GPS and radio modems
GPS using analog RF and digital technology can be a great option for fleet management and AVL on a local level. GPS and dispatching functionality is available within the boundaries of your two-way voice area. Depending on your budget, there are lots of great options when it comes to AVL and location services operating on two-way radio systems. Here are a few:
MOTOTRBO Location Services
Motorola offers an easy to deploy, dispatch-based vehicle and people locating system using the MOTOTRBO enhanced data applications platform. GPS chips are embedded into MOTOTRBO portable and mobile radios*, which transmit geographic coordinates back to a dispatcher on a PC. You get a simple and scalable local dispatch solution that offers many of the benefits of traditional fleet locating services, without the monthly fees and external GPS devices.
Benefits include:
- No monthly fees or external GPS devices
- Easy to configure GPS update frequency
- Supports historic playback, logs all data
- Open architecture allows for custom software development
*GPS versions must be ordered at time of purchase. Chips cannot be added at a later time.
Trident AVL, TrAVL®
The Trident AVL solution provides GPS vehicle positioning, speed, & direction of travel within a radio system coverage area. This solution allows customers to accomplish vehicle tracking using select mobile radios via analog conventional or PassPort networks. Compatible two-way radios include:
- CDM1550LS+
- CDM1550LS
- CDM1550
- CDM1250
- CDM750
- PM400
- CM300
- CM200
A data channel within the network continuously polls subscribers at predetermined intervals and rates. Benefits of using the TrAVL® solution include:
- Little additional hardware required. TrAVL® uses current networks and your current mobile radio fleet.
- Implementation is seamless to the end user.
- No additional training needed for end radio users.
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