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WINTER 2012 DANIELS ELECTRONICS NEWSLETTER |
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Daniels completes Acceptance Test with Public Safety Agency in Taiwan for two major contracts worth $2.7 Million |
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Daniels Electronics Ltd., has successfully passed Acceptance Testing of radio systems being provided to the Taiwanese Civil Defence Command Center (CDCC). Combined with systems being provided to the Taiwanese National Fire Agency (NFA), this represents a total of $2.7 Million in new international business for Daniels Electronics for the supply of Daniels latest generation of firmware based digital public safety radio technology. These orders for Daniels MT-4E P25 Digital Radio Repeaters, the company’s latest generation of firmware based digital radio technology, will be used by both agencies to expand the country’s nationwide emergency communications warning and response network. The Taiwan Civil Defence Command Center is responsible for using the national civil defence alerting system to warn Taiwanese citizens in the event of national emergencies ensuring the safety of property and life. Similarly, The National Fire Agency has national responsibility for fire fighting, ambulance services and emergency response in the event of a natural disaster. The need for a comprehensive nationwide radio network to coordinate response efforts was well understood and critically important with the increasing number of severe typhoons that Taiwan experiences annually. 
Daniels Electronics is providing these radios through its local system integration and engineering partner Harbinger Technology Corp. who will oversee the system design, installation and life cycle maintenance. The entire network is expected to be fully operational by the end of 2012. Harbinger Technology’s team of engineers have been working with the Taiwan Civil Defence Command Center and the National Fire Agency over the past 3 years to determine the agencies' immediate requirements as well as a long term communications evolution plan. The objective of both systems is to provide siren alerting as well as encrypted digital communications for first responders on the beaches and other points at risk in the event of a natural disaster such as a typhoon, earthquake, tsunami or flood. Once the requirements were understood it was clear to the Managing Director of Harbinger Technology Corporation, Alan Teoh, that Daniels Electronics was an essential part of the design of the radio network. "We have worked with Daniels Electronics for over a decade on a variety of projects in Taiwan and we have always found their products to be of the highest quality, a proven reliable design and a product that is easy to install. We also needed Daniels to work closely with us in coming up with a custom solution to meet the advanced requirements of our customers for digital encrypted communications" said Mr Teoh. "For such a critical application as the backbone of this national emergency response radio network we knew that Daniels products would meet the requirements of the CDCC and NFA and ensure years of trouble free operation in all conditions." “These new orders reaffirm Daniels leadership position and well respected reputation for providing reliable high performance digital radios that meet the advanced digital communications needs of public safety agencies.” says Robert Small, President and Chief Operating Officer of Daniels Electronics. “The ability of a mid size Canadian company to compete internationally shows we have the right people and the right products for continued success in the growing market of public safety and digital radio communications.”  |
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Product News |
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Daniels Introduces P25 Digital Voting at APCO 2011Daniels Electronics is pleased to introduce its new P25 digital voting system. Based on the versatile MT-4E radio platform, the Daniels digital P25 voter now offers an enhanced level of functionality for conventional P25 applications. 
For extended or improved coverage, multiple receivers can be installed on the same frequency. When the Subscriber Unit transmits, many (and possibly all) of the receivers may hear the transmission depending on the location of the Subscriber Unit. The voter will then determine and select the "best" received signal from all the signals received. The best signal is then rebroadcast from the base station transmitter allowing improved talk-back capability between mobiles in the field. Each local receiver’s received signal is back-hauled to the voter and transmitter base station via IP links (Microwave or wired). As shown in the diagram below for a 3 site voted system with a single transmitter, each receiver receives the signal from the Subscriber Unit. These signals are then evaluated and compared, and the best possible representation of the signal received is passed to the Daniels P25 voter. 
For P25, each traffic packet received includes the Bit Error Rate (BER) detected by the receiver which is used by the voter to determine the relative quality of packets between the multiple streams received. This process is performed continuously as the quality of the received RF signal varies at each of the different receivers. An analog voice signal has no error detection; therefore the only measure of quality is the received signal strength indication (RSSI). The Daniels Voter has a "good quality threshold" which defines the analog signal quality level above which no switching will be done to reduce unnecessary switching of channels. The Daniels Voting System is based on the versatile and proven MT-4E conventional radio system. P25 Voting requires no changes to existing MT-4E radios and is supported in all the P25 frequency bands (VHF, UHF, T-Band, 700 and 800 MHz). As shown in the diagram above, each Receiver site consists of a Daniels Receiver subrack along with the Daniels Voter. An industrial PC then receives all the voted received signals and sends the result to the transmitter site. The Industrial PC also provides the programming and System Monitoring statistics. To learn more please refer to our website http://www.danelec.com/applications/other/digital_voting.asp or contact Daniels at sales@danelec.com. P25 SimulcastAt IWCE 2012 in Las Vegas (Feb 22) Daniels Electronics will be introducing its new P25 Simulcast solution. Building on the P25 Voter announced at APCO (see above) the P25 Simulcast solution allows a single P25 signal to be simultaneously broadcast using two or more geographically separated radio transmitters. For each transmission in the simulcast system, the Simulcast Controller sends the same signal with a timing offset with respect to a 1 Hz synchronization reference to each transmitter via an IP network. Each Simulcast transmitter is configured with an additional timing offset that may then be applied to the transmitted signal, allowing tuning of the system by geographically shifting areas where the signals are destructively reinforcing. A network time protocol (NTP) from a GPS or an Internet connection is required for proper simulcast operation. 
P25 TrunkingThe Daniels P25 Trunked Radio System is configured with one channel per subrack as shown below left and two 1U industrial servers performing the function of the redundant trunking controller. A Universal Interface Card (UIC) in each shelf provides the IP communication path between the radios and the trunking controllers. Daniels offers its P25 Trunked Radio System in three main configurations:
Daniels P25 Multi-site Trunking with ISSIAt IWCE 2012 in Las Vegas (Feb 22) Daniels Electronics will be introducing its new P25 Multi-site trunked solution supporting the Inter Sub System Interface (ISSI). Building on our existing Standalone P25 trunked system, the multi-site capability now enables Daniels to build small multi-site networks for Public Safety agencies or provide an open ISSI interface for end of the network and dead zone infill for large agency and state wide networks. Daniels is offering a solution that is complementary, for end of the network applications (our long established niche in the market) and small capacity infill where the Daniels advantage of low power, small size, low weight and rugged operation offer an advantage to use Daniels for these niche remote and difficult applications. 
The Daniels P25 Trunked Radio System now supports the Inter Sub-System Interface (ISSI) offering interconnectivity to other P25 trunked equipment:
Compliance Assessment Program (CAP) and SDoCsDaniels Electronics has posted test results and Supplier’s Declaration of Compliance (SDoCs) documents to the US Department of Homeland Security Responder’s
Knowledge Base. The following units now have their Self Declaration of Conformance (SDoC) published to the DHS website URL:
The Publication of the SDoCs (Supplier's Declaration of Conformance) for Daniels MT-4E P25 radios encompasses base station, repeater and transportable repeater configurations for the UHF, 700 and 800 MHz bands with VHF and P25 trunking to follow shortly. These declarations provide emergency response agencies with confirmation that the Daniels P25 infrastructure equipment has been tested in accordance with the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) P25 standards. New Frequency Band - 900 MHzDaniels Electronics has completed FCC and IC compliance and begun commercial shipments of its new 900 MHz MT-4E radio operating in the frequency band 896 – 960 MHz.
The 900 MHz MT-4E radio is a high performance, low current FM radio capable of P25 digital (for linking) or analog operation in 12.5 kHz channels as well as 900 MHz
paging applications. P25 operation is supported via a purchasable P25 firmware option. The 900 MHz MT-4E modules provide:
For full details visit the Daniels website: RoHS Compliance – Restriction of Harmful Substances
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Corporate News |
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Year End Sale – Black ET-3 CasesDaniels has reviewed its inventory and found items that we are offering a one time end of year inventory sale on:
ISO Recertification
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New Product Literature |
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Daniels has an extensive library of marketing and technical literature available on our website:
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Upcoming Events |
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Daniels in conjunction with its regional sales representatives and authorized dealers will be participating at the upcoming industry events in 2012:
See Daniels P25 ISSI Multi-site Trunked Radio System at IWCEDaniels Electronics invites you to visit us at IWCE in Las Vegas on Feb 22-23. We will be exhibiting in booth # 9009. At IWCE 2012 we will be introducing:
Free Exhibit Pass to IWCEDaniels is offering a free pass to the exhibits at IWCE. To access the pass register online at the following IWCE URL: http://iwceexpo.com/iwce2012/Public/Content.aspx?ID=1020387&sortMenu=101000 then enter in Customer Code V5. This will provide a free pass into the exhibits. ($75 value) 
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Product Support and Service |
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MT-4E Firmware UpgradesDaniels Electronics Ltd is pleased to announce that a new release of MT-4E RX/TX firmware is available for download from our website: 
To improve the reliability and robust nature of our product we are releasing firmware with internal on-board diagnostic and maintenance functionalities. The MT-4E product, with the implementation of this firmware, will monitor, correct and internally record critical aspects of the radio through enhanced error detection between interconnected subassemblies. The benefits of the new firmware are significant. Daniels is recommending the user implement the firmware upgrades at their next optimal preventative service interval. Daniels Electronics Ltd is pleased to offer the firmware and programming tools free of charge for download from the Daniels Electronics Ltd website. Please contact Sales@danelec.com if you have any questions. |
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President's Desk |
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Another year has passed too quickly. On reflection on 2011, Daniels has had a great year. We appreciate your business and the pleasure of working with you to meet your communication needs.
Looking ahead to 2012 and the looming Narrowbanding deadline we are increasing our production capacity to meet your needs and support you in meeting this deadline. With IWCE just a few weeks ahead and the start of another busy year of tradeshows and travel we are excited about the major new product enhancements we will be introducing and our ability to assist you in building more comprehensive P25 networks. Please stop by our booths and see what is new. Lastly, our business is becoming global in nature as we expand in Asia and offer European compliant products. 2012 will be an exciting year and we wish you all the best for the coming year. 
Robert Small, President & COO |
