Radio Frequency

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Radio Frequency Automatic Identification
Technology (RF/AIT)
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RF/AIT

• Definition
• Employment
• Equipment
• Software
• Total Asset Visibility

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RF/AIT Definition

• A suite of technologies that enables
  
  the automatic capture of source data,
  
  thereby enhancing the ability to

• Identify
• Track
• Document
• Control

deploying and re-deploying forces,
equipment, personnel and
sustainment cargo.
Includes devices to automate the collection of
information concerning assets in-storage,
in-process, and in-transit
Supports the Army Total Asset Visibility Program
(TAV)
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RF/AIT Objectives
Understand the design,
capabilities, and application of RF/AIT equipment
Become familiar
with basic
concepts and terms associated with RF/AIT
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History of RF/AIT
Major Operations
Bosnia Redeployment of
2d ACR to Folk
Polk (2,000)
Desert Storm 1st Military
Test-Retrograde Ammo
Bosnia Operation
Joint Guard (14,000)
Somalia Operation
Restore Hope (400 Tags)
Central America Hurricane Mitch
Relief (700)
1991
1993
1995
1998
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Concept of Operations
Regional Server/GTN
Tag Interrogator
Tag
Tag Interrogator Name DTG
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3 OF 9 BARCODE
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2D BARCODE MARKING
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RF/AIT Equipment
Old Seal Tag
SAVI Seal Tag II Capabilities
300-Foot Range
128K bytes Read/Write Memory
Multiple Tag Collection
Omni-Directional Communication
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RF/AIT Equipment
Seal Tag Employment
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RF/AIT Equipment
Old Docking Station
Capabilities
Create RFID Tags
Retrieve RFID Info
WINDOWS Driven
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RF/AIT Equipment
New Tag
SaviTag 410R RF Tag
New Design
128KB Storage
Improved Battery Case
Same Characteristics of Old
Seal Tag
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RF/AIT Equipment
New Docking Station
SDS 1001 Docking Station Capabilities
Create RFID Tags
Retrieve RFID Info
WINDOWS Driven
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RF/AIT Equipment
Fixed Interrogator
Capabilities
300-Foot Range
Multiple Tag Collection
Omni-Directional Communication
Writes Multiple Tags Simultaneously
High-Speed Data Transfer
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RF/AIT Equipment
Temporary Interrogator
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RF/AIT Equipment
Fixed Interrogator
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RF/AIT Equipment
Fixed Interrogator
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RF/AIT Equipment
Old Hand-Held Interrogator
Savi Hand-Held Interrogator Capabilities
300-Foot Range
Multiple Tag Collection
Omni-Directional Communication
Tag Homing Capability
Data Entry and File Editing
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RF/AIT Equipment
Hand-Held Interrogator
Janus JR2020 HHI Capabilities
1 MB of RAM
Reads Linear Bar Codes
Reads 2D Bar Code
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RF/AIT Equipment
Bar Codes (EUCOM Test Label)

• Linear Bar Code
• Limited to 20
• Characters
• Identifies
• - Consignee
• - TCN
• - Number of
• Pieces

Linear

• 2D Bar Code
• Up to 1,850
  
  
  
  
  Characters
• Can sustain
• 35 damage
• Contains TCMD/
• Supply Info

2D
Military Shipping Label
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RF/AIT Equipment
Printer
Direct Thermal/Thermal Transfer Printer
Creates Military Shipping Label
Creates Linear and 2D Bar Codes
Durable Survives the Elements
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RF/AIT Equipment
Employment of Military Shipping Label
EUCOM Test MSL
Standard MSL
Packing List
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All SAVI Tags Have A Unique ID ...
Im SAVI Tag 1235 ... Im awake ...
Whos there?
Im SAVI Tag 5679 ... Im awake ...
Im SAVI Tag 2367 ... Im awake ...
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The SAVI Tag Database Can Be Queried Using The
SAVI Batch Collection Protocol ...
Im SAVI Tag 1235 ... Ive got stuff
Im SAVI Tag 1234 ... Ive got stuff
Im SAVI Tag 2265 ... Ive got stuff
Who has stuff?
Im SAVI Tag 3234 ... Ive got stuff
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RF/AIT System Architecture
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GTN Scott Air Force, IL
http//147.242.140.92
Regional Server Korea
https//www.gtn.transcom.mil
ATAV DATA CENTER ST Louis, MO
http//155.217.131.68
Regional Server Germany
JTAV DATA CENTER
http//144.170.190.8
https//137.246.34.108
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TAV IN TRANSIT PROCESSING STATION (TIPS)
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TIPS Software
Key Features include
Writing and reading formatted data to and from RF
tags (DD 1384 and DD 1348-1A)
Uploading data to a regional servers
Entering and preprocessing TAV data
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TIPS Software
Write Station Operations
Tag Collection
RF Tag
Source Data
Import/Edit Write to Tag Write Station Upload
Interrogator
Regional Server
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• Collect Tags
• Lists the current
• available tags
• Assign Tags to
• Shipments

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US Army Transportation SchoolGTN Cargo Query
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RF/AIT - Questions
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Radio Frequency- Automatic Identification Technolo
gy RF-AIT
Gus Bell Information Fussion DPMO DSN 927 -
3878 gatewoodd_at_eustis.army.mil
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