OmniAir Elects New Board Members at 9th Annual Meeting

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The OmniAir Board met for its 9th Annual Board of Directors Meeting and welcomed new Directors, a new Vice Chair, and also grew the Board of OmniAir Certification Services.  Elected were Eric Redmann of 3M and Chris Body of Kapsch – both to three-year terms.

The Board elected Steve Novosad of ATKINS Global as its new Vice Chair.  Steve joins the Executive Committee which currently consists of Dave Kristick, E-470 Public Highway Authority, who began his 2nd year as Chairman, and Doug Kavner, Raytheon HMTS, who also began his second of a three-year term as Treasurer.  The Secretary is Tim McGuckin, Executive Director of OmniAir and ex-officio Director.

As for OmniAir Certification Services, the Board elected Bob Redding of MTA Bridges & Tunnels to a 3-year term.  Bob Redding complements a group of 4 OCS directors who may be joined by more at OmniAir’s ‘Supplemental Annual Meeting Teleconference’ set to occur in Mid-February.

The next full meeting of the OmniAir Board is tentatively set for May 2013.  The OCS Board is meeting next on January 28th in NYC.

OmniAir Certification Services, Inc. Issues First Certification Award

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Orlando, FL – OmniAir Certification Services, Inc. (OCS), the test-affiliate of OmniAir Consortium, on September 10th awarded 3M the first “OmniAir-Certified” certificates for products tested under a toll technology certification program.

The certification program was designed to ensure tolling tag and reader interoperability (IOP) across equipment vendors and toll facilities that choose to deploy equipment certified as compliant to the “6C Requirements Document” as defined by the 6C Toll Operators Committee.  It is based on the ISO/IEC 18000-6 (Type C) RFID protocol.

The test program included testing for baseline and applied interoperability.  Baseline IOP ensures that tag and reader pairs can transition successfully from one state to another and to validate memory data.  Applied IOP ensures that tags and readers can withstand the toll environment and includes performance, UV, humidity and temperature testing under various parameters.

3M (which recently acquired FSTech from Federal Signal Corp) submitted the following tolling devices for testing: UHF Reader Model ID 5204; UHF Reader Model ID 6204; Headlamp Mount Tag Model ID-HMT-NT-L3S; & Windshield Mount Tag Model ID-WMT-NS-L3S.  For more information call Tim McGuckin at 703-766-5005.

OmniAir Begins VAD Qualification Test Round in Support of USDOT Safety Pilot

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OmniAir has begun the final round of Connected Vehicle Program Vehicle Awareness Device (VAD) testing with outdoor/field testing occuring September 18-21, 2012.  The purpose of the Qualification Round is to take DSRC devices and run them through a layered test approach that includes a physical medium and format check, a subsystem transmission pattern and other selected operational checks while the device is operating in a moving vehicle, including the ability to sign messages.

Testing includes radio and message level interface testing, as well as minimum performance testing (radio range and positioning accuracy).  Devices must comply with the VAD specification and internal antenna requirements.

Initial environmental testing is done at OmniAir test facilities in Baltimore, MD.  Field tests occur at a private test track in Millville, NJ.  Other OmniAir members involved include Southwest Research Institute, Concurrent Technology Corporation, 3M (formerly Federal Signal), and Security Innovations.

The goal of the program is to be able to reliably qualify VAD devices for use in the Connected Vehicle Safety Pilot Program underway now in Ann Arbor, MI and to support procurement needs of affiliated test beds in the future.  The UMTRI-managed Safety Pilot consists of a 2,800-vehicle test of connected vehicle technology performance.

Data collected from the multi-month test will be used to inform a potential NHTSA regulatory recommendation in late 2013.  For more information email info@omniair.org

OmniAir EPS Committee Completes EPSNIS Draft – Prepares for NYSBA 5.9GHz DSRC Test

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OmniAir’s EPS Committee has developed the first draft of an EPS National Interoperability Specification and is currently working to integrate 5.9GHz DSRC AVI equipment for testing alongside the existing E-ZPass system at NY State Bridge Authority’s Beacon Bridge.