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Email EnquiryTelematics Vehicle Plant Machine Tracking Shrewsbury Shropshire UK
What is Telematics ?
Telematics is a black box system of vehicle machine or plant tracking and remote monitoring
Who uses Telematics ?
Telematics can be used by vehicle fleet operators :
Telematics linked to camera system
Telematics can be connected to a camera monitoring system
Canbus Data
Canbus refers to Controller Area Network bus system which is an electronic means of transmitting critical data from sensor inputs to central processing then outputs.
Canbus Protocol
The SAE protocol refers to standards for data transmission. Most Truck, Construction Plant and Agricultural Machinery uses SAE J1939 , J1708 or J1587 protocols though there are others.
What data is available
A whole list of data from sensor inputs is available to provide position, speed , material flow, temperature, body controller inputs and outputs, and much more.
How can data be used
The fleet operator can use data for fleet management by tracking vehicle location , speed, fuel usage, idle time, material flow and process monitoring. Vehicle operating data can be processed to adjust maintenance schedules saving workshop downtime and increase vehicle fleet productivity.
Engineers may use monitoring information to provide breakdown diagnostics for routine and preventative maintenance.
Machine manufacturers may use monitoring data to improve products
Machine dealers may use data to condition monitor assets for replacement purposes.
Location data can be used for route planning ,fleet tracking and security
Insurance companies use tracking data to check compliance with policy conditions
GPS Geofencing
Geofencing sets up geographical area boundary parameters on a map where a vehicle or machine is located and can set an alert when the geofence is crossed
Can systems be linked ?
Camera systems can be linked to telematics black boxes to provide audio and visual monitoring
Who owns the data?
This poses a major legal question . Data must comply with provisions of the Data Protection Act 1998
Case law on this point is often mooted and it is questionable however individuals have the right to request copies of data stored about them using a subject data access request.
How is data transmitted ?
Data is transmitted from the machine black box by wireless radio transmission usually over a mobile network to which a subscription is payable
Data Security
Vehicle tracking systems are often connected directly to the EOBD port of the vehicle as a convenient point of access, or may be wired directly into vehicle networks.
Potential exists for data security breaches which could allow a hacker to shut down systems on a vehicle or plant by remote programming, in fact this has been done already when hackers have gained remote control of a jeep see wired.com .
Installers of tracking equipment rely on software and hardware security implementations of the tracking system developer.
Installation
We can install vehicle telematics tracking systems and are pleased to accept your enquiries
