Module offers mobile network for industrial vehicles.
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Designed as computing and connectivity module, Sky-Box(TM) provides power to all aftermarket additions to forklifts, AGVs, or other industrial vehicles. It also has ability to receive transactional and/or location data from onboard sensors or transaction tools. Internal computer gathers sensor data several times/sec, revealing vehicle location, load ID recorded, and transaction data collected during pick-up or put-away. Sky-Box communicates data to host-system or WMS via wireless connection.
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Sky-Trax NEW Product Announcement - The Sky-Box
Sky-Trax announces the official release of their newest product, the Sky-Box. A new on-board mobile network for industrial vehicles.
New Castle, Delaware, March 13, 2008 Sky-Trax Incorporated is please to announce the official commercial release of the Sky-Box(TM). Designed as a computing and connectivity module, the Sky-Box provides power to all aftermarket additions to any forklift, AGV, or other industrial vehicle. The Sky-Box also has the ability to receive transactional and/or location data from onboard sensors or transaction tools. This functionality combination creates and onboard mobile network; allowing all aftermarket vehicle additions to plug and play together with great ease.
The basic function of the Sky-Box consists of the compact internal computer which gathers sensor data several times each second. The data collected is then processed and depending on the application reveals vehicle location, load ID recorded and transaction data collected during a pick-up or put-away. The Sky-Box communicates all data collected via a wireless connection with the "host-system" or WMS. Other internal Sky-Box components include a DC power converter, analog-to-digital signal conversion, and an Ethernet switch.
The Sky-Trax Sky-Box is available for individual purchase and is also recommended as a power supply for Sky-Trax System and Skan-Free system components including the Optical Label Reader, Optical Position Sensor, Pallet Detector and Lift Height Sensor.
For more information about the Sky-Box, please contact a Sky-Trax Sales representative at: 866-927-4927 or skyinfo@sky-trax.com.
About Sky-Trax Inc.
Sky-Trax develops revolutionary inch-accurate tracking systems for warehouse vehicles. Safety and productivity applications employing IPS are economical and practical to deploy, allowing warehouse professionals to substantially increase safety and improve warehouse efficiency. The results are fewer safety incidents, much lower operating costs, improved inventory accuracy, and greater throughput. For more information, please visit www.Sky-Trax.com.
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