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

Position: BAX-01 · Element: 154 · Name: Standard Point Location Code · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Mandatory · Min: 6 · Max: 9 · Repeat: 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

Position: BAX-02 · Element: 579 · Name: Type of Consist Code · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Mandatory · Min: 1 · Max: 1 · Repeat: 1

Code indicating the type of consist

Position: BAX-03 · Element: 374 · Name: Date/Time Qualifier · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Mandatory · Min: 3 · Max: 3 · Repeat: 1

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

Position: BAX-04 · Element: 373 · Name: Date · Type: Date (DT) · Requirement: Mandatory · Min: 8 · Max: 8 · Repeat: 1

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

Position: BAX-05 · Element: 337 · Name: Time · Type: Time (TM) · Requirement: Mandatory · Min: 4 · Max: 8 · Repeat: 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)

Position: BAX-06 · Element: 41 · Name: Interchange Train Identification · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 1 · Max: 10 · Repeat: 1

Train identification (free-form)

Position: BAX-07 · Element: 154 · Name: Standard Point Location Code · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 6 · Max: 9 · Repeat: 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

Position: BAX-08 · Element: 127 · Name: Reference Identification · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 1 · Max: 80 · Repeat: 1

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

BAX08 is the Reader Identification Number.

Position: BAX-09 · Element: 1280 · Name: Direction Identifier Code · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 1 · Max: 1 · Repeat: 1

Code identifying geographic direction

Position: BAX-10 · Element: 373 · Name: Date · Type: Date (DT) · Requirement: Conditional · Min: 8 · Max: 8 · Repeat: 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.

Position: BAX-11 · Element: 337 · Name: Time · Type: Time (TM) · Requirement: Conditional · Min: 4 · Max: 8 · Repeat: 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.

Position: BAX-12 · Element: 623 · Name: Time Code · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 2 · Max: 2 · Repeat: 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

Position: BAX-13 · Element: 353 · Name: Transaction Set Purpose Code · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 2 · Max: 2 · Repeat: 1

Code identifying purpose of transaction set

Position: BAX-14 · Element: 284 · Name: Service Level Code · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 2 · Max: 2 · Repeat: 1

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

Position: BAX-15 · Element: 41 · Name: Interchange Train Identification · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 1 · Max: 10 · Repeat: 1

Train identification (free-form)

Position: BAX-16 · Element: 1470 · Name: Number · Type: Numeric (N0) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 1 · Max: 9 · Repeat: 1

A generic number