Hi,
My office is looking to buy every deputy a toughbook for their patrol vehicles in the next two years. The Sheriff has asked me to trial the new mobile CAD software (similar to Spillman Mobile), but all we can scrape together right now is an Motorola MW-800 MDT.
I don't know if anybody has any experience with those, but they were/are pretty popular until the Toughbooks came down within reasonable price range for state/local agencies. It's a three piece CPU setup. Looks like this: [Broken External Image]:http://www.wirelesstx.com/images/products_large/mobilevideo_mw800.jpg
My only problem right now is that I drive a 2009 Chevy Impala. Currently, the console in this thing is... well - I don't know what the heck it is. It doesn't have any name/model on the inside or outside of it. Our "installer" shipped it to us with a ton of holes already drilled into it. The thing looks like swiss cheese. I suspect it is something he pulled out of an old patrol vehicle and put it into mine to save his cost and maximize his profits.
The MDT bottom-plate will not mount up to the top of my console, because as you can see in the attached pictures, the top is angular. The MDT is about 45 pounds, and I refuse to jerry-rig something into my vehicle for my own safety. If I wreck out and this thing gets to flying around in my car, chances are it will do major damage to me.
I've found a possible solution. Gamber-Johnson makes a pedestal mount kit, which you combine with a no-drill vehicle base (secures to passenger seat-bolts). The only downside is that the local EMS supplies shop quoted it out at $906.38 - way out of our budget line.
We're looking for a cheaper solution. Can anybody shed light on my predicament? Any responses, thoughts, or comments are appreciated. Thank you!
TD
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My office is looking to buy every deputy a toughbook for their patrol vehicles in the next two years. The Sheriff has asked me to trial the new mobile CAD software (similar to Spillman Mobile), but all we can scrape together right now is an Motorola MW-800 MDT.
I don't know if anybody has any experience with those, but they were/are pretty popular until the Toughbooks came down within reasonable price range for state/local agencies. It's a three piece CPU setup. Looks like this: [Broken External Image]:http://www.wirelesstx.com/images/products_large/mobilevideo_mw800.jpg
My only problem right now is that I drive a 2009 Chevy Impala. Currently, the console in this thing is... well - I don't know what the heck it is. It doesn't have any name/model on the inside or outside of it. Our "installer" shipped it to us with a ton of holes already drilled into it. The thing looks like swiss cheese. I suspect it is something he pulled out of an old patrol vehicle and put it into mine to save his cost and maximize his profits.
The MDT bottom-plate will not mount up to the top of my console, because as you can see in the attached pictures, the top is angular. The MDT is about 45 pounds, and I refuse to jerry-rig something into my vehicle for my own safety. If I wreck out and this thing gets to flying around in my car, chances are it will do major damage to me.
I've found a possible solution. Gamber-Johnson makes a pedestal mount kit, which you combine with a no-drill vehicle base (secures to passenger seat-bolts). The only downside is that the local EMS supplies shop quoted it out at $906.38 - way out of our budget line.
We're looking for a cheaper solution. Can anybody shed light on my predicament? Any responses, thoughts, or comments are appreciated. Thank you!
TD
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