Wake Forest Purchases Catalyst Consoles for DMR System
The capability of having immediate push-to-talk access to our radio users is vitally important to the operations of Wake Forest’s security personnel,” said Kenneth Overholt, deputy chief of the Wake Forest University Police Department
Wake Forest University recently purchased Catalyst Communications Technologies’ new Propulsion dispatch consoles from Mobile Communications in Winston Salem, N.C.
The console system is fully compatible with the Hytera Communications Digital Mobile Radio (DMR) radio system in service at Wake Forest for University Public Safety. With the new consoles, dispatchers have immediate access to university police and security officers, as well as direct connections to the UHF facilities and maintenance group; the 800 MHz SmartNet system used by Winston Salem Police, Fire and EMS; and the university’s Callbox network spread throughout the campus.
“The capability of having immediate push-to-talk access to our radio users is vitally important to the operations of Wake Forest’s security personnel,” said Kenneth Overholt, deputy chief of the Wake Forest University Police Department. “With the new consoles, we are able to reach our own officers as well as the local law enforcement and public-safety agencies, and even tie the channels together so the field officers can speak directly to each other, even though they are on different radio systems.”
