Call Alert; Messaging - E.F. Johnson Company 5300 Series Operating Manual

response can then be made without changing the
selected channel.
•
If no Unit Call has been programmed with the ID
of the calling mobile, a response may have to be
made in the standard mode.
•
If the call timer times out (set by programming) or
the channel is changed before a response is made,
the unit call mode is exited.

4.14.6 CALL ALERT

General
The Call Alert™ feature* allows pages to be sent
and received on P25 conventional channels. Opera-
tion is similar to SMARTNET/SmartZone and P25
Trunked channels.
Answering a Page
1. When a page is received, five beeps sound and
"PAGE" is displayed. The ID of the mobile paging
you is stored as the last ID received.
2. To clear or ignore the page, press any option switch.
If the PTT switch is pressed, a group call is placed
on the selected channel.
3. To answer the page as a unit call (see Section
4.14.5), press the Call (Private/Unit) option switch
and the alias of the mobile paging you is displayed.
Press the PTT switch and respond. One of the
following conditions then occur:
•
If the mobile being called is on the air, ringing is
heard until the called party answers or for 20
seconds, whichever occurs first. If no answer
occurs within 20 seconds, a continuous tone
sounds and "NO ANS" is displayed.
•
If the mobile being called is not on the air, a
continuous tone is heard instead of ringing and
"NO ACK" is displayed.
4. When the call is finished or if it could not be
completed for some reason, end it by pressing the
Unit Call option switch or the F1 (Exit) key.
* This feature requires 53xx operating (ARM) software
1.22 or later and PCConfigure 1.20 or later.
Initiating a Page
1. With a P25 conventional channel selected, momen-
tarily press the ALERT (Call Alert) option switch.
The alias of the last ID called is displayed.
2. If required, rotate the Select switch to display the
desired mobile. The alias of each number is
displayed.
3. Press the PTT switch and one of the following
occur:
•
If five beeps sound, the system received the page
and the paged mobile is on the air and received it.
The page mode is automatically exited.
•
If the system received the page but the called
mobile is not on the air, a single beep sounds and
"NO ACK" is displayed 6 seconds after the PTT
switch is pressed. Auto exit then occurs.

4.14.7 MESSAGING

The messaging feature* allows preprogrammed
messages to be sent to a dispatcher on P25 channels.
Up to 16 messages can be preprogrammed, and they
are identified by an alias. If a MSG (Message) option
switch or menu parameter is programmed, messages
are sent as follows:
1. Momentarily press the MSG option switch or select
that menu parameter. The alias of the last message
sent is displayed.
2. If required, rotate the Select switch to display the
desired message. Then send the message by
momentarily pressing the PTT or Select switch. One
of the following events then occurs:
•
If five beeps sound and "ACK RECVD" is
displayed, the message was received and automat-
ically acknowledged by the system.
•
If after five tries the message is not acknowledged,
a tone sounds and "NO ACK" is displayed.
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CONVENTIONAL FEATURES