Portable Radios Exchanged 1,127 of 1,506
Mobile/VTAC Radios Reprogrammed 353 of 883
Control Stations Reprogrammed 58 of 61

IMPORTANT NOTICE

As we near the end of the portable exchange process there are a few important things to keep in mind. Several agencies were missing equipment the day of the exchange or had units out preventing the software upgrades on mobiles. As soon as missing equipment is located or units return it is imperative that you contact DPS as soon as possible to address these outstanding items. Once the dates for the final portable exchange are scheduled a project end date will be set and any equipment not turned in or upgraded before then will not be covered under the rebanding project. If you miss the deadline it will be your responsibility to contact DPS to arrange for mobile software upgrades. Your agency may be financially responsible for this upgrade as well. If you fail to complete this mobile upgrade your mobile may no longer work, as it cannot be guaranteed to have the correct tower site list. Any portables or related equipment that is located after the project end date, will not be replaced either. Again, your agency will be financially responsible for replacing this equipment if you should choose to do so. All unaccounted for portables (P800 series) will be bricked and will no longer work on our system.

If you have any questions regarding this issue please contact DPS as soon as possible!

Fire/EMS/Other Map Key

-Completed (Portable exchange is complete and all installs and software upgrades have been completed. A municipality will be considered completed when all services (not including law enforcement) that primarily serve municipality have been completed.)
-In Process (Harris and DPS are actively engaged in the exchange process. A municipality can be changed to “In Process” if any service within that municipality is engaged in the exchange process.)
-Training Scheduled (Portable training dates have been scheduled and tentative dates for exchange are set.)
-Pending (Portable training exchange process has yet to begin. No department or agency is engaged in the exchange process.)*Not able to be reflected in the map: West Shore EMS portable exchange and mobile upgrades were completed.

Law Enforcement Map Key

-Completed (Portable exchange is complete and all installs and software upgrades have been completed.)
-In Process (Harris and DPS are actively engaged in the exchange process.)
-Training Scheduled (The training has been scheduled and tentative exchanged dates are set.)
-Pending (Portable training and exchange process has yet to begin. No department or agency is engaged in the exchange process.)*The exchange process does no effect municipalities without color, as they do not have municipal police departments.

York County Communications

Effective May 17, 2010, at 0800 hours, Cumberland County and York County will have connectivity between their radio systems. Cumberland County will initiate a patch for any Fire/Rescue incident in either County once an Ops Talk Group is assigned.

Cumberland County will assign an Ops talk group once units are responding for any incident in either County. The County in which the incident is occurring will monitor the patched talk groups.

Reminder: If the incident is in York County, all requests should go through the established York Command and York County Communications. Please note that network coverage may become unavailable as you distance yourself from our coverage. VTAC functionality will also be lost once you leave the assigned coverage area for VTAC’s. Daily out of County EMS communications will continue on the UHF system or local out of county radio systems as before.

Scan Short Cut Issue- 3-#

Some users may be experiencing issues with the Scan On/Off shortcut function on their key padded version of the P7200 series portables. On the P7270 series radio with scan off at power up as a default the 3# feature isn't working but can be changed through the menu. If the radio has FIXED scan at power up as a default there is not an issue. This issue was recently discovered and the Harris Corporation was made aware and has created a solution in the next round of software upgrades. Again the scan function can still be changed by going through the menus. All other shortcuts (1-# and 6-#) still function properly and are not affected by this software issue. If you are experiencing this issue, there is no need to contact DPS or Harris, as again, they are aware of the issue and will be fixing it at a later date.

The P7250 is not affected by this.

IMPORTANT NOTICE

As we near the end of the portable exchange process there are a few important things to keep in mind. Several agencies were missing equipment the day of the exchange or had units out preventing the software upgrades on mobiles. As soon as missing equipment is located or units return it is imperative that you contact DPS as soon as possible to address these outstanding items.

Once the dates for the final portable exchange are scheduled a project end date will be set and any equipment not turned in or upgraded before then will not be covered under the rebanding project. If you miss the deadline it will be your responsibility to contact DPS to arrange for mobile software upgrades. Your agency may be financially responsible for this upgrade as well. If you fail to complete this mobile upgrade your mobile may no longer work, as it cannot be guaranteed to have the correct tower site list. Any portables or related equipment that is located after the project end date, will not be replaced either. Again, your agency will be financially responsible for replacing this equipment if you should choose to do so. All unaccounted for portables (P800 series) will be bricked and will no longer work on our system.

If you have any questions regarding this issue please contact DPS as soon as possible!

Update...

998 Portables have been delivered so far...

Not reflected in the mapping, Cumberland County Prison and Transportation were also completed.

Fire/EMS/Other Map Key
-Completed (Portable exchange is complete and all installs and software upgrades have been completed. A municipality will be considered completed when all services (not including law enforcement) that primarily serve municipality have been completed.)

-In Process (Harris and DPS are actively engaged in the exchange process. A municipality can be changed to “In Process” if any service within that municipality is engaged in the exchange process.)

-Training Scheduled (Portable training dates have been scheduled and tentative dates for exchange are set.)

-Pending (Portable training exchange process has yet to begin. No department or agency is engaged in the exchange process.)*Not able to be reflected in the map: West Shore EMS portable exchange and mobile upgrades were completed.

Law Enforcement Map Key
-Completed (Portable exchange is complete and all installs and software upgrades have been completed.)

-In Process (Harris and DPS are actively engaged in the exchange process.)

-Training Scheduled (The training has been scheduled and tentative exchanged dates are set.)

-Pending (Portable training and exchange process has yet to begin. No department or agency is engaged in the exchange process.)*The exchange process does no effect municipalities without color, as they do not have municipal police departments.