Abstract: A system and method for routing a carrier on a movable conveyance system having a multiplicity of switching stations and at least one carrier. Each carrier has an electronic readable tag coupled thereto, and each tag has a specific identifier that can be read. A reader is configured to read the electronic readable tag and to communicate the tag's identifier to a controller. The controller, in turn, is configured to control at least one switching station of the movable conveyance system based at least in part on the identifier.

Abstract: A system and method for routing a carrier on a movable conveyance system having a multiplicity of switching stations and at least one carrier. Each carrier has an electronic readable tag coupled thereto, and each tag has a specific identifier that can be read. A reader is configured to read the electronic readable tag and to communicate the tag's identifier to a controller. The controller, in turn, is configured to control at least one switching station of the movable conveyance system based at least in part on the identifier.

Abstract: A Smart Reader for controlling a switching station has several elements. First, it includes an interrogator for communicating with an RFID transponder, the RFID transponder having a specific code stored on a memory chip therein. A memory module is electronically coupled to the interrogator and is configured to store at least one code transmitted by the RFID transponder to the interrogator. Circuitry for comparing an input from the interrogator and the at least one code stored in the memory module is coupled to at least one relay. The at least one relay is electronically coupled to a physical switching station, and controls the physical switching station based at least in part on the specific code stored in the RFID transponder.