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Common Radio Features
Data Calls (Status Calls or Message Calls)
This feature allows you to send data calls (status calls or message calls) from
your radio to the dispatcher to indicate a predefined condition. Each
defined status or message can have a 12-character alias. You can have the
following maximum number of predefined conditions: 16 message
conditions; 16 status conditions for conventional; 8 status conditions for
trunking.
• Sending a Status Call or Message Call
1a. Press
>
until the
SS
SS
TT
TT
SS
SS
or
MM
MM
SS
SS
GG
GG
softkey appears on the display.
2. Press
N
directly below the type of data call
you wish to make.
SS
SS
TT
TT
SS
SS
for Status Call
MM
MM
SS
SS
GG
GG
for Message Call
PP
PP
OO
OO
LL
LL
DD
DD
II
II
SS
SS
PP
PP
NN
NN
WW
WW
SS
SS
TT
TT
SS
SS
PP
PP
RR
RR
OO
OO
GG
GG
MM
MM
SS
SS
GG
GG
PP
PP
OO
OO
LL
LL
DD
DD
II
II
SS
SS
PP
PP
NN
NN
WW
WW
SS
SS
TT
TT
SS
SS
PP
PP
RR
RR
OO
OO
GG
GG
MM
MM
SS
SS
GG
GG
1b. Press the
Status
Button
or
Message
Button
(if
programmed,
see page 2).
This will
take you
directly to
step 3.
See page 2
for your
radio’s
feature-
control
programming
A
B
C
OR