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8.
Appendix A – Road Safety Integration
The L-5500 Cellular Data Router may be configured to integrate with ZOLL’s Road Safety1
system for real-time transmission of vehicle data to the Road Safety base station using the
cellular connection.
In addition to providing remote access in real-time to all Road Safety equipped vehicles, the
L-5500 allows use of IPSec for encrypting the data connection between the Road Safety
base station the vehicle.
8.1.
Prerequisites
To ensure a reliable connection between Road Safety and the L-5500, Logic Data Systems
strongly recommends adherence to the following prerequisites.

Activated cellular data plan (highly recommend unlimited or 5GB monthly data plan
per vehicle).

Static publicly addressable IP address, or a configured IPSec tunnel with unique
private subnet for each L-5500.
NOTE: Additional prerequisites may be required by Road Safety. Please contact your ZOLL
Data representative for more information.
8.2.
Configuration
For each vehicle to be configured with the L-5500 and Road Safety, the following steps must
be completed.

Physical Connection

L-5500 Serial Port Configuration

Road Safety Base Station Configuration
8.2.1.
Physical Connection
To connect the L-5500 with Road Safety’s RS-3000 vehicle computer, connect the COM port
on the L-5500 to COM3 or COM4 on the RS-3000 using a straight through DB-9M to DB-9F
serial cable.
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For additional information on the RescueNet Road Safety system by ZOLL, visit
http://www.zolldata.com.
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