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ASSETTRACKING/ANTI THEFT
IRNAPRIL-MAY 2014
DPL Telematics says its new Skyhawk
OBDII tracking systemwill increase
driver safety and productivity and
reduce fleet costs.
the movements and actions of individuals in real-
time or historically, irrelevant of how many vehicle
theyhaveoperatedwithin the reportingperiod.
The company has also launched a ‘plug and play’
telematics system targeted at plant and equipment
wherehardwired trackingsystemsmaybeunsuitable
or too expensive. The device connects to a vehicle’s
OBD II onboarddiagnosticport.
Mr Lane says Ctrack is also looking further at
RFID technology as a way of keeping tabs on
equipment attachments or ancillary equipment – if
apieceof equipment comes back and theassociated
attachment isn’t with it then the system will alert
theuser.
Ctrack iswell aware of further opportunities in the
construction equipment sector andMr Lane says the
company is talking to potential OEM partners who
could badge its technology. “It’s quite likely that
you’ll seeus takingapart of thatmarket”, he says.
There are other trends in the sector, not least a
focus on driver behaviour, mainly for delivery truck
drivers. DPL Telematics, aUS-basedprovider of asset
monitoringand telemetry, has launched theSkyhawk
OBDII vehicle tracking system designed to increase
driver safety and productivity while reducing
fleet costs.
The system allowsmanagers to wirelesslymonitor
all their vehicles continually on the internet,
with managers able to receive alerts on air bag
deployments, driving without the seatbelt, harsh
braking, rapid acceleration, speeding, towing
andmore.
The Skyhawk ODBII also looks at the vehicle’s
operating data such as engine temperature,
pressures and diagnostic fault codes, “thus
empowering the fleet manager to proactively take
immediate corrective action instead of reacting to a
catastrophic failure.”
Tony Nicoletti, director of strategy and business
development at DPL Telematics, says a keybenefit of
the solution is that it is wireless and easy to install,
“allowing anybody to perform an installation in
secondswithout anywiringor external antenna.”
Telogis launch
Another telematicsspecialist, Telogis –aUScompany
with operations in Europe, South America and New
Zealand - has introduced a telematics system for
heavy equipment, including commercial vehicles,
construction plant, non-powered assets or a
combinationof all three.
The system incorporates the now-common
geofencing option, as well as tracking the operation
of equipment.
“By theyear2020, therewill bemore than26billion
mobile devices connected to the Internet of Things,
andnowherewill that bemore important than in the
management of mobile resources,” says
Jeff Cohen, vice president, asset
Volvo CE is offering some of its
excavators with augmented anti-
theft features incorporated into its
CareTrack telematics system.
Contractor BAMNuttall has fitted Kosran’s Safety Access Control
system (SAC) on its crawler crane fleet, ensuring that only
authorisedworkers can operate themachines.
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