iTAG® FuelTrack Fleet Fueling

The iTAG® FuelTrack System is the only Radio Frequency Identification system custom-designed for use in retail petroleum dispensers. The system features maximum efficiency, simple installation, easy service, and high security at a very low cost. The iTAG® FuelTrack System is a field-proven system that can support hand-held key ring transponders, vehicle transponders, or both. It is a scalable system that includes provisions for customization, future expansion, and advancements in both the hardware and software systems.

It works harmoniously with AC Corporation's PetroPOS Fuel Retailing Automation Solution.

Faster than a Speeding Credit Card

With the iTAG® FuelTrack vehicle system, your customer simply stops in front of the dispenser, inserts the nozzle, and begins fueling. With the hand-held version, the customer waves the key tag in front of the dispenser then begins fueling - guaranteeing the fastest possible way to purchase fuel.

Easy

A vehicle transponder may be installed on the rear window of a customer's car in seconds. And the key ring transponder can easily be attached to a key ring. Once installed, there is no faster or more convenient way to purchase fuel.

Safety in Numbers

The iTAG® FuelTrack System includes a patented, high-security data authentication method comparable to the Data Encryption Standard technique used for debit card PIN numbers. This ensures that codes cannot be picked up by a radio receiver and reused, since the message is different for every transaction. Over one million unique codes are programmed into each transponder. The system is far more secure than a magnetic stripe card and virtually eliminates fraud from duplicate cards

Hand-Held Transponders

The transponder uses a tiny, unique capacitor power supply that is charged by the pump before every transmission. This eliminates the need for a battery and makes the transponder life virtually unlimited. All transponders are authenticated read/write transponders and can be charged and read in a fraction of a second.

Vehicle Transponders

These were specially designed for vehicle fueling applications and include a small replaceable battery (three to five-year life.) The transponder can only be activated when it is directly in front of a pump, but its code is blasted through any possible interference by a powerful radio transmitter. The use of a real transmitter (not just a backscatter system) ensures maximum performance and allows the system to work through all types of tinted windows. Like the hand-held transponder, memory configurations are available to meet your exact technical needs.

Why We've Never Charged the Wrong Customer

The read range for the hand-held reader is only a few inches. This is required so the dispenser cannot be accidentally activated by someone walking past it. A unique ranging technique allows the system to ensure that a transponder will not be read ten feet from the dispenser, thus preventing a reading at the wrong pump and on the wrong side of the dispenser. AC Corporation's authentication system is similar to the Data Encryption Standard technique that is used for PIN security and for debit/ATM card processing.

Transponder Activation Range - Nuts and Bolts

• Digital Control Board (DCB)
  This assembly is installed in the dispenser head and includes the radio frequency components to communicate with the vehicle transponders and microprocessors that control the entire system, including hand-held readers.

• Site Controller
  This is a small microprocessor that synchronizes the entire system and converts the data to a simple format to make interfacing to a POS system as easy as possible.

• Indoor readers
  Low-cost indoor readers for hand-held tags will be available soon.

• POS System
  Minor programming changes are required to recognize transponders and send them to the host for authorization. (For older POS systems, the data can be converted to "look" like a credit card, thus eliminating POS software changes. However, certain convenience features are not possible without POS software changes.)

• Credit Card Host
  The host computer must be programmed to recognize transponder numbers and to associate them with a credit card account. The host also verifies the authorization code from each transponder.

iTAG® FuelTrack Brochure

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FuelTrack Overview Video Presentation

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How RFID Will Automate the Supply Chain

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