press the preprogrammed Emergency button.
One of the following scenarios occurs:
• A tone sounds and the display alternates
EMERGENCY and the home display.