MOSCAD

[topcop1833]

does anyone have any info about the moscad system in use by henrico county? if yo udo, ive got some questions for you!
-mike

 

[Guest]

I don't know about your county but I know what it's used for.
Its data for the CAD (computer Aided Disp.) and the moble MDT's
or MCT's(computers in the PD cars, FD trucks, ECT...).

8)

 

[jconner]

MOSCAD is a horribly expensive and slow error monitoring/reporting system by Motorola. We use it to monitor our Smartzone system for radio failure, door openings, generator starts.... Anything you can can get a on/off signal from, you can monitor. MOSCAD is MOTOROLA SCADA

Check out : http://www.moscad-systems.com/

http://www.motorola.com/cgiss/moscad.shtml

 

[CCHLLM]

MOSCAD doesn't just handle contact closures (DI/DO), it and its predecessor INTRAC were specifically designed to handle variable analog inputs and outputs (AI/AO) as well as contact closure I/O, RS232, RS422, RS485, MODBUS, ArcNet, digital pulse, AC and DC current and voltage and on and on. Flow meters, pressure transducers, level controls and monitors, motor speed controllers, positioners, temperature controllers, etc, etc, etc, all use analog I/O for primary functions and contact closures for secondary functions such as alarms and limited controls. All it takes is the appropriate I/O modules and software. This is what SCADA equipment is designed to do, and yes, it IS slow as hell, relatively speaking, but so are the processes it monitors and controls. What it's capable of doing is directly related to the size of your budget.

 

[eweiner]

Mike,

My understanding is that Henrico's Moscad system is mainly used for the MBT's. Yes, I believe they also use it to monitor radio systems and things of that nature. In particular, what are you wondering about?