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AWARD WINNING TORNADO MULTIROLE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM 
THAT COMBINS ALL COMMUNICATIONS IN TO A SINGLE OPERATOR CONSOLE

TORNDO MRCCâ„¢

S E C O N D S   M A K E   T H E   D I F F E R E N C E   B E T W E E N   L I F E   O R   D E A T H

The TORNADO MRCC™ Digital Multirole Communication System is specifically designed to support all types of control rooms from very small to very large centres.

 

Since the first production model, hardware and software have been augmented to suit a variety of users including police, emergency services, civil defence, private security, border and harbour patrol and various financial institutions. Its ease of operation is an asset to its integration into control and emergency centres.

 

Each system is tailor-made to meet the client’s exact requirements on a simple ‘plug and play’ basis.

 

Designed from the outset to integrate call taking and dispatch functions into a single system by combining digital and analogue telephony and radio control.

 

The System features the ability to interface with all standard types of communication circuits and has been designed to cater for interface modules providing communication to specialised circuit types.

 

The TORNADO MRCC™  employs distributed processing to provide maximum reliability and allowing new functions to be added at any time while maintaining compatibility with the existing modules.

 

Employs modular concepts to facilitate expansion thus ensuring maximum flexibility.

 

Based on a distributed architecture with built-in redundancy to ensure 100% uptime.

 

The Tornado Multirole Communication System combines all communication circuits into a single operator console.

 

The client has the ability to opt for the deployment of operator positions in the following formats:

  • Hardwired system 

  • VoIP

  • Browser Based

The communications system can be accessed from an operator position based anywhere in the world with full centre functionality when Browser Based operator consoles are employed.

TORNADO MRCC™

TORNADO MRCC™ FEATURES

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  • CONFERENCING

  • INTERCOM

  • CALL TRANSFER BROADCASTING

  • RADIO TO RADIO CROSS-CHANNEL RE-BROADCAST

  • RADIO TO TELEPHONE / GSM PATCHING

  • MONITOR AMPLIFIERS

  • CLI

  • A.N.I. RECEPTION

  • RADIO CALL TONE CODE RECEPTION

  • RADIO CALLING

  • MUSIC ON HOLD

  • ​​​​CALL PROGRESS TONES

  • AUTOMATIC CALL DISTRIBUTION

  • AUTODIAL

  • PARKING (CREATE POINT TO POINT CIRCUITS)

  • CALL RESTRICTION

  • TIME SYNCHRONIZATION

  • VOICE LOGGING

  • GIS AVL

  • MOBILE DATA TERMINALS

  • I/O CONTROL

  • STATIC RESISTANCE

  • LIGHTNING RESISTANCE

  • SELF DIAGNOSTICS

  • CONFIGURATION AND DIAGNOSTICS

  •  MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM

  • Comprehensive Web-based Management Information

  • OPTIONAL VoIP SERVER

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CIRCUITS

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The required circuit interfaces determine the choice of modules in the Communication Switch.

 

Modules available for the following:

  • Analogue PSTN and PABX Lines

  • GSM networks with a suitable gateway

  • Analogue or Virtual Private Wire (Hotline or Point to Point Circuits)

  • Analog radio via 2/4-wire direct with 5/6 Tone Calling/Reception for ZVEI (ZVEI 1) / DZVEI (ZVEI 2) / DDZVEI / EEA / DTMF / CCIR  

  • Digital Trunked Radio – TETRA voice/data

  • 2 Channel TDMA – DMR

  • 2 Channel FDMA – DMR

  • Prepared for DMR Tier 3 implementation

  • All makes of radios accommodated (Profiles for each make of radio)

  • ISDN Primary rate

  • E1 CAS 2 Mbit/s

  • VoIP

  • ALL types of circuits known in the industry

VoIP CONSOLE PORT MODULE

  • 4 Ports per module

  • SIP Protocol

  • Supported codecs:

  • G711 (64 kb/s)

  • G726 (16 - 40 kb/s)

  • iLBC (8 kb/s)

  • SPEEX (8,16,32 kb/s)

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VIRTUAL CONSOLE PORT MODULE

  • 4 Ports per module

  • SIP Protocol

  • Supported codecs:

  • G711 (64 kb/s)

  • G726 (16 - 40 kb/s)

  • iLBC (8 kb/s)

  • SPEEX (8,16,32 kb/s)

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WIRED CONSOLE PORT MODULE

  • 4 Ports per module

  • 600 Ohm

  • Full duplex

  • Serial data channel

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DMR/TETRA GATEWAY

4 Ports per module

•Uses stored profiles to support multiple radio manufacturers

•Connects to feature port of the radio

•Up to 64 radios can be deployed to allow as many simultaneous conversations as required.

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DMR Tier 3 GATEWAY

8 Ports per module

•Utilizes DBSI Vocoda chips to support licensing requirements for the AMBE+2 protocol required for Tier 3

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ISDN / CAS INTERFACE

•30 Time Slots of 64kb/s

•1 Control channel, 1 Signaling channel

•Configurable to ISDN Primary Rate or CAS Protocol

•Complies with G703 and G711 Protocols

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VoIP GATEWAY

Employs SIP Protocol

•Permits 8 simultaneous conversations at full bandwidth for each module

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SIP VoIP SERVER

(SIP, the session initiation protocol)

•Up to 128 ports

•Management reporting

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VOLCANO RECORDER

(Optional embedded recorder)

•Supports up to 48 Channels (1 per console port)

•Storage Capacity 69,000 channel hours

•Hard Drive mirroring to ensure integrity

•Integrated with system to allow the MIS module to be used for locating recordings

•Alternate GUI application for locating and playback

•Blu-Ray archiving

•Buffered recording modules to permit 7 days downtime of the main server

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RADIO TO TELEPHONE PATCH MODULE

•Supports 8 patches in full-duplex mode

•Supports 4 patches in simplex mode

•Multiple telephone types (Analogue or Digital)

•Radio type independent

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GROUPING MODULE

(Radio Cross Channel Re-Broadcast)

Allows up to 14 Groups of Radio Channels

•Up to 40 members in each group

•Different types of radio formats are accommodated (Digital, Analogue VHF, Analogue UHF)

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MODULES / GATEWAY MOUNTING

Standard 19 inch rack - footprint 600x600

GENERAL OPERATING CONDITIONS

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  • Operating temperature range: 0 - 50 °C

  • Normal operating ambient temperature: 20°C ± 5°C

  • Temperature slew rate: 5°C per hour.

  • Relative humidity: 40% - 60%

  • Altitude: 0 – 2000 meters

  • Convection cooled

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POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM

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  • Dual supply unit for 100% Hot Standby Redundancy

  • Input voltage range: (AC Mains version) : 110 – 240v 50Hz

  •  Input voltage range: (DC version) : 18 – 72v DC

  • Continuous output: 24v DC negative ground

  • Optional: 24v battery for no brake operation

  • Average power consumption (dependent on system sizing): ± 100 watts

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POWER  DISTRIBUTION MODULES

  • Provides power for wired consoles and all system modules

  • Provides +5v, +7v, -7v, 24v (+/- 1%) to relative modules

  • Optional 100% redundant Hot-Standby module

  • Provides voltage alarm monitoring

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ALARM ANNUNCIATOR

  • Visual and audible alarms (configurable parameters)

  • Provides access to both control processors, active and standby 

  • MMS hardware monitoring module

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CONTROL PROCESSOR

  • Controls all system functions

  • Hot Standby Fully Redundant Backup module for 100% uptime

  • Monitors performance of all facility modules in the system

  • Reports the health of system modules to MMS module

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MIS MODULE

  • Generates Call Information Records

  • Reports Real-Time Information for Dashboards/Wallboards

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ANALOG LINE INTERFACE MODULE

  • Impedance: 4 wire / 2 wire 600 Ohm or  900 Ohms complex (Telkom Standard)

  • Hybrid balance: 50 dB at 800 Hz

  • Frequency response: ± 1.5 dB from 300 – 3 400 Hz referred to 800Hz

  • Input / Output level: -4dBm to +4dBm

  • Hum and noise: >50 dB below rated output

  • Crosstalk: >55 dB below rated output

  • Ring detection for dial circuits

  • E & M signaling

  • 2wire / 4wire conversion

  • Temperature slew rate: 5°C per hour

DIGITAL RADIO TECHNOLOGIES

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Digital Radio Technologies – Reference Information

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TETRA

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Tetra employs four-slot TDMA in a 25 kHz frequency channel.

Most suited where there are a large number of users in a small geographic area.

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Very expensive to deploy for wide-area radio networks where RF coverage is key.

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To cover the same area as analog, approximately 3 times the number of repeaters are required. More repeaters may be required depending on the geographical features.

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A much smaller range of frequency bands is available for 25 kHz channel spacing.

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Data throughput for Tetra is theoretically the highest, although seldom employed at a higher rate than 10 Kbit/s.

No analog migration is possible, the entire network and devices need to be converted simultaneously.

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DMR

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DMR employs two-slot TDMA in a 12.5 kHz frequency channel (6.25 kHz per timeslot).

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Compression techniques allow speech to be transmitted in a single 6.25 kHz slot of the 12.5 kHz channel and therefore a second channel of 6.25 kHz is available for speech or data.

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When operated in Tier 3 mode (trunked), the two channels can be used for full-duplex speech, for data at higher speeds or one for speech and one for data.

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The RF coverage for DMR is approximately the same as for analog.

Owing to the technique of digitizing the full 12.5 kHz band, existing sites used for analog can be converted for DMR operation.

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For the same reason, networks can easily be migrated on an area by area basis.

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Data throughput is 9 Kbit/s when both timeslots are used.

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