Tyco Electronics MM23016 7.29 EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS

1. Press the * 9 keys.

2. Enter the telephone number. Ignore dashes/spaces, and precede the number with any required access

digits such as a 1 for long distance.

3. Press the # key.

4. Wait a few seconds and then press and release the mic’s PTT button to initiate the call. An initial ring

tone plays indicating call initiation. Once the gateway picks up the call, another ring tone sounds.

5. When the caller answers, press the PTT button when speaking and release it to listen to the caller.

6. To hang-up, press the # button or (-) using .

When receiving an Interconnect Call, a ring sounds in the speaker and/or headset. Press up or down using

or any number key to accept an incoming Interconnect Call. Press the microphone’s PTT button

when speaking (transmitting) to the caller.

Press the # button or (-) using to reject an incoming Interconnect Call.

7.29 EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS

The M7200 mobile radio can transmit both emergency voice calls and emergency alerts over the entire

network. OpenSky handles emergency calls and alerts with the highest priority.

For critical voice communications, an emergency call can be raised on the default talk group or the

currently selected talk group by “declaring” an emergency on the talk group. The exact talk group is

determined by the currently active profile. After successfully declaring an emergency on a talk group, the

declaring radio’s microphone remains “hot” for a predetermined amount of time. In other words, the radio

transmits audio for a period of time even when the microphone’s PTT button is not pressed. An

emergency talk group is provided greater priority and infinite hang-time by the radio system’s

infrastructure. Hang-time is the maximum duration of quiet time between transmissions on the talk group

before the infrastructure assets are automatically taken away. Because an emergency call is handled on a

talk group, it is received by all radios and consoles monitoring the talk group.

An emergency alert is a data message sent by the radio to the MIS console (or any console capable of

receiving it). It identifies the radio declaring the emergency, and the radio’s location (if the radio is

equipped with a GPS receiver). Voice audio is not automatically transmitted during the emergency

if the administrator configures the radio for alert notification only.

Press the red emergency button on the radio to enter emergency mode. The emergency is raised after the

emergency raise delay [default is one (1) second].

• If the active profile of the unit initiating the emergency is configured for Emergency Alert, the

emergency alert signal is sent to registered alert servers, such as the dispatcher console.

• If the active profile of the unit initiating the emergency is configured for Emergency Call, the

talkgroup is placed into emergency status notifying other radios and the emergency alert signal is sent

to the dispatcher console.

• If the emergency behavior of the active profile is Current, the active, selected voice group becomes

the default emergency voice group.