Tec-Trac, Inc. was founded with the commitment to provide world class productivity tools and software for CATV plant operations management. Our focus in the cable telecommunications industry, and as a result, we are able to tailor our applications in ways that will have an immediate impact on productivity and provide extremely fast returns on investment. Every tool and piece of software we provide was designed with the purpose of maximizing the productivity and efficiency of your personnel and equipment. Tec-Trac, Inc, announced the release of the Z3-1800 and Z3PM, the first of a series of tools that will assist CATV plant operation personnel in running and maintaining cable telecommunication outside plant.

The Z3-1800 is a Palm OST based handheld terminal. Unlike most Palm devices, however, it is specifically designed for field use. It is built to IS-54 specifications for windblown rain and dust and will operate over an extended temperature range. It has a "five foot to concrete" drop specification. The Z3-1800 also contains an integrated bar code reader to reduce the amount of data that needs to be keyed in the field. Equipment serial numbers are typically read using the bar code reader. In addition, field data can be entered using a bar code "cheat sheet" further minimizing the amount keying required. By eliminating the paper, systems can be implemented very efficiently. Transcription errors are reduced since data is entered only once, not written down to be later copied into a spreadsheet or database. Also, the built in reporting functions of the Z3 software allow data to be analyzed instantly. The data is immediately available for budgeting, reliability analysis, and workforce productivity purposes.