User Manual

Using the IMS Software
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7.0 Using the IMS Software
7.1 The IMS Administration Station (ADMS)
The Administration Station (also called ADMS) provides an administrative tool for IMS
system administrators to use in managing their IMS Mobile Gateway System, also called
the MGS. This will also be used by Incident Command staff and NIMS-compliance
personnel for configuring, querying, and updating the IMS. Channel Partners will use it
for configuring, querying, and updating the system.
With ADMS, you can:
• Manage customer applications such as the IMS application
• Access network data
• Maintain and update network components
• Launch network component configuration applications such as the RSN
Configuration Tool (RCT)
• Obtain system data logs
The ADMS is a laptop computer located at each customer facility home base (such as at a
fire house). Some of the ADMS core functionality occurs automatically. For example,
when a vehicle that houses an active Mobile Gateway System (MGS)arrives at the
customer facility, the TDX application installed on the ADMS laptop computer
automatically establishes a communication link with the MGS. Sensing any new data, the
TDX automatically uploads the incident logs (and other MGS information) from the
Mobile Gateway System. Other features of the ADMS are under user control and
accessible either through the TeraHop Console or as standalone applications on the
ADMS laptop computer.