Choosing, Installing, and Removing Tags
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Chapter 3
Choosing, Installing, and Removing Tags
This chapter describes the various tag types compatible with the
Encompass
®
4 Reader and the procedures for installing and removing
compatible internal and external tags.
Compatible Tag Types
The Encompass 4 Reader provides the capability to read the various TransCore eGo
®
Plus-type tags employing Super eGo (SeGo) protocol and eGo-style tags and other
American National Standards Institute (ANSI) ANS INCITS 256-2001-compliant tags
with Intellitag technology. Depending on options ordered, the Encompass 4 Reader
can read eGo Plus and eGo tags as well as TransCore IT2000 (in optional ATA/ISO
mode), ATA-protocol, ISO-compliant tags, and Inter-Agency (IAG) tags. It can also
read tags formatted to a wide range of industry-standard proprietary formats, includ-
ing SIA Wiegand 26-bit standard format.
See Appendix E for information about the n
umerous tag models.
Reader and Tag Model Interoperability
Table 3-1 lists the tags that are read by the Encompass 4 Reader. See
www.transcore.com/pdf/T
ag-Reader-Matrix.pdf for most current information con-
cerning readers and supported tag protocols.
Table 3-1 Tags Read by the Encompass 4 Reader
Reader Beam Tags Battery Tags
Encompass 4 Reader eGo Plus Sticker Tag*; eGo Plus
Security Sticker T
ag*, eGo Plus
License Plate Tag*
eGo Windshield Sticker Tag;
eGo Ta
mper Resistant Tag; eGo
License Plate Tag
other ANS INCITS 256-2001-
compliant tags with Intell
itag
technology
AT5100; AT5102; AT5110;
AT5
112; AT5125; AT5145;
AT5146; AT5715
AT5105; AT5114; AT5140;
AT51
47; AT5510; AT5540;
AT5541; AT5542; AT5543;
AT5544; AT5545; AT5547;
AT5704; AT5707; IT2221**;
IT2235**
* in SeGo, eGo, and/or ATA
mo
des
** When used in optional ATA/ISO
mode