Basic Course for Cassidian TETRA Terminals


  1. Course Introduction
    • Introduction to the course, instructions on how to navigate in the online course
  2. Introduction to TETRA
    • An introduction to the most important features and advantages of digital radio communication and the TETRA standard
  3. Basic Operations
    • Switching power on/off
    • Navigating in the menus
    • Adjusting the volume
    • Switching loudspeaker on/off
    • Activating/deactivating the keypad lock
    • Watching the battery level and changing the battery
  4. Group Call
    • Making and ending a group call
    • Receiving group calls and queueing
    • Changing the group
    • Changing the group folder
    • Selecting the home group
  5. Direct Call
    • Making a direct call
    • Receiving direct calls
    • Ending a direct call
  6. Individual Call
    • The difference of direct calls and individual calls
    • Making an individual call
    • Answering an individual call
    • Ending an individual call
  7. Emergency Call
    • Higher group priority for emergency calls
    • Making an emergency call
    • Ending an emergency call
  8. Status Messages
    • Introduction to status messages
    • Sending status messages
    • Reading Status messages
    • Deleting received messages
  9. Situation Indicators
    • Introduction to situation indicators
    • Sending situation indicators
  10. Operating Mode
    • Introduction to operating modes and the differences between TMO and DMO
    • Describing situations where DMO is needed
    • Switching from TMO to DMO or from DMO to TMO
    • Changing the DMO group and the DMO channel
  11. Transmission Barring
    • Description of the situations where Transmission barring is needed
    • Restrictions when using Transmission barring
    • Switching Transmission barring on/off
  12. Functional Number Keys and Duty Key
    • Examples of functions that can be activated with functional number keys
    • The function of duty key
  13. Final Exam
    • The trainees are tested on all themes covered by the course chapters
    • Radio exercises, multiple-choice questions, cloze exercises