Vertex Standard Unveils IP-based EVX-Link Solution to Connect Disparate DMR Tier II Systems
Vertex Standard recently introduced its eVerge EVX-Link, a pocket-sized solution that enables quickly deployable connectivity between multiple DMR Tier II systems via a mobile radio with an Ethernet connection.
Just 3x3 inches and weighing less than a third of a pound, the EVX-Link provides low-latency, standardized DMR Tier II links—not just for voice communications, but also text and data—between as many as 30 coverage areas of any size with a connection to power and a wired Internet connection, said Craig Chenicek, vice president and general manager of Vertex Standard. And, unlike other IP-based LMR connectivity offerings from other manufacturers, the Vertex Standard solution does not require access to a repeater, he said.
“Wherever you have one of our EVX-Link boxes connected to our EVX mobile, you can connect to another one anywhere on the planet,” Chenicek said during an interview with IWCE’s Urgent Communications. “If you drop one in Tokyo, one in Los Angeles and one in Chicago, those three coverage areas—whether they are repeater-based coverage areas or not—could then have ubiquitous coverage between those three locations. More..
