I drive cab part-time and our dispatched calls via computer located inside the cab. (not the traditional dispatcher who tells you where to go.)
When you get a ‘call’, the computer makes 3 loud audible beeps, and then you have about 10 seconds to accept the call.
After 10 seconds, the computer will automatically dispatch the call to the next vehicle in line.
Sometimes I’ll come home when it’s really slow out.
What I want to know is how can I listen to the inside of the cab, say while seated at my computer in the house?
I’m thinking I could come home when it’s slow, relax at home, and then when the call gets sent out, if I could somehow hear the 3 audible beeps via some kind of remote transmitter, I could quickly run outside, accept the call, and be on my way.
I thought one of those baby monitor thingy’s would be good.
You guys have any suggestions?
Thanks
Gus
Sorry if I explained it badly, I’m in a fog today (too much gluten)
As I was reading my first thought was baby monitor.
Depending on the nature of the computer in the car you may be able to inthe cstall a VNC client of some kind that would allow you to accept the call from your puter as well. However this may be a major policy violation and is not reccomended unless you know what you are doing and allowed to do it.
Just make sure the baby monitor’s upper sound frequency is high enough to transmit the beeps before relying on it (i.e. make sure you can actually hear it through the baby monitor).
I’d be very surprised if it wasn’t. Baby crying sounds are often in the high register, as high as 8-10 kHz. Electronic-y beeps tend to be down towards the midrange, from 1-3 kHz.
I don’t want to sound negative, but before I spent any money, I’d time myself going from fully relaxed to in the cab, able to respond and make sure you can do it in 10 seconds.
I agree with the baby monitor, but one additional fact to consider is that most models I have seen run on 120v house current, so you will need to get an inverter for your cab to convert 12v DC to 120v AC.