Motorola III - Manual (Page 70)

Stat-Alert TM (MDC-1200 TM ) Signalling Features
Stat-Alert—Emergency
If this feature is enabled in your radio, pressing the emergency button (the
orange top button) will send out an emergency alarm signal. This signal takes
precedence over any other signalling activity in progress.
“Emergency” signals a critical situation. It should never be used for any
other reason.
Sending an Emergency Alarm
1. Press and hold the emergency button (the length of the button press is RSS
programmable) until the LED lights solid red and the display alternates
between showing “EMERGENCY” and the current zone and mode. A short,
medium-pitched emergency tone sounds.
2. When the alarm is acknowledged by the base, the radio sounds four beeps
and the alarm ends. The radio returns to normal operation.
Sending a Silent Emergency Alarm
In radios with the silent emergency alarm option enabled, pressing the
emergency button sends an emergency signal to the dispatcher. During the
emergency alarm procedure: the LED will not light, tones will not be heard, and
the display will not change.
The receive audio will be muted (turned off), and will remain so until you exit
the emergency state. As an option, the receive audio can be enabled to allow you
to hear messages.
Cancelling an Emergency Alarm
Press the emergency button for more than 1 1/2 seconds (programmable).
A medium-pitched, emergency-exit tone sounds until the button is released and
the radio returns to normal operation.
The alarm will also be cancelled (without emergency-exit tone) by:
• pressing the PTT switch,
• turning the radio off, or
• receiving an acknowledge from the dispatcher.
Stat-Alert - Emergency Hot Microphone
This feature will automatically send an emergency alarm and start the radio
transmitting using either the internal microphone or the optional remote speaker
microphone.
Both emergency alarm and call must be enabled. Initiate the emergency. The
radio will send an alarm and begin transmitting on the specified emergency group
through the internal microphone or remote speaker microphone for a pre-
programmed transmit time. The radio will remain in normal emergency call after
the transmit time has expired. To re-initiate the hot-microphone emergency, you
must exit and re-start the emergency.
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