Upgrades at Shenandoah National Park

As the holiday season approached, DJ and John flew out to Shenandoah National Park to upgrade their registers and systems, streamlining the Fee Program. There was a lot of work to be done, but with the help of Ryan McKelvey, Mindy Bogue, Maryanne O'Connor and Solim Garcia the installation went very quickly. 

With the installation of EliXR Duo's across the park, Shenandoah has prepared itself for when EMV finally rolls out. Their new touchscreens will make day to day fee collection and even occasional maintenance much easier. With the new touchscreens, they also received a version of our most recent keyboard layouts. The new layout will make transactions and reporting much more simple and efficient.

As with many of the National Parks, Shenandoah has some fee collection locations that are not ideal for an internet connection. For some we were able to set up Cradlepoint antennas, but a few locations aren't even in cell range. For these we were able to create a solution using USB Memory Drives. They can simply download their batches for the day and then send them to the central remit computer with any other computer connected to the internet. This will seriously cut down on the time needed to send this data.

We always enjoy visiting the parks and working with the wonderful people in the fee programs. We look forward to our continuing relationship with Shenandoah National Park and working with their team to keep their program as efficient as possible.