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Truck and Track
Winter 2018
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TACHOGRAPH ANALYSIS
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The newDTCO 4.0 digital tachograph brings trusted
data into seamless supply and information chains
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A DSRC (Dedicated Short Range Communication)
interface and a satellite link network uses the highest
security standards
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An Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) interface
supports transport planning and enables cooperating
services
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Continental has implemented the upcoming EU
Regulation 165/2014 in the Digital Tachograph 4.0
The new Tachograph Regulation (EU) 165/2014 comes into
force June 2019. All newly registered trucks will then have
an intelligent digital tachograph on board – and this will
bring many functional enhancements. Linking to a satellite
positioning system and transmitting data wirelessly during
roadside checks make life easier for trucking companies and
law enforcement authorities. The new encryption ensures an
evengreater level of security. Dr. LutzScholten, VicePresidentof
Segment Tachographs, Telematics and Services at Continental,
emphasizes that the newgeneration of the DTCOmeans no less
than the entry into a new era of secure data acquisition. “The
tachograph is now becoming a comprehensive, authenticated
data source for all telematics processes.”
The new tachograph era enables new services and
business models
The tachograph experts at the technology company Continental
have long since regarded the DTCO as being a lot more than a black
box. “Telematics data can be compared to uncut diamonds: they
have great potential, but inmany cases they simply aren’t available
in a form on which you can build business relationships, because
they are not sufficiently trustworthy and authenticated,” says Dr.
Lutz Scholten. The DTCO 4.0 solves this problem, because it can
collect, validate and process the acquired data in accordance with
the highest security criteria, and exchange it with clearly defined
and authorised third parties. “The new tachograph era brings new
opportunities for fleets and for their service providers. Countless
services and even new business models can now be designed based
on data from the DTCO.”
With its VDO brand, Continental has been one of the leading
suppliers of tachographs for decades and the company continues
to develop tachograph-related services and products in close
cooperation with vehicle manufacturers, fleet operators and
drivers. Continental has also adapted the download tools, the
fleet management solution VDO TIS-Web, test equipment and
workshop training courses for the new DTCO 4.0 to the new legal
requirements.
Unique DSRC antenna technology for wireless data
transmission
The EU directive also requires a standardised DSRC interface to
make roadside checks more efficient for all those involved. After
appropriate authentication, vehicle and calibration data and
information about security breaches and malfunctions that have
occurred is transmittedwirelessly to the inspection officers’ devices
from the DTCO4.0 in themoving vehicle and inspection officers can
then use this data to stop specific vehicles. This change means that
companies and drivers who comply with all the regulations can
expect fewer unscheduled stops at the roadside.
The DTCO 4.0 transmits the data via its small antenna which
is installed on the windscreen. Continental is breaking new
technological ground here, because instead of installing the
complete intelligence for DSRC functionality in the antenna as
usual, Continental engineers and leading specialists in industrial
microwave technology have now integrated the intelligence in
the tachograph itself and unlike the solutions currently available
on the market, no modifications have to be made to the vehicle
electrics and electronics. This makes low-cost and problem-free
retrofitting possible.
Position information via a GNSS link
The Regulation also makes a link to a global navigation
satellite system (GNSS) compulsory. The position information is
automatically recorded at the start and the end of the shift, after
three hours of driving and after each change of activity. This ensures
greater transparency for the roadside control authorities. Position
information taken directly from the tachograph can also be used to
support fleet management. The DTCO 4.0 supports the European
GNSS Galileo, GPS and Glonass.
Increased cryptographic security mechanisms will also be
compulsory in the future – and this entails new encryption
technology, which also involves communication between the speed
sensor and the digital tachograph. Continental has developed the
new KITAS sensor 4.0 for this purpose. Together with the DTCO
4.0, it represents a system unit and fulfills the very strict legal
Ready for Logistics 4.0 – the intelligent
tachograph fromContinental is a lot
more than a black box