Daniels Electronics Newsletter

Daniels Electronics is now shipping the new MT-4E equipment series - a new platform for both digital P25 radios as well as analog LMR radios. The MT-4E radio (shown below) is a high performance, low current FM radio capable of P25 digital or analog operation in 12.5 KHz (narrowband) or 25 KHz (wideband) channels. The MT-4E is available in the frequency bands: 136-174 MHz and 406 – 470 MHz. Daniels MT-4E radios support either repeater or base station configurations. When used in base station applications they will receive clear or secure (encrypted) P25 and analog voice radio communications. When used in repeater applications they will repeat clear or secure (encrypted) P25 and analog voice radio communications. P25 operation is supported via a purchasable P25 firmware option and secure mode operation is available via optional encryption modules. For full details visit the Daniels website http://www.danelec.com/products/rfmodules/

The MT-4E Receiver is available in either a Class A or Class B as per TIA 603 performance specifications. The key differences are: improved Adjacent Channel Rejection (Selectivity), Spurious Response Rejection, and Intermodulation Rejection with the Class A version. The trade-off compared with Class B is increased current consumption. Full details are available on the Daniels website MT-4E RX Class A Description or contact Daniels Sales department sales@danelec.com to discuss your requirement.

During the introduction of the new MT-4E radios, Daniels Electronics is offering a special promotion for customers desiring to upgrade their existing radios to MT-4E. Until April 27^th, 2007, Daniels is offering the MT-4E Transmitter and Receiver for the special introductory price of $1,750 US per module including the P25 firmware upgrade. This applies to transmitters and Class B receiver modules with the return (prior to October 31^st) of an existing MT-3 or MT-4 module. Class A receivers are an additional $200 per module. To take advantage of this offer or learn more contact the Daniels Sales department sales@danelec.com to discuss your requirement.

The MT-4E provides capabilities supported by the predecessor MT-4D radios, the MT-3 Low Current Analog radios and the MT-3 Enhanced Analog Radios. Both Analog only and P25 (Digital, Clear or Secure, Mixed Mode and Analog) functionalities are supported on the MT-4E platform with the appropriate selection of firmware. MT-4E modules are compatible with existing Daniels subracks, system monitor cards, control cards and the site infrastructure. To learn more contact Daniels sales department sales@danelec.com or visit our website http://www.danelec.com/products/rfmodules/

Beginning in 2007 Daniels Electronics will offer customers the option to sign up for a maintenance contract that extends the suite of Daniels maintenance services beyond the standard 2 year warranty for a fixed annual price. The goal of this maintenance contract is to extend Daniels factory quality service to your organization. Utilizing Daniels to perform ongoing depot maintenance, repair and service, frees up your technicians to address in the field issues and deployments, while benefiting from Daniels expertise and efficiency in servicing its own product for you.

The Daniels Technical Services team will provide fast turn around on radio repairs, product upgrades, as well as product testing and tuning. Services will be performed at the Daniels factory which is a state of the art facility for testing and repair using the latest test and assembly equipment. The Daniels Electronics Ltd. factory is ISO 9001:2000 certified and maintains this certification through mandatory internal audits and annual inspections.

The Daniels Electronics maintenance contract can provide 5 services to support your installed base of Daniels radio systems:

New Omnitronics products

Daniels Electronics distributes in North America a family of audio bridge products from Omnitronics in Australia (www.omnitronics.com.au). Daniels is now pleased to announce 6 new products in the Omnitronics portfolio are available in North America:

619GI (4-way) Audio Bridge (radio interconnect) 619 GI - 4-way Audio Bridge (radio interconnect) - The primary function of the Audio Bridge is the combining and linking of up to 4 repeaters, links and other audio sources at remote sites. 619EI_GI.pdf

619 BR – an internal card for the 619EI that provides the user with the ability to pre-program up to six configurations of the 619EI with simple jumpers. Then via the simple grounding of any one of the six corresponding inputs, the 619EI will adopt the pre-programmed configuration. This is a simple and very effective means of dynamic reconfiguration of a radio network with the 619EI audio bridge.

619 TL & TLP- These two products offer a software variation to the powerful 619SRI product and provide users with a mobile tactical radio and audio dispatch product. Supplied with each 619TL is a Windows application and Operator’s headset that allows the operator to dynamically select, control or cross patch any of up to eight audio sources that are interfaced to the 4 Wire E & M ports of the 619TL or 619TLP. The 619TL has eight 4 Wire E & M ports for interfacing into any applicable audio or radio interface and the 619TLP offers six 4 Wire E & M ports with two analog telephone ports. 619TLbrochureUS.indd.pdf

IPR 100 - Voice over IP Adaptor. The IPR100 is a single channel analog audio to RoIP interface designed to provide Voice over IP extensions for analog radio equipment. The product supports a number of codecs with bandwidths of 13 – 64 kb/s. The IPR100 also supports a single RS232 port that is sent in parallel with the audio over the IP network – data speeds up to 38.4 kb/s may be supported with this serial interface over the IP. Each device enables an analog two-way radio to be remotely controlled over an IP link, either in a LAN or WAN environment. Working in pairs, two IPR100 Voice over IP adaptors can be used to create a back-to-back IP link between two radios. Alternatively, a pair of VOIP adaptors can also be used to provide remote control and monitoring of a single radio from an operator’s handset or console. IPR100-400.singles.pdf

IPR400 IPR 400 - IPR400 Voice over IP Adaptor. The IPR400 4-Channel VoIP Adaptor for Radio provides Voice over IP extensions for analog radio systems and enables up to four two-way radios to be remotely controlled over an IP link, either in a LAN or a WAN environment. The IPR400 supports all of the feature set of the IPR100 with the addition powerful audio bridging and linking feature of the 4 Wire E & M audio ports. The IPR400 is housed in a compact 1U 19" enclosure and provides isolated 4-wire E&M interfaces, multi-casting, voice activity detection, voice compression, CTCSS, SELCAL and DTMF signaling, encryption and RS-232 data tunneling. In addition to these standard features, the IPR400 also provides site monitoring via SNMP and audio bridging (cross-banding). The audio bridging facility further enhances the product's value at repeater sites by providing the means to link together groups of radios, IP and VoIP channels, in various combinations.

The Daniels Universal Interface Card (UIC) is now commercially available with the Twisted Pair WAVE Application Suite, enabling digital integration between WAVE users and Daniels radio systems.

With the commercial release WAVE is now able to extend the enhanced features and functionality of IP communications to P25 customers concerned about multi-jurisdictional communications, end-to-end encryption, and reduced cost of ownership. WAVE interfaces to the Daniels UIC enabling P25 interoperability with non-P25 radio systems as well as other communications devices such as telephones, PCs, PDAs, and cell phones; blending the unique capabilities of IP-based communications systems and P25 capabilities such as unit identifiers, GPS location, data transmission, and Over the Air Re-keying (OTAR).