TRANSCEIVER OPERATION
2-19 November 1999
Part No. 001-7780-500
Emergency Calls
An emergency call urgentlyrequests access to a
voice channel. To place this call, proceed as follows:
1. Select a SMARTNET/SmartZonechannel that has
this featureenabled and press the Emergency option
switch. The emergency mode is indicated when
“EMERGNCY” is indicated in the display for 3
seconds.
2. To placethe emergency call, manually press the
PTT switch andbegin speaking as with a standard
call. All group calls which followare then emer-
gency calls (private, telephone,and call alert calls
are not allowed). If the channel is changed, the call
is made on the emergency talk group programmed
for the new channel.
3. Toexit this mod e, power must be turned off and then
on again.
2.5.11 FAILSOFT OPERATION
If a failure occurs in the SMARTNET/Smart-
Zone system so that it cannotbe used, the transceiver
automatically enters the failso ft mode. When this
mode is selected, the display alternatelyindicates
“FAILSOFT”and thealias of the selected channel.
When in the failsoft mode, operation is in the
conventional mode on a preprogrammedfailsoft
channel. If a transmissionis attempted before a failsoft
channel is located, a continuous tone sounds until the
PTT switch is released.When the radio system returns
to normal operation, this condition is autom atically
detected and normal operation resumes.
2.5.12 SMARTNET/SMARTZONE SCANNING
Scanning on a SMARTNET/Smartzonechannel
is similar to the standardscanning described in Section
2.3.11.Eachchannelcanbeprogrammedwitha
different scan list thatincludes up to 16 channels, one
of which can be a priority channel.
Scanning is enabled/disabled bythe Scan option
switch. In addition, channelscan be programmed so
that scanning automatically starts whenever the
channel is selected. Scanning istemporarily disabled
and “S” turns off if a channel is selected that has scan-
ning disabled. Then when a channelis selected again
that permits scanning, it is automatical ly re-enabled.
In addition to calls on channels in the scan list,
pages, private calls, and telephone calls are received
while scanning. Messages on the priority channel are
received while listening to lower priority m essages.
However, private and telephone calls are not inter -
rupted by calls on the prioritychannel.
2.5.13 DYNAMIC REGROUPING
The dynamic regrouping feature allows a
dispatcher to switch users to a dynamically defined
channel to receive an important message. Dynamic
regrouping operates as follows:
1. When this command is received, the alternating
dynamic regrouping tone sounds, the transceiver
automatically changes to the regroupingchannel,
and the display alternatelyindicates “REGROUP”
and the alias of the selected channel. All transmit-
ting and receiving then occurs on this channel.
2. Toreset all talk and announcement groups to normal
so that only the designated regroupingchannel is on
the dynamic group, manually selectthe designated
regrouping channel if you know it. If thischannel is
not selected or there is nodesignated regrouping
channel, all transmissionsoccur on the dynamically
assigned group regardless of whichchannel is
selected, and the regroupingtone sounds each time
the PTT switch is pressed.
3. When regrouping is canceled by thedispatcher,
transceiver operation returnsto normal.
2.5.14 SMARTZONE FEATURES
Introduction
As described in Section 2.3.12, the SmartZone®
mode provides wide area coverage by allowing
roaming between SMARTNET and conventional s ites.
SmartZone operation is thesame as SMARTNET with
the following additional features:
Determining Current Site
To determine the current radio site, momentarily
press the Site Search option switch(if programmed). If