Universal Com Link Information

FREMONT -- Universal Com Link specializes in data communications systems, and is building the next generation in mobile computer wireless systems here in town for first responders and industrial applications. These customizable systems can handle critical system monitoring, automation, telemetry, digital video and a wide array of software packages. With the help of UCL, the Fremont Police Department now has 17 computer and video systems to equip its cruisers with updated technology. Police officers have access to digital traffic and criminal databases and can automatically record digital video. Other customers include the Western Regional Transit Authority in Youngstown, which is outfitting its buses with new radio, computer and video gear along with a new communications system and dispatch center. UCL has also installed systems for Toledo's TARTA and TARPS, the Birmingham Alabama Police Department and the Alaska oil pipeline. "We bring together computers, two-way radio, WiFi networking systems and make it work together for moving data," UCL systems consultant John Lucas said. UCL also carries a line of mobile digital video recording systems for recording video on school and transit buses and police cruisers. The MobileDVRpro series is a professional system that can handle video from one to 32 cameras and up to 32 microphones at once, as well as monitoring location, when the lights and sirens are active, speed of the vehicle, when a door is opened and even when the brake is pressed. Cameras can include infrared illumination if the customer needs night vision. All information and video can then be automatically downloaded to the main computer at the station when the vehicle returns at the end of a shift. Information and live video from the vehicle can be monitored anytime at the station via a wireless connection. Accurate vehicle information and video helps in fleet maintenance and reporting, and if need be, accident reconstruction. "We have transportation management software," Lucas said, noting the package ...