How does IP Link compare to the ACU-1000?
The two products have different applications and they use different technologies. IP Link is a software-based solution that runs on non-proprietary, off-the-shelf hardware that allows additional Gateways to be easily added for ongoing expansion. The ACU is a hardware-based solution that leverages JPS’s DSP technology. IP Link allows the dispatcher to remotely control the settings on each mobile radio so that a specific talk group or channel can be selected on each. Catalyst new Channel Specific Patching technology even allows the discriminate routing of specific talk groups and channels between Gateways. Thus field users need merely to turn the knob on his radio to a pre-determined position and gain interoperability. The ACU does not provide this kind of sophistication. Catalyst also provides dispatch services from any PC on the network.
