Finnish accessory developer Stop Noise demonstrated the latest version of its palm-sized all-in-one speaker-microphone handset for TETRA radios. This provides additional data functions which can be closely integrated with the TETRA handset to which it is connected.

Its integrated camera/barcode reader, for example, can send scans over the network, and a response can be returned to the radio’s screen. “If you scan an ID, you get feedback on the display about the person”, explained Mikko Salonen, of Stop Noise. “This one is wanted, or something!

“We are planning also another model with an RFID scanner instead of the barcode, so you can collect data with different methods. And also we have planned a fingerprint reader.”

Other features of this versatile handset are a keypad for selecting talkgroups, an emergency button, a man-down alert, a USB 2.0 port, an internal micro-SD memory slot so that captured images or other data can be saved for later downloading (alternatively, data can be stored remotely over the TETRA network), and a bright LED torch.

The multi-handset is initially available for the new Cassidian THR9i handportable radio. Versions for Sepura and Motorola models will follow.