RSO radio's when system goes down...

[convE36]

I heard early this morning around 1am the dispatcher go 10-33 (minimum traffic) because they will be working/rebooting the radios. She said, "We will be working off the Orions"... As in using a different system for traffic from the sounds of it... Not sure if that is how to spell what she said but thats what it sounded like...

Does anyone know what that means? Orions??? Maybe the conventional TAC channels?

[318]

I dont know for-sure, as I have not been in the Riverside County Sheriff dispatch center (yet). I have, however, been in several other Southern Californina dispatch centers and I know that they use mobile radios like the ones you might see in the patrol cars, as back-ups to their computer-controled radio consoles at the dispatch centers. The EDACS system is (mainly) a GE product, and their highest-end radio line is the "Orion".

So chances are, they switched to the temp/back-up mobile radios while the radio shop re-booted/worked on their regular computer-controled dispatch station.

[convE36]

I dont know for-sure, as I have not been in the Riverside County Sheriff dispatch center (yet). I have, however, been in several other Southern Californina dispatch centers and I know that they use mobile radios like the ones you might see in the patrol cars, as back-ups to their computer-controled radio consoles at the dispatch centers. The EDACS system is (mainly) a GE product, and their highest-end radio line is the "Orion".

So chances are, they switched to the temp/back-up mobile radios while the radio shop re-booted/worked on their regular computer-controled dispatch station.

Well that makes complete sense now. Thanks for your knowledgable input!

[zz0468]

That is correct. The Orions are control stations (mobile radios, actually) installed on the consoles for air entry into the trunked system when the consoles are down. It's a common (and very good) practice seen in most dispatch centers.

BTW, In SB County, they're referred to as "doomsday" radios.

[318]

That is correct. The Orions are control stations (mobile radios, actually) installed on the consoles for air entry into the trunked system when the consoles are down. It's a common (and very good) practice seen in most dispatch centers.

BTW, In SB County, they're referred to as "doomsday" radios.

And just to clarify, when zz states "air entry" he literally means that when the dispatchers use the Orions, they are accessing the repeater/trunk site in the same way that the patrol units are... over the air. Normally, the dispatch center has a microwave link to the site(s) when using the infrastructural computers to dispatch.

[convE36]

That is correct. The Orions are control stations (mobile radios, actually) installed on the consoles for air entry into the trunked system when the consoles are down. It's a common (and very good) practice seen in most dispatch centers.

BTW, In SB County, they're referred to as "doomsday" radios.

And just to clarify, when zz states "air entry" he literally means that when the dispatchers use the Orions, they are accessing the repeater/trunk site in the same way that the patrol units are... over the air. Normally, the dispatch center has a microwave link to the site(s) when using the infrastructural computers to dispatch.

Awesome, thanks for that extra comment... I had no I idea what "air entry" meant.

Also, thanks for confirming my original question zz