Informing other radio users of your status 53Sending and receiving messagesInforming other radio users ofyour statusNote: This feature is available for digital channels only.You can inform other radio users of your current statusby sending them a status update, for example, ‘Atscene’. You may be able to send the status update to apredetermined person or talkgroup, or to a person ofyour choice.When you send a status message, you are also settingyour status, which the dispatcher may be able to checkby ‘interrogating’ your radio. You can change yourstatus at any time by selecting another status messageand sending it. See “Requesting a status update” onpage 54.To send a status update:1 Press Menu and select Services > Status update.(Depending on how your radio is programmed, youmay be able to press a function key or use yourQuick Access menu to select status update.)2 Select the status message you want from themessage list and press Send to or Select.A message showing the destination appears in thedisplay:The red LED glows and a message may be displayedto advise you whether the status update has beensent successfully or not.At lunchStatus updateSelectCancelOn siteSendingStatus toCurrentGroupCancel
