I am trying to put an alert tone on my UHF 450-512 Radios. Something that i can alert fire fighters on the fire ground of an important message. I would like to set it up on XTS radios and CDM. any suggestions on how to?
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Alert Tone
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You could set up a selective call tone using a long a, b, or c tone of a higher frequency. Then send it the call function of the radio.
You could set up a selective call tone using a long a, b, or c tone of a higher frequency. Then send it the call function of the radio.
You can set up the XTS to put out a hi/low alert while you key up the radio and press the orange top button. I have this in my XTS5000, not sure if it works in other model XTS. This setting is in Radio Wide -> Advanced -> Evacuation Tone.
As far as the CDMs, I guess a 1000 hz long quick call tone could be used. In my department I set up mdc groups so command can alert all the radios for evacuations using a long press on P4 then keying the radio.
As far as the CDMs, I guess a 1000 hz long quick call tone could be used. In my department I set up mdc groups so command can alert all the radios for evacuations using a long press on P4 then keying the radio.
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This does work in the XTS2500 as well.
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Great thank you all. XTS units working great. having a problem with my CDM and the alert Tone, no such thing as an evacaution tone?
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Noah
Great thank you all. XTS units working great. having a problem with my CDM and the alert Tone, no such thing as an evacaution tone?
Thank you
Noah
The only way I can think of setting up an alert tone in a CDM is to create a Quik-Call Call member setting the format to Long Tone and the tone to 1000 Hz. Then you can program a button to Call Alert Member #x. The user would then press the button and key the radio to transmit the alert tone.
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It can be done with XTS2500 as well, i have that option working on that model of radios right now.
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