Azstormtracker
Newbie
Are there any any systems, anywhere, currently utilizing the P-25 GPS location equipment feature that is advertised for P-25 users? I know radio manufactures are advertising that most of the mobile and portable units are GPS capable but is there any system that is this feature or any other advertised data features such as text messages, emergency light notification, fire truck pumper on, etc.
A decade ago in a previous employment I was tasked with upgrading a Motorola P-25 Phase 1 multi-site system to utilize the GPS equipment location feature of the radios. After upgrading all the radios with GPS receivers on the vehicles and GPS handheld microphones on portable radios, went to activate the features on the Motorola Consoles and discovered that the feature was never installed on the network as ordered and was going to cost $40K to get it added even though the system had been ordered with the GPS option. Anyway, the extra money needed was not in the budget and decision was made to not upgrade the P-25 phase 1 system since we would be moving to P-25 Phase 2 in a few years and it would have that feature built in on network and all mobiles and portables. Well, I visited my former employer and discovered that they are not using any GPS location for the new P-25 Phase 2 trunked system, as was intended.
Current employer is installing a new Harris P-25 Phase 2 trunked system and they also are not using any of the GPS or data services available on P-25. So, is there any P-25 system using the GPS location option?
From Wikipedia: Public safety radios have been upgraded from analog FM to digital since the 1990s because of an increased use of data on radio systems for such features as GPS location, trunking, text messaging, metering, and encryption.
A decade ago in a previous employment I was tasked with upgrading a Motorola P-25 Phase 1 multi-site system to utilize the GPS equipment location feature of the radios. After upgrading all the radios with GPS receivers on the vehicles and GPS handheld microphones on portable radios, went to activate the features on the Motorola Consoles and discovered that the feature was never installed on the network as ordered and was going to cost $40K to get it added even though the system had been ordered with the GPS option. Anyway, the extra money needed was not in the budget and decision was made to not upgrade the P-25 phase 1 system since we would be moving to P-25 Phase 2 in a few years and it would have that feature built in on network and all mobiles and portables. Well, I visited my former employer and discovered that they are not using any GPS location for the new P-25 Phase 2 trunked system, as was intended.
Current employer is installing a new Harris P-25 Phase 2 trunked system and they also are not using any of the GPS or data services available on P-25. So, is there any P-25 system using the GPS location option?
From Wikipedia: Public safety radios have been upgraded from analog FM to digital since the 1990s because of an increased use of data on radio systems for such features as GPS location, trunking, text messaging, metering, and encryption.
