FleetCrane - Remote Crane Telemetry & Management Product
Truck Mounted Crane Management & Telemetry Solution
Ayantra - a leading developer of remote asset management solutions has created a solution for managing truck mounted cranes.
The Challenge:
Truck mounted cranes often move over a wide geographic area. Fleet managers need to know the location and status of each vehicle in order to:
- manage field operations
- schedule timely maintenance services
- support Billing and Invoicing operations
Unfortunately, present methods of collecting location and usage information from these geographically-dispersed vehicles are typically manual, time-consuming, expensive, and often error-prone.
Managing and monitoring a fleet of truck-mounted cranes is a difficult task. Ayantra can help.
The Crane Telemetry Solution:
Ayantra's FleetCrane is a web-based wireless solution for managing Truck Mounted Cranes. It can manage any make or model of crane, and easily supports hybrid fleets.
The total solution consists of:
- An Ayantra crane monitoring unit installed inside or on the track mounted crane
- An Ayantra-provided website to deliver location reports, engine run-hour updates, maintenance reminders, asset utilization information, asset history logs, and more
Key Features
- LOCATION and TRACKING: The FleetCrane monitoring unit reports each time the crane's engine is turned ON and OFF. It also sends Tracking Reports at regularly-scheduled, user-selectable intervals whenever the vehicle's engine is ON. Each report includes the vehicle's Location, Speed, Mileage, Battery Level, and accumulated Power Take Off (PTO) hours.
- ENGINE RUN-HOURS: The FleetCrane monitoring automatically reports each time the crane's engine is turned ON or OFF. The website collects the information from the remote units, and automatically displays the up-to-date Engine Run-Hours for each crane. Key benefits include:
- Service intervals – Engine Run-Hour info enables timely maintenance for each machine
- Reductions in manpower – eliminate the requirement to manually collect hour-meter readings
- Increased efficiency – usage reports enable fleet managers to optimize utilization
- Improved accuracy – automated data collection eliminates reporting errors
- "SERVICE DUE" REMINDERS: FleetCrane can issue "Service Due" reminders based upon the vehicle Mileage, and/or the crane's Engine Run-Hours.
- FAULTS: The FleetCrane monitoring unit includes four user-configurable inputs to report Fault events.
- ALERT NOTIFICATIONS: FleetCrane can issue real-time Alert Notifications sent as text messages and/or as email messages. Alert Notifications are available for:
- Faults - users can access the website to specify up to four different types of Fault events, and receive Alert Notifications when Faults occur.
- Speeding Violation - users can specify a "Speed Limit" for each vehicle, and be notified if it is exceeded.
- Curfew Violation – users can define a "curfew" for each truck. If the truck is used during the prohibited "curfew" period, FleetCrane will immediately report a Curfew Violation.
- GeoFence Violation – users can define a virtual boundary - called a GeoFence - around any key site. A GeoFence Violation can be reported each time the vehicle approaches or departs from the site.
- Low Battery Notification – the monitoring unit continually audits the truck's battery level, and can issue a Low Battery Alert Notification if the battery weakens.
- Battery Tamper Notification - the monitoring unit can send a Battery Tamper Alert Notification if the battery is disconnected.
- Maintenance Due – users can specify different maintenance intervals for each truck, and receive reminders when service is due.
- BACKUP BATTERY: A built-in backup battery enables the monitoring unit to operate if the main battery is disconnected.
- REAL-TIME UPDATES: Authorized users can collect up-to-the minute updates from any truck, at any time.
Crane GPS Tracking Hardware Specifications:
| NEMA-4 Outdoor-rated case: | 4.75" x 2.60" x 1.40" |
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| Power: | 8 - 32 volts DC |
| Power Draw: | |
| Active Mode: | 75 mA @ 12V (typ) |
| PowerSave Mode: | 25 mA @ 12V (typ) |
| Built-in back-up battery | |
| Environment: | |
| Operating: | -20°C → +60°C |
| Storage: | -45°C → +85°C |
| Humidity: | 0 - 90RH @ 40C |
| Data port: | RS-232 |
