Cincinnati Radio problems

[fyrfyter33]

CFD had similar issues with there APX radios when they first got them. But after several months of testing different audio settings with firefighters, Motorola, and Mobilcomm techs they finally found audio settings that were acceptable or on par with there previous 5000's.


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Right, so what is CPDs issue? Obviously, there's a lack of communication there (no pun intended).

This has been going on for a lot longer than a few months. Either they aren't interested in sitting down to take the time to get them right, or the officers aren't using them correctly, or possibly some combination of both factors.

The fact that we replaced half our FD XTS with APX and replaced all PD XTS with APX, tells me there is something goofy going on here. We haven't had the issues they are talking about. Neither has our PD. Yes, the APX sound a little different when used with or compared to the XTS. I chalk that up to a newer vocoder and some software enhancements/refinements, but that doesn't explain the repetitive issues they are having, with everything from not being heard to busy tones on PTT.

 

[W8RMH]

CINCINNATI, OH (FOX19) -
Concerns with Cincinnati police radios return to City Hall Monday.

Officials with the company that provides them, Motorola Solutions, are due before Council's Law & Public Safety Committee at 10 a.m.

Committee Chairman Councilman Chris Smitherman has threatened to take legal action against the industry leader and demanded Motorola officials appear.

Motorola to face Cincinnati leaders over police radios, safety c - Cincinnati News, FOX19-WXIX TV

 

[fyrfyter33]

Sigh, more hullabaloo. We'll see how far those "demands" go.

Now, they are also mad at the CAD vendor as well, because things aren't working like they should.

http://www.wcpo.com/news/local-news...mbers-threaten-company-over-dispatch-problems

Funny, it's the same CAD vendor for the county, and things seem to work good. There were initial issues to iron out, but since then, it's been fine minus the occasional random issue, which usually relates to incorrect map data, not nonfunctionality.