• Portable Data Communications, of Deepcut near Camberley, Surrey (see
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Operators Handbook), has developed a transportable V-Fax 10 mobile voice and facsimile communication system which will allow up to A4size document transmissions into or out of the truck cab.
It is based on a Class-2 cellular or vodaphone telephone/transceiver system and is connected into the latest NEC Group-3 facsimile Protocol V-Fax machine.
In the vehicle it works from the 12/24V supply stepped up to 240V but can be carried into an office or overnight accommodation where the mains-powered system can continue to function.
For UK operation only PDC can install the V-Fax 10 for around 23,700 per vehicle, but using a combined transceiver, for an extra 21,300 PDC says its system will cover much of Northern and Central Europe. The full system can also be leased for around 247 per month.
These prices are retail plus VAT, but include a data-transmitting Group-2 telephone, battery charger facsimile interface, aerial and extension console. A hands-free option is also offered.
Service contracts are available at 2250 or 2400 for a oneor three-year period.