Re: For Roland Moore

["Mark Leuck" <m..leuck@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Roland Moore" <roland@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:bev9h.2224$_H5.2010@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> So Steve Ryckman is connected with SIMS? And that is the same guy that
> started this NG?
> I know a lot of Central Stations that use SIMS. Some SIMS guys have
switched
> to DICE in our area. DICE is UNIX  based so that makes me not a DICE fan.

Why is that? Unix is universally known for stability

> However DICE seems to work okay. Most Central Stations in my area running
> SIMS run some version of DSC (a.k.a. SurGard) brand (virtual) receiver. I
> have had a few issues with SIMS over time but since I don't operate a
> Central Station I mostly complain to the Central Station staff and they
> forward it to SIMS. Most SIMS issues I had involved trying to get a DSC
> receiver to parse out Modem a3 squared format correctly to hand it off to
> SIMS correctly.

I could see automation maybe having problems with a particular format but
not the receiver, SurGard does have a specific setting to interpret Modem
format and from what I've seen it works as well as a Radionics 6600


> You say Steve Ryckman doesn't post much here anymore. I wonder if that is
at
> least some part of the reason?

He doesn't post because of Robert Bass