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lockout, search lockout and talkgroup lockout.
Temporary Lockout
Temporary lockout locks out an object until the scanner is turned off. When the scanner is
powered on again, all objects that have been temporarily locked out are restored.
By default, the L/OUT key activates temporary lockout when pressed. If desired, you can
change the function of the L/OUT key in the GLOB radio wide settings by pressing PGM, then
the GLOB softkey. Scroll to the TLO=FUNC L/O setting and press the > key to toggle the
setting to YES to have the L/OUT key function as a permanent lockout instead of temporary
lockout.
To apply temporary lockout to an object, press L/OUT while the scanner is stopped on that
object during scan operation, or navigate to an object using the 5-way pushbutton pad while in
Manual Mode or PGM mode and press L/OUT. The lowercase "l" in the display flashes to
indicate that temporary lockout is applied to the object:
If you wish to remove temporary lockout from a single object, navigate to the object using the
5-way pushbutton pad while in Manual Mode or PGM mode and press L/OUT again.
Temporary lockout is a very useful feature. For example, when a major incident occurs while
you are scanning, you may wish to focus your scanning on that major incident, and exclude
unrelated talkgroups so that radio traffic associated with the major incident is not interrupted.
You could press the PSE or MAN keys to listen to a single object, if communications for the
major incident are only being conducted on single channel or talkgroup. More often, several
talkgroups are used to provide communications for major incidents, so if you park on a single
object, you may miss communications on other objects that are related to the incident of
interest.
By using Temporary Lockout, it is possible to "zoom in" on the objects that are carrying
communications related to the incident of interest by pressing L/OUT every time an unrelated
object becomes active. Eventually you will narrow down your monitoring to those objects that
are being used to provide communications for the incident you are trying to monitor.
Permanent Lockout
Permanent lockout locks out an object until you explicitly unlock it. No traffic will be received
on the locked out object while permanent lockout is active.
To apply permanent lockout to an object, press FUNC, then L/OUT while the scanner is stopped
on that object during scan operation, or navigate to an object using the 5-way pushbutton pad
while in Manual Mode or PGM mode and press FUNC, then L/OUT. The lowercase "l" in the
display changes to uppercase to indicate that permanent lockout is applied to the object.
If you wish to remove permanent lockout from an object, navigate to the object using the 5-way
pushbutton pad while in Manual Mode or PGM mode and press FUNC, then L/OUT again.
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