Category Archives: System Events

At approximately 11:15 today, contractors working in the area of Darby High School struck the fiber optic cable that connects the Hilliard Darby tower site for COIRS. Until the fiber can be repaired, the Darby tower will be off line. Responders operating in the Hilliard area will experience decreased in-building coverage. FiberTech, the provided of the fiber connection, has been notified and has a crew enroute to make repairs. There is currently no ETA on that repair. Updates will be posted as they are received.

For any questions, please contact Jay Somerville or the NRECC supervisor.

At 12;45, connectivity through XO was restored and the system is back in wide area trunking. All units can return to normal talk-groups.

The COIRS south simulcast went into site trunking today at approximately 10:25. The problem is with site connectivity involving XO Communications leased lines. XO reports they have a wide area outage affecting multiple customers. At this time, they do not have an ETA on resolution. All users of the south simulcast should switch to their “2” talkgroups to operate in site trunking.

A full service notice will be posted.

15:10 – RESOLVED: Huntley Road tower is now back in service. XO completed repairs

08:00 ORIGINAL: The Huntley Road tower site is off line. It appears there is a problem with the XO network lines leading to the site. A service ticket has been submitted with XO and a technician will be dispatched to investigate. Users may see some degraded in building coverage in the Worthington area during this outage. A full service message will be posted when the problem is repaired.

14:15 UPDATE: The system has been restored to full service. Connectivity was restored and the routers restarted bringing the system back into wide area trunking.

13:17 ORIGINAL: The COIRS south simulcast is currently in site trunking due to a problem with the tower connectivity circuits provided by XO Communications. Roaming has been turned off and mobiles/portables can function normally. Dispatchers will need to use back up radios until the problem is resolved.

A full service message will be sent when service is restored.