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A revolutionary new product for reading Automatic Equipment Identifi cation (AEI) tags. The SmartScan Portable AEI reader is small, lightweight, inexpensive and compatible with all tag programming standards.

The hand-held reader enables users to read AEI tags anywhere, display and store information from tags it has read, and easily download the stored data to a personal computer.

Overview
The SmartScan portable reader provides an extremely simple and fl exible method for collecting data from AEI tags programmed with AAR, ATA and ISO message formats.

With an accuracy rate of more than 99.99 percent, the portable reader is an excellent tool for verifying that tags are programmed properly and operating correctly. The SmartScan portable reader helps improve margins by providing accurate data that can be interfaced electronically with planning, inventory and billing systems. No more manual data collection, entries or corrections. SmartScan gets it right the fi rst time, every time.

Applications Coal companies, chemical refi neries, automobile manu- facturers and all other industries using rail transportation will benefi t from extremely accurate, electronically formatted data from the SmartScan portable reader.

About 98 percent of all North American rail cars, as well as many trucking and intermodal vehicles are equipped with AEI tags that can be easily and accurately monitored using the portable reader.

• Vibrant safety yellow color makes it easy to locate in shop
• Stores up to 1200 tag reads for download to a PC
• Reads approximately 1500 tags per battery charge
• All tag reads are time and date stamped Reads dynamic tags
• Compatible with all tag programming standards, including AAR, ATA and ISO message formats
• Rugged and durable high impact plastic construction
• Small (12 x 4 x 2 inches) and lightweight (less than 2 pounds) for easy handling
• 4-line, back-lighted LCD display
• 20-key back lighted key pad for supplementary data input
• Much less expensive than other portable tag readers

The SmartScan portable reader allows users to:

• Identify tagged equipment and store data in individual sessions.
• Identify tagged equipment and relate to a specifi c track or area by using tags to identify the location
• Identify tagged equipment and associate with preprogrammed vehicle status codes.
• Download all stored sessions to a host computer or serial printer.

PC Interface
The data stored in the SmartScan portable reader can be downloaded to a personal computer through a standard RS – 232 serial communications interface. PC software required to retrieve and use tag data from the portable reader is included with the purchase of the reader. The program, "Portable Reader Lite," runs under Windows 95, 98, 2000 & NT. It is a compact version of a larger product used for automated terminal and yard inventory management. Designed specifi cally for SmartScan users, Portable Reader Lite confi gures PC’s to accept data from the portable reader, downloads tag data and organizes it for vehicle management or export to other programs. Portable Reader Lite’s vehicle management functions include the graphical display of vehicles on a track with the capability to reposition by dragging and dropping where desired.