If no activity occurs within the wait period, the PTT session closes. During this time, the channel is open to receive or send more broadcasts. When you’re done speaking and release the PTT button, the phone enters a ten-second wait period. For example, you may want to send a broadcast over an active PTT session that is on a different channel than your default channel. You can send PTT broadcasts over your default PTT channel, or over a different channel.
You can see which channels you’re subscribed to and which you can transmit on, but you can’t changeĬontact your administrator to change your subscriptions and transmission permissions. Your administrator controls PTT channel subscriptions. Only the administrator can change what channels display. Only the channels that you’re subscribed to display in your PTT app. Tap and hold the channel button that you want to be your default channel. In the PTT app, the default channel has a star icon next to it and has orange text.Įnsure that you have transmission permissions on your desired default channel. Your default PTT channel is the one that you automatically transmit on when there are no ongoing conversations on another PTT channel. Indicates a channel other than your selected channel that no longer has current PTT activity (Activity tab) or is currently inactive (Channels tab). You can't hear or contribute to this activity unless you switch to this channel. Indicates a channel other than your selected channel that has current PTT activity.
When you transmit through the Talk button, this is the channel that you transmit on. Indicates the currently selected channel. The Channels icon opens a list of all subscribed channels and indicates which is the default, which one is currently selected, any otherĪctive channels, inactive channels, and which channels you can use to transmit broadcasts. The Activity icon opens the list of most recent broadcasts, any caller ID, and the current status of each listed channel. Use either this soft button or the designated hardware button to transmit broadcasts. The Transmit icon displays the PTT soft button. The PTT app uses three tabs to manage available features. Tap the desired tab: Transmit, Activity, or Channels. If the administrator doesn’t enable PTT, when you access the PTT app you receive a notice that PTT is disabled and to contact your administrator. When you open the PTT app, it displays the current channel and either the Transmit tab, Activity tab, or the Channels tab, depending on which tab you last viewed.Ī quick way to open the PTT app is to press and quickly release the programmed PTT button. If you are on a call and see the PTT notification, you may join the broadcast, which would put your call on hold. If you are in a phone call, you do not hear the PTT beep or audio broadcast. If you are not in a call, you automatically hear the PTT beep and the audio broadcast. Your phone receives PTT transmissions differently depending on whether you are on an active call. Your phone alerts you to PTT transmissions from normal channels, the priority channel, and the emergency channel. Examples of normal channels in a hospital setting may be: Channel 2: Maintenance,Ĭhannel 3: Hospital Admitting, and Channel 4: IT Helpdesk. The administrator creates a label for channels to help you identify PTT channels. You permission to receive, and optionally send, PTT broadcasts in your subscribed channels. The administrator subscribes you and others to any of the 25 normal channels that are available. Your phone transmits audio over a built-in speakerphone and recipients can respond In PTT mode, the phones behave like walkie-talkies. If enabled by the administrator, your phone can operate in a group broadcast mode that is called Push to Talk ( PTT). Start a phone call during PTT broadcast.Answer a phone call during a PTT broadcast.
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