Tait TMBM1A Users Manual

UnifyVehicle

System Manual

MNE-00032-01 · Issue 1 · September 2017

Contact Information

Tait Communications Corporate Head Office

Tait Limited P.O. Box 1645 Christchurch New Zealand

For the address and telephone number of regional offices, refer to our website: www.taitradio.com

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Disclaimer

There are no warranties extended or granted by this document. Tait Limited accepts no responsibility for damage arising from use of the information contained in the document or of the equipment and software it describes. It is the responsibility of the user to ensure that use of such information, equipment and software complies with the laws, rules and regulations of the applicable jurisdictions.

Enquiries and Comments

If you have any enquiries regarding this document, or any comments, suggestions and notifications of errors, please contact your regional Tait office.

The AMBE+2™ voice coding Technology embodied in this product is protected by intellectual property rights including patent rights, copyrights and trade secrets of Digital Voice Systems, Inc. This voice coding Te chnology is licensed solely for use within this Communications Equipment. The user of this Te chnology is explicitly prohibited from attempting to decompile, reverse engineer, or disassemble the Object Code, or in any other way convert the Object Code into a human-readable form.

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Tait Limited is an environmentally responsible company which supports waste minimization, material recovery and restrictions in the use of hazardous materials.

The European Union’s Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive requires that this product be disposed of separately from the general waste stream when its service life is over. For more information about how to dispose of your unwanted Ta it product, visit the Tait WEEE website at

www.taitradio.com/weee. Please be environmentally

responsible and dispose through the original supplier, or contact Tait Limited.

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In China, we comply with the Measures for Administration of the Pollution Control of Electronic Information Products. We will comply with environmental requirements in other markets as they are introduced.

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Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Scope of Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Alerts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Associated Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Publication Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

1 Introducing UnifyVehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

1.1 UnifyVehicle Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

1.1.1 Upgrade Kits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

1.1.2 External Antennas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

1.2 UnifyVehicle Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

1.3 UnifyVehicle Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

2 Audio Recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

2.1 Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

2.2 Accessing Stored Audio Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

2.3 Deleting Stored Audio Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

3 UnifyVehicle Remote Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

3.1 Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

3.2 Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

3.3 Operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

4 WIFI OTAP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

4.1 WIFI OTAP Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

4.2 Configuring WIFI OTAP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Tait Software License Agreement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

UnifyVehicle System Manual 3 © Tait LimitedSeptember 2017

Preface

Scope of Manual

This manual describes the UnifyVehicle applications platform and the modules that are available.

Alerts

Please follow exactly any instruction that appears in the text as an ‘alert’. An alert provides necessary safety information as well as instruction in the proper use of the product. This manual uses the following types of alert:

This alert is used to warn about the risk of data loss or corruption.

This alert is used to highlight significant information that may be required to ensure procedures are performed correctly, or draw your attention to ways of doing things that can improve your efficiency or effectiveness.

Associated Documentation

UnifyVehicle Remote User’s Guide (MNE-00022-XX)

UnifyVehicle Remote Online Help

UnifyVehicle Web Application Online Help

UnifyVehicle - Connecting for the First Time (402-00103-XX)

UnifyVehicle Upgrade Kits Installation Instructions (402-00104-XX)

T echnical notes are published from time to time to describe applications for Tait products, to provide technical details not included in manuals, and to offer solutions for any problems that arise. Look for new or updated technical notes on the Tait technical support web site.

Publication Record

Issue Publication Date Description

1 September 2017 Release 1.0

4 Preface UnifyVehicle System Manual

1 Introducing UnifyVehicle

Tait UnifyVehicle provides an application platform that extends and augments the functionality of the DMR TM9300 and P25 TM9400 series mobile radios.

UnifyVehicle provides:

■ a Linux Open Embedded operation system, with an ARM Cortex A8

processor (600MHz), 1GB Flash memory , 512MB DDR3 RAM, and an SD slot for upgradeable memory.

■ WiFi capability: 2.4GHz/5GHz, IEEE 802.11b/g/n (maximum rate of

20Mb/s in the UnifyVehicle configuration)

■ Ethernet connectivity (10/100BaseT Ethernet)

■ Internal WiFi antenna option: suitable for in-vehicle, or short range

operation only. Typical range of 4-10m around vehicle.

■ External WiFi antenn a option: two compliant antennas available (WiFi

antenna and integrated multi-function antenna). Typical ranges:

■ Clear line-of-sight to vehicle: 60-100m

■ Obscured from vehicle be vegetation: 40-60m

■ Inside building, vehicle located directly outside: 20-30m

■ DMR Tier 3 and P25 Trunked LMR network compatibility

Figure 1.1 UnifyVehicle 1.0 board fitted onto a TM9355 torso

UnifyVehicle comes factory fitted onto Tait DMR Tier 3 TM9300 and TM9400 series mobile radios, or can be retro-fitted to existing, compatible mobile radios. UnifyVehicle can be used with remote, or hand-held control heads.

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