Our scanner is characterized by its compact and at the same time very robust design. It is designed for daily use. Due to its resistance to extreme temperatures (-30 to 50°C) and a standby time of over 30 days when switched off, the Outpaw PetIdent 160 is the ideal device for various user groups.
Our scanner is equally suitable for professional and private use. Many veterinarians as well as farmers use our animal chip reader as a professional second device, as it is portable and more practical than large veterinary or farm devices. Our customers also include many municipalities, public order offices, police stations, fire stations, highway maintenance departments, animal shelters and breeders. In the private sector, our scanner is mainly used by animal welfare groups, rescue organizations for dogs and cats as well as groups, who identify roadkill animals. In this context, the scanner is utilized to identify lost pets as well as street dogs and cats.
Our animal chip reader can read ear tags as well as transponders and supports all common reading standards, namely the chips standardized under ISO standards ISO 11784 & ISO 11785 and FDX-B and ID64 protocols. Animal chips from abroad can also be read. These differ from chips used in Germany mostly only by the three-digit country code in the identification number. We have positive experience with reading chips in the entire European Union, Russia, Turkey, USA, Japan, China and many other countries.
Ear tags are no problem for our animal chip scanner, as long as they are FDX-B chips.
Our scanner has a beep sound with reduced volume and is also suitable for easily frightened animals.
To understand how our scanner works, it is important to know what an animal chip is. An animal chip is a small passive transponder about twice the size of a grain of rice. Typically, these microchips are implanted under the animal's skin using a syringe. Typically, this is done through the shoulder blades. The chip can then be used to recognize or identify the animal.
The great benefit of animal chips is the unique marking and identification of an animal. For example, a lost dog can be identified and returned to its owner. If you imagine a flock of sheep, the benefit of animal identification in livestock management also becomes clear.
Microchips are based on RFID technology. RFID stands for "radio frequency identification", i.e. identification via radio waves. Data can be stored on the chip, such as the individual number of the microchip. Since animal chips do not have an energy source,the necessary energy is provided electromagnetically by our scanner. As soon as the microchip is supplied with energy, the data stored on it can be read out.
Successful reading of an animal chip is not dependent on animal type or species. In the 1990s, the most common transponder systems in Europe were combined under the ISO standards ISO11784 & ISO 11785. Thus, it does not matter whether a dog, cat, reptile or horse is microchipped. As long as the reading range of the scanner can detect the chip, the chip number can be read equally. There are differences in the chip technologies used in North America, for example.
Nowadays the most common systems are standardized under the ISO standards ISO11784 & ISO 11785. In the European pet sector mainly FDX-B chips are used.FDX-B chip numbers are standardized and have 15 digits. In most cases a FDX-B chip is required if the pet is to travel across borders (e.g. EU, UK, Australia). In the USA, the FDX-A chips, which are considered obsolete, are still used up to this day. FDX-A chips have only ten-digit identification numbers and are read out on a frequency of 125 kHz (FDX-B on the other hand 134.2 kHz). In agriculture, HDX chips are also used for identification. In contrast to FDX technology, HDX chips are larger in design and have a greater range.
