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Events 2007

Alternatives co-sponsor and exhibitor at IQPC 's Cold Chain Management Conf., Feb.26-28, Toronto.

Alternatives will present with McKesson Canada at the PPCLA Logistics & Pharma Distribution Summit, Feb. 22-23, Toronto.

TCP/Reliable and Alternatives will be at the INTERPHEX 2007, April 24-26, New-York, USA.


2e regional award
Technological Innovation Section - May 2001
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ATP-Sentinel™
Real-time Monitoring System for Transport Conditions of air-conditioned Cargo

The ATP-Sentinel solution is specially designed to monitor and control the cold chain during the transportation of sensitive or perishable products. It fulfills the regulatory requirements that apply in the Life Science, Healthcare and related Transportation sectors.

ATP-Sentinel allows monitoring the environmental transport conditions of air-conditioned cargo, especially for Life Science and Healthcare products.

ATP-Sentinel™ : General Features

  • Monitoring and recording of temperatures between -40° and 85°C.
  • System consists of a PDA and a temperature data logger.
  • Alarms notification and auto recording of alarms received by the driver into a database.
  • Data is secured into the temperature data loggers as well as in the internal memory card of the PDA.
  • Configuration station for delivery routes and advanced reports and graphs generating system.
  • Secured database system (SQL Server).
  • Management of delivery truck fleet and delivery routes creation capabilities.
  • Calibration compliant with national measurement standard.
  • Software compliant with CFR21 part 11 requirements (electronic data and signatures).
  • Worry-free calibration plan (loggers are calibrated before calibration expires).
  • Engineering, validation and operating instructions documentation available.

PDA support on vehicle console

Main interface

Complete reports and graphs

Available logger types

Model

Range

Resolution

Accuracy

M40P85

-40° to 85°C

0.125°C

0.250°C

ATP-Sentinel i4cIT™
A Novel Solution for Cold Chain Monitoring and Product Location in real-time

ATP-Sentinel i4cIT is a Novel Web-based system for the tracking in an automated and real-time way the cold chain and product location during transportation. It uses the RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) technology as well as a secured Web access.

The ATP-Sentinel i4cIT system allows you to track in real-time the temperature and the geo-location of goods, products, cargos and transports.

Four (4) tracking modes for ATP-Sentinel i4cIT

  • Consignment Monitoring
  • In Transit Monitoring (Transport)
  • Fixed Location Monitoring (Pharmacies)
  • Integrated Monitoring

ATP-Sentinel i4cIT™ Features

  • RFID transponders with temperature sensors;
  • Stationary Fixed RFID readers;
  • Global Positioning System (GPS) functionality;
  • Wireless GSM/GPRS data transmission;
  • Secured Web Access to data;

ATP-Sentinel i4cIT™ Specifications

  • Transponder UHF Active;
  • Operating frequency: 915 Mhz;
  • Memory: 8Kb Read/Write;
  • Bit rate: 8 Kbaud;
  • Reading distance: up to 100m;
  • Storage temperature: -40°C to +200°C;
  • Operating temperature: -25°C to +85°C;
  • Package protection: class IP 56-67
  • Transponder size: 15cm x 2.54cm;
  • RFID reader: power supply 12V, automatic operation, interface TCP/IP & Web, package protection class IP65, antenna size 6 cm x 2 cm, and box size 20 cm x 20 cm x10 cm.

RTLS for cold chain

Collection and Communication Hardware

ATP-Sentinel i4cIT™ Web Interface