CADI - Computer-Aided Dispatch Interface

The CADI port allows CAD software created by several different companies to have a common interface, in order to control radios on a SmartNet system from within their software. All of the commands issued by CAD software are done via the GenWatch3 Commander. They are checked, managed and logged before they are sent to be sure that correct commands are metered and sent to the network.

In the other direction, the GenWatch3 Commander CADI sends responses, IDs and other information back to the CAD system. Almost every command that can be done from the GenWatch3 Commander GUI interfaces can also be done from a CAD system connected to the GW3 CADI port. A CAD system, connected to a CADI port, can be considered as a remote dispatcher.

The GenWatch3 CADI port is shipped as part of each GW3-HO1-B (Host bundle) package. To allow as close to plug and play as possible, we have matched the SIMSII CADI information and protocol (this is not compatible with CAD systems that only operate on the SITE LENS CADI port). We have licensed our CADI in the GW3-HO1-B to be able to connect and service up to four concurrent CAD systems. Each CAD connection can be filtered to receive a customized set of data and perform a customizable set of commands (based on their role as a user).  The encoding of the information to and from the CADI must be via RS-232 (to conform with the SIMSII CADI specification) and it can be either in ASCII or EBCDIC format. GenWatch3 may be setup to acknowledge commands that are sent in from a radio, or CAD may serve as point of acknowledgement.