TraCS Features and Functionality

*  Streamlined Interface and Navigation tree Features
*  Meets FBI Security Standards
*  Data Browser
*  Data Bar
*  Contact Manager
*  Print Manager
*  Flexible Data Edits and Validations
*  AAMVA PDF417 Barcode Reading Capabilities
*  AAMVA Magnetic Stripe Reading Capabilities
*  Diagramming
*  Image and Signature Capturing
*  GIS Incident Location Tool Interface
*  Records Management Systems Interface
*  Database flexability
*  Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows Server 2003, and Windows Server 2008 Compatibility (32 and 64 bit versions supported.)

Validations

TraCS provides data validation functionality to ensure that forms are complete and accurate. Users receive immediate feedback regarding incorrect data and are prompted to correct any errors. Through the SDK, agencies can specify the validation requirements that meet their own needs for each type of form. Validations can be excuted online as data is entered into a form or in a batch after data entry has been completed.

Diagramming

TraCS offers five diagraming options: * TraCS Diagram Tool - A simple to use, drag-and-drop diagramming tool which provides the user with a series of templates that store images of crash elements including vehicles,roadways, pedestrians, animals, trees, text, and other objects. Once an element of a crash has been placed on the diagram the user may then move, rotate, or size these elements as needed. * Image Capture and Import - Capability to scan a hand-drawn diagram into a form utilizing a flatbed scanner or barcode imager or to import a graphics file as a diagram. * Microsoft Visio - Ability to open Microsoft Visio from the TraCs form and complete a diagram; the diagram is then displayed and saved with the TraCS form when Visio is closed. A Microsoft Vsio software license is required which must be purchased and installed separately. * Easy Street Draw/Scene PD - Ability to open Easy Street Draw or Scene PD from the TraCs form and complete a diagram; the diagram is then displayed and saved with the TraCS from when Easy Street Draw is closed. An Easy Street Draw and/or Scene PD software license is required which must be purchased and installed separately. * Quick Scene - Ability to open Quick Scene from the TraCS form and complete a diagram; the diagram is then displayed and saved with the TraCs form when Quick Scene is closed. A Quick Scene software license is required which must be purchased and installed separately.

Attachments

Any type of file can be stored with ay TraCS form including digital images captured with a barcode imager, images or video from digital cameras, and images scanned in with a flatbed scanner.

Printing

TraCS includes a print manager that allows the user to print any number of reports for each TraCS form. These reports may be formatted to look like existing paper reports if necessary or desired. Several versions of a report may be designed against one TraCS form to meet specific printing needs.

Signatures

Signatures may be captured on a TraCS form by writing on the screen when using a tablet PC, by capturing it using a barcode imager, or by using a signature tablet connected to the computer. In addition, the user may choose to store his/her signature in TraCS for the duration of their shift so that he/she doesn't have to sign every time a form is completed.

Data Transfer

TraCS provides for multiple methods of electronic data transfer utilizing the Start Shift/End Shift functionality. The user may select one of several ways to tranfer data from TraCS Mobile in the field to the TraCS Office database. These transfer methods includes wireless, direct connect, diskette, USB drive, and dial-in using a modem.

Transmission

Once data collected in the field with TraCs Mobile is transferred to the local agency's TraCS Office Database, it can then be transmitted to a central state or federal data repository if so desired. The TraCS Communications functionality allows for any form generated in TraCS to be extracted, converted and transferred to any location, in any format via FTP, HTTP, e-mail, file copy, or through a web service. The TraCS preferred data transmission method is XML.

TraCS Office Database

TraCs includes an agency level database repository which stores all data collected in the field. In addition, the back-end database provides for a complete, accurate, and timely data warehouse that can be used for data reporting and analysis. The TraCS Office Database can utilize Microsoft Access, Microsoft SQL Server, or Oracle.