Midland Radio P25 - Manual (Page 50)

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4.2.9 Receiving and Sending Non-voice Messages
The radio can receive and send three types of non-voice messages when operating in
digital mode. SMS messages are free text messages sent from one radio to another.
With SMS messages, the message (up to 160 characters maximum) is entered using
the alpha-numeric keypad and transmitted to the other radio. Predefined messages are
common messages among all radios.
A predefined message is selected from the predefined message list (of 20 messages of
maximum 20 characters) and the message pointer is transmitted to the other radio.
Status messages are common status settings among all radios. A current status is
selected by the radio user (of 30 status settings of maximum 20 characters), and may
be sent to another radio. Your current status may also be queried by another user.
Both status and predefined messages rely on the receiving radio’s
database to determine the message displayed. The message characters
are not sent, instead only a pointer of which message should be
displayed is sent. For proper status and predefined messaging
operation, both the receiving and transmitting radios should be using the
same message database.