AI5000 Vehicle AEI Reader User Manual
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1. the Al4100 FV what is this This is the first mention of Al4100 FV in the document version The only major difference is that only one track at a time can be scanned using the Al5000 vehicle mounted reader 3 INTERFACING TO OTHER COMPUTING DEVICES The Al5000 Vehicle AEI Reader System can easily interface to other computing devices such as SmartPhones tablets and mobile computers The communication between devices and the Al5000 vehicle mounted reader is over a serial Bluetooth connection Once a Bluetooth connection is established the software in these devices must issue a series of commands to receive AEI tag data The SmartPass reader s communication protocol can be found in the SmartPass 4 Encompass 4 System Guide that can be downloaded from www aeitag com The following is an example of the communications between the Al4100 FV portable reader and the Al5000 vehicle mounted reader The T after the date and time indicates it was a command transmitted sent from the Al4100 FV portable reader to the Al5000 vehicle mounted reader The R indicates it was a message received from the Al5000 Lines that 15 July 17 2015 Softrail AI5000 Vehicle AEI Reader HHOH contain RF Reader instead of AI5000 are translations of the tag data sent in the previous line 06 23 2015 07 49 33 T AI5000 505 06 23 2015 07 49 34 R AI5000 Model E4 Ver 1 05 SN000000 06 23 2015 07 49 34 T AI5000 613 06 23 2015 07 49 35 R AI50002. AEI Reader s User Manual on the format of the Track tag These are placed at each end of the track and contain the track name and the orientation of the track When taking inventory use the portable reader to read a Track Tag before reading the tags on the rail vehicles on the track When a Track AEI tag is read a display similar to Figure 11 will be shown Please note that only one track can be scanned at a time using the Al5000 vehicle mounted reader If the Al4100 s internal RF reader is used two tracks can be scanned at the same time see Paragraph 2 4 in the Al4100 F Portable AEI Reader s User Manual 10 July 17 2015 ME 5 5 6 6 5 Q 5 mm sm Tiit Softrail For ignal Computer Consultants AI5000 Vehicle AEI Reader All AEI tags scanned with the Al5000 vehicle mounted reader will be placed on the track assigned to Active Track 1 2 4 Ending Track Inventory There are two methods to end taking track inventory The first method is to tap on the Menu button This will cause a pop up menu to appear see Figure 12 OG SOFTRAIL Viewing Softrail AEI End Track 101 s Inventory End Track 102 s Inventory Manually Enter Tag Info Comments Serial Numbers System Maint Fields Figure 12 End Track Inventory Menu select the End Track Inventory item for the track on which you are done taking inventory This will end inventory for the track All subsequent vehicle tag reads will not appear on the track u
3. Bluetooth Device Make sure the Al5000 s Controller has power and its green light is on Tap the Add new device on the screen and the mobile computer will begin searching for the Al5000 vehicle mounted reader When it finds the Al5000 vehicle mounted reader it will show it as Al5000 see Figure 5 Select a Bluetooth Device Select a device to connect with and tap Next Figure 5 Found Al5000 Bluetooth Device 5 July 17 2015 Softrail AI5000 Vehicle AEI Reader Hin mely Signal Computer Consultants Tap the Al5000 and then tap next The program will ask you to enter a passcode Enter 1111 and tap next The Al5000 is now added as a Bluetooth device The screen will show it as a disconnected device on the list of Bluetooth devices Tap the Al5000 line check the Serial Port on the next screen and then tap Save This will return you to the list of Bluetooth devices At the top of the screen tap COM Ports which will cause the screen shown in Figure 6 to appear gp SOFTRAIL Viewing Client View Tools Window Help Bluetooth Mode COMPorts Devices After pairing with a device to set up COM port tap Mew Outgoing Port For other options tap and hold an existing port Incoming Port COMO Mew Outgoing Port Figure 6 New Bluetooth COM Port Tap New Outgoing Port and on the next screen select the Al5000 and tap Next On the screen shown in Figure 7 select COM2
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5. Time is charged in blocks of 15 minutes A maintenance agreement can be purchased to extend the period of technical support or add additional hours For technical support or more information on the maintenance agreement contact Softrail at Softrail Inc 1098 Venetia Road Eighty Four PA 15330 Tel 888 872 4612 toll free US and Canada only or 724 942 1473 Fax 724 942 1480 E mail aei signalcc com Web Page www aeitag com 17 July 17 2015 Softrail AI5000 Vehicle AEI Reader HINNETE Index Active Track display 9 rail vehicle AEI Rail amp Road Manager 12 adding to track 8 Bluetooth 3 manual entry 13 bracket 2 reading tags 7 communication examples 15 reading tags 7 controller 2 S9203A 11 email sending track inventory 11 sending track inventory 12 SmartPass reader protocol 15 interfacing to other devices 15 194 manual entry 13 sending track inventory 11 message status 13 technical support 17 mounting bracket 2 track overview 1 sending inventory 11 18 July 17 2015
6. track inventory to Softrail s AEI Rail and Road Manager program directly via a TCP IP connection see Paragraph 5 8 in the Al4100 F Portable AEI Reader s User Manual For more information about the AEI Rail and Road Manager software program contact Softrail at 888 872 4612 or 724 942 1473 or go to Softrail s web page at www aeitag com 12 July 17 2015 ME 5 5 6 6 5 Q 5 mm sm Softrail EES SSS mety Sig For ignal AI5000 Vehicle AEI Reader Once the Send button is tapped the message or messages will be placed into a queue for transmission Up to 200 messages can be in the message queue waiting for transmission When the portable reader sees that there is a message to transmit it will attempt to make a network connection If a network connection is not available the reader will store the message until a connection is available and then automatically send all pending messages To find the status of pending transmission messages tap the View menu item near the bottom of the screen and select the Message Status item This will cause the Message Status dialog shown in Figure 14 to be displayed OG SOFTRAIL Viewing Softrail AEI Message Status Messages to send 0 10i Email Yes 02 06 15 09 3 f Show Sent retum Return O Show Not Sent File Setup Inventory View Figure 14 Message Status Dialog The Message Status dialog shows all of the messages that are waiting to be sent and the las
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8. Al5000 Vehicle AEI Reader User Manual July 17 2015 Copyright 2015 Softrail All rights reserved Softrail AI5000 Vehicle AEI Reader Hilti Softrail 1098 Venetia Road Eighty Four PA 15330 Tel 888 872 4612 toll free US and Canada only Tel 724 942 1473 Fax 724 942 1480 E mail aei signalcc com Web Page www aeitag com ji July 17 2015 Softrail AI5000 Vehicle AEI Reader TROEN Table of Contents 1 OVERVIEW EE EO 1 2 A14100 FV Portable RAT 3 2 1 PUCO IMAG ea waaatseduucasucioncenselsenises unex uicemseuelonsmuderenten 4 2 2 Reading AEI Tags ccccccccesccneeeceeeceecueeeceeeseueeseeseeeseueeseeesaeeeeueeseeeseeeseeeteueeaeeenaess 7 2 3 Pacino RAVEN On TRACK Seeds nsscesensenuriancintarnseeatennensaduentueatuanssesuanseeusentuautinind 8 2 4 sm 916 118 0 MACK GLE e E 11 2 5 DGG WACK GLE 11 2 6 Manual Entry of Vehicle Identification rrarrrrnrrrrnnrrranerrnnenrnnrnnnnernanennanennanennnnennnn 13 2 7 Other Al4100 Portable AEI Reader Functions rrarnrnrnnrnrvnnnnvnnnnnnnnnnrnnnnnsnnnnnrnnnnnee 15 3 INTERFACING TO OTHER COMPUTING DEVICES eanurnnnnernnnnennnnnennnnnennnnvennnnnen 15 4 TECHNICAL SUPPORT AND UPDATES muvnnnnnvvvnnnnnennnnnnennnnnnennnnnnennnnnnnnnnnnnernnnnnr 17 iii July 17 2015 Softrail EM MM he AI5000 Vehicle AEI Reader TETTERE List of Figures FE ANN 2 Figure 2 AE Reader Mounting Bracket cccccecceceeeeseeeeseeeeseeeeseeeeseeeeseueeseueeseeee
9. I data from the AIl5000 in addition to using its internal RF reader More information about this unit can be found in Paragraph 2 A picture of the Controller is in Figure 1 1 July 17 2015 Softrail AI5000 Vehicle AEI Reader rn eo EK vi AEI Tag Read Light amp Buzzer Power Light Cigarette Lighter Plug 20 Foot AEI RF Reader Cable Figure 1 AI5000 Controller The Controller has two cable connections One cable plugs into the vehicles 12 volt cigarette lighter receptacle and the other into the externally mounted SmartPass AEI RF reader The Controller also has two lights The green light indicates the unit has power and the red light will come on when an AEI tag is read It will also sound a buzzer The red light will illuminate and the buzzer will sound only when a new AEI tag is first read Once an AEI tag is read the light and buzzer will not come on again until a different tag is read or two minutes have elapsed since it was first read This is to prevent the buzzer from sounding continuously when a reader is parked in front of a tag An optional bracket is available for mounting the AEI reader on the vehicle This mounting bracket is designed to be inserted into a two inch trailer hitch See Figure 2 2 July 17 2015 Softrail AI5000 Vehicle AEI Reader TOP Figure 2 AEI Reader Mounting Bracket The simple electrical hookup the easy to install mounting bracket and the wirele
10. and uncheck Secure Connection Tap Finish and OK on the next screen 6 July 17 2015 Softrail AI5000 Vehicle AEI Reader HIHHH Client View Tools Window Help x Secure Connection ack Finish Figure 7 Assign Bluetooth COM Port The Al5000 vehicle mounted reader is now paired to the Al4100 portable reader The Status display should show that the vehicle mounted reader is now connected see Figure 3 If the Al4100 FV portable reader does not allow COM2 to be assigned it is usually because COM 2 is assigned to another device This device will have to be deleted To delete the device once again go to the Bluetooth management screen by tapping the Windows flag at the bottom left of the screen then tap the Settings and Bluetooth icons The device that needs to be deleted should appear at the bottom of the screen Hold the stylus on the device name and a pop up menu should appear with a Delete menu item 2 2 Reading AEI Tags Once the A4100 FV portable reader can communicate with the Al5000 s SmartPass reader each time the SmartPass reader reads an AEI tag the tag information will be displayed on the screen see Figure 8 7 July 17 2015 AI5000 Vehicle AEI Reader A SOFTRAIL Viewing Softrail AEI Railcar CSX 987654 Side Right Length 63 06 193 dm Axles 6 Bearing Code 1 Platform Code 0 Read 02 05 15 12 59 14 Track none assigned Last Barcode 596220 Menu File Setup Invent
11. esigned to read railcar AEI tags from a vehicle The vehicle can either drive down a track reading AEI tags on parked railcars or be parked next to a track and read tags on a passing train The advantage of a vehicle mounted AEI reader is that it has a much farther read range than a portable or handheld reader A typical portable reader has a working read range of approximately 4 to 5 feet while a vehicle mounted reader has a read range of about 10 feet This is because a vehicle mounted reader can draw more power from the vehicle s electrical system than a portable reader can from its internal battery and it can also accommodate a much larger and heavier antenna The Al5000 was designed to be easily installed on a vehicle and can interface to any device that can accommodate a serial Bluetooth connection The Al5000 has three major components These are e A Controller e ASmartPass AEI RF Reader e An AEIRF Reader Mounting Bracket optional A fourth necessary component is a computing device that has a serial Bluetooth interface that can receive and process the AEI data from the AI5000 The Al5000 was designed to allow any manufacturer s computing device and software to receive AEI tag data over the serial Bluetooth interface The AI5000 will interface to SmartPhones tablets mobile computers or any other type of computing device Softrail has a special version of the Al4100 Portable AEI Reader Al4100 FV that can receive and process AE
12. ich appears when you tap on the down arrow located on the right side of the Track field or manually enter a new track name To enter a 9 July 17 2015 Softrail AI5000 Vehicle AEI Reader HIMI new track name tap on the keyboard icon located near the bottom right of the screen This will cause a keyboard to be displayed Tap on the characters of the new name After you have entered a new track name this name will appear in the Track pull down list when this dialog is displayed again The track s inventory orientation can be entered by selecting a direction item from the Inventory Orientation field s pull down list The default track inventory orientation can be set by going to the Default Values dialog see Paragraph 5 3 in the Al4100 F Portable AEI Reader s User Manual Some tracks can assign spot names to individual locations on the track If you want to assign rail vehicles to individual track spot locations check the Use Track Spots checkbox When this dialog is completed tap on the OK button This will cause the Active Track display to appear see Figure 11 A SOFTRAIL Viewing Softrail AEI Active Track 1 Name 101 Orientation West East Uses spot positions No Active Track 2 Name 102 Orientation West East Uses spot positions No File Setup Inventory View Figure 11 Active Track Display The second method is to equip each track with Track AEI tags see Paragraph 7 in the Al4100 F Portable
13. lso a comma delimited text file We refer to it as the Excel file format since it was designed so that it can be easily imported into most commercial word processing spreadsheet and database programs For information about the format of this type of file go to Paragraph 13 in the Al4100 F Portable AEI Reader s User Manual Track inventory in any of the file formats can be sent as an attachment to an email and or a file directly sent to an FTP server To use either of these options the email server name or FTP server name user name and password must be entered into the portable reader s mobile computer prior to attempting to send inventory Information on setting up the email or FTP functions can be found in Paragraphs 5 8 or 5 12 in the Al4100 F Portable AEI Reader s User Manual respectively Files can be sent to as many as seven email addresses For information on entering email addresses into the system go to Paragraph 11 in the Al4100 F Portable AEI Reader s User Manual 29 SOFTRAIL Viewing Softrail AEI Send Track Inventory Track EN srt O Send as a T94 File Send as a Text File EDI Format 3 Send as a Text Fila Excel Format Send via an Email _ Send to FTP Server see Setup _ Send to Softrail s FTP Server Send to AEI Rail and Road Manager Delete track inventory after sending sm tonal i File Setup Inventory View Figure 13 Send Track Inventory Dialog The portable reader can also send
14. ntil Start Track Inventory is again selected or a Track tag is read When track inventory is ended the portable reader will ask if you want to send the track inventory to another system If you respond Yes the Send Track Inventory dialog shown in Figure 13 will be displayed If you are using track tags reading a second track tag at the end of the track opposite the end from which the first track tag was read will also end the track inventory for that track 2 5 Send Track Inventory The Send Track Inventory dialog see Figure 13 allows the user to enter the track inventory s file format and how the track inventory will be sent The portable reader can send track inventory in three types of file formats The 194 S9203A format is the standard format used for communication between wayside AEI readers and railroads host computers Information about this format can be found in the Association of American Railroads AEI Standard 59203 which can be purchased from the Association of American Railroads www aar org 11 July 17 2015 Softrail AI5000 Vehicle AEI Reader ee The second format is a comma delimited text file This format uses Electronic Data Interchange EDI type records This file has many different types of records and is generally used for computer to computer communications For information about the format of this type of file go to Paragraph 13 in the Al4100 F Portable AEI Reader s User Manual The third format is a
15. ory View Figure 8 AEI Tag Display 2 3 Placing Rail Vehicles on Tracks Softrail Nini m Formerly Signal Computer Contuli Prior to reading rail vehicle AEI tags track information should be entered into the Al4100 portable reader There are two methods for assigning rail vehicles to a track The first method for assigning rail vehicles to a track is to manually enter the track information into the portable reader To manually enter a track name tap the Menu button on the screen This will cause a pop up menu to appear see Figure 9 July 17 2015 AI5000 Vehicle AEI Reader Nit Formerly Signal Computer Corsultaris Pund EE Start Track Inventory Start Collecting Serial s All rights reserved Tel 888 872 4612 or 724 942 1473 Fax 724 942 1480 www aeitag cam sales signalce com File Setup Inventory View Figure 9 Start Track Inventory Menu Select the Start Track Inventory menu item by tapping on it This will cause the Start Track Inventory dialog shown below to be displayed OG SOFTRAIL Viewing Softrail AEI Start Track Inventory Orientation 1 Use track spots tak fo Orientation 2 102 r r Use track spots Shift z x c v bjnjm cujan V delte File Setup Inventory View EJ Figure 10 Start Track Inventory Dialog In the Start Track Inventory dialog you will either select a previously entered track name by selecting a name from the pull down list wh
16. seeeeseees 3 Fe NET ANE hr 4 Figure 4 Adding Bluetooth Device rrrnnnrnnnnrnnnnnnnnnennnnennnnennnnennnnnnnnennanennnnennnsennnnsnnnnennnssnnnsee 5 Figure 5 Found Al5000 Bluetooth Device rrnnrrnnnrnnnrrnnnnvnnennnrnnnrnnnnnnnnnnnnennnnnnnnennnrnnnnnnnnennn 5 Figure 6 New Bluetooth COM Port rrannrnnannnnnannvnnnnnnnnnnrnnnnnrnnnnnennannrnnannnnnansennnnennansnnnnnsnnnnnee 6 Figure 7 Assign Bluetooth COM PoOrt rrrrannrnnannnnnannnnnnnnnnnnnrnnnnnrnnansennansennansennnssnnnnsennunsennnnee 7 FOCUS FSI Tv 8 Figure 9 Start Track Inventory Menu rrrnnnrnnnnnrnnnnnrnnnnnrnnnnnrnnannrnnannrnnansnnnnnsnnnnnnnnnnnsnnnnnsnnnnn 9 Figure 10 Start Track Inventory Dialog cccccceccccceeeeeeeeeeese cesses eesseeeessaeessaeeessaeeesaaeeesaees 9 FOUS TT ANE DENN enden 10 FOUG 2 BOT ANN 11 Figure 13 Send Track Inventory Dialog rrrronrrrnnnnenrnnnevrnnnrnrnnnrnrnnrennnnrernnnrennassennnssnnnnseen 12 Figure 14 Message Status Dialog rrrarrrnnnnnennnnnennnnnrnnnnrnrnnnennnnnennnnnennnnsennnnsennnssnnnnnsnnnnsenn 13 Figure 15 Manual Entry Dialog rrrrnrennnrnnnnnranevnnrrnnnnnanennnrnnernnnnnnnnennnrnnnnnnnnennnennnsnnnsennsennnne 14 Figure 16 Manually Entered Vehicle Display ccccccceececeeeeseeeeseeeeseeeeseeeeseueeseeeseeeesees 15 IV July 17 2015 Softrail m mH EE Ek Ek AI5000 Vehicle AEI Reader muni 1 OVERVIEW The Al5000 Vehicle AEI Reader was d
17. ss Bluetooth connection to any small computing device makes it fairly easy to install the Al5000 Vehicle AEI Reader System on any vehicle 2 Al4100 FV Portable Reader The Al4100 FV is a new version of the Al4100 F portable reader The Al4100 FV Portable AEI Reader can not only read AEI tags with its internal RF reader but can also receive AEI tag data from the AI5000 Vehicle AEI Reader System The Al4100 FV portable reader is capable of interfacing with the Al5000 Vehicle Reader system via Bluetooth which is wireless For communications to occur the vehicle reader function in the Al4100 FV portable reader must be enabled and the two devices must be Bluetooth paired To enable receiving AEI data from the Al5000 Vehicle AEI Reader select the Enable Vehicle Reader item under the Setup menu in the Al4100 FV portable reader and then check the Enable Vehicle Reader in the dialog that appears Once paired the two devices will automatically connect when they are within 20 feet of each other and powered on It may take up to 60 seconds for the two devices to connect The Al4100 FV portable reader will first try to make the Bluetooth connection to the Al5000 vehicle reader Once it establishes the Bluetooth connection it will send a poll message to the Al5000 s SmartPass reader to see if it can communicate with it It will continually poll the Al5000 s SmartPass reader every few seconds to see if it can still communicate and if it has read an
18. t 100 messages that were sent 2 6 Manual Entry of Vehicle Identification Rail vehicles sometimes have bad or missing tags Vehicle identification information can be manually entered To manually enter vehicle identification information tap anywhere on the screen which will cause a pop up menu to be displayed see Figure 12 Select the Manually Enter Tag Info menu item and the Manual Entry dialog shown in Figure 15 will appear 13 July 17 2015 Softrail AI5000 Vehicle AEI Reader IIG 2 SOFTRAIL Viewing Softrail AEI Manual Entry vehicle Initial vehicle Number 567890 ce Do ses ce Vehicle Type Railcar Cancel n23 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 Tabja wjefr t y uli o p C 1 carlalsjafffa nfilkfi if Shift z xjcjvjbjn mj cujan V delte File Setup Inventory View FE Figure 15 Manual Entry Dialog The vehicle initial can either be selected from a list of previously entered initials in the Vehicle Initial field s pull down list which appears when you tap on the down triangle located on the right side of the Vehicle Initial field or a new initial can be typed in using the keyboard If the keyboard is not displayed tap on the keyboard icon located near the bottom right of the screen This will cause the keyboard to be displayed Tap on the characters of the new name Tapping the keyboard icon a second time will cause the keyboard to disappear After you have entered a new initial this ne
19. w initial will appear in the Vehicle Initial s pull down list when the dialog is displayed again The default vehicle initial can be set by going to the Default Values dialog see Paragraph 5 3 in the Al4100 F Portable AE Readers User Manual The Vehicle Number field must contain between 1 to 6 digits to be accepted The portable reader will insert any leading zeroes Numbers can be quickly entered into this field by tapping the number buttons under this field It is not necessary to select the Vehicle Number field by tapping it prior to tapping on these number buttons The Vehicle Type can be either Locomotive or Railcar and is selected from this field s pull down list When the OK buiton is tapped the screen shown in Figure 16 will be displayed 14 July 17 2015 Softrail AI5000 Vehicle AEI Reader eee eee SOFTRAIL Viewing Softrail AEI Raicar 19 NS 567890 Manually Entered Vehicle Entered 02 06 15 09 50 39 Track 102 Positen 1 Menu File Setup Inventory View Figure 16 Manually Entered Vehicle Display This display shows that a vehicle s data was manually entered and when the entry occurred As with vehicles entered via tag reads manually entered vehicle information can be included in track inventory and can be sent to other systems via the internet 2 7 Other Al4100 Portable AEI Reader Functions All of the functions available for the Al4100 F version of the portable reader are available in
20. y AEI tags Figure 3 shows the AI4100 FV portable readers Status display The status of the communications with the AI5000 is shown in the third line If there is a problem this status line will show VEH Reader No Bluetooth if there is no Bluetooth connection or VEH Reader No Comm which indicates there is a Bluetooth connection but the reader is not responding to commands 3 July 17 2015 Softrail AI5000 Vehicle AEI Reader runt 2 SOFTRAIL Viewing Client View Tools bk TY Softrail AEI Portable AEI Reader Vehicle Reader Disabled Version 4 2 Serial amp 3157037560 Customer Generic Copyright 2005 Softrail All rights reserved Tel 888 872 4612 or 724 942 1473 Fax 724 942 1480 www aeitag com salestsignalcc com File Setup Inventory View Figure 3 Vehicle Reader Status 2 1 Bluetooth Pairing If the Al4100 FV cannot make a Bluetooth connection to the Al5000 vehicle reader it may be necessary to Bluetooth pair the two devices To pair these devices tap the Windows flag at the bottom left of the screen then the Settings and Bluetooth icons The screen shown in Figure 4 will appear 4 July 17 2015 mm mm AI5000 Vehicle AEI Reader Fomernty Signal Compuler Corsultaris g SOFTRAIL Viewing Client View Tools Window Help Bluetooth COM Ports lt Devices Tap Add new device to search for other Bluetooth devices Tap on device to modify its settings Figure 4 Adding
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