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[NYRA_Fire_Marshal_C1]

Hey group looking for some guidance. I work for a company that has an internal group that handles emergency response on a day to day basis. We have someone that monitors the phone for emergency calls and then radios us the call. What I want to achieve is prior to the call taker dispatching the call over the radio to us I want some sort of alert tone or tones like the warble tone, just to grab your attention prior to the radio transmission. So I need to know how do we do that? What do I need for equipment? We are currently using Motorola xpr 3500e radios with a Motorola repeater system in place for uhf . PLEASE HELP

 

[mmckenna]

Usually that is handled by the dispatch console, but it sounds like you don't have one.

If you are running these radios in analog mode, setting up a two tone page will let the person at the phone send a page that will trigger an alert tone on the other radios.

Or, have them lean on the DTMF key if the radios have a keypad.

 

[northstarfire0693]

We had the set up the OP is asking about at my previous employer. Our system was UHF conventional that used KW mobile for a base station and Moto portables. We had the mobile programed to do QC tones by pressing the orange button then keying the radio.

I dont know about the XPR series if its possible to set it up that way, but the OP would need the CPS and equipment to set up the radio

 

[K2NEC]

You're talking about evac tones, which the XPR series will not support

 

[K4EET]

Hi @NYRA_Fire_Marshal_C1,

One place that I worked at eons ago had their engineering team do the following. At the operations center, there was a base station that was connected to multiple in-building remotes. They put two remotes at the dispatch position. One was for voice dispatching. The other remote, the engineering team built an interface to the mic line for a warbler device. Worked like a champ although it was still a kluge job!

Just doing a quick Google search, this device might be a possibility. If somebody in your tech department can figure out the interface circuitry, you might be able to duplicate what was done eons ago in a commercial dispatch environment where the workers were missing hearing a call for whatever reason. Note that I have zero experience with this company or device.

https://eecoonline.com/shop/FSUTM

 

[NYRA_Fire_Marshal_C1]

Usually that is handled by the dispatch console, but it sounds like you don't have one.

If you are running these radios in analog mode, setting up a two tone page will let the person at the phone send a page that will trigger an alert tone on the other radios.

Or, have them lean on the DTMF key if the radios have a keypad.

Thanks, yeah no dispatch console. But the sync mic might just do the trick

 

[firefive76]

If you have a mobile radio for a base, you can always wire in a tone encoder. If you can find one, the Zetron Model 5 has a few different alert tones.