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TeraHop Networks IMS Installation and Operation Manual V1.1 08-0000-01-R1
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7.14 TeraHop Data Transfer (TDX)
During an incident, the IMS system collects and stores information regarding the
transmission and disposition of messages between the various components. Two types of
data are stored. The first is the Incident Log that provides a time sequenced, easy to read
chronological log of the event that have taken place. The second type of data is a time
sequenced log of the interworkings of the network.
At the end of an incident, the MMR-equipped vehicle returns to the station or garage and
the Incident Commander and other personnel return to their office or go about their other
duties. The data stored in the vehicle’s MMR is then automatically transferred from the
vehicle to the ADMS laptop computer (requires the THC to be active). These data
transfers include Incident Logs, System Event Logs, MDRs, and Queue Journals (if
enabled).
To extract, view and save the Incident Log, the TeraHop Data Transfer (TDX) add-in on
the THC is used.
The IMS application creates an Incident Log during an incident within the IMS
application. The Incident Log records and timestamps each event from the RSNs and
actions from the Incident Commander (IC) in an easy-to-read format.
The Incident Log captures:
• Start of the Incident
• Incident Information: name, incident type, description, location
• Arrival of all assets
• All assignments and reassignments of the assets
• Distress alerts
• Departure of assets (the loss of contact)
• Notes created by the IC
• RSN low and critical battery alerts
• Assets that are added manually and managed by the IC
• Termination of the incident
The TDX has an easy-to-use user interface where the user inputs the date/time ranges of
interest. The tool returns the incident names that occurred within that time range. The
user can then select the appropriate incident number and/or the time range of interest and
the tool creates an Incident Report in a .pdf format that can be viewed and printed by the
user.
The printed report can later be appended to the standard National Incident Management
System (NIMS) Report.
For instructions on generating the Incident Report, go to How to Extract an Incident Log
.