ATBD Inc. is pleased to offer the American Short Line Railroads and their Railroad Customers the following Automatic Equipment Identification products and services:

• Introduction to history of AEI development and standards.
• Similarities and differences of manufacturer’s software and hardware.
• Equipment, software, hardware, and vendor selection.
• Site selection survey services

• Site to host functions, communication protocol, and connecting road sharing.
• AEI database structure and access programs.
• AEI tag programming.
• Handheld AEI tag readers for tag health and rail inventory.

• Site location equipment placement for optimum performance.
• Front end processing of AEI data and “off the shelf” solutions.
• Power and communication requirements and performance.
• PC to AEI site system configuration and software.
• Site selection documentation and survey.
• Development of short and long term AEI implementation strategies.

• Proven and recommended AEI site installation practices and configurations.
• AEI site programmed/preventative maintenance procedures.
• Maintainer training and basic troubleshooting.
• Project management and scheduling.
• Turnkey system installation.
• Host system interface

• Class I railroad and connecting road interface to exploit foreign equipment.
• Site placement to support Host Operating Software applications.
• Web access to raw AEI data

• Installation training and qualified supervision.
• AEI data quality and system health monitoring software.
• Site inventory configuration management and parameter database.
• AEI system health monitoring, and web based management reports.
• AEI repair, relocate, upgrade, and disaster recovery.

Application Technology By Design, Inc.
4582 Kingwood Drive
Suite 272
Kingwood, TX 77345

Email: info@atbdinc.com
Phone: (402) 871-6468
Fax: (412) 531-7104