Failsoft - Motorola W4 User Manual

Trunking Operation

Failsoft

If the trunked system's central controller fails for any reason, the radio
indicates failsoft. In this condition, the radio transmits and receives on
a pre-determined frequency in a conventional mode.
Failsoft ensures that you will have communications capability at all
times. Radios can be programmed by a qualified radio technician so
that units that normally communicate on the same trunked mode will
be assigned to the same failsoft repeater frequency.
Since the normal trunking features do not operate during failsoft,
much of the privacy of trunked systems is lost. You must share the
channel with other users until the failure is corrected.
To continue, in failsoft, to communicate with other talkgroups:
1 Rotate the Mode knob (W4)
or press the Mode (W5, W7,
W9) rocker switch to change
to a different repeater
frequency.
The failsoft condition is
indicated by a faint beeping
tone every ten seconds
(radio unsquelched).
When the trunking system
returns to normal operation,
the beeping tone stops.
2 Press the PTT button to talk,
and release the button to
listen.
If a system that is in failsoft is accessed while in scan, the radio
freezes scan and remains on the failsoft frequency for a period of six
seconds. This time period can be changed by a qualified radio
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