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TheTachomaster DigiVU is the fastest download tool currently available in the marketplace. The Tachomaster DigiVU connects directly to all Vehicle Digital Tachograph Units - Siemens VDO, Stoneridge and Actia - to download tachograph data. Data can then be transferred to your PC by plugging the DigiVU directly into a USB port.

The DigiVU+ offers a low-cost and highly efficient way to download both Vehicle Unit and Driver Card data.

The unit is powered by an independent battery source, which in turn powers the DigiVU download tool, enabling you to store all your Driver Card and Vehicle Unit data until you connect the DigiVU+ to a PC for download.

This fast, efficient and flexible solution is ideal for remote locations and allows easy uploading and transfer of data. Simply slot the drivers card into the front and your data is read and sent via GPRS to Tachomaster for analysis. The included Digivu allows for download and transfer of vehicle unit data to Tachomaster via the DigipostPro. Data will be stored and sent automatically if there is an interruption to the GPRS network. The box includes:-1 x DigipostPro1 x Power Adapter1 x DigiVU (does not include the Digidock as the DigiVU connects via the download port on the front of the DigipostPro)

Collect live driver and vehicle tacho data via our remote tachograph download and tracking device. Receive instant access to essential tachograph analysis and transform the way you work and manage tachograph compliance, regulations, driver hours and WTD rules instantly.

The DOT device delivers immediate benefits, including real-time visibility of your tachograph data and a live summary of your driver's hours and breaks on the Tachomaster dashboard. Increase driver safety and minimise infringements with automatic alerts for upcoming driver breaks (15 minutes warning) and any missed or insufficient breaks taken.

2 metre USB cable to connect a Tachomaster Vehicle Download Unit or OPTAC Download Tool to your computer. These devices come supplied with one USB cable, but this 2m cable can be used to replace a broken or lost cable. Alternatively, if you connect your download device to more than one computer, buy one cable for each computer to simplify connection of your hardware.

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Tachomaster Universal Tachograph Charts (125km/h) will fit all Analogue Tachograph Units, and are designed and printed to optimise automated chart scanning (e.g. using the Analogue Disk Scanner, listed below).Supplied boxed with one hundred charts per box.

Tachomaster Hardback Drivers Wallets provide storage for up to 28 analogue tachograph charts or digital tachograph printouts. These hardback wallets contain four pockets designed to store a Tachomaster Drivers Weekly Envelope with your charts inside.

In short: I have to use a smart card reader to read a contacted (not a radio smartcard) ISO 7816 company card to read out the unique identifier of that card. Nothing else. I then have to sent that Identifier together with the answer-to-reset to somewhere else, where it is processed, answered, and then some data talk up and down.

No code is there, I have to build everything including the server somewhere in the future. For now, I focus on the card part. I started from scratch and was asked to use C# for this. I use the PCSC-lite library on Linux and can already communicate with the card. I am able to get the answer-to-reset codes and was able to do some other stuff with the smartcard which is not important for my question. I also read most of the ISO 7816 datasheets. Especially the parts that seemed important to me. My code reads back the responses and checks what sw1 and sw2 is. So I can read debug info. So I would like to think that I've at least got some basics covered...

For question one I specifically mean: I know the data structure seems to work with EF's which i need to "select" and than try to extract data using the correct apdu's. But I don't really understand how it works or how the memory structure is build. I've read the ISO files, but they are a bit difficult for me. Maybe if I get some help, I understand them better.

I'm not sure, whether I understand your question (and I work with smart cards for many years). There is no free-floating available memory on a file-system based smart card (as opposed to dumb memory cards like SLE44), you can only access it via files (EFs in that case). While one can in principle create new files, real life cards require specific authentications for that and you are unlikely to have the keys for those.

Which files already exist (and which data is stored in which record/offset/data object) is given in the specification, in your case in one of the specifications to found here. The used specification is essential, because the card itself could support many applications, and tachograph is just one of them. As soon as you know, where the data is, you have to create the corresponding SELECT / READ RECORD / READ BINARY commands.

With the VDO Cardreader, you can access driver card data and transfer it to an archiving program. The device is suitable for fleets of any size and for common archiving software. There are no restrictions in terms of data volume.

Not intending to give a smart arse answer here mate but IMO as a HGV driver you should keep a daily diary if only to cover your arse. I do and I note daily driving time and daily working time when I park up. 2.99

I didnt think you could get one. I would be intrested in this as currently i am unable to download my card as i am doing adhoc agency work and the company that i have been placed with doesnt have one.

cooper1203:

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all this information will help.

surely though if you bought a card reader and downloaded the information yourself. then would work also be able to download it as well? doesnt it get deleted from your card once downloaded?

it doesn`t delete when you download it, the chip is designed to hold a minimum of 28 days of information before it overwrites, but in reality it could be a years worth of continuous driving before it overwrites

Makes it so much easier if there is a pay query, I can show a print out of her spreadsheet that shows the total breakdown and pinpoint exactly where the error is so they dont even bother quibbling it. That along with my diary confirms it. So many of our guys get their payslip, know something is wrong but cant prove where it is wrong.

edd1974:

surely though if you bought a card reader and downloaded the information yourself. then would work also be able to download it as well? doesnt it get deleted from your card once downloaded?

It is a legal requirement to download data from both the vehicle's Digital Tachograph Unit and the driver's card. Novadata have a full range of tachograph download devices to make this process as easy and simple as possible from downloading data across the Internet or Mobile Phone Network to simple in-cab card reading tools.

This document outlines how to install and configure the Remote Card Server (RCS) software. The RCS software is a critical part of the automatic remote download system that connects company cards to the tachograph. Each time a tachograph download is requested, the company card must be connected to the system. Once the RCS is installed, insert the company card in the card reader, and it becomes available to perform tachograph downloads.

The RCS software supports several card reader models, but not all card readers are compatible with tachograph cards. Card readers that support ISO 7816 are compatible with the remote download system. In these cases, you can purchase a supported card reader from your Partner.

The RCS software is also compatible with multiple card readers, even if only one card reader is required per company. Multiple card readers may be useful in situations where more than one company card is required by the Customer.

The RCS software allows you to host several company cards through a card readers rack. This is recommended for situations when a Partner wants to manage many company cards. Compatible card readers rack include the Hyper Card Rack family by Lisle Design. For more information about compatible card readers rack, contact your Partner.