What is Smarttrack RFID?
Smarttrack is an RFID solution designed specifically for Art Gallery and Museum collections
Smarttrack combines international Museum and Art Gallery conservation and collections expertise with industry-leading RFID integration and application development experience.
The Smarttrack RFID solution enables Museums and Art Galleries to achieve full visibility of their collections, streamline and fast-track collection audits and stocktakes, save time and money by quickly and easily finding misplaced items,automatically track the movement of objects and artworks throughout your premises and improve collection preservation through significantly reduced object handling.
The Smarttrack system uses passive UHF Gen 2 RFID technology, compliant with global standard ISO 18000-6C
Key Features
- Low cost of tags makes it cost-effective to tag all items in the collection
- Smarttrack have developed a range of RFID labels and tags specifically for Museums and Galleries
- Line of sight not required to read tags - meaning objects and artworks can have their accession or registration number read whilst still in crates, solander boxes, tubs, wrapping, etc without needing to open the box or handle the objects
- Hundreds of tags can be read per second
- Tags can be read from a distance of up to 5m
- Objects can be tracked automatically as they move in and out of storage areas or other designated zones
- Handheld and fixed reader solutions available
- Location data can be integrated into most current collection management systems in real time, providing accurate, up-to-date object location information or Smarttrack Enterprise, a stand alone web based management and reporting interface, can be used.