Charles County Talkgroups

[lawman349]

I reviewed the new TG info for the new Charles County 800 system.

What is MOSCAD? Its listed as "data". :?

 

[TinEar]

It's Motorola's version of SCADA. And what is SCADA? Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition. They just stuck part of their name in front of it.

 

[lawman349]

so its used by the system to communicate with itself? or is it for data communication like MDTs?

 

[TinEar]

Go to this site. You'll learn more than you ever wanted to know about what MOSCAD does:
http://www.motorola.com/cgiss/moscad.shtml

 

[lawman349]

cool...that site also has info on fixed and mobile data ... does this mean Charles county is constructing a mobile data network, too?

 

[TinEar]

I honestly don't know much about what they're up to. Charles County is right on the edge of what I can hear so I don't pay much attention to them.

 

[lawman349]

gotcha...well, thank you for the info...

 

[TommyP]

The MOSCAD is engineered into all of M's larger radio systems for the purpose of monitoring all critical pieces of the pie (RF, microwave, backbone data, GPS, tower lights, HVAC....Yada Yada Yada). It has nothing to do with MDC's. On a different note, I can say that they will be starting a pilot MDC program shortly, but it will use a cellular/PCS carrier for the wireless piece. Motorola is still behind the curve on tha data side of the fence.

 

[ericcarlson]

Many jurisdictions also use MOSCAD for station alerting (e.g., activating alarms and lights in a fire station).

-Eric