CBORD® releases handheld terminal for Odyssey PCS™

For Immediate Release

Ithaca, New York—The CBORD Group, Inc. recently released the Troubadour card reader for Odyssey PCS, providing clients with mobility for privilege verification and debit transactions in an offline environment.

Ticketing, roll call, and attendance tracking are moving away from being paper-based on many campuses. The Troubadour streamlines these and other functions, while providing comprehensive reporting capabilities.

Designed to record transactions at outdoor and athletic events, the Troubadour verifies transactions against a "snapshot" of the Odyssey PCS database. Once the event is completed, transactions are uploaded through a user interface. Reporting is available from both the terminal and Odyssey PCS.

"Troubadour is simple to use, and requires very little training and no technical expertise," says David Parson, OneCard Manager at the University of Indianapolis. "It has been very wellreceived on-campus, and has allowed us to expand our use of the Odyssey PCS system with very little effort."

The CBORD Group serves colleges and universities, corporations, healthcare facilities, chain restaurants, supermarkets, and a host of other market segments. CBORD’s products are used in foodservice, catering, nutrition services, campus ID card privilege control, housing services, cashless dining, online ordering, and other institution-wide activities. The CBORD Group serves more than 5,000 organizations in the US, Canada, Europe, South Africa, New Zealand, and Australia.

The CBORD Group was founded in 1975. Today it employs more than 440 professionals.

“CBORD has worked hand in hand with our IT department and our card office to ensure a successful installation!”

— Paulina Schleppenbach, Dir., Comet Card Dept.
The University of Texas at Dallas