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I am hearing rumours that Volusia County will have a new system in operation in the late September or October time frame. The EDACS is going away. Has anyone information or can confirm or deny?
I did find this. The article is over 4 years old.I am hearing rumours that Volusia County will have a new system in operation in the late September or October time frame. The EDACS is going away. Has anyone information or can confirm or deny?
Volusia has to change because EDACS will no longer be supported by Harris. At some point all the spare parts will be gone and you will not be able to repair any of the radios. So it's not a matter of staying with what we have. This makes change a necessity.Given the high cost of these systems, at what point do governments settle down and just stick with what they've got?
Last I heard was 2015. It's possible they might have the system partially operational by then but I seriously doubt they will have made much of a transition that fast. I'm steadily seeing more and more of the XG-25P's issued. But there's still a lot of jaguars and p7100s out there.I am hearing rumours that Volusia County will have a new system in operation in the late September or October time frame. The EDACS is going away. Has anyone information or can confirm or deny?
I'm not saying these radio contracts are always well vetted but this is sort of like complaining your pentium II isn't good enough anymore.So it's a game by the corporations by intentionally discontinuing stuff so you have spend more money. If agencies used conventional instead of proprietary trunking systems, would this sort of problem go away?
What's your source for this?I do know there will be some encryption used on the new system. I would expect all of the swat, narcotics and vice stuff to be at least. Last I heard the LE# talkgroups would be in the clear. I don't know about DBPD but I would hazard a guess it would be cost prohibitive for them to encrypt their dispatch channels--and it would be an interop problem.
County dispatch boss. Also I work for an agency in the county.What's your source for this?
Yes, you've got it. Or, they sell things in response to manufactured crises, like narrowbanding (which didn't get us any more frequencies, but surely killed off a good number of working radios) and 800 rebanding (which was in response to a situation a leading manufacturer created).So it's a game by the corporations by intentionally discontinuing stuff so you have spend more money.
No. Look at low band. The manufacturers have deliberately removed much of the buyers' choices in equipment. The underlying reason is that low band is largely infrastructure independent. That means that mobile radios can communicate over longer distances and varying terrain without needing repeaters. That doesn't sell radios any more than building them solidly, as they did with Motrac, Micor, MASTR-Pro, MASTR II, or RCA 1000 vintage. If radios don't break or go "unsupported," there's no need to replace them. Prior generations took pride in balancing salesmanship and workmanship. Our current crop of managers only wants revenue.If agencies used conventional instead of proprietary trunking systems, would this sort of problem go away?
So it's a game by the corporations by intentionally discontinuing stuff so you have spend more money. If agencies used conventional instead of proprietary trunking systems, would this sort of problem go away?
Actually, P7100's can and have been up-graded to P25. I have done many up-grades.Last I heard was 2015. It's possible they might have the system partially operational by then but I seriously doubt they will have made much of a transition that fast. I'm steadily seeing more and more of the XG-25P's issued. But there's still a lot of jaguars and p7100s out there.
They aren't upgrading the software on the p7100s for p25. I guess they did a cost/benefit and decided not to bother.
I do know there will be some encryption used on the new system. I would expect all of the swat, narcotics and vice stuff to be at least. Last I heard the LE# talkgroups would be in the clear. I don't know about DBPD but I would hazard a guess it would be cost prohibitive for them to encrypt their dispatch channels--and it would be an interop problem.
That's what I'm saying. They = the county. I'm aware they can be upgraded. Also, the next sentence reinforces that concept.Actually, P7100's can and have been up-graded to P25. I have done many up-grades.
Not unusual. Most radio users don't care about that sort of thing.What's intersecting is that when I was down there a week and a half ago none of the firefighters or officers I talked to knew anything about it. Matter of fact it was the first any of them had heard about it.
So it's a game by the corporations by intentionally discontinuing stuff so you have spend more money. If agencies used conventional instead of proprietary trunking systems, would this sort of problem go away?