Updating US network
17 January, 2011Cumberland County, Tennessee’s PlantCML CORP25 land mobile radio network in the US includes a Zetron Advanced Communication radio dispatch system. It is providing the county with improved 9-1-1 emergency dispatch functionality and better radio coverage and interoperability among the public safety agencies it serves.
Project: Updating NZ rail
17 November, 2010In a move to improve system reliability and flexibility, while providing a platform for mobile data capability, KiwiRail, the organisation responsible for managing New Zealand’s rail network, has begun a major upgrade to the nationwide radio system used to help the safe movement of trains and track workers around the country.
Zetron Telecommunications Industry Assoc P25 console subsystem interface
06 October, 2010The open-standards Telecommunications Industry Association P25 console subsystem interface that supports digital connectivity between the company’s communications system (ACOM) and trunked P25 networks is a fully digital switching and multiplexing dispatch system that integrates voice (radio and telephone), data, paging and video. CSSI further enhances its interoperability.
Rail crossing safety
22 September, 2010New technology by La Trobe University, to have cars and trains ‘talking’ to each other, could save an average of 37 lives every year and an estimated 100 million dollars, by eliminating rail crossing collisions, especially in rural and regional Australia.
Aeroflex and NetHawk EAST500 single integrated test system
17 August, 2010Aeroflex and NetHawk (recently acquired by Exfo) have developed a system for LTE network capacity testing over RF with real data services and applications.
JDSU EDT 135 E1 and data tester
11 August, 2010The JDSU EDT 135 E1 and data tester, which is available to rent, carries out scalable testing on digital networks. It can carry out both framed and unframed tests on a wide variety of equipment.
Pepperl+Fuchs WirelessHART system components
17 June, 2010 byAutomated Control Engineering has introduced WirelessHART system components from Pepperl+Fuchs that integrate conventional field devices into the wireless world.
The increasing presence of Project 25
26 May, 2010 byPapers on various radio technologies were presented at last year’s RadioComms Connect event in Melbourne. This article looks at another of the technologies discussed - P25 - and charts some of its evolving features.
Systems 22 Opto 22 wireless Snap PAC System
08 December, 2009 byWireless local area networking (WLAN) capabilities have been added to all of Opto 22’s ethernet-based Snap PAC system components, including all of its standalone and rack-mounted programmable automation controllers. Control system designers can now design systems with traditional ethernet wiring, wireless ethernet, or any combination of the two.
Motorola Dimetra LiTE internet protocol switch
08 December, 2009 byMotorola Australia has released the Dimetra LiTE system - an internet protocol switch that allows users to establish and manage a fully functional TETRA digital two-way radio communications network.
Testadvance IP-radio subsystem
08 December, 2009Testadvance has launched the IP-Radio subsystem that integrates a VHF/UHF radio with an RRC101-IP-19 RoIP interface and power supply in a 19″ rack. IP-radio allows operators to deploy an IP-enabled radio transceiver.
Testadvance RRC101-IP-MCR multi-channel RoIP interface sub-system
08 December, 2009Testadvance has launched the RRC101-IP-MCR integrated multi-channel RoIP interface sub-system that integrates up to seven pre-configured RRC101-IP-19 RoIP interface units with a power supply in a 19″ rack.
Testadvance RRC101-IP series of RoIP interface units
08 December, 2009Testadvance has launched the RRC101-IP series of RoIP interface units that with adapters allow users to send and receive analog and digital information to and from a remote radio via an IP network.
A serving of digital soup
29 September, 2009In 2009 we’re all familiar with the term ‘digital’. We now have digital TV, digital set-top boxes, digital radio, our music library is stored in digital format and so on. We look at the 50-in LCD in the lounge room, pause for a second, take a look at the picture and think, well that was five grand well spent.
P25 system for Brazil utility
27 August, 2009Zetron's Acom advanced communications P25 system has been delivered to Tait Radio Communications for final installation at CTEEP, a major electric utility in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
