I have looked at the other posts I could find on a search, but still have not gotten a clear answer on programming on duty versus off duty settings.
My department is in the process of setting up tones for just the in-station personnel and an all-call tone. These tones are new sets, but we still want the current tones to trigger the pagers, along with the county-wide weather alert tones. All of these tone sets will be on the same dispatch frequency.
There seems to be a lot of confusion about how the off duty settings work, with conflicting answers from various posters. While I am setting up my pager to be a little different than what others carry, if I get mine how I want, then I can make certain the rest are correct. (My pager configuration will be very close to the standard, so the understanding will be sufficient.)
I want my pager to alert on all four tone sets in A and B, but not alert on the station tones while in C and D, thusly:
A should tone alert on all four sets.
B should vibrate alert on all four sets.
C should vibrate alert on all but station tones.
D should tone alert on all but station tones.
That being the case, I have this setup on the function switch:
SW-A: Selective Call F1, Tone
SW-B: Selective Call F1, Vibrator
SW-C: Selective Call F1, Vibrator, on/off duty enabled
SW-D: Selective Call F1, Tone, on/off duty enabled
The F1 setup:
Call 1: oldtoneA oldtoneB, standard alert, on duty
Call 2: allcallA allcallB, continous alert, on duty
Call 3: stationcallA stationcallB, standard alert, off duty
Call 4: wxA wxB, music 6, on duty
Will this setup get my desired alerting? If not, what needs to be changed?
My department is in the process of setting up tones for just the in-station personnel and an all-call tone. These tones are new sets, but we still want the current tones to trigger the pagers, along with the county-wide weather alert tones. All of these tone sets will be on the same dispatch frequency.
There seems to be a lot of confusion about how the off duty settings work, with conflicting answers from various posters. While I am setting up my pager to be a little different than what others carry, if I get mine how I want, then I can make certain the rest are correct. (My pager configuration will be very close to the standard, so the understanding will be sufficient.)
I want my pager to alert on all four tone sets in A and B, but not alert on the station tones while in C and D, thusly:
A should tone alert on all four sets.
B should vibrate alert on all four sets.
C should vibrate alert on all but station tones.
D should tone alert on all but station tones.
That being the case, I have this setup on the function switch:
SW-A: Selective Call F1, Tone
SW-B: Selective Call F1, Vibrator
SW-C: Selective Call F1, Vibrator, on/off duty enabled
SW-D: Selective Call F1, Tone, on/off duty enabled
The F1 setup:
Call 1: oldtoneA oldtoneB, standard alert, on duty
Call 2: allcallA allcallB, continous alert, on duty
Call 3: stationcallA stationcallB, standard alert, off duty
Call 4: wxA wxB, music 6, on duty
Will this setup get my desired alerting? If not, what needs to be changed?