The Alarm Monitoring Group on LinkedIn has hosted a lengthy discussion of a possible GSM sunset. It all started two months ago when Bold Technologies president Rod Coles asked if anyone knew anything about the possible sunset of GSM.

If you attended the User Group meeting a few weeks ago, you may have caught the unveiling of BoldNet 1.6. We’re making so many changes to our Web product and it’s been pretty exciting to be a part of that over the past few months.

 You receive a Bypass (*B) or a Burg Bypass (BB) and the customer's activity log displays the zone description but the zone number received is actually the user number of the person who bypassed the zone.  You need the users name to be displayed in the activity log instead of the zone description.

 I am so pleased that I am writing this blog post and saying with complete confidence that the 2010 Bold Users Group Meeting was a huge success!

 In general it is always best practice to use the internal RTF viewer.  The viewer is built into the Manitou client and  displays information properly when it does not work in the default program that is installed on your system. 

 The Digi “Etherlite” serial server (or serial concentrator) is a staple for many central stations. However, the word from Digi is that the product will be reaching the end of its life in the next 2-3 years.  Until then quantities in the Etherlite line will be limited as the product is already in “limited production”...

 This week's tip looks at how Microsoft updates can affect Manitou in a server environment.

 All general schedule usage requires planning and buy-in from your customers, but eliminating notes and reducing what an operator actually has to interpret will reduce errors and improve your customer service!

Three years ago, we formed our first-ever Bold Team for the Cure. Each year, the local chapter of the Susan G. Komen Foundation hosts the Race for the Cure in order to raise money to fund breast cancer research, medical services and prevention care.

 Please review the list of some Manitou system recommendations, below you can see some of the general configurations our customers use depending on their current size, workload or business requirement. This information is extremely useful to new and existing customers planning for server maintenance or upgrades.