Here's the scenario:
Bunch of VX231 radios, with 4 channels total. Each channel is a "group" of people that speak to each other on that channel. Channel 1 though is the "supervisor" channel which I want everyone, no matter what channel they are on, to hear and be able to reply to, like an "all call".
Not sure of the best way to do this, so I set up the radios with Channel 1 as the priority channel, and set them all to "Dual Watch" mode. So then they can transmit/receive on their group channel, but if anyone transmits on Channel 1, they can all hear the call. That part works fine. However, the people on channels other than channel 1, after hearing the "all call", cannot reply to the call automatically. They have to change their channel selector to channel 1 to reply.
Is there a setting in the programmings software (I'm using CE99) that allows a "hang" time so that if a call comes in on channel 1, for a short period you if a person whose channel selector is on a different channel pushes their PTT, it will reply on channel 1, but then if they don't push their PTT for a period of time (Say a few seconds) it reverts back to transmitting on their own channel?
Is there a better way to do this? Emergency channel or something?
Thanks for any and all help!
Bunch of VX231 radios, with 4 channels total. Each channel is a "group" of people that speak to each other on that channel. Channel 1 though is the "supervisor" channel which I want everyone, no matter what channel they are on, to hear and be able to reply to, like an "all call".
Not sure of the best way to do this, so I set up the radios with Channel 1 as the priority channel, and set them all to "Dual Watch" mode. So then they can transmit/receive on their group channel, but if anyone transmits on Channel 1, they can all hear the call. That part works fine. However, the people on channels other than channel 1, after hearing the "all call", cannot reply to the call automatically. They have to change their channel selector to channel 1 to reply.
Is there a setting in the programmings software (I'm using CE99) that allows a "hang" time so that if a call comes in on channel 1, for a short period you if a person whose channel selector is on a different channel pushes their PTT, it will reply on channel 1, but then if they don't push their PTT for a period of time (Say a few seconds) it reverts back to transmitting on their own channel?
Is there a better way to do this? Emergency channel or something?
Thanks for any and all help!
