KOVA to Attend the Harris International Users Conference

Written by KOVA Corp

Without a doubt, the Harris Corporation is one of the standard-bearers in the field of wireless communication. Their collection of tactical radios, electronic systems, night vision equipment and antennas is about as must-have for members of the public safety community as you can get, up to and including the Federal government.

That’s why their International Users Conference, which will take place at the Hilton Palacio Del Rio hotel in San Antonio, TX from April 23rd-27th,  is about as close to a must-attend event as you can get. Here are some of the highlights of the conference schedule, which is jam-packed with training sessions and vendor exhibits.

Sunday, April 23rd: Training Session 1

The first of many wide-ranging training sessions, this first gathering will focus on maintenance procedures for the popular XG series of portable radios.

In addition to a basic rundown of the XG family of products, there will be tutorials on replacing parts, maintaining the XG software, the best testing scenarios for the radios, a detailed lesson in assembling and dis-assembling an XG, and conversations about how the radios work in the field, delivered by experienced users.

By the time this session is over, you should know all there is to know about these durable, state-of-the-art public safety tools.

Monday, April 24th: Training Session 2 and Exhibit Hall

This training session will help those attending understand the configuration and operation of an Inter RF Sub-System Interface (ISSI). Topics for this course will include configuring the Unified Administration System (UAS) for foreign and local ISSI gateways, creating ISSI Regions, establishing System Assigned ID ranges for foreign user and groups, determining talk groups and shared users available to foreign systems and creating foreign user permission templates.

Monday will also feature the first collection of exhibitors, displaying public-safety and surveillance solutions from all over the country.

Tuesday, April 25th

The third day of the conference focuses more on speaking engagements than training, and will feature several important presentations.

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An overview of the Harris Corporation and the conference will be offered by Vice-President of Strategy and Business Development Communication Lori Thompson and Public Safety and Professional Communications President Nino DiCosmo.

There will also be symposiums by Dr. Dennis Martinez, the Chief Technology Officer at Harris, Michelle Johnson, the LTE Center Of Excellence Director, members of the San Antonio Sheriff’s Dept., and many other public safety and communications officials. All told, there will be more than ten different speakers throughout the day.

Wednesday, April 26th

Training Session 3: The Harris P25 Radio System

This session will provide attendees with a full rundown of the Harris radio system called the P25.. By the time the session is complete, you should be able to identify equipment, components, and terminology,  along with being able to describe the features and operational processes associated with the P25 radio system.

There are many key functions of the P25, including a network switching server, a storage array network, a voice interface controller, a network sentry and dispatch consoles.

This training will be essential for anyone who wants to master this exciting new technology.

Thursday, April 27th: Conclusion of Training, Q&A

In addition to continued training on the P25 system, the final day of the conference will be a busy one.

There will be an extensive seminar in creating a radio personality and radio groups, which will include training on creating and populating a talk group, defining radio emergency behavior, loading a personality into a radio, creating a voice-end user, giving a radio an alias, exploring the parameters of property classes, priority classes and coverage classes, and creating a subscriber unit by using the appropriate IP address.

Then, at the end of this training session, the attendees will be given time for a Q&A session and, time permitting, a series of tasks to complete, including making and receiving group calls, changing talk groups, changing systems, making and receiving individual calls, and finally, operating the radio system’s scan feature.

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