Iridium Extreme User Manual page 190

Entering Emergency
Mode in 20 seconds.
Deploy antenna and
make
oriented towards the
sky.
T
15:40
Menu
Additionally, the phone (if programmed) will send an SMS message to
your designated contact every five minutes in the following format:
EMERGENCY/Lat+38.950116(stdv 0075)/Lon-077.250050(stdv 0075)/Alt+964
ft(stdv 0075)/GPS sats 04/2012-06-15 15:37UTC/Batt 86%/Lang en/Iridium user
This message contains the following information:
• EMERGENCY notification
• The Latitude and standard deviation for accuracy
• The Longitude and standard deviation for accuracy
• The Altitude and standard deviation for accuracy
• The number of GPS satellites that were visible to the phone to assist with
gauging accuracy. If number of GPS satellites is generally greater than
4, the accuracy is generally good. If "NO GPS AVAIL" is displayed, the
location provided is an approximate location based on Iridium location
that is only an approximate location within an accuracy of ~90 miles.
• The date (year – month – day) and time (UTC)
• The % of phone battery charge remaining
• The language of the phone menu setting to give some indication of the
language of the user (ex. "en" is English)
• Iridium User
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After selecting Enter Emergency Mode
the countdown screen appears. You will
have 20 seconds to press the right soft
sure it is
key labeled Cancel to stop Emergency
Mode if initiated accidentally. This
Cancel
feature is designed to help reduce
false notifications to your designated
emergency contacts.
Once in Emergency Mode the phone
will initiate a call and/or message to
SOS
your designated contacts. The phone
Registered
call (if programmed) will occur in
speakerphone mode and will retry if the
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attempted call is unsuccessful.
Cancel