In-Vehicle Acronyms and Definitions

The following acronyms will be used throughout our documentation.

ADAAmericans with Disabilities Act
AGCAutomatic Gain Control: This is used to compensate for the internal announcement volume in noisy vehicles.
APCAutomatic Passenger Count
Driver ChangeThe MDT process for allowing a new Driver/operator to log on to a vehicle without forcing the previous operator to log off. The MyAvail In‑Vehicle system will retain current service information (Schedule adherence, APC, Headsign, etc..)
ITSIntelligent Transportation System
MDTMobile Data Terminal: The touchscreen monitor interface between the operator and the myAvail in-vehicle application.
PTTPush-to-Talk for the operator microphone of the radio handset
RTTRequest-to-Talk for voice calls
PRTTPriority Request-to-Talk for voice calls
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