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Wireless Interfaces

Your console needs to support the latest in radio communications technology.

Avtec’s Scout dispatch solutions are interoperable with a variety of the leading wireless interfaces, so you’ll always be assured that your radios will fully integrate into your dispatch operations. Plus, the Scout console supports many advanced features and is compatible with many additional technologies.

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Compatible Interfaces

P25 DMR AIS NXDN MPT1327 EDACS SmartNet/SmartZone

P25 DFSI & CSSI

P25 Technology Alliances

MotorolaSolutions
Tait Communications

The Scout console is the first true VoIP console system to support the Project 25 Fixed Station Interface, Messages and Procedures (TIA- 102.BAHA) standard. Audio packets from the mobile radio are transported using the P25 Common Air Interface to the base station and forwarded by Internet Protocol to the console system. The Digital Fixed Station Interface (DFSI) uses UDP, RTP and IMBE™ to transmit audio and control information over an Ethernet network.

Avtec's Scout VoIP console system supports P25 standards with interfaces that provide connectivity to conventional P25 radios using the Digital Fixed Station Interface (DFSI).

Project 25 standards meet current and future communication needs by establishing mutually agreeable migration paths for multi-vendor, interoperable communication systems. The Scout true VoIP console system supports the P25 Console Subsystem Interface (CSSI) standard to provide connectivity with Phase 1 (12.5 kHz FDMA) and Phase 2 (6.25 kHz TDMA) trunked radio networks.

The P25 CSSI driver, which is included in VPGate, connects to the Scout Trunking Gateway. The P25 CSSI driver and Scout Trunking Gateway provide the connection to a P25 Phase 1 or Phase 2 trunked radio system. Phase 1 systems operate at 12.5 kHz using FDMA. Phase 2 systems operate at 6.25 kHz using two-slot TDMA or at 12.5 kHz using FDMA.

Developed as a suite of standards for digital communications, Project 25 (P25) is an important component for most public safety and government agency communication. The standards combine requirements that meet today's public safety needs with tomorrow's needs by defining a migration path for multi-vendor, interoperable communication.

P25 DFSI - Capability Guide P25 CSSI Trunking - Capability Guide

Controls
  • Activity History with integrated Instant Recall
  • Recorder (IRR)
  • Default Frequency (Channel Group)
  • Encryption Key Manager (Key Fill Device support / Key Loader)
  • Encryption Key Selection

  • Frequency Selection (Select NAC Channel Group)
  • Group Call (Confirmed/Unconfirmed Group Call)
  • Keying Progress Indications
  • Multi-Group Call (Announcement Group)

  • Patch
  • Patch Keying (VOX or COR)
  • Repeater Enable/Disable

For full explanations of Scout’s P25 DFSI capabilities, access our P25 Digital Fixed Station Interface Capability Guide 4.5

For full explanations of Scout’s P25 CSSI capabilities, access our P25 Trunking Capability Guide 4.15

Subscriber Signaling
  • Alert Tone Generation
  • AMBE + Vocoder
  • Auto Contact Pad
  • Channel Marker

  • CTCSS Enable/Disable
  • Emergency Call/State (Emergency Alarm / Emergency Call Group)
  • Encryption Enable/Disable
  • Late Entry

  • Low Speed Data
  • PTT ID with Alias (ANI Alias)
  • Short Message
  • Status Update

  • Unit Alert (Call Alert)
  • Unit Call (Unit-to-Unit / Individual Voice Call)
  • Unit Check
  • Unit Monitor
  • Unit Stun/Revive

For full explanations of Scout’s P25 DFSI capabilities, access our P25 Digital Fixed Station Interface Capability Guide 4.5

For full explanations of Scout’s P25 CSSI capabilities, access our P25 Trunking Capability Guide 4.15

DMR AIS

DMR AIS Technology Alliances

MotorolaSolutions
Tait Communications

Digital Mobile Radio is an open digital radio standard for professional mobile radio users developed by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI). The strength of DMR is that it is based on published standards for conventional and trunked radio operation. Within these standards, a dispatch interface standard is defined called Applications Interface Specification (AIS).

This DMR-AIS solution offers a highly reliable and robust wireless communication solution allowing organizations to minimize costs and increase return on investment while operating a resilient, mission-critical voice-and-data network.

Using the DMR protocol, VPGate communicates with subscriber units to send and receive status messages that can be forwarded to a CAD system or other third-party application. The Scout console supports multi-select and patching of group and individual calls to other console resources.

DMR AIS - Capability Guide Access Video Demo Library

Capabilities include:
  • Unit Calls (inbound, outbound, auto timeout)
  • Group Calls (inbound and outbound)
  • Console-over-Subscriber Transmit Interrupt
  • Channel/Frequency Change
  • Channel Release

  • PTT-ID/ANI Alias
  • Status Message
  • Tone Generation
  • Channel Marker Tones
  • Emergency Calls/State
  • Late Entry

For full explanations of Scout’s DMR AIS capabilities, access our DMR-AIS Capability Guide 4.14

NXDN

NXDN Technology Alliance

Kenwood

NXDN is an industry designation that stands for Next Generation Digital Network and is both a modulation method and over-the-air API. Avtec is a member of the NXDN Forum that promotes NXDN technology for land mobile radio in North America.

Scout uses a wireline console interface with a direct IP connection (using VPGate) to the Avtec Outpost.

The console communicates with Kenwood NEXEDGE, NX-5000 Series, and NX-700/NX-800 Series control station radios through an Outpost endpoint. In addition to standard Scout console features such as Select, Unselect, Multi-Select, Patch, and Mute, Scout supports additional capabilities for these systems.

Access Video Demo Library

Capabilities include:
  • Unit Calls (Individual Calls)
  • Group Calls
  • Channel/Frequency Change
  • Random Access Number (RAN)

  • PTT-ID/ANI Alias (ANI / PTTID / PTT ANI with Alias)
  • Over the Air Alias
  • Tone Generation
  • Channel Marker Tones

  • DTMF Decoding
  • Unit Alert (Call Alert)
  • Unit Check (Radio Check)
  • Unit Monitor (Remote Monitor)

  • Stun/Revive (Disable/Enable)
  • Lone Worker
  • Emergency Call/State

  • AMBE Vocoder
  • Late Entry
  • Digital/Analog Mixed Mode

MPT1327

MPT1327 Technology Alliance

Tait Communications

The Avtec Scout system provides a wireline connection to the TaitNet MPT 1327 Trunked Radio system to offer advanced integration at the dispatch console. The console supports monitoring, multi-select, and patching of group and individual calls to other console resources, including conventional (non-trunked and analog) radios and telephone lines.

MPT 1327 was developed in 1988 by the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications in the United Kingdom and is now the most widely used open-protocol trunked radio system in the world. MAP27 is the Mobile Access Protocol for MPT 1327 equipment and allows data exchange between an MPT 1327 radio trunking system and external equipment, such as the Scout console. Using the MAP27 protocol, VPGate can communicate with a subscriber unit to send and receive status and data messages that can be forwarded to a CAD system or other 3rd-party application.

TaitNet MPT 1327 – Capability Guide Access Video Demo Library

Capabilities include:
  • Alert Tones
  • All Call (System Wide Call)
  • Call Queue (Call Queuing Priority)
  • Channel Release (Clear Call)

  • Contacts
  • DTMF Dialing
  • Emergency State (Emergency Call / Emergency Clear)
  • Group Call

  • Key Progress Indications
  • Key Request Queuing
  • Late Entry
  • Lone Worker

  • Mute/All Mute
  • Patch
  • PTT
  • PTT ID / PTT ANI with Alias / Talkgroup ID (Unit ID with Alias Fleet Number)

  • Registration
  • Short Data Message
  • Status Request / Status Update (Status Message)
  • Unit Alert (Call Alert)
  • Unit Call (Individual Call)

For full explanations of Scout’s MPT/MPT1327 compatibility, access our TaitNet MPT 1327 Capability Guide 4.9

EDACS®

EDACS Technology Alliance

L3Harris

Avtec's Scout system provides a wireline connection to the Enhanced Digital Access Communication System (EDACS) product line offered by L3Harris.

Since its development in the late 1980s, EDACS has provided reliable, mission-critical communications to hundreds of thousands of radio users while continually evolving and adapting to meet the latest technological challenges and taking advantage of new opportunities.

MPT1327

MPT1327 Technology Alliance

Tait Communications

The Avtec Scout system provides a wireline connection to the TaitNet MPT 1327 Trunked Radio system to offer advanced integration at the dispatch console. The console supports monitoring, multi-select, and patching of group and individual calls to other console resources, including conventional (non-trunked and analog) radios and telephone lines.

MPT 1327 was developed in 1988 by the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications in the United Kingdom and is now the most widely used open-protocol trunked radio system in the world. MAP27 is the Mobile Access Protocol for MPT 1327 equipment and allows data exchange between an MPT 1327 radio trunking system and external equipment, such as the Scout console. Using the MAP27 protocol, VPGate can communicate with a subscriber unit to send and receive status and data messages that can be forwarded to a CAD system or other 3rd-party application.

TaitNet MPT 1327 – Capability Guide Access Video Demo Library

Capabilities include:
  • Alert Tones
  • All Call (System Wide Call)
  • Call Queue (Call Queuing Priority)
  • Channel Release (Clear Call)

  • Contacts
  • DTMF Dialing
  • Emergency State (Emergency Call / Emergency Clear)
  • Group Call

  • Key Progress Indications
  • Key Request Queuing
  • Late Entry
  • Lone Worker

  • Mute/All Mute
  • Patch
  • PTT
  • PTT ID / PTT ANI with Alias / Talkgroup ID (Unit ID with Alias Fleet Number)

  • Registration
  • Short Data Message
  • Status Request / Status Update (Status Message)
  • Unit Alert (Call Alert)
  • Unit Call (Individual Call)

For full explanations of Scout’s MPT/MPT1327 compatibility, access our TaitNet MPT 1327 Capability Guide 4.9

SmartNet/SmartZone

SmartNet/SmartZone Technology Alliances

MotorolaSolutions
Genesis

The Scout console supports SmartNet®/SmartZone®, Motorola's APCO-16 compliant trunked radio system that provides multi-site, wide-area communications. APCO's (Association of Public Safety Communications Officials) Project 16 establishes basic requirements for a typical public safety communications system.

By interfacing with SmartNet/SmartZone’s connected GenSPOut (Genesis Specified Packet Output) system, Avtec is able to display ANI and emergency call information on the Scout console. GenSPOut is a powerful specialty module of GenWatch3® for SmartNet/SmartZone and P25 systems which filters and distributes complex trunking network data to desired destinations, one being Scout.

Scout console positions connect to one or more GenWatch3 GenSPOut modules via VPGate and the Avtec Routing Controller. The Avtec Routing Controller provides a wireline interface between VPGate and these modules. The Scout console's audio connection is accomplished using Avtec's Outpost RoIP controller and a control station radio. Each talkgroup that the consoles must access requires a control station radio and a valid endpoint license. Avtec offers VPGate licenses in 40, 80 or 160 endpoint sizes.

SmartNet/SmartZone - Capability Guide Access Video Demo Library

Capabilities include:
  • Group Calls
  • PTT-ID/ANI Alias
  • GenSPOut Redundancy
  • Emergency Calls/State

For full explanations of Scout’s SmartNet/SmartZone compatibility, access our SmartNet/SmartZone Capability Guide 4.14

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