AI4100 Portable AEI Reader
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March 2, 2015
2.8. Recording Serial Numbers
The AI4100 was designed to capture barcoded serial numbers on seals, products and parts.
To capture, save and transfer the serial numbers for transmission to other systems, the rail
vehicle must be assigned to a track.
However, there will be cases when the rail vehicle is in a shop facility and not assigned to a
track. To collect serial numbers on rail vehicles not assigned to a specific track, the portable
reader creates a special track called “-Serial #s-“. To create this track and assign rail
vehicles to it, tap the Menu button on the screen. This will cause a pop-up menu to appear
(see Figure 19). Tap the “Start Collecting Serial #s” menu item.
Figure 19 - Start Collecting Serial Numbers
When finished collecting serial numbers, tap the Menu button again and tap the “End
Collecting Serial #s” item. You will then be asked if you want to send the data. If you answer
“Yes”, the “Send Track Inventory” dialog will appear (see Figure 15).
3. ADDITIONAL DATA FIELDS
When a vehicle is entered into the portable reader via an AEI tag read or manual entry,
additional data can be entered about the vehicle and passed to other systems (only in a text
file format, T94 does not support these additional data fields).
The additional data fields are broken down into four categories. These are:
Vehicle
comments
System defined fields such as maintenance, status and consist
User defined fields
