Modem Tracking,
Inventory, and AVL
You can't have one without the others....
June 1, 2007...Glastonbury, CT. Modem and
Inventory management are critical components of an AVL (Automatic
Vehicle Location) system. This management task, while difficult in a large office
becomes practically impossible in a mobile environment without the right tools.
As part of the expansion of the
system to include Fire
and EMS resources, CAPTAIN was enhanced by Telepartner to ensure the reliability
of its AVL capability.
An automatic update of critical equipment, installed
software versions, and identification information is sent to a central server each
time one of these parameters changes, or every few days when nothing has changed.
An audit log tracks each automatic change received or made by an Administrator.
This data then becomes the key to positively identify mobile public safety assets
across a large region.
A side benefit of more accurate data is that it fascilitates the reconcilliation
of billing information from network providers used by the CAPTAIN mobile units.