Automatic downloading of digital tachograph

Volvo Trucks’ web-based system for transport information, Dynafleet Online, is now being expanded with yet another function designed to make life easier for drivers and transport companies alike.

This function, ‘Tachograph Download’, ensures that all information from the digital tachograph is automatically transferred via the Internet to the transport office.

The tachograph information is encrypted and meets all VOSA requirements, so the information can be stored knowing all legal obligations are met.

“With ‘Tachograph Download’ the transport company always has access to up-to-date information about driver times and the way the truck is being driven,” says Pascal Claes, product manager of Dynafleet at Volvo Trucks. “All information is continuously saved and then stored for a predetermined period of time on the transport company’s private space on the Dynafleet server. This reduces the need for administration and makes it easier to meet legislative requirements.”

Automatic and safe handling
Data transfer can take place entirely without any manual input. All the driver needs to do is to insert his regular driver’s card into the digital tachograph. The transport company decides how often it wants the data to be transmitted from the truck to the office. In order for the transport company to access the information, it needs a card reader and a card with a code that is linked to the company. This prevents unauthorised access to the data.

“Tachograph Download’ is yet another reason for choosing Dynafleet, since the customer gets an integrated system that has better control and makes it easier to run a cost-effective operation,” explains Pascal Claes.

‘Tachograph Download’ is intended for the latest generation digital tachographs that support remote downloading. For older digital tachographs, Volvo Trucks offers ‘Driver Data Upload’. Here too, data transmission from the truck to the office is entirely wireless, but the driver is required to transfer the card from the tachograph to the truck’s Dynafleet unit.