GAI-Tronics ICP9000 Navigator Series Console Operator's Manual - Manual (Page 40)

Standard Feature Operation ICP9000 Navigator Series Console Operator’s Manual
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Stack Paging
The Stack paging feature provides the operator the capability to create a sequential group page as needed.
A stack page can consist of manual pages, alias pages and even group pages. Up to ten individual or
group pages can be stacked. A group page counts as one entry in the stack.
To create a stack page, as with manual mode or alias mode paging, select the desired page and paging
channel, if applicable. To stack the displayed page, press the
STK button. The page is stacked and the
paging line now shows *STACK PAGE: 2* indicating that the second page can now be entered and
stacked. To continue creating the stack page, repeat this process until the final page is displayed.
DO NOT stack the last page by pressing the
STK button.
If a page is stacked in error, press the CLR key until the page in question in displayed. Correct the entry
as described in manual or alias mode paging and proceed with the creation of the stack page.
Once the final page is entered, but not stacked, press the TRANSMIT button or main TRANSMIT button to
begin the transmission of the stacked pages. As the stack page is generated, the proper paging channel is
selected and the paging line displays the page being generated and *PAGING X OF Y* where X is the
number of the current page being transmitted and Y is the number of pages in the stack. If a group is
stacked in the page, as described previously, the individual aliases are displayed as they are transmitted.
A group page, however, counts as one entry in the stack.
If any page in the stack has a talk time programmed, the longest talk time is used for the talk time. Upon
completion of all pages, “TALK NOW” flashes at the upper right of the display if a talk time has been
programmed for any of the transmitted aliases. During this time, the microphone is active and voice
audio is transmitted over the channel(s). To extend the talk time, press and hold the main
TRANSMIT,
page TRANSMIT or channel TRANSMIT button on any transmitting channel.
When the talk time is over, the operator releases the appropriate transmit button or if no talk time has
been programmed, the console exits paging mode, returns to normal operation, or hot standby paging,
and selects the previously selected channel. As discussed earlier, the operator should exercise caution
when following a page with a voice transmission to ensure that the correct channel is selected.
The pages of the stack are kept until the console is reset. Therefore, to repeat a stack page, simply
reenter paging and begin stacking the pages. As they are stacked, each page that was stacked previously
is displayed as long as no other pages have been transmitted. All that is required is to press the
STK
button to confirm the stacking of each page. No reselection or reentry of pages is required.
Hot Standby Paging
Unless configured not to do so, upon exiting page mode, the console automatically closes the paging
window. To page again, the operator must again press the toolbar
PAGE button to reopen the paging
window to reenter paging mode.
To allow for quicker entry into paging mode, the Navigator can be configured to remain in hot standby
paging mode. When this mode of operation is selected, upon exiting page mode, the paging window
remains open, but dimmed. While in hot standby paging mode, from normal operating mode, click inside
of the paging window to reenter paging. To enable hot standby paging, click on Setup on the menu bar,
and on the Operator Setup form, check Paging window in Operator options.