SIMS II

1          

System Platform

SmartNet

ALL 3600 (including new Rebanded channel plans). Certified by Motorola on SmartNetII+ with Rebanding plans.

2          

Protocols

TypeII / Hybrid

TypeII (per Motorola spec.)

3          

Operating System (latest version)

UNIX

WindowsXP Pro.

4          

Hardware Platform

VME

Server – PC

Clients- PC

5          

Number of Sites

1

Commander- 20 (one at a time)

 

Non-Commander-

5 simultaneous in a single GW3

SP- 10 simultaneous in a single GW3 if Database is housed on separate machine.

All sites are stored in one database.  

6          

Input From

RF-modem / RIMII

Commander- RF-modem + RIMII

 

Non-Commander-

1)       RF-modem / RIMII

2)       ATIA (via GenSZAI DataProc)

3)       Others

7          

Maximum Users

Core= 1

Optional= 24

Commander- Licensed for 24

 

Non-Commander- Standard= 1

Optional= Up to 24 (requires having the SQL database on its own server machine and appropriate Microsoft CAL)

8          

Maximum Radio Aliases

4,000 / 10,000

GW3-CORE-ALIAS

Commander- 10,000, 200 characters each

 

Non-Commander-

65565 entries; 200 char each; per system.

Robust aliasing on System, TG, IDs, Zones, Sites and Channels.  Includes a Location / Agency hierarchy for IDs and TGs.  Can assign a color to an ID or a TG to show in the Activity screen.  Central alias setup screen/module appends the alias information to each packet which is then used by each other module.

9          

Maximum Group Aliases

600 / 2048

GW3-CORE-ALIAS

Commander- 2048, 200 characters each

 

Non-Commander- 4096 entries; 200 char each; per system.

10      

Maximum System and Site Aliases

0

GW3-CORE-ALIAS

Commander- 20, 200 characters each

 

Non-Commander- Unlimited entries; 200 characters each.

11      

Maximum throughput (PTT/sec.)

1.5 / 3.0

Commander-

3.0 PTT/sec. bursts up to 27 PTT/sec.

 

Non-Commander-

Standard-  3.0 x 5 systems = 15 PTT/sec.

Optional- 3.0 x 10 systems = 30 PTT/sec. (requires having the SQL database on its own server machine)

12      

Remote User Capability

Y - RS232 'dumb' terminals

Y

Via any LAN or WAN TCP/IP connection. Client locations are licensed for selectable modules, Client locations can have all information or filtered information sent to them. Filtering is controlled and done at the highest level.

13      

Remote RF-modem Capability

Y

Y

This can be done several different ways. The most popular is to use an RS232 to TCP/IP converter to send the remote RIMII data over any TCP/IP network to GW3. The RIMII input can be via RS232 (local RIMII) or TCP/IP (remote RIMII).

14      

Maximum Number of Printers

2 / 24

Set by Windows

15      

Time Synchronization Capable

Y

Y

16      

Audible Alerts

Emergency only.

GW3-CORE-ALIAS

Y

Customizable for Stolen, Abuser, Unknown Radio and Emergency (more can be added). Plays any WAV file that is selected when a selected ID keys his radio.

 

With the GW3-TRIGGER- Advanced Alarms.  Watch events (such as DIAG) can be added to the Trigger database.  Edit of the decision tree and how to escalate.

17      

PTT Display

CORE

GW3-GROUPVIEW

Y

1)    One window per talkgroup

2)    Up to 12 sizable windows on the screen at one time (dependent on sizes selected and monitor resolution).

3)    Adjust all fonts, colors and sizes.

4)    Adjust all column widths

5)    Saves all positions and sizes

6)    Scroll back capability

7)    FIFO

18      

Activity data display screens.

AKA: Trunk ID Processing NOTE: This feature is many times confused with the previous one in Motorola document wording)

1) Dispatcher PTT screen (TIP, Trunked ID Processor).

2) Scroll data.

GW3-ACTIVITY

Y

1) Scroll Data

2) Filtered Scroll Data

3) Can omit duplicate packets to make for a more readable screen

4) View all DIAG messages received

5) Colorize each packet type (background & text)

6) Colorize each Fleet activity packet differently

7) Sizable window

 

19      

Channel icons in grid displays.

N

GW3-CHAN

Commander- N (not in the HO or CL bundle)

 

Non-Commander- O

1)     Graphical Grid Display Displaying RF channels, calls in progress on each channel

2)     Window pane displaying DIAGs

3)     Window pane displaying Busies

4)     Window pane showing all System information packets in detail

NOTE: Adding this single module to GW3 Commander Host will then give all capability of SIMSII and SystemWatchII in one place.

20      

Disk logging.

Y

Limited time interval.

GW3-ARCHiver

Commander-

Y

GW3 Commander Host is being packaged with MS-SQL 2005 for Workgroups.  Searching, filtering and subset generation can be performed on saved data. Very powerful feature. Storage length is limited to call volume and disk space available (generally 1-3 years). Choose the type of data that you want to store and how long it is stored. Use any SQL reporting software such as SQL’s built in reporting tools, Crystal Reports from Business Objects and Excel from Microsoft.

 

Non-Commander-

GW3 can also write raw control channel data to a new file every hour.

21     

Statistical Reports

Y

GW3-REPORT

Y

Built in, ‘canned’ reports in general are- PTT trending, System Airtime Activity by call type, 3D Usage for selected TGs over time, Avg. Call Length by call type, Top 40 Usage Ids, Top 40 Usage TGs, Affiliations per site, Affiliations by hour of day, Busy seconds by hour of day, Busy seconds by TG, Emergency Call counts by TG & ID, Channel Usage, Site Usage.

 

All history can be kept up to the hard disk limits (usually 1-2 years) and trending can be viewed over the same period.

 

Since the GW3 core reports are created in Excel, all reports can be created, printed, saved, emailed, sent to web pages, etc.

22     

Filtering.

Y

GW3-CORE

Y

Password protected top level filtering can be used to limit all Features, Systems, Talkgroups, and/or IDs. All remote users receive all RIMII data which can then be filtered locally by Talkgroup and/or ID.

23    

Feature: Trigger.

Operator selects type of activity and/or IDs involved. When activity occurs, program pops open a window and beeps.  Operator must acknowledge activity.

N

GW3-TRIGGER

Y 

Set up triggers similar to Outlook Filters. You can alert the desktop, play a selectable WAV file and/or close a relay that can set off lights, sirens, and other devices. Can look for DIAGs, presence of PTTs or lack of PTTs in a given time period, emergencies, and much more.

24    

Feature: Specific radio sentry.

Special window which shows system activity for a specified radio.

N

GW3-CORE

Y

Available via the ‘Unit History’ option in the Alias screen

 

 

25      

Feature: Control channel check.

Periodically polls the inbound control channel to insure that it is functioning correctly. 

Historically this feature has had implementation problems inherent to the feature objectives (Motorola note).

Y

GW3-CORE

Y

Monitors for the presence of the Control Channel and alerts the desktop on its absence within 5 sec. Message is sent to the event log and to any Syslog application that may be connected via the Syslog module.

 

Advanced Alarming

26

Emergency alarm special display.

Display special text when an Emergency alarm is detected. Audible alarm. Requires operator acknowledgement to clear special display.

Y

Advanced.

GW3-EA

Commander- This can be viewed from the All Activity window that is in the Core. Much more detail can be watched and acknowledged via the GW3-RCM-EA

Y

Graphical Advanced. Visual and audible alarms. This is a basic Emergency interface. Like other GW3 modules, it is filterable.

27

R

Emergency alarm ACK.

Automatic acknowledgement sent to radio which indicates to radio operator that the alarm has been processed.

Y

GW3-RCM -EA

Y

This is available from the RCM interface. Emergency Alarm screen has the ability to acknowledge EAs, make notes about an emergency, and easily do history reports.

28

R

Dynamic regrouping.

Y

GW3-RCM-DR

Y Same functionality

29

R

Selective radio inhibit.

Y

GW3-RCM-SI

Y Same functionality

30    

R

Selector lock.

Y

In GW3-RCM-DR

Y Same functionality

31      

R

Dynamic failsoft.