Glossary
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Glossary
- Activation
The process of turning on a Saga Card and putting it in an operational state where it will start reporting the location of a unit it is paired to.
- Box opening detection
The Saga Card can detect when the box it is in has been opened, which generates a point-of-use event in the Unit Level Tracking system.
- Location reporting
The Saga Card can scan cell tower IDs and submit them to the cloud, where the cell tower IDs can be used to triangulate location.
- NFC reader/writer
Equipment that connects to a computer and can activate the Saga Card with a dedicated command.
- Pairing
The linking of a Saga Card's Device ID to a GS1 code in the platform.
- Reporting schedule
The frequency at which the Saga Card wakes up to report cell tower IDs for location triangulation.
- Universally Unique Identifier (UUID)
The format used to create a unique Device ID for the Saga Cards.