Hi Tony, This is Hal Borhauer, I wrote the DP application you are talking about. Your description is fairly accurate, except for the Internet integration part. There are three components to the system.
First is the DP app its self where call information is entered into the DP database by a call center person. Second is the Trimble Navigation GPS communication system that sends and receives a data stream with the tow trucks. The third part is the C++ written CAD interface between the DP app and the Trimble system. Trimble gave us the data stream format and Steve Patamia helped me write the CAD interface software. We use a separate DP panel that identifies which fields to put the returning data into. I sold the company and retired when my wife became ill in 2005. As for current use, the towing company recently changed do a Windows based software my former employees are telling me has far less features and is more difficult to use. But you know corporate America if it is DOS based it must not work as well as a new Windows app..... I still own the copyright if that can help you. Let me know what you are looking for. If it is Web interfacing, I did not get there. Your best bet is to work with Bruce Conrad or Brian Hancock for Web integration. Good Luck! I hope that helps. Hal Tony Perez wrote: > Hello all, > > This might stir up some discussion or fall flatter than Humpty Dumpty > off his wall. > > In any case, here's where I am going. > > I recall there was a team from Phoenix, AZ who had incorporated a DP > app in a tow truck operation into an Internet app and had integrated > an amazing amount of "bells & whistles" where the call center would > dispatch the tow truck, trucks would chime in remotely on their > location, one would be picked and dispatched and the driver would > report outcome of the call to the call center through a wireless > connection. > > I also recall they hired a young programmer - who agreed to be unjaded > towards DP - to continue ongoing development. I don't have a list of > all attendees at the Conference and cannot single them out for an answer. > > Question is, are they still using the DP app to deploy their > operation, or have they gone to another platform? > > Looking forward to chimes. > > Best regards to all, > Tony > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Dataperf mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.dataperfect.nl/mailman/listinfo/dataperf > _______________________________________________ Dataperf mailing list [email protected] http://lists.dataperfect.nl/mailman/listinfo/dataperf
