I use a G5 as a backup alert for my fire department at home. I’ve had great success with setting up and using the P25 alerting function. My only hangup is that I wish I could set up the unit to only play an alert tone and do nothing else (reset immediately and not play the remaining dispatch audio). I’ve tried several functions in the software with no luck but maybe I’m missing something. Is there a programming setup that would allow this to happen?
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When you say "backup alert", are you saying that you have another primary alerting method used at home? The G5 being a voice pager, your request is the eqivalent of buying a Ferrari just to listen to the radio in your driveway. Perhaps your department can outfit you with a simple tone-only pager if one is available.
I indeed did try that function. Unless I missed something, it didn’t change anything. It alerted and went on as usual regardless of any “pressing to listen.”
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