Tyco Electronics M/A-COM Portable Radio User Manual


 
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11.2 MESSAGES
During radio operation, various messages are displayed on either line 1 or line 2. Typical messages
include control channel status information, such as system busy or call denied, or messages associated
with the radio's operation, (i.e. volume adjust). These messages are described as follows:
Table 11-2: Display Messages
MESSAGE NAME DESCRIPTION
TALKARND Talk-around Indicates the radio is operating on conventional channels in talk-around mode (no
repeater).
VOL=31 Volume Level Indicates the current volume level. The volume level display ranges from OFF (silent)
to 31 (loudest).
UNKNOWN Caller's ID Not
Received
Indicates that an individual call is being received, but the caller's ID was not received.
T99 ON Type 99 Decode ON Indicates the Type 99 Decode feature is enabled.
T99 OFF Type 99 Decode OFF Indicates the Type 99 Decode feature is disabled.
PA ON Public Address ON Indicates that the public address function of the radio is enabled.
PA OFF Public Address OFF Momentary (2 seconds) - indicates that public address function of the radio was
disabled.
ALRM ON External Alarm
Enabled
Indicates that the external alarm function of the radio is enabled.
ALRM OFF External Alarm
Disabled
Momentary (2 seconds) - indicates that the external alarm function of the radio was
disabled.
PVT DIS Private Mode
Disabled
Indicates that private mode is disabled or no encryption key has been programmed for
the selected group/channel or special call.
FRCD PVT Forced Private
Operation
Indicates that forced private operation has been pre-programmed into the radio.
NO KEY # Encryption Key
Missing
Flashing indicator indicates that no encryption key or an incorrect encryption key is
programmed into the radio.
BCKL=1-6 Backlight Indicates the display intensity and keypad backlight level.
GR Group ID Indicates that the call is a group call and is followed by the GID of the caller.
WHC=1 Who Has Called This display indicates the number from the Who Has Called list. Individual calls
received but not responded to are stored in a Who Has Called list. This list is
accessible by pressing the # key and then the INDV key after the Individual call has
timed out or the Clear button is pressed. This display is on line 2 and the LID of the
caller is displayed on the top line. Currently the list is not implemented and the display
will always be WHC=1.
PHONE Phone Call Displayed when a phone call is received from the site. It is displayed in line 1 of the
display. Line 2 of the display will contain the display *INDV* when line 1 contains this
message. The radio interprets a received phone call as an individual call.
MENU Displayed when the menu key is pressed and remains displayed in line 1 until a menu
item is selected.
SYS=1-64 System = 1 - 64 The system number for the current base station of the system displayed in line 1. It is
displayed in line 2 of the display. Press the system key to obtain this display.
INDV=1-99 Individual = 1 - 99 Indicates which item in the individual call list is being displayed. It is displayed in line 2
of the display. The name or ID of the item in the list is displayed in line 1 of the
display.
PHN=1-99 Phone = 1 - 99 Indicates which item in the phone list is being displayed. It is displayed in line 2 of the
display. Line 1 of the display will be the last 3 characters of the list item contents.
SEL PHN Select Phone After pressing the PHN key, selecting an entry from the phone list by typing the entry
number will display this message on line 1.
Ggg-v.vv Code Group and
Revision Number
This is the code group and revision number that is displayed in line 2 when the menu
item “REVISION” is selected. The ‘gg’ is the group number of the software. The first ‘v’
is the hardware version and ‘vv’ is the revision of the software.