Tests under way on computer-aided radio dispatch system
This article reports on a R and D project using 10 mobile computer terminals in gas service vans of the Long Island Co. The purpose of the project is to test and analyze a system of high-speed bursts of digital radio messages between mobile service trucks and a micro-computer at the dispatcher's location. The mobile terminals display computer-controlled job assignments on a cathode ray picture tube in the service trucks that are participating in the R and D project. This is the first utility system which provides for a simple, easy method of transmitting codes back to the computer from the mobile terminal for job verification, completion codes, truck availability, and other vital fleet information.
- Research Organization:
- Customer Service Department, Long Island Lighting Co., Hicksville, NY
- OSTI ID:
- 5381855
- Journal Information:
- Pipe Line Ind.; (United States), Journal Name: Pipe Line Ind.; (United States) Vol. 58:2; ISSN PLINA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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