Press Release
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Cargobull Telematics
TrailerConnect® creates more room for manoeuvre
- Premiere at the IAA: TrailerConnect® with electronic temperature recorder
- More than 2,000 trailer telematics systems sold since launching the 2nd generation in
February 2010
- The compact design, modularity and the reduced costs for the hardware and
services have attracted a great deal of interest
Horstmar, September 2010 – The TrailerConnect® brand system package is now setting new
standards. TrailerConnect® presents a premiere at the IAA, the world's largest commercial
vehicle exhibition: For the first time, the TrailerConnect® will be presented with a prototype of
an electronic temperature recorder. For this purpose, TrailerConnect® has been expanded to
include a LIN bus component. This enables the connection of up to four analogue
temperature sensors. The entire system is certified to the latest EU standards. Integrating
the temperature recorder into the system enables the data to be read out at any time and
transmitted to an Internet database via GSM. The advantage lies in the fact that one can
forgo conventional temperature recorders while also having a comprehensive range of
telematics functions on board. Up until now trailers always required both components –
temperature recorders and telematics hardware.
Cargobull Telematics use GSM and GPS technologies. As one of the first providers in the
telematics sector, Cargobull Telematics does not use the usual Plug-In SIM card any more,
opting instead for a SIM on Chip - a chip that has been soldered to the circuit board. This
ensures quality and functionality.
A new type of GPS technology – High Sensitivity GPS – makes it possible to avoid external
antennas and integrate them into the control unit instead. This allows the control unit to be
installed under the vehicle and receive the satellite signals being reflected from the ground
via the integrated GPS aerial used for positioning.
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For the development of their new sensors Cargobull Telematics has used LIN-BUS
technology. This type of network facilitates the flexible integration of additional sensors if
requested by the customer. As such, the new trailer telematics in this network is fitted with a
lithium-ion rechargeable battery for autonomous power supply, a LIN coupling sensor and
also a LIN door sensor. All components are fitted ex-factory or are also available for
retrofitting.
The new technology allows for new services to be introduced. Whilst the tried and tested
service packages "Position", "Trailer-Info" and "Temperature", as well as the familiar optional
features "digital map" and safety and activation of sub-users are still available, new
innovative reports have now been added to the product range.
The new Management Report informs the owner about the use and utilisation of their fleet
within the individually selected report period. This enables quicker insight into fleet
management and swift decisions can be made to increase economic efficiency. A new
vehicle report has also been created concerning dispatch. With a single glance this provides
detailed information about the daily utilisation of individual trailers as well as their behaviour
with regard to the route, loading, unloading and events that occurred during the day.
Both new reports are ready to use and can be called up from the portal without further
instructions or the need for previous special configurations. It couldn't be easier! So you'll
have more room for manoeuvre for all those other important things.
Cargobull Telematics carries out data integration projects for an increasing number of
customers. The larger the fleets, the greater the likelihood that it will be necessary to
integrate the trailer telematics information into the individual logistics software, in order to
match it up with freight orders. Cargobull Telematics offers project consultation and support
for this. As such, trailer telematics completes the chain of information for the customer.
Along with the new technology and the new services, a new product name has also been
introduced: TrailerConnect® is the new registered brand of Cargobull Telematics.
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It describes the hardware including the infrastructure as well as the service packages.
These are:
For all vehicle types "TrailerConnect® Position"
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15 minute reporting frequency when driving or every three hours in "Ignition off"
mode (supplies the current status of the trailer regarding position, coupling status
and, if necessary, door status)
For curtainsider semitrailers and dry-freight box semitrailers "TrailerConnect® Info":
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15 minute reporting frequency when driving or every three hours in "Ignition off"
mode
Trailer technology data such as speed, mileage, unit load
Alarm functions such as loading alarms (door, temperature, coupling state) and trailer
technology alarms
Trailer usage and fleet analysis reports
Planned time / watchbox management
Refrigeration boxes , truck bodies, refrigeration trailers "TrailerConnect®
Temperature"
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15 minute reporting frequency when driving or every three hours in "Ignition off"
mode (supplies the current status of the trailer regarding position, coupling status
and, if necessary, door status)
Trailer technology data such as speed, mileage, unit load alarm functions such as
loading alarms (door, temperature, coupling state) and trailer technology alarms
Planned time / watchbox management
Immediate trip representation stationary / running times
Trailer usage and fleet analysis reports
Temperature monitoring, temperature reports
Refrigerating unit data
Customers can use the new package "TrailerConnect® Interface" for all trailer types and
use of the standardised API interface for data integration.
The contents are agreed individually depending on the customer requirements.
As a telematics partner for haulage, logistics and trailer hire companies, Cargobull
Telematics offers a wide range of products and services on an international basis.
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More than 8,000 trailers from a variety of manufacturers and in different designs are already
on the road with TrailerConnect® or its forerunners. The market for trailer telematics is
growing rapidly and Cargobull Telematics considers itself to be in a good position thanks to
their new high-performance product with competitive prices and comprehensive services.
More and more customers are realising that trailer telematics is increasingly growing in
importance, since it places the cargo at the centre of focus.
New vehicles are being equipped with TrailerConnect® directly from the Schmitz Cargobull
production line, whilst existing vehicles are being retrofitted. As such, Cargobull Telematics is
taking ever greater advantage of the Europe-wide Schmitz Cargobull Service Partner
network.
TrailerConnect®, or its previous generation are already being successfully used by customers
for many different applications:
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for preventive maintenance of trailers, monitoring of safeguarded transport,
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for increasing the transporting transparency of trailer fleets,
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for optimising routes and loading or
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for quality assurance of refrigerated and frozen goods.
And since it is international, customer specific solutions can be offered from Portugal to
Central Asia or from Sicily to the North Cape.
In the process, customers are relying more and more on real process optimisation in fleet
management and dispatch. This leads to the implementation of complete logistics projects,
where the trailer telematics are integrated into the fleet management system alone or
together with other applications. This allows more energy to be spent on other important
activities, relieves both the logistics company and the carrier and also increases profits.
The required safety is based on a high and sustainable hardware and system performance.
This is offered by Cargobull Telematics with the high quality hardware TrailerConnect® as
well as their system partners, T-Systems and T-Mobile. This high-quality pool of experience,
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built up over the past few years, has been constantly drawn upon in order to establish
improvements and a reliable system stability. Our many years of know-how are paying off for
the user today and, in practice, differentiate Cargobull Telematics from many other providers.
The price / performance ratio has been significantly improved yet again. For the hardware
components we were able to reduce costs by more than 30 %. Even for the operating costs,
we were able to improve the existing highly competitive offer even further.
Cargobull Telematics GmbH is a subsidiary of the Schmitz Cargobull Group and has its head
office in Münster, Germany. With over 8,000 trailer telematics systems installed, it is the
leading company in the telematics sector.
The Schmitz Cargobull press team:
Gerd Rohrsen:
Andrea Ewering:
Olga Leuer:
Tel. : +49/2558/ 81-1323
gerd.rohrsen@cargobull.com
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andrea.ewering@cargobull.com
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olga.leuer@cargobull.com
Cargobull Telematics:
Karl-Heinz Neu:
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kh.neu@cargobull-telematics.de
Leoni Nathaus:
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leoni.nathaus@cargobull-telematics.de
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