Zetron and Selex ES install emergency radio solution

Zetron’s MAX Dispatch system, integrated with the Selex ES Digital Mobile Radio (DMR) Tier III radio network infrastructure, has been installed for the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority (MCAA).

The MCAA project is the industry’s first installation of a DMR Tier III system that supports simulcast transmission over multiple sites.

Tier III will add fully digital trunking operation to Tier II capabilities. Trunked systems can support a larger number of radio users with a limited number of radio traffic channels. They also allow emergency calls to be given a higher priority, so these calls do not wait in a queue. The DMRA application interface standard (AIS) open-standard interface was used in the MCCA deployment to integrate the systems.

In addition to supporting multisite simulcast, the success of this project is significant because it combines the efforts, products and leadership of multiple organisations.

“This effort and its successful outcomes also demonstrate our dedication to working with partners across the industry to create solutions that meet our customers’ evolving needs,” Zetron Product Manager Mark Cranmore said.

Bill Fredrickson, Selex ES director of LMR Systems, said, “Partnering with Zetron is important to our mutual customers as it provides choices and the ability to match one of the leading dispatch console solutions with the Selex ES flexible, software-defined infrastructure. It reaffirms our commitment to an open-standards approach demanded by customers.”

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