Product library

Every product Magtouch Electronics has made, current and past. 35 records so far. A record is never removed: when a product is retired it stays here with its documents and a pointer to what replaced it.

Find a product Current products only

Batons

• Mini Rock Current A smaller stainless steel patrol baton that fits in a key safe. Same points, uploaders and memory as the Tagtough baton.
• Suga Blu Current Cellular patrol baton, factory fitted with a SIM card, that sends each clocking to the server by itself. Nothing to download.
• Tagtough baton Current Intrinsically safe patrol baton in a hermetically sealed stainless steel case. Stores 4,000 clockings and runs 4 to 8 years on its battery.
• TT Wifi Developed, not mass produced Patrol baton that reports its clockings over Wi-Fi instead of a cellular network. Developed, not mass produced.
• Magtouch Electronics baton Legacy, still supported The original Magtouch Electronics patrol baton, the predecessor of the Tagtough baton. Read by an upload station connected to a PC.

Uploaders and communicators

• Doc Pro upload station Current USB upload station that transfers clockings from a stainless steel baton to a computer.
• Remote Uploader (RUE) Current Wi-Fi upload station for stainless steel batons. Reads the baton after a patrol and puts the clockings online.
• Suga Blu charger Current Charging stand for the Suga Blu baton.
• Baby Blu Developed, not mass produced An early version of the Remote Uploader that connects over the cellular network instead of Wi-Fi. Developed, not mass produced.
• SMS unit Developed, not mass produced A unit that connects to your Tagtough Online account and sends you its notifications by SMS. Developed, not manufactured.
• Mag Express Legacy, still supported Cellular upload station for stainless steel batons, mounted at the guardhouse. Battery backup and storage for 65,000 clockings.
• Magcell Legacy, still supported The first cellular upload station: a baton is placed on it and its clockings are sent to the online server. Predecessor of the Mag Express.
• Upload Station Legacy, still supported USB upload station with three brass studs, used to read the Magtouch Electronics baton into the desktop software. Predecessor of the Doc Pro.
• Data Transporter Retired Earlier device for carrying baton data from a site to the computer. Only its name survives in our records.

Fixed site units

• Stationary Guard Current Fixed unit for a guard post: proves the guard is present and awake, clocks guards in and out, and can open gates and doors. A panic button is an optional extra.
• Staff Management Unit Developed, not mass produced A Stationary Guard and a baton uploader in one unit, with a screen. Developed, not mass produced.
• Failed Patrol Unit Retired A programmable timer switch used with the Magcell to signal a failed patrol. Its operating instructions survive; little else does.

Points and accessories

• Baton pouch Current Canvas belt pouch for standard-size batons. Supplied free with every standard baton.
• ID key tags Current ID points on a key ring, for supervisors, shift start and end, or assets. Supplied in packs of 2.
• ID points with holders Current Wireless, waterproof, battery-free checkpoints. Each has a unique number and is clocked with a baton to prove presence.
• QR and NFC points Current Points a guard clocks with a phone instead of a baton: a QR sticker to scan, an NFC tag to tap, or a GPS position to stand at.

Kits

• Suga Blu Online Starter Kit Current Everything needed for a real-time patrol system: a cellular baton, charger and ten ID points. Clockings arrive online by themselves.
• Tagtough Starter Kit Current Everything needed for an offline patrol system: an intrinsically safe baton, an uploader, ten ID points and two key tags. No monthly costs.
• Magtouch Electronics Desktop Starter Kit Legacy, still supported The original offline patrol kit: a Magtouch Electronics baton, pouch, USB upload station, ten ID points and the desktop software on CD. Predecessor of the Tagtough Starter Kit.
• Access Line Retired The Magtouch Electronics desktop patrol system sold under the Access Line brand, with its own uploader software, a stainless steel baton and the UComm 3 docking station.

Software and platform

• Beago Current An Android app that sends a phone's position to Tagtough Online in the background, with duty buttons and Panic.
• GuardSense Current The guard's phone page: scan points, go on and off duty, report incidents with photos, tick off checklists and press Panic.
• Tagtough Online Current The online platform every connected unit reports to: patrols, a live control room, incidents, reports, vehicle tracking and access control.
• Tagtough desktop software Current Free Windows program that reads a baton through the Doc Pro and produces patrol reports. Latest version 1.04.
• Telegram guard bot Current Guards use Telegram instead of an app: register with a QR code, go on duty, share location, message the shift and report incidents.
• Magtouch Electronics desktop software Legacy, still supported The original PC program for reading Magtouch Electronics batons through an upload station. Predecessor of the Tagtough desktop software.

Other products

• Kijani Current An open-source ESP32 controller board for small battle robots and classroom robotics, driven from a phone's web browser.
• LockBridge 8 Current A controller board for a bank of eight lockers: it drives eight locks, reads each door and bolt, and detects whether there is an item in each locker.
• Serial display Retired A display with VIEW and ACK buttons, fitted in a vehicle to turn it into a mobile control room. From about 2004.

Services

• SIM management Current We monitor and top up the data on a unit's SIM card. Twelve months are included with every online unit in South Africa; other countries on request.