G'day all,
Anyone who's listened to WAFB/FESA/DFES long enough will be familiar with the data tail at the end of a lot of vehicle transmissions. For a long time this used to signify a BFS vehicle (Mundaring Shire in particular), back in the days of the Tait 2020s.
Then the WAERN system was rolled out and I noticed more red trucks with the GPS tail, as this is an inbuilt feature of the TM8200s (T2020s needed a daughter board).
Recently I've noticed that red trucks have once again stopped transmitting their tail. Is anyone able to lend some insight into why this may be? A newer programming release maybe? If so, why disable that feature?
Cheers,
Nack
WAERN GPS
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Re: WAERN GPS
It is due to the programing.
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Re: WAERN GPS
So they're rolling out two different configurations; one for BFS and one for FRS? I notice that the radio installed in our station only a couple of weeks ago has the configuration to send a GPS tail (it doesn't have a GPS installed though, obviously).
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Re: WAERN GPS
I am not too sure, but I am pretty positive they are doing software updates at the moment.
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Re: WAERN GPS
I had a look an Taits website an saw this, and obviously they can trace our trucks location
http://www.taitradio.com/fire-emergency ... -Australia
http://www.taitradio.com/fire-emergency ... -Australia