Have a customer that would like to be able to take the consolette with them when they need to move their command center (customer works at a prison). I looked in the catalog and called post-sales support looking for some sort of cabinet or portable rack or something along those lines, only to be told there is no such thing made by /\/\.
The suggestion was to mount it to some sort of a metal cart and roll it around that way. Has anyone else had a similar request, and if so-- what did you come up with?
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Tom in D.C.
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Portable rolling case...or whatever it is...
I used to provide clients with rolling/portable rack cases where
the basic unit was an ATA-rated rack case, made by people such
as Viking, with a removable cover. The standard 19-inch rack
spacing applies, and the unit can be as tall or short as you need
to fit your stuff in it. Wheels can be removable so you can put
it on a desk/table at the temporary location; in other words
there's a lot of imagination involved in building one. You would
run it with the back cover removed for cooling as well as access
to the system connectors, power, etc.
And they make them in almost any color you can imagine.
the basic unit was an ATA-rated rack case, made by people such
as Viking, with a removable cover. The standard 19-inch rack
spacing applies, and the unit can be as tall or short as you need
to fit your stuff in it. Wheels can be removable so you can put
it on a desk/table at the temporary location; in other words
there's a lot of imagination involved in building one. You would
run it with the back cover removed for cooling as well as access
to the system connectors, power, etc.
And they make them in almost any color you can imagine.
Tom in D.C.
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Tom in D.C.
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Mounting stuff...
Mid-Atlantic is one company that makes specific pieces
for rack mounting to handle units such as Spectras,
Maxtracs, etc.
Same idea as the Troy mounts for car consoles but for
rack mounting.
for rack mounting to handle units such as Spectras,
Maxtracs, etc.
Same idea as the Troy mounts for car consoles but for
rack mounting.
Tom in D.C.
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Bingo.Bruce1807 wrote:Astron make little switch mode power supplies that the radio slots straight int. Even with a built in speaker.
We use them for hurricanne shelters. Quick to set up.
Seen it, done it, works great. Just stick a mag-mount antenna with it for the temporary setup and you are in bidness.
No, I'm not suggesting that a mag-mount is the right tool for the job in the standard command center. If they have to bug out, I'm guessing they won't have much time to set something up, and that they will not necessarily know where they are bugging to. In that generic scenario, it might make the most sense.
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