OmniAir Certification Services Issues Interoperability Certification Award to GeoToll and Star Systems
Washington, DC – OmniAir Certification Services, Inc. (OCS) granted GeoToll and Star Systems International an OmniAir- Certification award for their 6C products tested in OCS’s 6C-for-Tolling Certification Program.
The 6C Certification Program is 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.
6C Certification includes testing for baseline interoperability 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; it includes performance, UV, humidity and temperature testing under various parameters.
GeoToll submitted the Smartphone Sleeve with RFID tag for testing. The Star Systems International/Start-RFID Co. submitted two tags: ARIES headlamp tag and VENUS windshield tag.
“The Board of OmniAir Certification Services is proud to announce three more certified 18000-6C devices,” says Ted Osinski, Chair of OCS, “our program is growing with acceptance from the vendor and the agency community. We look forward to offering the 6C Certification Program to other suppliers in 2013 and beyond.”
ABOUT OMNIAIR CERTIFICATION SERVICES (OCS): OCS is a non-profit, independent test and certification entity created by OmniAir in 2010. OCS manages the certification program and issues OCS-certified marks. It is led by its own Board of test experts and facility operators. In conjunction with the 6C User Group (operators with a preference for 6C RFID-based toll systems), OCS developed a 6C-for-Tolling Certification Program and developed an apparatus to test compliance to the requirements. The result are OCS-certified suppliers of interoperable 6c tags and readers and other technologies as the OCS program expands to other protocols as requested by the transportation community.
ABOUT OMNIAIR CONSORTIUM: OmniAir is a membership association formed in 2004 to advocate connected vehicle interoperability (IOP) through independent certification programs that offer a one-stop shop for standards conformance and interoperability assurance. Members are leading RFID and DSRC device makers, consultants, integrators and operators. OmniAir’s mission is to advance connected vehicle interoperability through collaboration on certification services designed and maintained by the organizations first to use them.
