TransCore 10-510-100 Manuel D’Utilisation

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This addendum to the AI1620 SmartPass

System Guide provides information about 

hardware and software modifications for the Intellitag 500 SmartPass Reader system.

This document is intended to be used by authorized SmartPass dealers, installers, and 
service personnel. Because SmartPass has no operator- or end-user-serviceable 
components or features, no end-user manual or operator guide exists. Once the system 
is set up and tested by the authorized installer, SmartPass operations requires no end-
user intervention.

The following sections describe the proposed modification and reason for each of the 
Intellitag 500 SmartPass Reader system changes. Each section lists the modification, 
the background of the reason for the change (if provided), and the firmware 
commands affected by the change (if applicable).

The Intellitag 500 SmartPass Reader reads the American Trucking Association (ATA) 
or International Organization for Standardization (ISO) read-only type tags, whether 
battery or beam powered, or Intellitag 500 asynchronous integrated circuit (ASIC)-
based tags.  The reader can read the ATA or ISO read-only tags in the presence of 
Intellitag 500-based tags; however, attempting to read a Intellitag 500-based tag in 
the presence of an ATA or ISO read-only tag might provide indeterminate results. At 
present, Amtech is aware that the performance under these conditions is strongly 
determined by physical and geometrical factors.

The traditional Amtech read-only tags are continuously modulating regardless of the 
state of the reader or Intellitag 500 tags. Therefore, when a polling request signal is 
sent from the reader to the Intellitag 500 tags, it is probable that the read-only tags can 
interfere with the backscatter response from the Intellitag 500 tag. This creates