Specifications

9261-7974 Issue 06
ESFIRECODER - Emergency Services Firecoder
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SECTION 6 – ESFIRECODER SOFTWARE
6.1 MULTITONE GD-92 FIRECOMMS+
The Multitone GD-92 Firecomms+ system consists of a software suite that uses the GD-92 protocol to
link various systems via one or more bearers. Systems can communicate with the real world using a
variety of agent types.
The system currently consists of three different programs with the main communications program
being available in two formats:
• MFWC is the main communications program that runs on Windows systems, normally as a
system service. This program runs the various user agents and message transfer agents that
make up a GD-92 system, and would normally be configured to run continuously.
• MFWL is the same communications program built to run on Linux systems. (Future Product)
• MFW is the engineering front-end program that runs on Windows systems and is used to
configure, test and monitor the system.
• MFU is a user front end program that runs on Windows systems and is used to configure, test
and monitor the system.
• MFWS is a small application that provides a simple full screen display for a Windows (Windows
2000, XP or later) system
The engineering and user programs are connected to a communications program by an IP link, and
each will often be on different systems.
6.1.1 MFWC - Firecomms Communications Software
MFWC is a program that runs on 32 bit Windows systems; Windows 2000, XP or later and
runs the actual Firecoder communication system.
It can be run from the command line, or installed as a system service.
MFW is used to configure, monitor and test the system.
6.1.1.1 Command Line Operation
MFWC can be run from the command line (or by double clicking on the program in an explorer
window, or of course using a Windows shortcut). In this mode, basic logging information will
be shown on the screen. If the system is shutdown, or the current user logs off, the program
will be correctly shutdown.
Normally, the directory and configuration to use will be supplied as a parameter when the
program is run.
Example Commands: MFWC
MFWC config
MFWC path\config
MFWC \\machine\path\config