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7.11 ALERT TONES
The M7200 radio also provides audible Alert Tones or “beeps” to indicate the various operating
conditions (see Table 7-3).
Table 7-3: M7200 OpenSky Mode Alert Tones
NAME TONE DESCRIPTION
Call Queued one low tone/two high
tones Call queued for processing.
Call Denied three short beeps Radio is out of coverage area or requested talk group
is active.
Grant (or Go-
Ahead) single short beep
Sounds when resources become available for a call
request placed in the queue (if enabled) upon channel
access.
If the radio roams to another site while transmitting,
then it will auto rekey and begin transmitting on that
tower. It gives a second grant tone to let the user
know they have roamed.
Call Removed single long low-pitched
tone
Notifies the user access to the channel has been lost
(out of coverage ar ea or pre-em pted by higher -priority
call)
Selective Alert
Received four short tones Only played once to indicate a selective alert has
been received.
Emergency Alert
Tone three long tones Sounds when an emergency alert is declared
Emergency
Cleared Tone one long low-pitched tone Sounds when an emergency is cleared
Selective Call Ring
Tone a ringing tone similar to a
telephone
Ringing is re p ea ted every four s ec o nd s un til t h e c all i s
accepted or rejected by the radio being called or until
the network drops the call if unanswered after one
minute
PSTN Ring Tones a single medium-pitch
repeating tone
Two ring tone - one generated by the radio when
there is an incoming telephone call or an outgoing
telephone call attempt is waiting for the telephone
interconnect gateway equipment to dial the Public
Switched Telephone Network (PSTN). The second
ring tone sounds when the gateway equipment has
dialed the number.
Roam Tone Two short tones, one
high-pitc he d an d o ne
low-pitched
Sounds when the radio transitions from one radio
base station site to another.
Out of Range Tone three brief to ne s If enabled via programming, sounds at a
programmable interval while the radio is in a state of
persistent de activation.