Capital Equipment News April-May 2020

Ctrack Iris The customisable Ctrack Iris video

to their drivers on the road via the OTR navigation solution. Should the driver accept the task, they would be navigated along the most economical route to where the task must be completed. The task’s progress can be monitored in real- time. The driver’s availability to accept tasks is preconfigured through the OTR system and can be changed by the driver to reflect statuses such as “Arrived at Site”; “Job Completed” or “Broken Down”. En- route to the task location, the interface provides the driver with visual feedback on their driving in real time, to enable them to improve their driving. Van Niekerk says the Android OS allows for the addition of functions such as custom forms, which include pre-vehicle inspection sheets, and the electronic Ctrack fuel fill-up form, where the driver captures the amount of fuel purchased, its rand-value and the odometer reading, among others. “Available custom forms include pre- inspection sheets that allow drivers to record damage to vehicles. All this data can then be uploaded to the cloud-based system for further analysis by the fleet operator.”

monitoring and telematics solution offers the front and cab-facing, eight-channel Iris DVR video unit with infrared night vision and its own hard drive. Users can now add to this solution a three-channel dash cam with artificial intelligence, offering an Advanced Driver Assist System (ADAS) and a fatigue monitoring camera. “The 3-channel dashcam comes with standard dual-view, which is nothing new, but the forward-facing camera includes built-in ADAS,” says Van Niekerk. This feature includes proximity detection which registers vehicles in front of the truck as green (safe), yellow (close) and red (too close and dangerous). “The operator can add driver status and fatigue monitoring as a third channel on the dash cam,” says Van Niekerk. Ctrack MD Hein Jordt has stated that enhancing these product solutions emphasises Ctrack’s drive to support customer efforts to stay abreast of challenges in their business operations, allowing them to act and ultimately to save on cost, and to protect their assets. b

Specialised installation data is fed from the probe to the cloud- based environment for real-time data on fuel levels and usage.

the device’s onboard memory.

Task manager The OTR task manager function further enables the operator to allocate tasks

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