Motorola XTS2500 manual Send an Emergency Alarm

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Common Radio Features

Send an Emergency Alarm

An Emergency Alarm will send a data transmission to the dispatcher, identifying the radio sending the emergency.

1With your radio turned on, press the Emergency button. The red LED lights, and you hear a short, medium-pitched tone.

•Red LED

•Short tone

Note: To exit emergency at any time, press and hold the Emergency button for about a second.

2When you receive the dispatcher’s acknowledgment, you hear four tones, the alarm ends, and the radio exits the emergency mode.

•Four tones

•Alarm ends

•Radio exits emergency

If no acknowledgement is	•	Alarm ends
received, the alarm ends and	•	Radio exits emergency
the radio exits the
emergency mode.

Note: For Emergency Alarm with Emergency Call: The radio enters the Emergency Call state either after it receives the dispatcher’s acknowledgment, or if you press the PTT button while in Emergency Alarm. Go to step 2 of “Send an Emergency Call” on page 25.

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