Davicom is pleased to announce the release of the official datasheet for the AXON-4AUD module, the newest expansion to our AXON Series Remote Telemetry Units.

The AXON-4AUD provides four independent audio monitoring inputs, making it ideal for remote audio monitoring applications in public safety, broadcast, and telecommunications. With high-resolution audio level detection and seamless integration with other Davicom units, this module supports advanced site automation and alarm capabilities for audio-based systems.

What’s in the New Datasheet?

The datasheet includes:

• Product presentation

• Detailed technical specifications

• Power consumption and integration details

Key Features at a Glance:

• 4 high-impedance audio inputs

• -35 dBu to +20 dBu input range

• Adjustable threshold alarms for silence detection

• Real-time metering in the AXON web interface

Download the AXON-4AUD Datasheet

For more information about integrating the AXON-4AUD into your site monitoring system, please contact us at dvsales@davicom.com.

We’re excited to announce the release of our brand-new webinar showcasing Davicom’s complete solution for remote repeater site management, with full integration of Mosaic—the centralized Network Management Software.

What’s Inside the Video?
This concise yet comprehensive video walk-through highlights how Davicom’s AXON, NEURO, and DAVICOM CORTEX products work seamlessly together with Mosaic to provide intelligent monitoring and control for public safety repeater sites. You’ll see real-world use cases, system architecture examples, and a live demonstration.

Whether you’re an agency technician, a system integrator, or a dealer looking to streamline operations, this video gives you a clear, practical overview of how Davicom simplifies site management, reduces truck rolls, and enhances system reliability.

Watch the video now and experience the power of distributed intelligence:

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Have questions or want a personalized demo? Contact us today to learn how Davicom can help improve your remote site operations.

At Davicom, innovation doesn’t stop at product development, it extends to how we deliver those products to you. That’s why we’re excited to share a significant step we’re taking to reduce our environmental impact and improve your experience.

Rethinking the Old System

Up to now, we’ve used a petrochemical-based foam and plastic system to package and protect our equipment during shipping. While this system did the job, it came with serious drawbacks:

• Heavy-gauge plastic containers were required to ship and store the chemicals.
• Hazardous chemicals had to be handled and disposed of responsibly.
• A large carbon footprint resulted from chemical production and global shipping.
• Excess packaging weight added to emissions and shipping costs.

This method simply no longer aligns with our long-term goals for environmental responsibility or with the expectations of our clients—who increasingly prioritize sustainability.

A Smarter, Greener Solution

After extensive research and testing, we’re transitioning to a packaging solution that aligns with your values and ours. Our new system combines renewable paper-based materials with lightweight air-filled plastic columns. This approach offers several key benefits:

• Lower carbon footprint for both us and you, our customer.
• Lighter shipments, reducing overall transportation emissions.
• No hazardous chemicals, eliminating the need for specialized handling or disposal.
• Robust protection, ensuring your equipment arrives safely and intact.

Looking Ahead

Our packaging supplier has received the final specifications for our custom-designed air column packaging. We’re expecting to receive the first shipment soon. In the meantime, we’re using a carefully selected mix of alternative packaging materials that meet the same protective and
environmental standards.

This is more than just a packaging update. It’s part of our ongoing mission to deliver high-quality remote telemetry and control solutions in a way that’s better for the planet. When you choose Davicom, you’re choosing a partner who’s committed to minimizing our shared ecological
footprint.

We appreciate your continued trust in our products—and in our commitment to meeting your
high standards, not just in performance, but in responsibility.

The Story

About 10 years ago, Franklin County NY upgraded from a Low Band Radio system to a High Band Radio system. Due to budgetary constraints, the upgrade process was done in small steps, slowly upgrading sites over an extended period of time as money became available through the use of grant funding. This process meant that several different types of equipment were in use at the same time and had to work together. The county never had a solution to remotely monitor this wide assortment of equipment at the sites, and these sites were plagued with failures that caused extended downtime.

The Problem

The problem was that there were frequent failures at the emergency services communication sites and support technicians had to go on service calls blind. This caused further delays since back and forth travel to the sites was required to diagnose the issues. Due to the unknown root cause of the failure, the wrong equipment vendors were frequently contacted and everybody ended up wasting valuable time before the issue was resolved. For example, an environmental issue could cause a radio to shut down due to overheating, but the required resource was the HVAC technician and not the radio technician.

Franklin decided that enough was enough and that they needed a monitoring system that would give them situational awareness of the equipment’s operational status as well as of the site’s indoor and outdoor environment. This was vital, given the mission critical usage of the communications sites and dire consequences of having a failure occur during an emergency. In addition to site failures and delayed repairs, time wasted by already overworked staff was having a demotivating effect on morale.

The Solution

Davicom’s Cortex products were suggested to Franklin County by their local Bearcom Radio Dealer because of the products’ flexibility, extensive list of sensors and ability to connect to a wide variety of site devices.

After an initial demonstration, the benefits of Davicom’s solution quickly became apparent and were seen to match perfectly with the county’s needs.

One of these needs was to have the ability to quickly and easily create a completely custom solution with a Graphical User Interface that was tailored to the immediate needs of the county, but also knowing that the system could grow over time as needs evolved. Davicom’s systems were easily expandable without requiring additional system engineering, programming or large system upgrades. Check! ✓

Another need was to have the ability to monitor environmental alarms, such as wind speed, indoor and outdoor temperature, lightning storm approach and lightning strikes sustained by the tower at each site. Davicom already had all these sensors available and time-tested with their Davicom Cortex units. Check! ✓

Site backhaul connectivity had to accommodate legacy sites which only had dial-up modem capability as well as modern sites with full IP network access. Check! ✓

All this information from the various sites had to be brought back and monitored live on a central computer at a central dispatch location via the different communications channels. Check! ✓

As a bonus, the ability to monitor the radios, control the generator, and power cycle equipment through a network PDU was a great addition to the initial needs.

The main priority was nevertheless to have a complete suite of options that was simple to use, yet customizable and readily expandable for future evolution of the system’s requirements. Check! ✓

How It Played Out

Prior to providing the actual equipment, Davicom helped the County define the monitoring setup requirement and fine-tune the planned GUI.

Once the equipment was delivered, Davicom provided support to program the site configurations and GUI/workspace displays as well as to present a complete training session on use and programming of the units.

In the end, Davicom was able to provide a complete solution that met the immediate needs of the county, but was modular in a way that made it affordable for the current requirements and still expandable for the future.

The Result

Since the units have been deployed, Franklin County has experienced reduced downtime of critical infrastructure. Now, pre-emptive alarms allow non-emergency responses to correct issues prior to outages occurring.

Situational awareness of site conditions is used to prepare for storms, special events, or planned outages.

System reliability has improved and service calls have been reduced or shortened. Downtime is less frequent and Franklin County are now able to be more proactive instead of just reactive and blind.

The winning contest entry is from Yoann Des Ponts at Arsenal Media.

His Davicom MiniMAC unit (yes, we called them MACs back then, but that’s another story) was manufactured in November 1998 and is still in operation at CKLD-FM in Thetford Mines, Quebec, Canada. It is running firmware version 2.42.5 and as of June 30th, it had an age of 22 years and 7 months! Yoann and Arsenal Media will be receiving their prize in a few weeks. It’s one of our newest babies, a 3^rd generation Davicom Cortex 320 unit that Yoann will be able to introduce to its Grandpa, the MiniMAC. Just to put things in perspective, Grandpa only had a phone, a fax and a VT-100 terminal. In addition to the phone and FAX, the new kid has InstaModbus, SnapSNMP, TikTok-I/O and is constantly checking the network for Internet access (sound familiar? :-).

THANK YOU!

We’d like to say a big thank you to everyone who submitted their units and photos for our contest. We received submissions from around the world, which isn’t surprising given the fact that the sun never sets on all Davicom units.

We are proud to see our products still working tirelessly after 19, 20 even up to 22 years. This is a nice exploit in today’s fast paced world of cheap electronics and short product lifecycles. Actually, it isn’t too surprising since each generation of Davicom products is designed and supported to last over 10 years!

HERE ARE SOME OF THE RUNNERS-UP

2nd
Jason Byers of the CBC
YT, CANADA
1999-03-30, 267 months, 22.3 years

3nd
Larry King of Bell Media BC, CA
BC, CANADA
1999-05-25, 265 months, 22.1 years

4th
UNSWP’s Brian Gullikson
MN, USA
2000-05-12, 253 months, 21.1years

5th
Tim Foulsham from Radica
UK
2001-02-01, 244 months, 20.3 years

6th
Public Safety Agency
NL, CANADA
2002-03-21, 231 months, 19.3 years

7th
Darrin Drouillard of Bell Media
ON, CANADA
2004-10-15, 200 months, 16.7 years