TransCore encompass 4 - Purpose

Introduction
1-3
Chapter 1
Introduction
This chapter is the introduction to this manual and provides information
pertaining to the audience, organization, document conventions, system
description, and license information for the Encompass
®
4 Reader
System.
Purpose
This guide provides site planning and testing, installing, and operating instructions for
TransCore’s Encompass 4 Reader System, a dual-protocol reader that reads TransCore
Super eGo
®
(SeGo), Intellitag
®
-based eGo, American Trucking Associations (ATA)/
International Organization for Standardization (ISO), and Inter-Agency Group (IAG)
tag protocols. Before you begin installing the Encompass 4 Reader System, TransCore
recommends that you read this entire manual.
Audience
This document is intended to be used by authorized TransCore Encompass 4 Reader
System dealers, installers, and service personnel. Because the Encompass 4 Reader
System 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, Encompass 4 Reader System opera
tion requires no end-user
intervention.
System Guide Organization
Note: TransCore offers the Encompass 4 Reader in two models: one with an inte-
grated antenna and one that requires connection to an external antenna. In this system
guide, information
and instructions for both Encompass 4 Reader models are pre-
sented. Where separate instructions dictate, a section detailing one Encompass 4
Reader model is
followed immediately with a section detailing the other reader model.
In this system guide, the reader with an integrated antenna is listed first. In cases
where the information does not warrant a separate section, the addition of "...or
antenna" distinguishes between the Encompass 4 Reader models.
The chapters of this guide and a description of
the contents are listed here.
• Chapter 1, “Introduction,” explains the purpose and describes the audience for the
guide, outlines the manual’s organization, provides a brief descri
ption of the