FailSoft = Failure of the Software.
The Repeater does go into conventional mode and has that Open Carrier sound with the period Beep, which lets the users know it's in Failsoft.
Each Talkgroup on the system is then automatically [pre-programmed in each radio] switched to the FailSoft repeater. You might end up with all of one Troop on one channel, Det's on another etc.
res148cue said:
I thought when the control channel was "lost" it was supposed to go into a "conventional mode"?
It's down now and I don't hear anything but an occasional beep.