Capital Equipment News April-May 2020

TELEMATICS

Ctrack has launched its Ctrack Fuel Solution to cater for medium and heavy commercial vehicles.

New vehicle management solutions from Ctrack

Ctrack has brought to market a new fuel management solution with real-time activity triggers, as well as an on-the-road (OTR) driver terminal solution that facilitates onboard navigation and communication. It also added a 3-channel dashcam to its Iris video monitoring solution for rental, light delivery and heavy commercial vehicle and bus fleet operators. B y Mark Botha .

W hile fuel monitoring systems for heavy commercial vehicles have been avail- able for some time, light delivery vehi- cles and passenger cars have provided limited access to similar information. This led Ctrack to introduce the new NX35-C Beijer fuel management solution in cooperation with European com- pany Beijer, which has access to an extensive database of vehicle manufacturers and models. According to Eugene van Niekerk, GM product solutions

at Ctrack, Beijer provides the company with product ID (PID) codes for the CAN data on these vehicles. These datasets include information on aspects such as engine load, cruise control and indicator use. Data pertaining to fuel consumption is extracted to offer information on both fuel consumption and fuel level on cars and LDVs. “We have found that while we are able to obtain CAN bus information on certain vehicle models in Europe and the UK via the Beijer database, the same vehicle model in South Africa does not provide the same information

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