When the 800 MHz radio system has major computer problems, but stops just short of completely breaking, we enter what is called Failsoft mode.
How to know you’re in Failsoft mode:
- Failsoft appears on your radio’s screen.
- You will hear a regular chirp seconds.
- ECC will announce that we are in Failsoft.
What happens?
- All of our talkgroups reduce to a handful of channels. Those frequencies are shared and no longer parsed into separate talkgroups.
- EB is no longer functioning.
- No radio patches are available. (Note: This includes EMRC.)
What should you do?
- Refrain from talking on the radio unless you have something vital to say.
- Turn off the Scan feature.
- Treat Failsoft like Condition Red.
Here is the Failsoft fleetmap:
