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Some important facts you should know

Airmax Remote’s On-Board Vehicle Diagnostics system (RVD) is different to most other systems. The normal experience of working with traditional GPS based devices [black boxes] and assuming all features will work with or relate to all vehicle makes and models, may require a rethink.

It would be wrong to use an On-Board Diagnostics system thinking it was fully appropriate for the market sectors of ‘field service’, ‘logistics’ or vehicle security. GPS based black boxes tend to collect location data plus output feeds from I/O ports or sensors thus offering data within a mapping system effectively known as real-time command and control. Though Airmax’s Remote Vehicle Diagnostics [RVD] + GPS can on first look appear to be similar, it is not. Though many of its features are in real-time the background design is fundamentally different. In fact RVD will report many thousands of individual items and most GPS systems only report on small numbers, often single figures.

Thus generic RVD systems are emerging within the sectors of ‘vehicle and contract maintenance’, ‘Pay How You Drive Insurance’ initiatives and ‘Intelligent warranty’ schemes, and the emerging interest sectors of Duty of Care, Fuel Management and Carbon Footprint. RVD + GPS does give limited command and control features and in most cases will be sufficient for fleet managers. The Airmax Remote unit is not a Thatcham approved device, as they do not have a standard for RVD, but offers many features and reports to help maintain a fleet and driver best practice. Over time the system will offer convergence of services.