BigDogg795
Member
Hey guys,
Trying to brainstorm a solution here and I wanted to get input from the community that knows more than I do. Currently I work in a medical facility that issues FLEX Alphanumeric Pagers to an emergency response team but those pagers have gotten so unreliable we need to consider alternatives. Cell phone service is absolutely terrible and trying to get people to use flip phones in a time where iOS and Android are standards is like trying to ice skate uphill.
One of the solutions I've considered is the use of a standard mobile radio to transmit DTMF tones to voice pagers (Minitor V's and VI's) and broadcast the particulars of the emergency call. The logistics behind implementing aren't terrible, we have spare mobiles, we have authorization on appropriate frequencies; my questions would be, would we need a Zetron or similar to create the tones or is the inbuilt functionality of the mobile (we have XPR4550's) sufficient? We only need to cover about a 3 mile radius and we have the luxury of being the tallest building in the area.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated, thanks!
Trying to brainstorm a solution here and I wanted to get input from the community that knows more than I do. Currently I work in a medical facility that issues FLEX Alphanumeric Pagers to an emergency response team but those pagers have gotten so unreliable we need to consider alternatives. Cell phone service is absolutely terrible and trying to get people to use flip phones in a time where iOS and Android are standards is like trying to ice skate uphill.
One of the solutions I've considered is the use of a standard mobile radio to transmit DTMF tones to voice pagers (Minitor V's and VI's) and broadcast the particulars of the emergency call. The logistics behind implementing aren't terrible, we have spare mobiles, we have authorization on appropriate frequencies; my questions would be, would we need a Zetron or similar to create the tones or is the inbuilt functionality of the mobile (we have XPR4550's) sufficient? We only need to cover about a 3 mile radius and we have the luxury of being the tallest building in the area.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated, thanks!