Battery Analyzer enables proactive battery management.
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Talkman® T2 holds and tests up to 5 Talkman T2 Lithium-Ion batteries. Tabletop design with LCDs for each battery, unit shows final capacity when test and charge are complete. If full charge measurement falls within ranges specified for specific environment, battery can be expected to hold charge for entire work cycle. If battery is not fully charging, managers know before shift begins and can replace battery with fully charged unit.
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Vocollect Debuts Talkman® T2 Battery Analyzer
New Accessory Provides Proactive Battery Management Capability
PITTSBURGH -- October 28, 2003 - Vocollect, the global leader in integrated voice-directed distribution systems, announced the introduction of its new five (5) bay Talkman® T2 Battery Analyzer. The new accessory - the first of its kind for mobile devices - gives Vocollect's Talkman customers the capability to accurately measure battery capacity and predict performance on the job. For customers, the key benefits are twofold: on a daily basis, they can assure they are sending a Talkman user out to the warehouse floor with a battery that will last for an entire shift, thus minimizing downtime; and on an ongoing basis, they can more effectively plan for the battery rotation and replacement needs of their specific warehouse operation.
According to Greg Holland, Vocollect's hardware product manager, "Our batteries are designed to provide a full eight-plus hours of operation for Talkman wearable computers on a single charge, and our customers rely on this performance." By measuring the charge capacity for each battery as it ages, an operations manager can predict charge life cycles and proactively optimize usage. "Plus, they are now armed with qualitative information about how batteries perform under the specific conditions in each of their warehouses or zones, and they can modify operations and/or rotation schedules accordingly," Holland said.
The battery analyzer holds and tests up to five Talkman T2 Lithium-Ion batteries at once. Its compact, tabletop design provides easy-to-read liquid crystal displays for each battery that shows the final capacity when test and charge are complete. If the full charge measurement falls within the ranges specified for specific environments in which the Talkman T2 voice terminal will be used, such as a freezer or chiller, the battery can be expected to hold its charge for an entire work cycle - up to and beyond an eight-hour shift.
If the battery is not fully charging, managers know before the shift begins and can replace the battery with a fully charged unit, assign the battery to a less than full-shift operation, or plan to replace it altogether. Due to the growing world-wide demand for Talkman systems, the battery analyzer is optimized for international usage, so that the display reads in either Celsius or Fahrenheit and documentation is available in English, German, Italian, French or Spanish. For more information about the Talkman T2 Battery Analyzer, please send your request to info@vocollect.com.
About Vocollect
With more than 50,000 users at hundreds of companies and locations throughout North America, Europe and Asia Pacific, Vocollect has pioneered and deployed more integrated voice-directed distribution warehouse systems than any other company. Together, its market-leading Talkman wearable computing terminal and integrated software suite, cut operating costs through eliminating errors and improving worker productivity shift after shift. The company collaborates with the premier global network of systems integrators and leading WMS providers to serve warehousing customers in the grocery wholesale and retail, general and mass merchandise, foodservice, convenience store, beverage, health and beauty, third-party logistics and medical/pharmaceutical industries. A fast-growing, privately held company of about 150 employees, Vocollect is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pa., with support staff throughout North America, and European operations based in its offices in the U.K. For additional information, call Vocollect at 412-829-8145 or visit www.vocollect.com
Vocollect and Talkman are registered trademarks of Vocollect, Inc.
