There is no room for error when implementing a school flasher system that helps children safely cross the road to school. RTC Manufacturing, Inc., the largest supplier of school zone equipment in the world, has been helping kids do just that and more since 1987. Its industry leading zone flasher system provides an efficient solution for students and drivers to get where they need to be, unharmed.

Challenge Over time, it became increasingly apparent that RTC’s innovative flasher systems would require remote access, as a critical next step in system improvement. “We wanted to remotely access school flashers to download schedules and also to hear back from users when they had any issue that might cause the flasher to not operate properly,” said David Walker, President of RTC.

RTC tested the use of pagers, 900 MZ radio, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and direct hard-line access, but experienced difficulties with each method, as none met all of the requirements. What RTC really needed was a reliable two-way remote communication system that could function several hundred miles away from its traffic centers. MultiTech’s 50-year rich history in superior, enterprise hardware solutions, coupled with its past experience in smart city and infrastructure implementations caught their eye, ultimately leading RTC to evaluate their communications equipment.