Arm Chair Dispatching24 Hour DisSPatch Without a Dispatch Center
Jason Settle
Is this your dispatch chair?
Objective
• What?• Why?• When & Who?• How?
Pioneer Electric Cooperative, Inc.
• System– 13,000 meters– 2,700 miles of line– 4,900 sq miles of territory– 2 Offices / Districts– Porche / Calls Manager / DisSPatch
• Communication– Two-way radio– SouthernLinc
Arm Chair Dispatching
• What?– Using DisSPatch 24 hours a day without a
Dispatch Center.
Arm Chair Dispatching
• Why?– History behind choice
Arm Chair Dispatching
• When & Who Dispatches– Work Hours
• Engineering Coordinators– After Hours
• E&O Staff– V.P. of E&O, Operation Supervisors, System Engineer,
and Engineering Techs
Arm Chair Dispatching
• How?– Laptop– Connection to Office– Communication to Crew– Standby Supervisors
Connection to Office
• Preferred– DSL Service
• VPN Client– Will allow you to work as in office
• Will Work– Wild Blue
• Remote Desktop to Server or PC– Server allows for Multiple Clients
Communication to Crew
• Two-way Radio– 35 watt Base Station– Handheld
• SouthernLinc– Radio / Cell Phone
Standby Supervisors
• One Supervisor for System• Daily Rotation
– Mon. – Thur. – Fri. – Sun. Weekend days taken together
• Reimbursement– Daily Pay– Phone / Internet Bill
Arm Chair Dispatching
• Demo• Discussion
– Why and Why not
Arm Chair Dispatching
• Questions?
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