A great case study and white paper demonstrating a complete integrated package by a Squire Tech Solutions premier pCom ® VAR.

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ICS pCom® 355: Powered Communications System

pCom Trailer vs. Custom Communications Trailer Checklist (click here for .pdf)

Washington D.C. — March 14th, 2011 — Today at the 30th Annual Satellite 2011 Conference (SAT 2011), Squire Tech Solutions announced immediate availability of the Squire Tech Solutions 2011 pCom® V2 communications trailer, enabling value added resellers (VAR’s), Corporations and Government agencies to deploy communications, lighting, and power infrastructure virtually anywhere.

2011 pCom® V2
Squire Tech’s 2011 pCom® V2 is the culmination of 24 months of feature revisions and updates driven by customer feedback and is part of Squire Tech’s commitment to deliver the best communications interoperability products available.

Key Features of the 2011 pCom® V2 System;
• Ultra Long Runtime Quite Diesel Power Generation (10Kw or 25Kw)
• Communications and Lighting Tower 30’ standard (up to 50’ without guy wires)
• Power and Circuitry Management System
• Single Button Auto Acquisition VSAT System
• Secure NEMA Coms Enclosure with Extreme Heating and Air Conditioning
• Zinc Dip and Powder Coating of all core steel components

Key Markets Served by the 2011 pCom® V2 System;
• Department of Homeland Security and Border Patrol
• State and Federal Urban Search and Rescue
• State and Federal Emergency Management
• Business Continuity and Government Continuity of Operations
• Public Safety Communications Restoration and Operational Continuity

About Squire Tech Solutions, LLC
Founded in 2004, Squire Tech Solutions LLC (Squire Tech) is the leading satellite interoperability technology company specializing in voice, video, Internet, and data to mission critical locations. The company offers a wide range of products and services designed to operate in remote and mission critical locations. The company truly offers Communications Where You Need It.

 

Case Study: East Baton Rouge Parish Radio Interoperability Trailer (click to download as pdf, with photo’s)

Technical Brief

 pCom^® 300 Radio and Video Interoperability Trailer for Public Safety

Market: Public Safety / Office of Homeland Security

Customer:  East Baton Rouge Office of Sheriff Sid Gautreaux

pCom^® Integration by:  EMCO Technologies, Baton Rouge, La.

Needs Summary:  

The Parish of East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office required a mobile communications system capable of responding on scene at an event with its own Power, Tower, and Interoperability Radio and Video Communications.

Interoperability Systems and Mobility Trailer Requirements:

• Interoperability system capable of patching 700MHz, 800MHz, UHF and VHF frequencies together without reprogramming.
• Ability to dispatch trailer using system as a console.
• Video camera system with 360 degree viewing and pan/tilt/zoom capabilities.
• Digital video recording on board with large storage capabilities and remote access.
• Ability to control radio patching, controls, and remote video viewing of the mast camera through secure VSAT internet connection.
• Rooms for expansion, as new technologies become available.
• Light trailer capable of being pulled by any standard pickup truck.
• Power Generation for Critical Communications.
• Minimum of 30’ tower with mounting for radio antennas, PTZ cameras, weather station and/or other systems.
• Environmentally controlled electronics enclosures with proper communications racks.
• Extensive  storage for critical response equipment and accessories.
• Secure cabling for radio, video, VSAT Satellite, and IT networking.

East Baton Rouge pCom® Solution:

The Radio Services Department of East Baton Sheriff’s Office in conjunction with EMCO Technologies and Squire Tech Solutions, designed a full interoperability suite to fulfill the require specifications.

Core of the interoperability system is the Motorola^® Motobridge™ Gateway which provides the ability to patch and interoperate the on board 6 rack mounted 700MHz, 800MHz, UHF and VHF Radio consoles. The Motobridge™ reduces the need to carry a cache of radios into an event or incident to make sure that everyone can talk to each other.  The Motobridge™ can also be used as a is patch console from the rear electronic compartment of the pCom^® Trailer.  The EBR pCom^® has mounted speakers and a boom microphone on the top communications shelf for console management purposes.

An Axis Pan Tilt Zoom (PTZ) camera was installed at the top of the 30’ Mast for on-scene monitoring and recording.  EBR is able to store the video on the 1TB portable hard drive that is part of the digital video recording system.  This video feed can be stored locally as well as accessed and controlled via an internet connection.  The system also has ability to activate video and recording based on motion sensing triggers.

The pCom’s^® VSAT Internet provides EBR Sheriff’s operators the ability to manage both the Motobridge™ patching, remote viewing and control of the mast camera through a secure internet connection.  We can come in to the Motobridge™ remotely to create or disable patches, as well as, physically change channels on the radios in the rack to create completely different patches.

Future Planning: 

The East Baton Rouge pCom^® trailer will continue to change and adapt to the requirements of the Office it serves.  In the near future a low power conventional repeater will be added to the EBR pCom^® to allow for the system to become a conventional standalone site.  They will double the current range of the conventional radio network.  The Motobridge™ has the capability to add two more radios so EBR is going to add interface cables that will work with other portable radios.  These cables will enable participating agency to supply portable radios and “add” that radios full range of channels to the gateway without reprogramming anything in the pCom^® trailer. 

Key East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office Interoperability Components:

pCom® Mast Top Components

• 2 X 700/800MHz antennas
• 1 X UHF antenna
• 1 X VHF antenna
• 1 X AXIS 360 degree, pan/tilt/zoom camera mounted just below the Antennas

pCom® Electronics Bay

• Motorola^® Motobridge™ Gateway
• 4 X Motorola^® XTL2500s 700/800MHz radios
• 1 X Motorola^® CDM1550 UHF Radio
• 1 X Motorola^® CDM1550 VHF Radio
• 1 X 8 station combiner for 700/800MHz radios
• 2 X Motorola^® ML910 laptop  
• 1 X One Terabyte Hard Drive storage for camera

What is pCom^®?

The pCom^® is a mission critical Mobile Powered Communications developed and manufactured by Squire Tech Solutions.  This system is a mid-duty single axle trailer designed for critical deployments in often the most extreme environments.  pCom^® features an onboard 10KW generator with 100 gallon diesel fuel cell, a large storage compartment, and a NEMA 4X rated equipment bay with two professional grade communications equipment racks. The pCom^® comes standard with a 30’ pneumatic mast (up to 50’ without guy wires), an auto-acquire VSAT satellite antenna system, long range wireless access point, and an infrastructure designed for adding critical system.  pCom^® comes equipped with broadband satellite Internet,  a phone gateway, and networking components while the rest of the bay is available for customers and integrators to equip the pCom^® to meet their specific needs.