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T E L E M AT I C S & M A C H I N E M A N A G E M E N T
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Construction Plant News investigates the benefits of the ABAX Smart Connect system
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plant hirer or contractor of any reasonable size is likely to have a mixed fleet of machines from a number of original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). As a result, accessing accurate and up-to-date data on utilisation might involve sourcing the necessary information from multiple platforms. In order to render it into a useable format – which can be interrogated for the purposes of improving operational performance – it will then need to be collected and compiled in one place.
Machine data With ABAX Smart Connect machine owners and fleet managers can obtain on-going status updates on all their machines, and without any additional hardware. As a result, vital information on construction plant is available in a single location. The individual using the equipment, and its location is immediately accessible, whilst it’s also possible to set up geofences with automatic notifications in the event of these being breached. Indeed, whether it’s emissions levels, driver hours, or maintenance schedules, everything falls easily to view, with no downtime for
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installation and one login. In addition, in the event of an error code or breakdown, mobile engineers can log into the back end of a machine’s systems, potentially making machines operational much quicker and reducing downtime. The beauty of the ABAX proposition is that it is a brand neutral solution using technology that is already installed and ready for use. The service is available on any
machine from ABAX-enabled or ABAXintegrated brands (which are listed on the company’s website). As a result, users can obtain Application Programming Interface (API) details from a dealer and connect immediately, with the data then fed to Smart Connect. With older machines ABAX will supply a device that is self-installed on the machine. It has a long-lasting battery, and is GPS agnostic, which has the added benefit of
