Messaging; Sending Status Conditions; Emergency Alarm And Call - E.F. Johnson Company 5100 Series Operating Manual

Messaging

The messaging feature allows preprogrammed
messages to be sent to a dispatcher. Up to 16 messages
can be preprogrammed, and they are identified by an
alias. If a Message option key or menu parameter is
programmed, messages are sent as follows:
1. Momentarily press the Message option key or select
that menu parameter. The alias of the last message
sent is displayed.
2. If required, press the Up/Down switch to display the
desired message. Then send the message by
momentarily pressing the PTT switch. One of the
following events then occurs:
•
If five beeps sound, the message was received and
acknowledged by the dispatcher.
•
If after 6 seconds, the message is not acknowl-
edged, a tone sounds and "NO ACK" is displayed.
Press and release the PTT switch to send it again
or press the Message option key or F1 (Exit) key
to exit the messaging mode.

Sending Status Conditions

The status feature allows you to manually or
automatically send your current status to your
dispatcher. Up to eight status conditions can be prepro-
grammed, and they are identified by an alias. If the
Status option key or menu parameter is programmed,
status conditions are sent as follows:
1. Momentarily press the Status option key or select
that menu parameter. The alias of the current status
condition is displayed.
2. To change the current status, press the Up/Down
switch until the desired status is displayed. Then
press the F2 (Select) key to accept that status.
3. You can wait to send the current status until polled
by the dispatcher or it can be sent immediately by
briefly pressing the PTT switch. One of the
following events then occurs:
•
If five beeps sound, the status was received and
acknowledged by the dispatcher
SMARTNET/SMARTZONE FEATURES
•
If after 6 seconds, the message is not acknowl-
edged, a tone sounds and "NO ACK" is displayed.
Press and release the PTT switch to send it again
or press the Status option key or F1 (Exit) key to
exit this mode and return to normal operation.

Emergency Alarm and Call

Introduction
Emergency Alarms and Calls are separate func-
tions that can be individually enabled or disabled on
each SMARTNET/SmartZone system. The Emergency
option key (or menu parameter) is also required for
these functions. Emergency Alarms and Calls are
transmitted on the emergency talk group programmed
on the selected system.
Emergency Alarms
An emergency alarm is a special data transmis-
sion that alerts a dispatcher of an emergency situation.
Proceed as follows to activate an emergency alarm:
1. Select a SMARTNET/SmartZone channel that has
this feature enabled and then press the Emergency
option key. The radio then begins automatically
transmitting an emergency alarm data message and
"EMERGNCY" is indicated in the display for 3
seconds.
2. When the emergency alarm is acknowledged, the
emergency acknowledge tone (two beeps) sounds.
Silent operation may also be programmed in which
case no tone sounds and there is no indication that
an acknowledgment occurred.
3. The radio continues to transmit this message until an
acknowledgment is received or the programmed
number of attempts have been made. To exit this
mode, power must be turned off.
Emergency Calls
An emergency call urgently requests access to a
voice channel. To place this call, proceed as follows:
1. Select a SMARTNET/SmartZone channel that has
this feature enabled and press the Emergency option
key. The emergency mode is indicated when
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