| Repeater users may place phone calls using one
of three different types of autopatches available: Manual Autopatch User Autodial (240 locations - 10 through 249) Emergency Autodial (10 locations - 0 through 9)
Activating the Manual Autopatch The autopatch is activated by entering the autopatch command prefix followed by the phone number to be dialed. The command is entered as one sequence without unkeying between the command prefix and the phone number. Phone numbers may consist of between 4 and 18 digits. Each number is checked against a built in antidialer table and toll restriction algorithm before dialing. Operator and three digit phone company services may not be dialed. Once the command has been entered to place an autopatch, the repeater will respond, "Autopatch Up." Once the repeater announces this message, it has properly decoded the command string and is waiting for the user to make a decision to have the phone number read back or cancelled. If the user chooses to cancel the phone number read back, the user is required to "click" their PTT briefly after hearing the "Autopatch Up" message. This click refers to a brief transmission (> 200 mSec) by the user to signal the repeater to go ahead and dial the number. If the user chooses to have the repeater read back the phone number, a brief "click" is not required and the repeater will read back the phone number entered after a brief pause following the "Autopatch Up" message. After the repeater reads back the number entered, the user has to make a decision before the repeater will dial the number. If the number was correct, the user is required to "click" their PTT to signal the repeater to dial the number. If no "click" is seen by the repeater, indicating the number may have been entered incorrectly, the repeater will cancel dialing of the number and the normal courtesy tone will be heard. Some examples of procedures to properly access the manual autopatch on the system to dial 555-1234 would consist of the following:
Activating the User Autodial The User Autodialer stores up to 240 telephone numbers and is intended for storage of user's home phone numbers and other frequently dialed numbers. Phone numbers are programmed for users by the repeater trustee or repeater control operators. Refer to contacts for a list of control operators and programmers. Like the Manual Autopatch, the User Autodial is activated by entering the Autopatch Command Prefix followed by an autodial location 10 through 249. The command is entered as one sequence swithout unkeying between the command prefix and the autodial location. What is different from the Manual Autopatch is the repeater does not check autodial numbers against the antidialer table or toll restriction table. The repeater will dial any number that is programmed into any autodial location. This is why users are not allowed to program their own autodial numbers. The repeater trustee or control operators are required to program desired numbers to guard against unwanted numbers appearing in the user autodial locations. Once the command has been entered to activate a User Autodial, the repeater will respond, "Autodial xxx" where xxx is the Autodial Location requested to be dialed. Once the repeater announces this message, it has properly decoded the command string as is waiting for the user to make a decision to have the phone number in the autodial loaction to be read back or cancelled. If the user chooses to cancel the phone number read back, the user is required to "click" their PTT briefly after hearing the "Autodial xxx" message. This click refers to a brief transmission (> 200 mSec) by the user to signal the repeater to go ahead and dial the number. If the user chooses to have the repeater read back the phone number, a brief "click" is not required and the repeater will read back the phone number in the autodial location selected after a brief pause following the "Autodial xxx" message. After the repeater reads back the number entered, the user has to make a decision before the repeater will dial the number. If the autodial number was correct, the user is required to "click" their PTT to signal the repeater to dial the number. If no "click" is seen by the repeater, indicating the autodial number was incorrect, the repeater will cancel dialing of the number and the normal courtesy tone will be heard. Some examples of procedures to properly access the User Autodial to dial a number in location 32:
Activating the Emergency Autodial The Emergency Autodialer offers quick access to ten prestored telephone numbers. When activated, the Emergency Autodialer reads back a message preprogrammed for that particular number as a feedback to the user that they entered the command correctly. The Emergency Autodialer is intended for storage of the most frequently called emergency numbers, such as 911, police, fire, UHP, etc. To activate the Emergency autodialer, enter the three or four digit command to access the desired stored number. Please note that the emergency autodials can be activated with the 91 or *91 prefix. Also note the required "click" used in the Manual and User Autiodial Autopatches is not required when activating the Emergency Autodial Autopatch. The following Emergency Autodials are available:
911 or * 911 - Salt Lake 911 Emergency 912 or * 912 - Salt Lake County Sheriff 913 or * 913 - Farmington Sheriff's Department 914 or * 914 - Bountiful Police Department 915 or * 915 - Bountiful Fire Department 916 or * 916 - Utah Highway Patrol - Salt Lake Dispatch 918 or * 918 - Salt Lake International Airport ATIS 919 or * 919 - Ogden Emergency Dispatch Center Terminating the Autopatch To hang up any phone patch and return the repeater back to normal operating mode, enter the # command. The repeater will respond, "Call Complete at (time) on (date)" and then return with the normal courtesy tone and hangtime. Autopatch Utilities
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