Functions
There are situations where a dispatcher would like to talk to a person in a control room, or other place, where a SoftRadio operator PC or a portable radio is not suitable.
Below are some examples of how the system can be used as an add-on to radio remote control in SoftRadio.
Situation room
You are working in a (temporary) situation room. You don´t want to be disturbed by radios talking or a whole dispatch PC. But from time to time you need to quickly talk to the dispatchers that operate the radios. Just push PTT!
Supervisor control
Using the CrossPatch function in SoftRadio a supervisor can connect each Direct Talk microphone to one radio at a time. And change the use totally in the next instance.
Drawing at bottom of page.
Secure location
You have a room where radios are not allowed, copper wires are not allowed and PC´s are not allowed. Place a Direct Talk microphone here and connect with fibre cable.
Lunch room
You need to get hold of a person that is on his break. With a speaker and microphone in the lunch room, you can talk to that person from the radio dispatcher.
Interface and Microphone
The microphone has a built in speaker and PTT key. It connects directly to a network interface and from there over any IP connection to the larger SoftRadio system.
For the SoftRadio dispatcher it looks and works like a radio device in the GUI.
Cross patch to radio
If the SoftRadio dispatcher has the option CrossPatch installed, the operator can patch a radio call to the microphone. Thus making it possible to talk to any radio from the fixed microphone.
Connection direct to a radio
You can aslo build a system that connects the microphone directly to a radio, without going through a SoftRadio system. Read more here.
SoftRadio operator with one device panel setup for
Direct Talk
One Direct Talk position connected to a SoftRadio system
A Direct Talk position connect through fibre to the SoftRadio system.
A SoftRadio supervisor cross connects one radio at a time to the Direct Talk operators