BAX Beginning Segment for Advance Consist and Transportation Automatic Equipment ID

To transmit identifying numbers, dates, and other basic data relating to the transaction set

Sequence

Element

Name

Type

Requirement

Min

Max

Repeat

01

154

Standard Point Location Code

Identifier (ID)

Mandatory

6

9

1

Code specifying the Standard Point Location code defined by National Motor Freight Tariff Association (NMFTA) or the Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) point development group as the official code assigned to a city or point (for ratemaking purposes) within a city

02

579

Type of Consist Code

Identifier (ID)

Mandatory

1

1

1

Code indicating the type of consist

Codes (13)

03

374

Date/Time Qualifier

Identifier (ID)

Mandatory

3

3

1

Code specifying type of date or time, or both date and time

Codes (1343)

04

373

Date

Date (DT)

Mandatory

8

8

1

Date expressed as CCYYMMDD where CC represents the first two digits of the calendar year

05

337

Time

Time (TM)

Mandatory

4

8

1

Time expressed in 24-hour clock time as follows: HHMM, or HHMMSS, or HHMMSSD, or HHMMSSDD, where H = hours (00-23), M = minutes (00-59), S = integer seconds (00-59) and DD = decimal seconds; decimal seconds are expressed as follows: D = tenths (0-9) and DD = hundredths (00-99)

06

41

Interchange Train Identification

String (AN)

Optional

1

10

1

Train identification (free-form)

07

154

Standard Point Location Code

Identifier (ID)

Optional

6

9

1

Code specifying the Standard Point Location code defined by National Motor Freight Tariff Association (NMFTA) or the Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) point development group as the official code assigned to a city or point (for ratemaking purposes) within a city

08

127

Reference Identification

String (AN)

Optional

1

80

1

Reference information as defined for a particular Transaction Set or as specified by the Reference Identification Qualifier

BAX08 is the Reader Identification Number.

09

1280

Direction Identifier Code

Identifier (ID)

Optional

1

1

1

Code identifying geographic direction

Codes (16)

10

373

Date

Date (DT)

Conditional

8

8

1

Date expressed as CCYYMMDD where CC represents the first two digits of the calendar year

BAX10 is the date the last piece of equipment passed the reader.

11

337

Time

Time (TM)

Conditional

4

8

1

Time expressed in 24-hour clock time as follows: HHMM, or HHMMSS, or HHMMSSD, or HHMMSSDD, where H = hours (00-23), M = minutes (00-59), S = integer seconds (00-59) and DD = decimal seconds; decimal seconds are expressed as follows: D = tenths (0-9) and DD = hundredths (00-99)

C1110: If BAX-11 is present, then BAX-10 is required

BAX11 is the time the last piece of equipment passed the reader.

12

623

Time Code

Identifier (ID)

Optional

2

2

1

Code identifying the time. In accordance with International Standards Organization standard 8601, time can be specified by a + or - and an indication in hours in relation to Universal Time Coordinate (UTC) time; since + is a restricted character, + and - are substituted by P and M in the codes that follow

C1211: If BAX-12 is present, then BAX-11 is required

Codes (56)

13

353

Transaction Set Purpose Code

Identifier (ID)

Optional

2

2

1

Code identifying purpose of transaction set

Codes (76)

14

284

Service Level Code

Identifier (ID)

Optional

2

2

1

Code indicating the level of transportation service or the billing service offered by the transportation carrier

Codes (85)