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Vehicle Communications System

Vehicle Communications System

The Vehicle Communications System Release Notes provide the following information about the 1.0.0.0.0 Release:
  • Specifications of supported tablet devices
  • Overview of new features and enhancements
  • Summaries of known issues and limitations

Supported Devices

The following devices are supported in Landscape Mode on the current release:

Configurability:

The Samsung Galaxy Tab S7+ Tablet will need to be configured with the following in order to run the Vehicle Communications System software:

Landscape Mode

Dark Mode

Ability to Draw over Maps

Location Services: Always On

Upgrade Information
Application Upgrade Paths:

The following versions of the Vehicle Communications System may be upgraded to version 1.0.0.0.0:

  • Not Applicable for Initial Release.

Upgrade / Reinstallation Considerations:

Prior to upgrading to or reinstalling this release all case reports should be saved / submitted to avoid any autosaved information from being lost during upgrade / reinstallation of software.

OS Compatibility

Vehicle Communications System release 1.0.0.0.0 is supported with the following OS Version(s):

  • Android 12.x (Google Android Operating System Version 12.0 or later for supported devices)

Coproduct Support

Vehicle Communications System Release 1.0.0.0.0 is supported in combination with the following products:

  • Personal Communications System Release 1.0.0.0.0
  • Dispatch Command Center System – Workstation Edition: Release 1.0.0.0.0
  • Records Management System – Workstation Edition: Release 1.0.0.0.0
  • Jail Management System: Release 1.0.0.0.0

Deprecated Features

No features have been deprecated in release 1.0.0.0.0

New Features

Vehicle Communications System Release 1.0.0.0.0 supports the following new features and enhancements:

Respond to Incident Dispatch
  • Ability to review summary incident information, address warnings, involvements and other information supplied by Dispatch Command Center System
  • Ability to confirm enroute, and upon arrival at scene indicate On Scene status either automatically or manually

Self-Assignment

  • Ability to self-assign to an existing incident to assist with an incident
Turn by Turn Driving Directions
  • After dispatch, the ability to view turn by turn driving directions with voice if desired
  • Ability to configure both the display of turn by turn driving directions, and voice to on or off per tablet using application settings

Incident Queues

  • Viewing basic status updates of other team members (within Unit Detail Page accessible from Map)
  • View focused incidents and all incidents Queue
  • ESRI Map Integration
  • Voice navigation to individual incident

Unit Queue & Team Visibility: For Supervisors

  • Supervisor Users: Ability to view Team Member Dispatch History
Self Dispatch: Traffic Stops
  • Ability to self dispatch to a new incident created by the officer for traffic stops.

Incident Details

  • Ability to review location warnings for the incident
  • Ability to review Dispatch Command Center System Comments
  • Ability to add new comments to the incident from Tablet
  • Ability to review all units currently assigned to incident.
  • Ability to review all involvements associated with an incident (from Dispatch Command Center System Information) including the following:
    • Caller
    • Person
    • Suspect
    • Victim
    • Vehicle
  • Ability to view prior incident types for the incident address along with disposition and date.
  • Ability to view Incident Information including caller name and number and other key details such as case report number and incident number
  • Ability to confirm enroute, and upon arrival at scene indicate On Scene status either automatically or manually.
Incident: Editing
  • Ability to Edit incident type, and incident location
View and Update Unit Status
  • Basic Status Changes such as Unavailable, Transfer with mileage, etc.
Records Search for Persons
  • Local Records search for Persons
  • Mock NCIC (Synchronous) Person Search Capability
Case Reporting
  • Case Reporting – Generate / Review Case Report
  • Main Info Integrated with Dispatch Command Center System Incident Data
  • Adding an existing Geo Validated Location to a Case Report
  • Adding an existing Master Index Person to a Case Report as a Subject
  • Viewing Case Report Vehicles
  • Viewing Case Report Attachment (Images uploaded from iPhone)
  • Interactive Case Report Narrative Writer

Jail Pre-Booking

  • Ability to complete Jail Pre-Booking chat with Oracle Digital Assistant
  • Arrest summary integrated with Jail Management System
Ask Oracle Navigation
  • Ability to navigate to specific Units
  • Ability to access settings

Known Issues

This section lists the known issues in version 1.0.0.0.0. Known issues can be referenced by their ID number provided by the Oracle Support team to identify the issue, any workarounds, when the issue was found, and when it was fixed. Issues not carried forward from previous Release Notes are not relevant to this release. Delivery information, including defect fixes in this release can also be found in the build notes.

Table 1-1 Known Issues

ID Description Severity Found In
6109 Several text content areas have a contrast ratio of <3:1 4 1.0.0.0.0