Special Considerations For Emergencies; Automatic Registration Service (Ars) - Motorola ASTRO APX O5 User Manual

This activated microphone state is also known as "hot
mic".
Note:
If you press the PTT button during hot mic,
and continue to press it after the hot mic
duration expires, the radio continues to
transmit until you release the PTT button.
1 Press the preprogrammed Emergency button.
The display shows no changes, the LED does not
light up, and you hear no tones. The silent
emergency state continues until you perform the
next step.
2 Press and hold the emergency button until a tone
sounds to exit the silent alarm mode.
If silent emergency alarm is used with emergency
call, pressing the PTT button exits the silent mode
and initiates the emergency call.

Special Considerations for Emergencies

• If you press the emergency button while in a
channel that has no emergency capability, a low-
pitched tone sounds.
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• If the unit is out of the range of the system and/or
the emergency alarm is not acknowledged, a tone
sounds and the display shows NO ACKNOWLEDGE.
• If you press the emergency button, then change to
a mode that has no emergency capability, the
display shows NO EMERGENCY and a continuous
low-pitched tone sounds until a valid emergency
mode is selected or until the emergency is
cancelled.
• When an emergency is active, changing to
another mode where emergency is enabled
(trunked or conventional) causes an emergency
alarm and/or emergency call to be active on the
new mode.

Automatic Registration Service (ARS)

This feature provides an automated data application
registration for the radio. When you turn on the radio,
the device automatically registers with the server.
Data applications within the fixed network can
determine the presence of a device on the system
and send data to the device. For example: Text
Messaging Service (TMS).
The Automatic Registration Service for the radio
consists of two (2) modes: