Motorola MCC 7500 User manual

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MCC 7500 Dispatch Console Elite Administrator Flipbook
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Operator Flipbook
MCC 7500 Dispatch Console Elite

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DOCUMENTATION COPYRIGHTS/DISCLAIMER............ ii
TABLE OF CONTENTS.................................................... iii
USING THE ELITE DISPATCH SCREEN.......................... 2
Selecting a Radio Resource..........................................................3
Expanding and Compressing a Resource Window.......................4
General Transmit ..........................................................................5
Instant Transmit ............................................................................6
Safety Instant Transmit .................................................................7
Frequency/Private Line Select......................................................8
AdJusting the Volume of a Resource............................................9
All Mute.......................................................................................10
Stack Usage................................................................................11
Deleting Stack Entries.................................................................12
Activity Log..................................................................................13
Secure (Encryption) ....................................................................14
End Emergency Tones................................................................15
Receiving an Emergency Alarm/Call...........................................16
Responding to An Emergency Alarm/Call...................................17
Select a Multiselect Group...........................................................18
Select a Patch Group ..................................................................20
Outbound Signaling Using the QuickList.....................................22
Send to a Call Alert......................................................................23
Initiate a Private Call....................................................................24
Channel Marker...........................................................................25
Alert Tones..................................................................................26
Paging/Fire Tones.......................................................................27
Quick Page..................................................................................28
Checklist Page.............................................................................29
Standard Page.............................................................................30
Resend Page...............................................................................31
Abort Page...................................................................................31
Working with Auxios....................................................................32
Auxio Safety ................................................................................33
Repeat Control ............................................................................34
Viewing the Resource Status ......................................................35
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USING THE ELITE DISPATCH SCREEN
Typical Dispatch Window:
Title Bar
Menu Bar
Toolbar
Clock
Folder Tabs
Resources: Compressed and
Expanded
Auxio Resource
Multiselect/Patch Group Area
Activity Log
Status Line
System Status Display Region

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SELECTING A RADIO RESOURCE
Select the desired resource by touching or clicking with the
left mouse button in the solid dark blue area of the radio
resource.
Note: The border will change to green and the inside background
will turn white when selected.
Selected Resource
Unselected Resource

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EXPANDING AND COMPRESSING A RESOURCE
WINDOW
To conserve space on the screen, some resource windows
can be displayed in their Compressed mode hiding some
information.
To reveal or hide information, click the boxed Arrow button of
the resource.
•When the flap is exposed, the arrow button points up
indicating that it is possible to compress the display.
•When the flap is hidden, the arrow points down indicating
that the resource can be expanded to display concealed
features.

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GENERAL TRANSMIT
General Transmit allows the operator to talk on the selected
radio resource(s).
To perform a General Transmit:
1. Select the radio resources to transmit on.
2. If no one else is speaking, speak into the microphone
by holding down the Transmit button on the toolbar or
microphone, or pressing the right footswitch pedal. The
red transmit icon appears on the selected resource
3. Release the Transmit button when done transmitting.
Note: It is important to monitor a private line before transmitting
to ensure that the transmission does not accidentally
override an existing call.

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INSTANT TRANSMIT
To do an Instant Transmit:
1. Transmit and speak into the microphone by holding
down the Transmit button on the resource. The red
transmit icon appears on the resource.
2. Release the Instant Transmit button when finished.
Use Instant Transmit to:
•Transmit to a resource, but not change the resource
that is selected.
•Override an existing conversation by another
dispatcher.

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SAFETY INSTANT TRANSMIT
If a Transmit button is protected with the Safety Switch,
follow these steps to transmit to a protected resource:
1. Click the Safety Switch button from the toolbar or select
Safety Switch from the Features menu.
2. Observe that the Safety Instant Transmit button on the
resource changes to the regular Instant Transmit button.
3. Click and hold the Safety Instant Transmit button within
five seconds.
4. Speak into the microphone.
5. Release the Safety Instant Transmit button when
finished.
Safety Switch Toolbar Button
Safety Instant Transmit Button

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FREQUENCY/PRIVATE LINE SELECT
If a resource is equipped with multiple frequencies, the
desired frequency can be selected from the
Frequency/Private Line drop-down list prior to transmitting
on the resource.
Frequency Select
Private Line Select

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ADJUSTING THE VOLUME OF A RESOURCE
To adjust an individual resource’s volume:
1. Expand the resource, so that the volume control is
visible.
2. Slide the volume control in either direction to adjust the
volume, or click on the volume bar to move the control
(0=lowest, 7=highest). The Microhelp line at the bottom
of the resource window displays the new volume
setting.
Note: The overall volume of each speaker can be adjusted by
using the volume knob located on each speaker.

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ALL MUTE
To mute all unselected audio:
1. Press the All Mute button.
Note: This will mute the unselect audio for a preprogrammed
time period (default is 30 seconds).
2. Press the All Mute button again to unmute the audio,
or when the muting time is complete, the unselected
audio returns to its previous level.

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STACK USAGE
The Stack consists of two columns and displays the most
recent incoming calls on a resource. The calls are listed in
chronological order with the newest entry at the top.
The left-hand column displays the alias of the radio
initiating an inbound call, or if an alias is not defined, the
subscriber ID of the radio is displayed.
The right-hand column can show up to six types of
information, depending on how the Stack has been
configured in the Elite Admin.
Click the mouse in the right-hand column to toggle the
information being displayed among the following six
choices: Status, Time, Zone, Zone ID, Site, and Site ID.

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DELETING STACK ENTRIES
To delete a Stack entry:
1. Use the mouse to highlight the Stack entry to be
deleted.
Note: Observe that the inactive Delete Single Stack Entry or
Delete Entire Stack Entry toolbar button will change to
active.
2. Press the Delete Single Stack Entry or Delete Entire
Stack Entry button, or select Delete Single Stack
Entry or Delete Entire Stack Entry from the Features
menu to delete the selected entry.
Note: You have five seconds or the time set in registry to do so. If
you do not delete within the interval, you must select the
Stack entry again.
3. Switching folders or activating other windows, will
cause an active Delete Stack Entry button to become
inactive and the corresponding menu entry to disable.
Single Stack
Inactive Delete Single Stack Entry button
Active Delete Single Stack Entry button
Entire Stack
Inactive Delete Entire Stack button
Active Delete Entire Stack button

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ACTIVITY LOG
The Activity Log is a floating window that maintains a
record of the most recent call activity.
To respond to entries in the Activity Log:
1. Open the Activity Log by clicking on the Show
Activity Log button on the Toolbar.
2. Select the call in the Activity Log window. A view
of the resource appears above the Activity Log
display.
3. Perform operations on the resource as desired.
4. To change the displayed resource, select another
call from the log.
Show Activity Log Button

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SECURE (ENCRYPTION)
When transmitting on an encrypted resource the lock
symbol will illuminate to indicate that the transmission is
coded/secure.

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END EMERGENCY TONES
To turn off the Emergency Tones for all the emergencies
currently active at the console, click the End Emergency
Tones button on the toolbar.
This discontinues the tones, but does not acknowledge or
end, the emergency state of any of the events that triggered
the Emergency Tones. The border remains flashing.
End Emergency Tones Button

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RECEIVING AN EMERGENCY ALARM/CALL
When you receive an Emergency Alarm/Call:
•Emergency tones are heard on the Console speaker.
•The volume of the resource is automatically set to
maximum.
•The resource border flashes red.
•Depending on the type of emergency, the status line in
the Resource Header displays “Emerg Alarm” or “‘Emerg
Call.
•Depending on the type of emergency, the Stack and the
Activity Log displays “Emerg Alarm” or “Emerg Call” in
red.
•For each Emergency Alarm received at an operator
position, a continuous emergency tone is generated.
•Clicking on the flashing icon will silence the alarm, but not
acknowledge the alarm.

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RESPONDING TO AN EMERGENCY ALARM/CALL
1. Click the Emergency button on the resource window to
display the Emergency QuickList.
2. Select the entry to be acknowledged in the Emergency
QuickList.
3. Click the Acknowledge Emergency button to handle the
Emergency Alarm/Call.
•This ends the emergency tone for that particular
emergency entry at all consoles.
•A green check mark is placed next to the Unit ID
entry in the QuickList, and also next to the
corresponding entries in the Stack and Activity Log.
•The border of the resource window stops flashing.
4. Click and hold the Transmit button to talk to the radio
that sent an Emergency Call.
5. Press the Knockdown button to end the emergency. The
border will change back to original color before the emergency.
Acknowledge Emergency Button
Emergency Knockdown Button

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SELECT A MULTISELECT GROUP
Placing several of the resources into a Multiselect Group
allows you to transmit on all of them simultaneously.
To add resources to a Multiselect Group:
1. Select the Multiselect (Msel) Group folder for the group
you want to create.
Note: The border around the group window turns green when
selected.
2. Press the Multiselect Edit button.
3. Select the resource(s) you want to add to the group by
clicking on the solid blue area of the radio resource.
Note: The resource turns white with a green border when selected.
You cannot include a telephone resource in a Multiselect
Group.
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