Emergency Operation; Special Considerations For Emergency Operation; Table 7: Emergency Operation Scenarios - Motorola APX 6000 User Manual

7.11

Emergency Operation

The Emergency feature is used to indicate a critical situation. An emergency signal overrides any other
communication over the selected channel.
Your radio supports the following Emergency modes:
• Emergency Alarm
• Emergency Call
• Emergency Alarm with Emergency Call
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• Silent Emergency Alarm
One channel supports only one Emergency mode. The radio responds differently when pressing the
programmed Emergency button in each channel.
Only one Emergency mode can be assigned to the Emergency button.
Your radio is also programmed to operate in one of the following conditions:
Tactical/Non-Revert
The radio sends an emergency alarm and/or makes an emergency call on the current channel.
Non-Tactical/Revert for Conventional System
The radio reverts to the programmed emergency channel to send an alarm and/or make an
emergency call.
Non-Tactical/Revert for Trunking System
The radio reverts to the programmed emergency talkgroup (trunking system) or channel
(conventional system) to send an alarm and/or make an emergency call.
Fall Alert (Man Down) is an alternate way to activate the Emergency feature. For more information, see
Man Down (Fall Alert) on page
For more information, contact your system administrator.
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Special Considerations for Emergency Operation

The following scenarios apply during Emergency operation:

Table 7: Emergency Operation Scenarios

Scenario
If you press the Emergency button while in a
channel that has no Emergency capability,
If you change to a channel or mode with no
Emergency capability while in Emergency oper-
ation,
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This feature allows you to send an Emergency Alarm to the system without triggering any audio or
visual indicators.
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Outcome
a tone sounds.
your radio shows the following indications:
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A tone sounds until you select a valid Emer-
gency channel or mode, or until you disable
the Emergency operation.
The display for Model 3.5 and Model 2.5
shows No emergency.
The display for Model 1.5 shows NO EMERG.
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