Making and receiving calls
196 Manpack Transceiver 2110 series Reference Manual
Get Status call
If you want to obtain information on the status of a transceiver at a specific station, such
as the power output of the transmitter or the firmware versions installed, make a Get
Status call to that station. Get Status calls are automatically answered by the receiving
station so an operator is not required to process the return call.
The information you receive from a Get Status call is displayed on the screen as it is
received, if permitted, and is stored in the Calls In Log (see page 221, The Calls In Log).
When you make a Get Status call you must specify the type of information you require:
Diagnostic, Configuration, or Other message. This is described in detail on
page 395, Get Status calls.
If the ALE Site Mgr entry in the Control List is set to Auto, Manual or Restricted,
you have the option of broadcasting your site information to other stations, or requesting
site information from other stations. For more information see page 400, Broadcast Site
and Request Site Get Status calls.
Message call
If you want to send a text message to another station, make a Message call. You can enter
a message at the time you make a call, store up to 10 messages in the Control List for
later use, and store messages in the Address List as part of a pre-programmed Message
call.
You may insert keywords into the message that are recognised and expanded by the
transceiver when the call is sent (see page 200, Recognised variable expansion). You can
also forward GPS information that has been saved in the Address List to other stations
(see page 181, Saving GPS information).
If you have the FED-STD-1045 ALE/CALM option installed, you can use the global
ALL address syntax (@?@) with the Message call type to send a call to a group of
stations using an ALE/CALM network. If you have the MIL-STD-188-141B ALE option
installed (2110 only), you can use the ALL, ANY, Group Selective, NET, or Wildcard
address syntax with the Message call type to send a call to a group of stations using an
ALE/CALM network.
For more information on the ALE address syntaxes you can use with a Message call see
page 192, Summary of the special ALE address syntaxes.
NOTE
The success of your Get Status call depends upon the setting in the
Cfg Respond OTA entry in the Control List of the transceiver you are
polling and the privacy mode of the network you are using for the call (see
page 235, Cfg Respond OTA).
NOTE
If you send a Get Status call in an Open Selcall network, the transceiver
you are polling must have the Cfg Respond OTA entry in the Control List
set to Always respond.
NOTE
You can use any of the characters in the basic 38 ASCII subset (A to Z,
0 to 9, @ and ?) for the address.
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