Part 2: Telltales as a Core Element for Off-board Diagnostics In any vehicle the driver gets instant information about the condition of his vehicle by a set of various warning lights. The information by these lights varies from “yellow” which indicates the necessity of service – but no restriction of the current operation – to […]

Part 1: FMS Interface as door opener for a condition-based maintenance for Bus fleets. The increasing complexity of the electronic architecture of a bus and a lack of trained personnel for maintenance and service is a growing challenge for bus operators in public transport. This applies already for conventional buses and this will emerge with […]

Eco-driving, what and why This post will address what to focus on when buying an eco-driving system. Eco-driving in a broader scope is all about education. Or rather education and motivation. If a driver knows how to drive in an environmentally friendly and economical way and is motivated to do so, the battle is won. […]

Integration consulting The change from non-communicating vendor locked-in systems, to an open standard for both software and hardware, can sometimes seem like a daunting task, but either the comprehensive information material you can get from the system supplier will help you do the job, or you can use the many years of experience they have […]

Technical solution The technical solution is built on an internal network onboard the vehicle, connecting all systems through standard network cables, to a vehicle gateway. The gateway and the ITxPT compliant software of the vehicle connection platform, solve communication issues, share information between the systems and connect the vehicle network to the cloud. The cloud […]

Overview Both public transport operators- and authorities often suffer from low flexibility and vendor lock-in effects due to powerful monolith suppliers who shut out competition, making investment- and maintenance costs skyrocket. When purchasing one single system, it might be OK, and even seem rational with a silo solution, to get a fast and easy off-the-shelf […]

Single sign-on means that there is one signing in in the vehicle and that this information is transferred to the other on-board systems as well as to connected back-office systems. The signing in is a foundation for many systems such as AVL (Automatic Vehicle Location) as well as ticketing and safety related systems. The signing-on […]

The daily routines in a depot can in many cases be improved by digitalisation. By digitalisation we man that manual labor is performed by machines and computers. This should not be considered to be a threat to existing bus maintenance personnel. But instead as an opportunity to work with the right things. The benefits of […]