Comment on Paper maps, two-way radios: how firefighting tech is stuck in the pastparentComments−schoolornot5yIt doesn’t help that the protocols are all proprietary and/or encumbered with patents. An open source version of Brandmeister would go a long, long, way.−Aloha5yNone of the protocols are encumbered, P25 and DMR are both open standards - the audio codecs they use however, are not.Brandmeister wouldn't fix anything in the public safety space as nothing in public safety is DMR.
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It doesn’t help that the protocols are all proprietary and/or encumbered with patents. An open source version of Brandmeister would go a long, long, way.
None of the protocols are encumbered, P25 and DMR are both open standards - the audio codecs they use however, are not.
Brandmeister wouldn't fix anything in the public safety space as nothing in public safety is DMR.