Sos - DeLorme inReach User Manual

SOS

IMPORTANT! Use SOS only in an emergency. Do not test SOS—all SOS activations are real and a false activation
could result in charges to you.
The SOS feature uses the inReach to send a message to GEOS Search and Rescue in a critical or life-threatening
emergency. With the PN-60w, you can type a message giving GEOS details about your situation and they can reply to
you. They will dispatch emergency services and notify the emergency contacts you listed in your explore.delorme.
com account. Your location will automatically update until you cancel the SOS.
Your location will be sent to GEOS as follows:
• First ten minutes, every sixty seconds
• Ten minutes to one hour, every ten minutes
• One hour to eight hours, every 15 minutes
• Eight hours to 24 hours, every 60 minutes
After the first ten minutes, if you are stationary, your location is sent every thirty minutes; the transmission rate is
slowed to preserve battery life.
If your position changes by more than 100 meters, your location will be sent again. If you don't need to move for safety
reasons, stay where you are to preserve battery life and to make it easier for search and rescue to locate you.
You can monitor the SOS on the Tracking page. From there you can also cancel the SOS or send a message to GEOS.
The tracking points and messages are also visible on the Map Page.
Note If you do not have a clear view of the sky, the SOS messages will be stored and then sent as soon as you have
a good signal. The Signal LED will flash green when messages are being sent; it will flash red when you do not have a
good signal.
Handing off SOS
When your PN-60w and inReach are connected, you can start the SOS on the PN-60w and then power it off to save
battery life—the inReach will send the SOS in standalone mode. No SOS tracking points or messages will be recorded
on your PN-60w when it is powered off, but both will be visible on explore.delorme.com.
Alternatively, if you start SOS on the inReach and then power on your PN-60w, you can monitor SOS tracking and send
and receive messages from GEOS Search and Rescue.
The SOS LED on the inReach will flash while the SOS is in progress.
To send an SOS message
1. Make sure your inReach is powered on and connected.
2. From the inReach Page, select SOS and then select Emergency.
3. Press ENTER to select Compose SOS. The recipient is GEOS—this cannot be changed.
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